MiniRacingOnline (MRO) is a free Formula 1 racing video game with a top-down perspective and Online mode.

Racing video games with a top-down view were a great success in the 8-bit era, and this genre has been left aside with time. This video game started its development in the year 2000 and is now still being developed.

MiniRacingOnline allows multiple game modes; we can choose between offline and online. In offline mode, we will play us alone against the machine. We'll be able to choose between participating in a time trial or playing a full career. In time attack mode, we'll run on the track chosen to achieve the session's fastest lap. In career mode, we'll have to do practice sessions, the qualifying, and the race, getting a good dose of realism to organize cars in the starting grid.

In offline mode, we can choose the circuit we're going to run, the weather (dry, rain, extreme rain, random, etc.), and the number of opponents. Thanks to those options, we'll feel involved in real racing despite playing alone.

In online mode, we can join a game in progress or create our server to connect to other players. The game allows up to 32 players in each online game, making it fun and challenging. Online mode works correctly, and the lag that suffers the game is minimal.

If we want to play online or send our best times to the global results, we must register for free on the official website.

Even though the game is an arcade, it includes many elements of simulation: adjustments of the ailerons/wings, tire wear, pit stops, DRS, KERS, the weight of gasoline, team radio, slipstreaming, and more. All these details will delight the fans of Formula 1. In addition to the above, they also include on-screen notifications similar to those shown in the official Formula 1 broadcasts.

The game can be controlled through a keyboard or joystick, making it possible to modify the keys and buttons configured by default.

The game features 157 circuits of various automotive categories, and with more than 4000 models of cars that we will be able to select. In addition, there is an integrated circuit editor where we can create circuits.

To download all tracks and cars, we must use the “mro_launcher.exe” application, which is included in the .zip file of the game, and select those circuits and vehicles that we want to download or update.

The game does not require installation because the download consists of a compressed file, .zip, which contains the files needed to run the game.