[PC][2000s] Arcade racer with a small red car - Might have been a cereal box prize
Hi everyone, I’m writing here because I’m getting desperate. After days of searching, I still can’t find this game from my childhood:
Platform: PC.
Genre: Arcade Racing / Time Trial.
Estimated year of release: Around the early 2000s.
Graphics/Art Style: Third-person view with a relatively high camera angle. The graphics were quite poor even for the time, featuring very bright and saturated colors.
Notable Characters/Vehicles: You drove a small, all-red car that looked like a miniature Formula 1 car.
Notable Gameplay Mechanics: You drove on open maps following an arrow to reach checkpoints. Each checkpoint added time to the countdown; if the timer reached zero, the game was over.
Level Design: * The game was level-based.
The first level was a very green, grassy area.
Subsequent levels included a city and even a stage set in space.
Distribution: I most likely got it for free inside a cereal box or possibly with a computer magazine.
I was quite young back then, so my memory is a bit hazy, but I clearly remember that red car and the "space" level. Does this ring a bell for anyone?
Thank you so much for the help!