Downforce
Ready your engines for this exhilarating tune-up of an ‘80s racing classic
Designer: Daviau, Jacobson, Kramer | Artist: Coburn, Crampton
WHAT’S IN THE BOX?
► Double-sided board
► Six race cars
► 42 regular speed cards
► Six speed-8 cards
► Six power cards
► Six driver plaques
► Score sheet pad
In 1974, Wolfgang Kramer – board gaming’s first celebrity – released a game called Tempo. It was an abstract racing game that involved players revealing cards to propel six pawns down a straight track, while betting on which pawn would place first. It wasn’t until Tempo was reborn in 1980 as Niki Lauda’s Formel 1 that it would cement its place in gaming history, capturing the speed and spirit of breathless motor-racing around a circuit with its straightforward but utterly captivating gameplay. After a Daytona 500-themed re-release over in the US in 1990, the game dropped its licences and returned as Top Race in 1996, picking up a Spiel des Jahres nomination – before disappearing completely from the public consciousness. Until now.