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Best racing sim... ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I don't know why 'reviewer' J. Oglesbee goes on about F1 2002. This is a different game.

Anyway.. GP4 is simply THE best racing simulator I've ever seen or played. I don't know why people seem to have problems with the game. Admittedly you need to install the official patch to fix some of the bugs. But installation is easy.

The cars sits ON the track - it doesn't hover or float. When I first installed it, it was on my Athlon 750MHz with a GeForce 2 Ultra. Turning the detail down a bit gave me no problems, it ran well and gave a sense of SPEED.

With my latest upgrade, I've got an Athlon 2500XP-M with a GeForce FX 5900XT. The game runs beautifully with full graphic detail.

You can now buy this game in shops for around a tenner (around $15 I should think), and I highly recommend it. The only drawbacks are that they couldn't get the FIA licence to allow multiplayer over the internet (multiplayer over a LAN is possible though), and the fact that there will be no GP5.

Grand Prix 4 - The best F1 Sim by a mile

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is not so much a review as a piece of advice. It's a real shame that so many people seem to have had serious trouble running this game. Up and running properly, its gameplay and graphics are breathtaking - it makes EA'S F1 series look and feel ten years old. However it seems to be only really happy running on Nvidia's Geforce 4 graphics. Next time you upgrade go for one of these, make sure you've got the latest drivers, fire-up GP4, and be amazed. If you want a full review, go to pcgamereview.com and see what I had to say there.

Need Help!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: October 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

my doesn't work! got error message when I try to start the program...went to the websites and found no patches...I want my money back! How can I give any star when the game doesn't work?

Itýs simply the best!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: June 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I'm a big fan of Formula 1 games, and the Grand Prix series is the best out there. And with this addition of the saga, it promises realistic, intense and great-looking ever accomplished.

do not buy it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: January 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This was the worst Running game I have ever seen.there is NO information on how to select any controller assignments.Options to leave a practice session would not work,it only returned me to the session.the patch was no help.tech support is worthless.After about 7 hours trying to get it to work I had no more time to waste and broke the cd in half and threw it all in the trash where this game belongs!

games is great except for a few things

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game was good except for the fact you couldn't get out of quick race.

Best F1 simulation so far

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've had 4 F1 GP simulation in the last 10 years or so, and I have to say that this generation is the most realistic and fun to drive. After reading some reviews about configuration problems, I was a bit concerned, but did not have any issues getting the game up and running. However, did have problems configurating the game with Microsoft sidewinder USB, to get the paddles and brakes to work properly.

3/5

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is an excelent simulator for the F1 fans which want to feel the races. Negative point is that can not be played on line, it is possible only using some external patches and is also possible to upgrade for the last sesons from many sources on the internet.

If you like the challenge there are many off-line leagues out there also like www.gp4kings.com .. we have been running for about 2 years now and have been enjoying the game a lot.

Best F1 Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is the best F1 racing game hands down of the pre boom systems have to be powerful to play it games that we have now. The cars look real, the tracks look real, the racing is smooth and flawless. I like the lighting better than EA F1 games, and there are still modders out there doing updates on tracks and teams today. YOu can download the new track in China and even compete online in racing seasons. This game was the best for a reason..its attention to detail. It didn't matter how powerful your system was. I ran this game for years on a weak 1.8 celeron system with a 64bit video card. I still ran it pretty high settings but not everything on full. Then I bought a P4HT 3.4 cpu and all my problems started. The game simply crashes over and over and over on my killer rig with a 256mb video card, 2gb ram, and enough power to run games like Doom3, Far Cry, and Halflife 2 on full. I can even run GTR2 on FULL specs with no craSHES, but I cannot run this game. I downloaded every patch to man, but the game still crashes. Do your homework before buying it to see if it will run on your system. Many folks have this issue but not everyone. Technical issues aside this is one great F1 game, and I still have to play it on the old celeron.

Buggy, not as good as F1 Challenge overall or rFactor

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have both the regular version and the modded 2007 version of this game and I must say I can't understand why some people think this is the best modern F1 sim out there. First of all just to get it to work on any normal PC is a pain in the rear at the very minimum if you are lucky. Setup of a joypad is non-intuitive and not very well developed. I can't imagine anyone playing a driving game on a keyboard with ease, you need a PS2 style gamepad or a wheel.

On my mid range system I can max out the graphics on F1 Challenge 99-02 using the latest HQ mods(RH or CTDP) (20+ F1 seasons) and it looks amazing, on GP4 regular I can do this as well and it looks like the original Grand Prix Legends game without any of the updated graphics mods: in other words like a 10+ year old game.

On my modded GP4 2007 version I have to play it in all low settings to get a playable framerate and I consider my Nvidia BFG 7950 GT, which is the highest 7900 series card, pretty darn good. I can play Crysis on 1680X1050 in all medium settings with no problems for goodness sake! Meaning this game is not developed very well for scalability of mods.

The tracks have some nice and in some cases better features like the marshals, crowds, cranes when compared to the non-modded F1 Challenge9902 game. Setting up the car is decent if you know how to setup a car, like if you have any idea what changing things like camber, gear ratios and spring rates would do.

F1 Challenge has this level of detail as well but also has quick setup to where you don't have to change every little detail manually which is much better for those who don't want to be a car setup engineer or are not familiar with the details of race car setup parameters.

I'm not a fan of the camera movement either, usually I play swingman arcade style and it feels like there is a rod stuck up the cars arse as I steer instead of the background being more or less static and the car moving around the track in F1C.

In other words if you want a game that is not buggy and is setup intuitively like modern games you should get F1 Challenge 99-02 or F1 2002 although GP4 has better damage modeling than the non-modded versions of F1C and perhaps better tracks, the graphics are nowhere near as good on an average system and the pain of actually getting it to work is not worth it!

Another note on the ridiculous prices nowadays for all those titles, unless you are desperate you shouldn't pay these prices, if you are that big a fan of F1/racing games in general you should have a friend that can help you out wink wink! Look at Grand Prix Legends for example, it was outrageously priced but since then a Sold Out Software version has flooded the market at around $20 shipped!

Also another highly modded game that has most F1 season mods is rFactor, this game is a reasonable price and the mods for F1, ALMS, Champcar, Nascar LeMans, GT, etc. with hundreds of free tracks/cars/seasons available as free downloads, get this game instead of any of the others mentioned here.

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