''S40 Racing'' is a

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game developed by

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(DICE) and released in October 1997 for the

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. The game was made as part of the promotion for the S40 and was shown at a number of large car exhibitions and motor shows in 1997. It has one selectable car and two tracks on which to race, one of which is the Nolby Hills racetrack. It is based on the same software code as '' Motorhead'' (1998). The entire game was completed in fewer than 45 days and sold 16,000 copies through Volvo dealerships throughout Sweden.

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1997 video games Advergames Digital Illusions CE games Freeware games Racing simulators Video games developed in Sweden Video games scored by Olof Gustafsson Volvo Cars Windows games Windows-only games {{racing-videogame-stub