<s>
Pitstop	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1983	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Epyx	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
,	O
Coleco	B-Device
Adam	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Pitstop	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pitstop	B-Application
is	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
semi-first-person	O
perspective	O
,	O
placing	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
a	O
bird	O
's	O
eye	O
perspective	O
slightly	O
behind	O
a	O
race	O
car	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pitstop	B-Application
implements	O
pit	O
stops	O
,	O
a	O
concept	O
not	O
featured	O
in	O
many	O
other	O
contemporary	O
racing	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ColecoVision	B-Device
version	O
uses	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
's	O
Expansion	O
Module	O
#2	O
steering	O
wheel/pedal	O
peripheral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roy	O
Wagner	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
felt	O
that	O
Pole	B-Application
Position	I-Application
was	O
a	O
superior	O
racing	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
Pitstop	B-Application
"	O
is	O
the	O
pits	O
because	O
that	O
is	O
where	O
the	O
race	O
is	O
won	O
or	O
lost.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Fun	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
2.5	O
out	O
of	O
4	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
fantasy	O
is	O
a	O
fragile	O
thing	O
and	O
the	O
reality	O
of	O
Pitstop	B-Application
is	O
something	O
less	O
than	O
harrowing	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
driver	O
finds	O
when	O
he	O
braces	O
himself	O
for	O
an	O
outrageous	O
switchback	O
only	O
to	O
find	O
it	O
as	O
tame	O
as	O
a	O
suburban	O
boulevard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
 [ … ] 	O
As	O
for	O
gameplay	O
,	O
Pitstop	B-Application
is	O
at	O
its	O
best	O
in	O
the	O
more	O
difficult	O
settings	O
where	O
things	O
are	O
a	O
little	O
more	O
hectic	O
and	O
the	O
side-to-side	O
motion	O
of	O
the	O
cars	O
add	O
challenge.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Stephen	O
Reed	O
of	O
Hi-Res	O
wrote	O
that	O
Pitstop	B-Application
"	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
the	O
extended	O
playability	O
or	O
good	O
graphics	O
"	O
of	O
Pole	B-Application
Position	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Addams	O
wrote	O
that	O
Pitstop	B-Application
was	O
more	O
enjoyable	O
when	O
playing	O
with	O
others	O
,	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
were	O
not	O
as	O
detailed	O
as	O
Pole	B-Application
Position	I-Application
,	O
but	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
Since	O
veteran	O
race	O
car	O
drivers	O
agree	O
that	O
many	O
professional	O
races	O
are	O
won	O
in	O
the	O
pits	O
,	O
not	O
on	O
the	O
track	O
,	O
Pitstop	B-Application
has	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
realistic	O
and	O
playable	O
racing	O
simulations	O
available.	O
"	O
</s>
