About

A version of the game Leading Edge by Raspberry Pi Ltd.’s book “Code the Classics Volume 2” with additional features and primary aim to run on RISC OS.

How to Play

Move your way through the field of competing drivers as you will start the race in last position. Be careful not to crash with the other drivers as this will cost you valuable time and/or could end badly.

The race track will move left to right, up and down, so be quick to steer your car along it. If you move from the track chances are you will hit scenery surrounding the track. In this case or if you have veered off the track too far you will have to restart at the spot where you left the track.

A timer at the top of the screen shows the number of laps, your position in the race as well as the minutes and seconds raced so far. Complete the 5 laps of the race in the fastest time possible!

Scoring

During the race the number of laps and the amount of time in minutes and seconds passed is shown top middle of the screen. At the end of the 5 lap race your finish time and fastest lap time will be shown.

Features

Arcade racer gameplay

960 by 540 game resolution and 16M colour graphics

Race track with 5 laps to complete

In game music and sound FX

Options: 

• Play game in desktop or full screen (at different resolutions)
• Switch off/on sound
• Change graphics quality / performance settings

Controller support

Compatibility

RISC OS

The game has been tested on Raspberry Pi 2, RPCEmu 0.9.5, Raspberry Pi 4 with RISC OS 5.30/5.31, Python3.8 and Pygame 1.9.6. The game is expected to run on other RISC OS 5 platforms as well, but this has not yet been tested. RPi 4, similar hardware or better is recommended for best performance.

Credits

Original version by Raspberry Pi Trading Ltd, Code the Classics Volume 2 book. Created using the RISC OS port of Python3.8 and Pygame 1.9.6.