Formula One (SEGA Genesis)

I played a few laps of arcade mode, which seems to handle the turns automatically, letting you focus on car placement in relation to the other cars. It feels responsive and pretty fun.

I played a couple of races of this, I really like it. An arcady game that captures the thrill of F1 racing pretty well.

The menu structure of this game is maddening.
The way to play CHAMPIONSHIP is through selecting OPTIONS and pressing A.
The START option jumps straight to the first ARCADE mode race.
Here is some of the essential menu flow:

       if ARCADE      : race immediately on Interlagos
       if CHAMPIONSHIP: track selection
        /
  jump to last selected mode
  and difficulty in OPTIONS
     /
START
OPTIONS -> ARCADE   -> difficulty -> 1 PLAYER
           TRAINING                  1 PLAYER TURBO
           CHAMPIONSHIP              2 PLAYER
                                     etc.
SELECT THEN PRESS START              |
                                     |
+------------------------------------+
|
+-> controls -> name entry -> track     -> race
                              selection

This seems like a port of 1991 Atari ST/Amiga game 'Vroom'.