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Ford Simulator 5.0

A greatly updated version of the classic Ford Simulator with the newest Ford models. You can see the Tech Specifications or just drive. Your Objective is arrive at the Lake Wakatonka. The cars' performance is…

31 December 1994

Ford Simulator 5.0 is a racing developed by The SoftAd Group, Inc., released 31 December 1994 on DOS.

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What Ford Simulator 5.0 is

Ford Simulator 5.0 is a racing game developed by The SoftAd Group, Inc. and released in 1994. It was published by Ford Motor Company. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A greatly updated version of the classic Ford Simulator with the newest Ford models. You can see the Tech Specifications or just drive. Your Objective is arrive at the Lake Wakatonka. The cars' performance is realistically modeled; it's not so easy to drive in high speeds and in curves.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Ford series

Ford Simulator 5.0 is the third of 6 entries we hold in the Ford series. It arrived 2 years after Ford Simulator III. The next entry was Ford Racing in 2000.

See all 6 Ford games in release order →

What it launched against

Ford Simulator 5.0 launched on 31 December 1994, within three weeks of Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw and Mario Andretti Racing.

Released around the same time: Umihara Kawase, King's Field, WWF Raw, Mario Andretti Racing.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Ford Simulator 5.0 come out?
Ford Simulator 5.0 was released on 31 December 1994 for DOS.

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