Warm Up!

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Warm Up
Warm Up! French cover.jpg
Original French cover art
Developer(s) Lankhor
Publisher(s) Microids
Designer(s)
  • Daniel Macré
  • Jean-Luc Langlois  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Platform(s)
Release2000
Genre(s) Racing simulator
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Warm Up! is a 2000 single-player racing simulator developed by Lankhor and published by Microids for PlayStation and Windows.

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Gameplay

Warm Up! is essentially a Formula 1 game without the official license,[ citation needed ] consisting of both a simulation mode and an arcade mode.

Critical reception

JeuxVideo praised the game's realism and addictive gameplay. [1] On the contrary, Absolute Games offered a scathing review, deeming the title primitive, and an insult to the simulator genre. [2]

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References

  1. "Test Warm Up ! sur PC". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-03-13. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  2. "Warm Up! - рецензия и обзор на игру на AG.ru". www.ag.ru. Archived from the original on 2018-03-13. Retrieved 2018-03-13.