A retro racing game from Fortitude Media

Fortitude Grand Prix

One lap of Chiltern, London or Cascais in a 1990 arcade racer we built for fun. Beat the founders’ times, then challenge a friend on LinkedIn.

About 40 seconds a lap · Sound on · Arrows on a laptop, thumbs on a phone

  1. 1Set a lapOne flying lap, about 40 seconds.
  2. 2Get your cardA pixel-art card with your time.
  3. 3Challenge a friendYour ghost waits on their grid.

Leaderboards

Fastest laps this week.

Three circuits, three boards. Every lap is checked by replaying the controls through the game before it counts. The full boards, the monthly board and the Company Cup are inside the game.

Chiltern

Day, flowing
  1. 1DAVFounder0'42"84
  2. 2ASHFounder0'43"54
  3. 3ROSFounder0'44"53

3 drivers this week

London

Night, Embankment
  1. 1DAVFounder0'40"96
  2. 2ASHFounder0'41"90
  3. 3ROSFounder0'43"15

3 drivers this week

Cascais

Sunset, coast
  1. 1DAVFounder0'41"02
  2. 2ASHFounder0'41"88
  3. 3ROSFounder0'42"92

3 drivers this week

Beat the founders

Three founders. Three laps to beat.

David, Ashley and Ross each have a lap on every circuit, and each one is a ghost car you can race. Beat all three on a circuit and you get the Founder Beater card.

The founders’ laps on each circuit
FounderChilternLondonCascais
DAV David0'42"840'40"960'41"02
ASH Ashley0'43"540'41"900'41"88
ROS Ross0'44"530'43"150'42"92

Monthly prize

Fastest Chiltern lap of the month wins a free Paid Discovery.

A Paid Discovery is about a week of work on your own firm, ending in a written readout, and is usually £499. Set a Chiltern lap, tick the prize box when you put your time on the board, and the fastest lap at the end of each calendar month wins. Free to enter.

Prize terms · What a Paid Discovery is

How to play

Brake before the boards. A slide costs more than a lift.

Laptop
Arrow keys or W A S D to drive, Space to brake, Esc to pause, R to restart.
Phone
Turn it sideways. Left thumb steers, right thumb brakes. Easy drive holds the throttle for you.
Gamepad
Stick to steer, triggers for throttle and brake.
Modes
Time Trial for the boards, a three lap Grand Prix with a pit stop, a three round Championship, and the Pit Stop challenge on its own.

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