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Compete with all the teams from 2002 and try to win the League title and gain promotion to the Elite League. And also try for the Knockout Cup.

You'll face problems with injuries, retirements, transfer requests, and riders on international duty. And at the same time try to balance the books and keep the crowd happy.

You can play Speedway Promoter for as many seasons as you wish, so stand by to get maximum enjoyment trying to win that elusive Elite League title and the Knockout Cup!

" I bought Speedway Promoter about a month ago, what a very addictive and very good sports management game it is. I'm very impressed. Being a speedway supporter from way back in the 60's, and not being in a position to go to any matches these days, I find this game kinda keeps me in touch with the sport.
Thanks very much for hours of nail biting frustration and, finally, jubilation as I reach the Elite League.
I think you should put a health warning on it though, ' This program may cause a severe lack of sleep!' "
Bill Plasted, Herts.

Game Features

• For 1 or 2 players.

• Start your own team in the Premier League (speedway's second division).

• Buy or loan riders from existing League clubs - price based on age and CMA (Calculated Match Average).

• Unattached riders, foreign riders, and recently retired riders.

• Degree of difficulty chosen determines available cash.

• User decides heat formula (13, 15, or 16 heats), teams' Points Maximum, and if Tactical Substitutes can be used when 6 or 8 points behind.

• Elite League (1st Division) contains 10 teams, and Premier League 16 teams - plus user's teams.

• Matches not involving user's teams completed at the press of a button with full Scoresheet and heat-by-heat match score provided.

• Matches involving own team run heat-by-heat with user deciding on use of Reserves and Tactical Substitutions.

• Transfer and injury news updated between matches.

• Comprehensive stats available via numerous screens.

• Team averages for all teams in both Leagues with individual rider screens for all riders.

• Own team averages contain bar graphs for home and away form (separately) for every rider.

• Team stats include biggest win/defeat ever and for this season, consecutive wins/defeats, average attendances, etc, etc.

• Detailed league tables available at all times, plus future fixtures for all teams (league and knockout cup), and results to date.

• End of season promotion and relegation.

• Unlimited seasons play with riders ageing and performances improving or declining, with some youngsters improving rapidly.

The Background

And the thousand or so faithful fans happy enough to make their weekly pilgrimage to stand on the windswept terraces in the persistent drizzle of a typical English summer evening, munching on their undercooked hotdogs, and dripping onions and ketchup over their clipboard scoresheets.

But the fans' lot is indeed a happy one compared to that of the promoter! Not for them the hassle of putting together a team of riders to conform to the ever changing Speedway Board's regulations, trying to persuade foreign stars to commute twice a week from Denmark and Sweden, and forever balancing on the tightrope that produces a successful team good enough to win the meagre rewards of League or Cup.

But not too good to make home race night an evening of professional racing which will guarantee an even smaller crowd next week!

Now all this can be yours by buying GDW Software's excellent Speedway Promoter for the PC.

The Game

From here on everything is down to you in terms of putting together a team, attempting to sign (buy or loan) riders currently with Elite or Premier League teams, unattached riders, and foreign riders or even persuading retired riders to put on their leathers again.

Prices are not negotiable and are based on the rider's age and Green Sheet Average. Younger riders may improve over the season, and over subsequent seasons - you can play on and on, and probably will! - and foreign riders cost you money whether they sign or not. And you also have to foot their travelling expenses bill.

You can sign up to twelve riders if you're lucky but you must keep within the league's Points Limit Maximum, which can be anything from 43 to 50 points, set up by you at the outset. You can also set the match formula, 13, 15 or 16 heats.

Then the fun starts!

The tapes fly up with both Elite and Premier matches being run at the push of a button, providing complete scoresheets and heat-by-heat scores. For matches involving your own team the match is run one heat at a time with tactical decisions to be made and on-form reserves to be brought in.

Riders can fall and/or be excluded, suffer engine failure, all the usual stuff, and get themselves injured, and between-match updates keep you abreast of transfer and injury news, retirements, etc, etc.

Apart from keeping your eye on finances, league position, knockout cup progress, the transfer market, and sudden availability of that special rider you've been seeking, the great news for replay gamers is the vast amount of statistical info about the season built into the program. Team averages, league averages, bonus points, overall points, maximums scored, team form, biggest home and away wins for every club, attendance figures - the list goes on and on........

Summary

Perhaps you need to be a little mad to want to run a speedway team - you're certainly a whole lot crazier to pass this gem of a management sim by!

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