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The player has the ability to speed up at any time by pressing the joystick button, but it is sometimes advantageous to move slowly.
==Description of game screenGame Screen==[[File: 1981_-_Car_Wars_Manual.jpg|200px|thumb|thumb|frame|left|Original Car Wars Manual Front Cover]] During the play of the game, the player is represented by a red car, and the computer, at in the beginning, uses a yellow car. The player's car always moves counterclockwise around the board, and the computer's cars move clockwise.
There are five "lanes," each of which forms a circumference around the board. The outer lanes are larger than the inner ones. The lanes (from inner to outer) have 4, 20, 36, 52, and 68 dots respectively. Each lane is divided into four sectors, with breaks at the 12:00, 3:00, 6:00 and 9:00 points. It is at these locations where lane-changing is possible. The player has the ability to switch up to two lanes at each break, while the computer's cars can only switch one lane at a time.
