<s>
Indianapolis	B-Application
500	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Simulation	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1989	B-Application
computer	O
game	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
hailed	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
step	O
of	O
differentiating	O
racing	O
games	O
from	O
the	O
arcade	O
realm	O
and	O
into	O
racing	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1990	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indianapolis	B-Application
500	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Simulation	I-Application
attempts	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
full	O
simulation	O
of	O
the	O
Indianapolis	O
500	O
race	O
,	O
with	O
33	O
cars	O
and	O
appropriate	O
Indy	O
car	O
"	O
feel	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
racing	O
,	O
it	O
only	O
offers	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
offers	O
a	O
replay	B-Application
mode	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
field	O
is	O
represented	O
as	O
realistic	O
and	O
the	O
qualifying	O
order	O
stays	O
true	O
to	O
the	O
1989	B-Application
Indianapolis	O
500	O
starting	O
grid	O
,	O
with	O
one	O
exception	O
:	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
car	O
,	O
numbered	O
17	O
,	O
replaces	O
Car	O
#29	O
of	O
Rich	O
Vogler	O
,	O
who	O
qualified	O
in	O
33rd	O
and	O
last	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cars	O
one	O
can	O
drive	O
are	O
a	O
yellow	O
Penske-Chevrolet	O
,	O
a	O
red	O
Lola-Buick	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
blue	O
March-Cosworth	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Penske	O
having	O
the	O
fastest	O
default	B-General_Concept
setup	O
(	O
but	O
if	O
one	O
sets	O
the	O
car	O
up	O
well	O
,	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
above	O
racecars	O
can	O
compete	O
effectively	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
replay	B-Application
mode	O
offers	O
the	O
chance	O
to	O
review	O
the	O
previous	O
20	O
seconds	O
of	O
racing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Indy	O
500	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
1990	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
ran	O
from	O
a	O
single	O
floppy	O
disk	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
copy-protected	B-Application
using	O
a	O
simple	O
manual-based	O
question-and-answer	O
method	O
common	O
with	O
many	O
other	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
except	O
in	O
minor	O
details	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
an	O
error	O
in	O
programming	O
resulted	O
in	O
there	O
being	O
two	O
cars	O
numbered	O
20	O
;	O
in	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
these	O
was	O
numbered	O
12	O
,	O
correctly	O
reflecting	O
the	O
1989	B-Application
Indianapolis	O
500	O
grid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
instant	B-Application
replay	I-Application
could	O
be	O
saved	O
to	O
disk	O
,	O
as	O
could	O
up	O
to	O
three	O
car	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
hyper-realistic	O
simulation	O
 [ and ] 	O
a	O
valuable	O
educational	O
tool	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
advised	O
casual	O
racers	O
uninterested	O
in	O
running	O
many	O
laps	O
to	O
test	O
each	O
change	O
to	O
the	O
racecar	O
's	O
design	O
to	O
"	O
stick	O
to	O
Out	B-Application
Run	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
voted	O
the	O
9th	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
in	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
.	O
</s>
