A Formula One racing arcade game... Virtua Racing was initially a proof-of-concept application for exercising a new 3D-graphics platform under development, the "Model 1". The results were so encouraging, that Virtua Racing was fully developed into a standalone arcade title. Though its use of 3D polygonal graphics was predated by arcade rivals, Virtua Racing had vastly improved visuals in terms of polygon count, frame rate, and overall scene complexity... (wikipedia.org).