Editing Final Lap (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| Allgame = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allgame">{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Brad |title=Final Lap - Review |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=10062&tab=review |website=[[Allgame]] |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115222539/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=10062&tab=review |archive-date=15 November 2014 |date=1998}}</ref>
| CVG = Positive<ref name="CVG77">{{cite magazine |title=Arcade Action |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=February 1988 |issue=77 (March 1988) |pages=90–3 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-077/page/n89/mode/2up}}</ref>
| SUser = 9/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Coin Ops |magazine=[[Sinclair User]] |date=18 May 1988 |issue=75 (June 1988) |pages=82–3 |url=https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/magazines/sinclair-user/75#82}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[Commodore User]]''
| rev1Score = 5/5<ref name="Commodore User">{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Nick |title=Arcades: Final Lap |url=https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/267/614 |access-date=13 October 2019 |agency=[[Commodore User]] |date=May 1988 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202105913/https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/267/614 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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''Final Lap'' was a major commercial success in Japan, where it remained one of the most-popular and profitable arcade games, being towards the top of arcade earnings charts for three consecutive years.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=325|publisher=Amusement Press|date=1 February 1988|page=23|lang=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos) |magazine=Game Machine |issue=360 |publisher=Amusement Press |date=July 15, 1989|page=23|lang=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos) |magazine=Game Machine |issue=368 |publisher=Amusement Press |date=November 15, 1989 |page=23 |lang=ja}}</ref> It was Japan's third highest-grossing arcade game of 1988 (below ''[[After Burner]]'' and ''[[Operation Wolf]]''),<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25: '88 ''/ "Game of the Year '88" By Game Machine'' |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=348 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=15 January 1989 |pages=10–1, 26 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19890115p.pdf#page=6}}</ref> and went on to become Japan's highest-grossing dedicated arcade game of 1989.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Videos of The Year; "Tetris", "Chase H.Q." |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=372 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=15 January 1990 |page=26 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19900115p.pdf#page=14}}</ref> It was later Japan's second highest-grossing dedicated arcade game of 1990 (below ''[[Super Monaco GP]]'').<ref>{{cite magazine |title="Tetris" Has Still Earned More Than "Final Fight" |magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]] |issue=396 |publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]] |date=1 February 1991 |page=22 |lang=ja |url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19910201p.pdf#page=12}}</ref>

The game received positive reviews from critics. Clare Edgeley of ''[[Computer and Video Games]]'' called it "a first class racing sim" that is "tremendously addictive" especially in multiplayer mode and a "definitive must" for all racing drivers.<ref name="CVG77"/>