This article is about the 1994 video game Andretti Racing. For the current racing team, see Andretti Autosport.

Andretti Racing (also known as Mario Andretti Racing) is a video game that was released in 1994 on the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis. It was an early title in the newly-created EA Sports

EA Sports

EA Sports is a brand of Electronic Arts that creates and develops sports video games. Formerly a marketing gimmick of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to mimic real-life sports networks by calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John...

 line, and was developed by Stormfront Studios

Stormfront Studios

Stormfront Studios was a video game developer based in San Rafael, California which had one of the longest creative histories in the industry. In 2007, the company had over 50 developers working on two teams, and owned all its proprietary engines, tools and technology. As of the end of 2007 over...

. The game was produced by famed sports game developer Scott Orr

Scott Orr

Scott Orr is an American computer game and video game designer best known as the original lead designer on the first video game console versions of the North American best-selling game, Madden NFL Football...

 as part of his collaboration with Richard Hilleman

Richard Hilleman

Richard Hilleman is an American computer game and video game producer best known for his work creating the original Madden Football game for video game consoles for Electronic Arts. Apart from Madden, Hilleman was a key figure in building the massive EA Sports brand and has spent over 20 years...

 in the creation of EA Sports. Race driver Mario Andretti

Mario Andretti

Mario Gabriele Andretti is a retired Italian American world champion racing driver, one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to win races in Formula One, IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship and NASCAR...

 personally guided the development of the AI

Ai

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 used by the non-player drivers in stock cars, Indy

American Championship Car Racing

Since 1916 there has been a recognized United States national automobile racing National Championship for drivers of professional-level, single-seat open wheel race cars. The championship has been under the auspices of several different sanctioning bodies since 1909. Since 1911, the Indianapolis...

 style open wheel racing, and dirt track racing

Dirt track racing

Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on oval tracks. It began in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 30s. Two different types of racecars predominated—open wheel racers in the Northeast and West and stock cars in the South...

.

The game's greatest innovation was the presence of different physics and AI for three kinds of racing in one cartridge.

The success of Andretti Racing led Orr and Hilleman to work with Stormfront to launch the highly successful NASCAR Racing

NASCAR Racing

The NASCAR Racing series of video games, developed by Papyrus, started in 1994 and ended with the release of NASCAR Racing 2003 Season in 2003. Later NASCAR games were released by Electronic Arts who, through their EA Sports brand, took over the official NASCAR license...

 series, which continues as one of the best-selling franchises in the EA Sports lineup today.

A second game, also called Andretti Racing, was released for the Sega Saturn

Sega Saturn

The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...

, PlayStation, and PC

IBM PC compatible

IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. Such computers used to be referred to as PC clones, or IBM clones since they almost exactly duplicated all the significant features of the PC architecture, facilitated by various manufacturers' ability to...

 in 1996.

The (fictional) Drivers

STOCK:
Bart Finley,
Sean Stockwell,
JR McKenna,
Nancy Connors,
Sherman Long,
PJ Hardaway,
Will Williams,
Skip Wilson,
Stu Hicks

INDY:
Ino Okimoto,
Ricky Bell Sr.,
Paulo Guzman,
Orlando Biggs,
Holly Robinson,
Sam Frazetti,
Tony O'Keefe,
Kyle Zapata,
Henri Mueller

SPRINT:
Jim Skinner,
Theresa Dixon,
Billy Katts,
Ricky Bell Jr.,
Johnny Byler,
Jeff Armas,
Joe Caruso,
Jack Kimble,
Harvey Rhodes

The Tracks

The paved tracks used in the game are caricatures of real tracks. The dirt tracks are too general in appearance to determine their origins.

Sprint

(All Dirt Tracks)

Fallen Rock Motorway - 1/4 Miles

Doboque City Speedway - 3/8 mile

Manton Hills Speedway -1/2 miles

Industrial Raceway - 3/4 mile

Grady Gulch Raceway - 1 miles (1.6 km)

Stock

Limesville Motor Speedway - 1.36 miles (Modeled after Darlington Speedway)

Smokey Valley Raceway - 2.3 miles (Modeled after Watkins Glen International

Watkins Glen International

Watkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation...

)

Oceanport Racing Park - 2.5 miles (Modeled after Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, one of the most prestigious races in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, Grand-Am and Motocross...

)

Silver Springs Speedway - 2.52 miles (Modeled after Infineon Raceway

Infineon Raceway

Infineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip located on the landform known as Sears Point in the southern Sonoma Mountains near Sonoma, California, USA. The course is a complex series of twists and turns that go up and down the hills...

)

Redfern Farms Raceway - 5/8 mile (Modeled after North Wilkesboro Speedway

North Wilkesboro Speedway

North Wilkesboro Speedway was a short track that held races in NASCAR's top three series from NASCAR's inception in 1949 until its closure in 1996...

)

Indy

• Bayshore International Raceway - 1.67 miles (Modeled after Long Beach
  Long Beach Grand Prix
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  )
• Ashton Motorsports Park Raceway - 2.21 miles (Modeled after Laguna Seca
  Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
  Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing, originally constructed in 1957 near both Salinas and Monterey, California, USA....
  
  )
• Playland International Raceway - 2.4 miles (Modeled after Mid-Ohio
  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside of the village of Lexington...
  
  )
• USA Raceway - 4.1 miles (6.6 km), 6 laps (Modeled after Road America
  Road America
  Road America is a road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series , American Le Mans , SCCA Speed World Challenge Series, ASRA, and AMA Superbike series.- Current track and...
  
  )

Twin Peaks International Raceway - 2.65 miles (Modeled after Vancouver

Molson Indy Vancouver

Molson Indy Vancouver was an annual Champ Car race held in a street circuit near B.C. Place and running past Science World in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada held in July or August from 1990 to 2004....

)