A strange little side quest
Zoom out from Racing Car Driving Car for a moment and the timeline gets surprisingly deep. Atari's Gran Trak 10 from 1974 is recognized as the first arcade racing video game, decades before modern 3D racers. A second detail makes the picture even better: In 1958, Tennis for Two used an analog computer and an oscilloscope to turn simple physics into a playable tennis-like demonstration. So a round of Racing Car Driving Car is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer racing timeline.
