@rappscal
> The speed skating is impossible. I could never figure out how to round the corners without spinning out. The rest of the events are fun to play.
Turns out the falls in the speed skating were a copy protection system that, even if the game was cracked, tried to ruin the fun. Even the GOG copy was cracked incorrectly and contains the issue.
See this wonderful writeup for details:
https://mrwint.github.io/winter/