A strange little side quest
Before the next round of Pico World Race, here is a piece of the bigger picture. Atari's Gran Trak 10 from 1974 is recognized as the first arcade racing video game, decades before modern 3D racers. That is only half the story. Pac-Man went on sale in 1980, and its creator Toru Iwatani famously linked the character's shape to a pizza with a slice missing. That long chain of experiments is part of why racing still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.