You watch the Top Gear repeats religiously every weekend, you've got a steering-wheel get up with mock papier-maché F1 cockpit sitting on the front of your computer desk in place of the keyboard, you don't breathe, you aspirate... you are what's known in the trade as a petrol-head. A driving game nut. How fortunate it is then, that to satiate your desires (don't go there, talk to the hand!) there are more racing games on the PC than cars on the M6 just north of Birmingham on a Friday at 4pm.

Some are straightforward arcade racers, plenty are specifically rally games, or Formula One affairs. And they're all wheely good. Sorry. Obviously they are not; you've got to take your rusty Austin Allegros along with your sleekly-styled Aston Martins.

One polished chrome pleasure centre, stirring with barely contained V6 turbo power is the cracking Need for Speed 2000: Porsche Unleashed, the latest in a line of Need for Speed corkers. It's an arcade game with a multitude of different ways to play (you can even be a test driver for Porsche), and with breathtaking graphics, sound and gameplay.

If your idea of fun is to drive at 90mph down narrow farm tracks through a Welsh forest in the pouring rain with a nutter sat next to you, occasionally barking things like 'four right, 50, crest' in staccato fashion, then it's rally you're after. Colin McCrae's Rally series is the best out there, with fantastic car handling backed up with excellent visuals.

As far as Grand Prix goes, if you really want realism and an authentic racing experience then check out Grand Prix Legends. It's only for those who really want an involved experience though, like Geoff Crammond's (Hasbro/Microprose) Grand Prix, Grand Prix 2, Grand Prix 3... (you get the picture). For something completely different, try Carmageddon I or II. Roadkill has never been so much fun.

The aforementioned spluttering Austin All-aggros number Psygnosis' Formula One 99, which is just plain badly implemented, and the extremely bland Test Drive 3: Off-Road from Infogrames. Both will be seen languishing in a scrap heap near you shortly - they are truly beyond servicing.