I am extremely new to Pico-8, but I'm quite happy with this

I dig it! Do you have a rundown of the controls (if there are any)? I definitely could've used a mid-race pit stop to change tires but I couldn't figure out how to do that or if I even could.

@2bitchuck Thank you! ah yes sorry I forgot to do that haha. You can push x during a race to perform a pit stop. Most of the other controls are onscreen. You earn 1m per race, (2 for 3rd, 3 for 2nd etc) to spend on upgrades. You should use inters for light rain and wets for heavy rain. Tyres & tyre wear works like real life F1 tyres (temps too).

@Sonicboomish Thanks! Yeah, I had a dry course & started on softs with a pretty big time lead until around mid-race when my tires needed changing and I finished in 17th, hahaha. I'll definitely dive back in after work with my new pit crew knowledge :).

I finished 1st with Verstappen with a big lead with everyone else in the whole game. I liked it but i found it a bit samey after I unlocked all the upgrades and could not spend all the money i was banking. After the first 12 tracks, the rest I was playing on "autopilot". I think you need to find a way to spend extra money, something where you can spend money and maybe gives a random boost for the next race.

Suggestions aside, i liked the game and It has a good polish to it.

@DanteZack93 thanks for the suggestions :) I'll see how many tokens I can claw back and see if I can implement more upgrades/longevity as that is something I wanted to do

same as others - good base mechanics, needs a bit more variety somehow. well done still!
regarding tokens, see how you can use split to convert large tables into strings (search LazyDev +split2d)