Obby: Royal Races in Flight

A strange little side quest

Even a quick game like Obby: Royal Races in Flight sits on top of decades — and sometimes centuries — of ideas. A top Formula 1 tyre stop can happen in under two seconds; McLaren set a 1.80-second pit-stop record. Another piece of context lands nicely beside it: Pong was field-tested in California bars in 1972 and helped launch the modern arcade-game era. That long chain of experiments is part of why racing still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.