Formula One Grand Prix (1991) Amiga Re:Review | Episode 60

[@somecallmetim42]

I was a student back in 1991 and I fondly remember the excitement when I got back from lectures to find a package on the door matt containing my pre order of Formula One Grand Prix. Once I'd got it up and running on my A500 It was such an amazing revelation that I played it for 24 hours straight missing lectures the next day until the point I could no longer keep my eyes open . No other game release since has even got close to matching the excitement of playing Formula One Grand Prix for the first time.

[@greensleevez]

As a uni lecturer who is supervising a thesis on F1 games, I feel... conflicted reading this.

[@sutton513]

@@greensleevez that sounds interesting, what does the thesis explore?

[@savroo]

Do you remember the manual it showed you all the apexes for each type of corner.

[@dvs21a]

I must have put thousands of hours into this game. Just driving round and round and round first on my Amiga 500 and then on my Amiga 1200. Hearing that music again just brought it all back.

[@herdarkshadow834]

When I pulled my Amiga 1200 out of the loft a few years back this was still installed on the hard drive. It was the game that sold me on buying the Amiga 1200 in the first place and then buying and fitting the hard drive to avoid disk swapping breaking the immersion. It was the start of a long, expensive 30 year deep dive into sim racing, PC builds and full sim rigs. I always loved racing games but this was the game that started me on the sim racing path proper. The graphics may have improved and the experience may be more visceral today but I still love Geoff’s Grand Prix series, especially his magnus opus Grand Prix 4. The AI in GP4 is amongst the best even today. I’ve certainly had some intense races and I still rue the day I spun on the last corner due to a back marker getting in the way after fending off Schumacher for the entire race. Never had that sense of crushing defeat before or since and still stings today. Racing was better for having Geoff in it and I think many in the sim community wish we were playing Geoff Crammond’s F1GP ‘24 today. Thanks Geoff for all the miles and that haunting last corner spin…

[@OwenThesaints-z5k]

My friends and I did a whole season of full races whenever we all had the time & could get together, with a trophy at the end for the winner. The multiplayer mode was good and involved taking turns & the manual was a thing of beauty , what a wonderful year with my best mates!

[@Flipper1974nz]

Me and my mate LOVED this game , would play it all night until the sunrise and the birds started singing

[@lodersracing]

This was one of my first ever games, it was absolutely brilliant.

[@jamurray9423]

Great review and nostalgia. This is where my obsession with f1 games began . Here I am, decades latter with direct drive wheel rigs, 4k VR etc but nothing comes close to the high I got playing this back in the day .

[@NeilStudd]

I remember my modest student PC at university, with Grand Prix 3, plus a mod to change the overlays to match the real TV broadcasts. Used to set it to all CPU cars, 100% race distance, TV camera, and sit back and watch!

[@Sparkypark]

I used to love this game when I was a youngster. I learned all the courses off by heart. For the next few years I knew every turn of the tracks when I watched Grand Prix on the tv. I used to enjoy driving into my rivals a la Schumacher.

[@kwirkkwirksn1090]

I played this game hundreds of hours back in the 90s on my Pentium 90 😍

[@ede981]

i also.. but on 486 dx2 66mhz... it was an awesome time ❤

[@ryansoucyracing]

Lucky! My 486sx/25 did well enough though!

[@RaceSimCentral]

Excellent stuff. :) This was a really special game for me. I have worked in gamedev, on racing sims, for 20 years now. Absolutely due to this game. For reference, the drivers and cars from 1991 were included, but not licensed, so not properly named. You had to type in the real names, which were listed in the manual only. Nigel Mansell was Robert Davies, etc. The framerate could be increased with a mod by Grant Reeve, which gave it the NTSC framerate on systems that would support it. Grant went on to work at Papyrus and iRacing.

[@Yaperek]

There was also F1GP-Ed tool made by Oliver Roberts which allowed to modify a lot of things in the game. Starting from all cars colors and performance a. finishing on FPS mods using Grant's routines. I remember we played races in internet league where every competitor logged his local race and log file was send to the admin. Logfiles from all competitors were compiled into league race. Unforgetable memories. :D

[@CameronGreenwoodCramp]

Hi UK Gaming Network My name is Cameron Greenwood Cramp AKA CGC. I'm an Aussie. I'm almost 28 years old. I was born on February 6 1997. I live in Melbourne in Australia AKA the land down under. I am the biggest fan of IMSA and the WEC in the land down under too. I've been into IMSA for 21 years now. And I love it. It's actually my favourite motorsport nowadays along with the World Endurance Championship AKA WEC and MotoGP & the 24 Hours Of Le Mans. Back in the day, I used to be into all motorsports, but not anymore. It's been like that for the last 12 years also. My favourite IMSA season is every single one of them. From the classic original IMSA from 1971 to 1998 and new IMSA from 2014 onwards. My favourite races in IMSA are the Daytona 24 Hours, the 12 Hours Of Sebring and of course the Watkins Glen 6 Hour held at The Glen. My favourite World Endurance Championship or WEC for short is every single one from 2012 to present day. Watkins Glen AKA The Glen in Upstate New York, where they make steamed hams, is the best race track in the United States of America. Also, Francios Cevert is the greatest French person of all time, apart from Rene Arnoux, Alain Prost, and Albert The 5th Musketeer AKA Albert De Parmagnan. And also, 1989 is the best Le Mans ever, along with 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1994 and 1995. The Le Mans 24 Hours is my favourite race of the year and my favourite sporting event of the year too. Le Mans is my favourite race track in the world along with The Glen AKA Watkins Glen and Bathurst. Jim Clark and Ayrton Senna are two of my favourite drivers of all time. They are two of the greatest drivers who ever lived. Colin McRae and Walter Rohrl & Henri Toivonen are three of my favourite rally drivers of all time. They're tree of the greatest rally drivers who ever lived. Burt Munro along with Freddie Spencer are two of my favourite motorcycle riders of all time. 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The Shawshank Redemption and The Incredibles are two of my favourite movies of all time. 1967, 1976, 1989, 1991 and 1997 are five of my favourite Formula 1 Seasons of all time. James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Barry Sheene, Striling Moss, Mike Hawthorn and Ken Miles n David Purley are my favourite Brits of all time. Dan Gurney is my favourite big tall guy. And also, Dan Gurney is my favourite person with the name Dan too, apart from Dan Wheldon and Dan Colorado AKA Dan Dougherty too. Chris Amon and Lloyd Ruby are two of my favourite drivers who were great despite having a bad luck reputation. On Any Sunday and The World’s Fastest Indian are two of my favourite motorcycle films of all time along with Race For Glory and of course Silver Dream Racer. David Purley AKA David Charles Purley is my definition of an absolute hero. Kork Ballington and Jody Scheckter along with Jon Ekerold are three of my favourite guys from South Africa. My favourite female racers are Penelope Pitstop and Janet Guthrie & Dancia Patrick. Ford VS Ferrari, Rush, Senna, Grand Prix, Le Mans, Race For Glory: Audi VS Lancia, Days Of Thunder, Talladega Nights and The Love Bug & The Last American Hero are my favourite car movies of all time. The Driver as well. My favourite Australians are Jack Brabham, Peter Brock and Mark Skaife. Bruce McLaren, Burt Munro, Chris Amon, Denny Hulme are my favourite Kiwi's of all time. Also, Lorenzo Bandini and Valentino Rossi are my favourite Italian's of all time. Jacky Ickx is my favourite all around driver and my favourite person from Belgium. Aguri Suzuki is my favourite person and driver from Japan. Great country. Ronnie Peterson is my favourite Swedish person and the greatest person from Sweden too. Ayrton Senna, Emerson Fittipaldi and Nelson Piquet are three of my favourite Brazilian guys and three of the greatest Brazilian's who ever lived. Henri Toivonen is my favourite Finnish person and the greatest person from Finland. Pedro Rodriguez is my favourite Mexican of all time and the greatest Mexican ever. Jim Clark, Colin McRae and Jackie Stewart are three of my favourite drivers from Scotland and three of the best Scotsman ever. 1971, 1982, 1992, 1995 are four of my favourite Indianapolis 500's of all time. Jaques and Gilles Villeneuve are two of my favourite Canadians of all time and two of the best Canadians too. And Jeremy Dale. 1992, 1995, 1997 (CART) are three of the best IndyCar Seasons ever and three of my favourites. 1979 is my favourite Daytona 500 ever along with 1997 and 1998 & 1976. The 1979 Daytona 500 is also my favourite NASCAR race of all time apart from the 1992 Hooters 500. 1979, 1992, 1996, 1997 are four of my favourite Nascar seasons. 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2003 are favourite Bathurst 1000's of all time. 1993 to 2007 and 2013 are my favourite V8 Supercars seasons ever. Two of the greatest male cartoon racers are Speed Racer and Tom Slick and two of my favourite male cartoon drivers too. 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1982, 1984, 1997, 2003, 2012 and 2014 are my favourite Daytona 24 Hours and are the best as well. 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1983, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2012 are my favourite Sebring 12 Hours and are the best too. Niki Lauda and Jochen Rindt are two of my favourite Austrians and two of the best people from Austria. Juan Manuel Fangio and Carlos Reutemann are two of the best Argentina racers and two of my favourites from Argentina. Clay Regazzoni and Jo Siffert & Alain Menu are my three favourite Swiss people. Three of my favourite drivers from Switzerland. Steve Kinser is my favourite Sprint Car Driver of all time. Like with most people. 1982 to 1986 which were Group B, along with 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2003 are my favourite World Rally Championship's AKA WRC's. 1998, 1997, 1995, 1994 and 2018 are five of my favourites in the British Touring Car Championship. 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971 and 1989 are my favourite World Sportscar Championship's AKA WSC's. Every single 500cc season was and is my favourite Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Season, especially the ones that had Freddie Spencer in. And finally.... Walter Rohrl is my favourite German and easily the best guy from Germany. Last but not least, Eddie Irvine is my favourite Irish and the best person from Ireland. :) I'm also the biggest fan of the Bathurst 6 Hour. I loved it since it began in 2016.

[@rachroyston6697]

One thing I remember about this game is it didn't have the team names and drivers in game you had to type them in form the manual, for instance Nigel Mansell was called Robert Davies and Williams was called Puma. I think the suggested gear in race is lower then in qualifying is because in back then they had special qualifying tyres only good for a few laps so can go much quicker, taking brazil for example fastest qualifying time was a 1.16 and the fastest time in race was a 1.19

[@burgek1]

I loved this game and Stunt Car Racer - what a joy as kid!

[@philharrison5]

And one more, lotus esprit turbo

[@burgek1]

​@@philharrison5omg absolutely! I played that soooo much!

[@weewhiskydram]

Remembering the hot seat multiplayer, nothing worse than coming back to your turn and seeing the computer destroy your car as you were about to take over. Can’t believe how gorgeous the graphics are. Great memories 👍

[@alexandrecorelli7179]

Thank you for this video ! I remember having won the championship in difficult level. Indy 500 was also an absolute classic ! Its main problem was the control made with the mouse. The curves had to be so finely adjusted that the Amiga's mouse was often not precise enough, and missed a few instructions, which made you crash. I remember that I saved the game after each turn.

[@oliwatts7323]

I bought it for the PC a year or 2 later. I got so good at it. I was completely obsessed. I must have played at least 8 entire 100% race seasons on ace level. The street circuits such as Phoenix and Monaco I would win by a few laps. If I wanted a quick game I would start at the back on amateur with all the aids off and try to go through the entire field. A friend and I used to go on Hockenheim. Take all the wings to minimum. We could get it up to about 230mph on the long straight after the first corner. Then if you hit the rumble strip in just the right place you could jump the next corner only losing about 50mph. We also used to play who could cause the biggest pile up. We found if you started on pole, allow the second placed car to almost draw level, then drive into him you could send him spinning in the middle of the road with the other cars crashing into him. Once I think I took out more than half the field. Obviously not something you could do in real life.

[@jdevlin1910]

Thank you for this burst of nostalgia. My memories of this are a bit vague as I was too young to really appreciate it, being more fascinated by the level of detail in the tracks and customisation of the teams / cars available to gawp at and tinker with - funnily enough the same things that still fascinate me today!

[@ButeSound]

This game, PGA tour golf and making tunes on Octamed was everything.

[@TregTube]

Bertrand Gachot was a Jordan driver in the team’s first year. He was famously arrested for assaulting a London taxi driver with CS gas, and his incarceration giving a certain M Schumacher his first F1 drive at Spa that year (1991).

[@theblackwidowchronicles]

That was a shame....It introduced the biggest cheat in F1 history to the world....But karma got him in the end

[@TregTube]

@ calm down

[@sloppynyuszi]

@@theblackwidowchroniclesdude. Not cool

[@dontliftoff]

@tregtube beat me to it 👌🏻👍🏻

[@boru1982]

He was also left out of the copy of the game I had. The Jordan drivers in my version of the game were Andrea de Cesaris and Alessandro Zannardi.

[@nextgengaming7803]

Oh my good lord memories back in the early 90s on my amiga 600. Played this for hours a day as a kid. I remember finding a button or setting on the game that launched the car like crazy off the line to get a fantastic start lol. What I loved about microprose was the game manuals. They were like Guinness World record books lol.

[@Hedonistik_Ritual]

As a young kid i'd rename the drivers and teams after my toys and play full length races on multiplayer mode, switching between all the drivers and commentating on my alternate world championship as i went along. One of the standout games in my life!

[@giulianomarco]

I eagerly bought this when it came out for my A500. I played it with all six driver aids off. Interlagos and Monaco were staple tracks. I beat Mansell's official lap record at Monaco - thanks to a perfect set-up. That was the trickiest part at every circuit, getting the downforce settings right.

[@Jellybeantiger]

Memories.❤ The highest point of my gaming life,firing this up on the Amiga.

[@MIKandJEAN]

Very nice review! Surprisingly the whole game, editor and everything you could wish for was given away free on an Amiga Format CD around 1998-1999. If I remember correct the frame rate did improve if you had an 030. On A500 though it took a while to get used to that frame rate but soon enough you could feel the sense of speed and it was as solid game for the longest time even on A500. Great achievement and great game!

[@heneganov]

Nice review! I spent so many hours playing Stunt Car Racer and particularly Microprose F1 GP, which I remember buying on its release date as a 14 year old. I have never been so excited to open and play a game as I was with F1 GP on that day. Good times!

[@andrewholt5659]

Nice video. I remember playing this on my A600 with a hard drive. It was amazing.

[@TheUnfinishedSynth]

When I got my Amiga in the early 90s, I played this incessantly. This and Dino Dini’s Goal. Absolutely loved it. Though I will confess to occasionally setting myself at the back of the grid at Monza and barrelling into the opening chicane without breaking to see how many cars I could take out in one accident! :P

[@TheUnfinishedSynth]

And, of course, then watch multiple replays of it!

[@davideyres955]

I remember working out that racing a monza you could cheat by going into the chicane at the end of the start finish straight flat out and not breaking and hitting it just right and you’d jump and if you corrected it you could skip the chicane and carry pretty much full speed. But the game was brilliant and the control was just right to be able to drive it well.

[@krukan6]

Thanks for the review! A awesome game bought back in 1995 for the Atari 1040 STe.

[@ForburyLion]

I first played this on my Uncle's PC back in the early 90's, My first attempt and I qualified near the front and then took the lead and lead. Everyone was watching in amazement as they had all been rubbish at this and here I was, a kid who had never played on a PC before leading the race. I eventually made one mistake and finished 2nd. When I eventually left college and got a job, I bought a PC and GP 2.

[@bigzeddie76]

As a kid I swapped my Megadrive with my mate's Amiga for a few weeks just so I could play this game👌 13:34 he drove for Jordan, but was sent to prison! His seat was then filled by a young German...

[@TheBlacksheep-72]

Ah yes, God bless Gachot and his CS gas XD

[@rjd97c]

Great review. Remember this fondly for hours. Even shared my name with the default driver! Try AMS2 on PC if you want (in my opinion) best vintage F1 and old track layouts in a modern accessible Sim-racer.

[@macx]

Oh boy. I loved the game so much, played it the whole time. And Stunt Car Racing before. Memories...

[@nemysisretrogaming3771]

I remember playing this on PC back in the day and doing multiplayer races over 2400 baud modem tying up the telephone for hours lol. Those DOS memories.

[@realgun666]

Loved this back in the day and was cool when we got the editor to modify names and colours. If you are looking for a modern racing title that has fantastic retro Formula cars and tracks you gotta try Automobilista 2, and if you have access to a wheel and VR headset it's on a completely different level.

[@PLAN50]

I can't remember how often I played this one. Great memories!

[@GioMarron]

Though I probably played Mastertronic, US Gold & Ocean games long before discovering Microprose, they soon became my favourite devs. My first real love was Microprose Soccer, made by the guys who went on to make Sensible Soccer and the game you mention, Cannon Fodder I’d LOVE to get back to playing these old C64 and Amiga games again. I miss them all so damn much

[@Frostie3672]

Played this game to death, it was the game that got me hooked on F1 & I've not missed a race ever since. Getting a blizzard 1260 accelerator transformed F1GP & especially a shareware program called f1gp-ed which let you alter how fast the ai drivers were to make the game more challenging, change their names to accurately portray future seasons of F1 & the software could also alter the framerate & playing at 25 fps it was silky smooth. You weren't playing the game at 25fps in this video though as you mentioned, the hard coded frame rate is much lower than that which is where f1gp-ed software comes into it.

[@sheeno15]

I have this on my Atari ST. As a kid I was always playing it . They made a second version of the game but I've not played it yet.

[@upduckie9643]

Me and my brother use to love playing this! And the multi player system work great

[@ClassicTrialsChannel]

this game was a game changer in race games. bought it for my Atari ST first , then again when I got my A1200.

[@MichaelMetalox-jo4lc]

When I see this game I remember my childhood where I played all the racing games from Geoff Crammond. it was a fantastic time with hours of racing.

[@Seventeen_Seconds]

I was 11 in 1991 and remember crash magazine what a blast from the past

[@Jacky_man542]

Loved this game. It was the first game where I started to use manual gears due to me been a massive F1 fan at this point. I also purchased a very basic pedal add on and this made the game just an amazing experience.

[@ridiculous_gaming]

I am not into racing simulators, but I was hooked on Stunt Car racer, via my Amiga 500; fantastic times.

[@jonridley]

Man, that game . Remember playing the sort of 2 player version with my friend on Atari st where tou take turns, we played with no assists and loved it.

[@ebow707]

I loved that way of playing two player.. it was tense when it swapped back to see how you had been getting on

[@FunkyMunty]

Sooooo many memories, F1 to turn auto braking on and off got abused !!! Used to full length races on race weekends to re create what happened in the race that weekend. Multiplayer was genius . This series and lotus turbo challenge really got me into racing games !

[@stovic1442]

I realise how old I am when I slowly remember as I'm watching this that I did in fact play the hell out of this game 😂

[@danslider9014]

Had this on the 600. It was fuckin' amazing. The coming out of the pitlane was quality.

[@studlydudly]

I played 4 full seasons, on full difficulty, at full race distance, back to back, and I never lost the desire to continue. I don't think I could say the same for any other game.

[@peterbondy]

Me too. And if I’m being very honest I also used to put on a helmet my brother had when I played the game! 😊😂

[@adamqxmarshall4520]

Me and my brother used to do 15 lap stints taking it in turn. I salute your endurance 😂

[@jaysmudger]

I would always knock the gfx settings down for that extra fps, loved that game.

[@stuartcarter7053]

Spent so many hours on this game. What I found weird though was the way the game would force you take the racing line out of corners. If you roll up to a normal corner and try to follow it around the inside all the way you can't do it - there's like an invisible wall on the inside of the corners that disappears as soon as you're on the straight again.

[@tristanfletcher6621]

I was lucky enough to have an Amiga A4000/040, (sold for £250 in late 90’s!) this game was brilliant on that machine.

[@alezandercorben4122]

I used to play this all the time.

[@vwsciroccoscala]

I played many hours on this game on my A600. Must dig it out and play it again

[@seamushadron]

One of my favourite pc racing games, played all Crammond's F1GP for years 😊😊😊

[@Jimfowler82]

Stunt racer was my first crammond game.

[@Ianabcds]

The best racing game in the Amiga by far. Still got the boxed version in the loft.

[@SuperVezzeli]

Oh man, I broke couple joysticks with this game! Stunt Car Racer was my favorite also.

[@timhaslum7461]

Myself and a couple of mates played this for hours, the multi player mode was inspired. We played no.2 and 3 also.

[@alho9231]

Love this game ❤❤ I used to play it on my Amiga 4030 as it does require a bit more grunt from the processor to play it smoothly. Spent a lot of my time on the Monza track coz it was one of the few tracks you could reach top speed while using the slipstream of the other cars. Oh and I used to cheat as you could cut across the chicane to gain a few secs...🤭

[@paulrnaylor]

The team was Jordan. The Jordan 191 was the most beautiful in F1 history. Also team i drove for in this gem of a game

[@seanmarsella3071]

Buzzin Hornets for ever.

[@philharrison5]

We used to love playing this game. Multi player was brilliant.

[@UKGamingNetwork]

@@philharrison5 I remember doing full races with my brother in hot seat multiplayer. Two hours per race

[@broadbent96]

I used to freeeeeeeeeaking LOVE this game, as well as subsequent versions.

[@andrewfield4187]

If I remember correctly this was delayed by several months just prior to it's original release date and was gutted to hear this. However once it did come out it was so advanced over most other racing games that it more than made up for the delays

[@Midwinter2]

Very impressive game back in the day - but I'm afraid I only played a few times as the frame rate was just unacceptable on my OCS Amiga. I still appreciated how good it was, though - and I imagine it ran beautifully on faster processors. One thing that deserves a mention is the gorgeous 32-colour hand-drawn illustrations that formed part of the game's presentation.

[@AlpinestarsR6]

One of the greatest games of all time! Incredible pace that you could push them cars at. Made you learn the craft of racing on the edge! Atari ST for the win.

[@ryansoucyracing]

First time watching your channel. You look like Zac Brown and Michael Andretti had a baby. It somehow lends more credibility to your commentary!

[@bonno666]

I had this game too in 1993 on the PC. And I remember even a Intel 486SX33 was struggeling with the framerate. Not everyone had fancy DX processors and a fast videocard. Most of the time the CPU occupation was 100%. At the time I didn't know The Chain from Fleetwood Mac was the intro music. If you run it on a Pentium II PC the occupation is about 5% , so 20 times faster. But the game does not speed up.

[@sloppynyuszi]

Our 486 DX 2/66 ran it great! Loved this game!

[@bonno666]

@@sloppynyuszi It depends in what year, Those where still very expensive in 1993. And to keep up you had to upgrade your PC every year. Speeds went up that fast. It's not like that anymore. Off course you could upgrade the Amiga too and go for a 4000 but those where really expensive and shops that sold them where not here.

[@SandroMassarani]

This is a masterpiece! Great memories.

[@UnitSe7en]

Best F1 game ever. On a 486 DX/66 PC it was great.

[@Synthematix]

Vrooom on the Atari STE was my favourite

[@simmycutters3757]

Geoff Crammond, what a legend!

[@simmycutters3757]

Awesome video by the way :)

[@djmace7566]

fantastic game that i played for many hours with my megadrive contoller. this and Indianapolis 500 my favourite racing games

[@TotalCowage]

I still have my original, boxed version of F1GP, I think but am not sure decades later that it came with my A500 when I bought it second hand. I had a lot of fun playing it, but not perhaps the way it was meant to be played as most GPs quickly became a demolition derby as I rammed all my opponents and tried to break their cars so they'd go slower... I have vague memories of the game running slower than shown on this video though? I hoped to one day play serial link games, but by the time I got an A500 most people had moved on; so much so I bought myself a second A500 just to host matches for friends; Knights of The Sky, Stunt Car Racer, Populous 2... there were so many games I wanted to try, but I could never get it to work, and I think the second Amiga's port, or maybe the cables were broken. Shame. I think now you can maybe do it via Amiga emulation, which this video doesn't mention. There was a very old Kaillera client that did it over the internet, but WinUAE allows two clients on one PC... again, finding someone to play with is an issue, sadly.

[@markscott6927]

I am the very Mark Scott who created the artwork for this version and for the PC version.

[@UKGamingNetwork]

@@markscott6927 congratulations on your excellent work

[@KayoMichiels]

If you get Uncle Art's Temporal Shift's album, in the bonus section, you get a remastered version of the songs he composed, including a reworked version of the Intro song!

[@DoobieDuck]

Played this with 2 friends hot seating. We decided to run the season with races full length, and 1 of us turned the game off before saving after the 1st event. I sometimes wonder if the body was ever found...

[@Max_Snellink]

Had the Amiga A500+ with a Meg upgrade and an external hard drive. Formula 1 was my favorite. Then stunt car racer. Micro machines. I'd watch real F1 then race along on the Amiga. FA18 Super Hornet was my flight sim fix.

[@AJ-Bruno]

Most legendary game, cannot be beaten.

[@TheBlacksheep-72]

13:00 It's been a L-O-N-G time(!), but I seem to remember that if you pressed G (for 'Gap' ?) it then gave you the time difference to the car ahead and the car behind in the two-row information bars on the steering wheel.

[@UKGamingNetwork]

You're right! Just checked the reference card in the box, should have noticed that.

[@carlrobson5745]

would have been about 19 when this came out. Loved that game spent ages setting the car up with front and rear wing brakes gear ratios it was quite expensive when it came out did'nt leave much drinking money for the weekend after buying it.

[@trickyjw]

Spent a lot of hours in this game. I was only 10-11 when it came out I think. I used to go full throttle into the back of cars to knock them out of the race or turn around and go head first into cars until I was the only one and then win. Hey I was just a kid.

[@Mrdorf14]

Loved this game on the Amiga

[@MrWilletts]

I remember playing this when I was a kid. I'd turn off damage to my car, drive the wrong way around the track and slam head on into the other drivers, putting them out of the race and leaving me with an easy win. 😂 😂

[@UKGamingNetwork]

@@MrWilletts otherwise known as "the Indy 500 method" haha

[@blankpage555]

Played from 1993 then went on to take my driving license aged 18 in 2 weeks, then found a sponsor and tried the then Winfield World Challenge in F Renault at Paul Ricard in 1998. I was not good enough.

[@mdwellington]

You just need to turn on caps lock to make Vroom run at the correct speed.

[@canvatanar]

A had an A500, and that was my favourite game :)

[@Sheik__Yerbouti]

I'm sure I read somewhere that the driver driving the F1 car on the front of the box is actually Geoff Crammond. It was a 1990 Lotus. It might actually say in the manual.

[@UKGamingNetwork]

@@Sheik__Yerbouti I'll check that out. The manual is in the box that I got 😁

[@chrisayres7974]

Try AMS2 for amazing 90s F1 cars and tracks. Also AMS1 has a mod for all 4 Geoff Crammond games. It is amazing, you can race the original cars and sounds on modern tracks

[@ezoray]

Great game, played it to death. I remember playing hot seat mode with a friend and getting annoyed at having him ram my car off the track. From what I remember the game was quite easy once you mastered it even on the hardest level. There was also a later white box release where it seems the AI was improved and I was getting rammed coming out of corners for being much slower than the AI cars. You should definitely take another look at Indianapolis 500. Try as I might I coudn't complete the full race, I got around three quarters the way there. I used the mouse for better control during the race but the full throttle or nothing on the button meant it was a nightmare getting in and out of the pits. A cool thing about the quick race was the fastest AI car, a gold'ish coloured one, started near the back with you so you knew you were doing all right if you could keep up with him.

[@blechtic]

I was going to comment that UAE might have a serial port link-up to play with but I guess PCs might not have the physical ports either any more.

[@GioMarron]

Honestly, you could’ve asked me to make every driver I’d heard of and I’d never have gotten Gachot but as soon as I saw his name, I have a vague memory of him being at Arrows. He was either teammate to, or was replaced by, JJ Lehto

[@djmace7566]

if you are a pc gamer Automobilista 2 has many of the tracks from the 91 season plus a car group that replicates that season. You can add a mod with the real liveries, overalls and driver names too.

[@carloscardoso7042]

Was the first decent F1 game ... unforgettable

[@mansellracing8690]

Tell you what i still have, On the PC though, Geoff Crammond's GP3 + 4 And i still have the Pcs that will run it to. I have just Recently brought an Amiga 500 In the Box Mint, £150 The one with the Cartoon on the box. I don't have any games anymore accept my box of copy's i had when i was younger from my Amiga days. GP was and still is an Amazing game, Can you imagine what could have been done with just a little more Memory, Or even a 1200 version of this game, It was Ground Breaking for the day. I use to love the original Hockenheim Circuit, I really miss it on the F1 Calendar with It's long fast straights. i think i have nearly every racing game on all consoles, Test drive 11 The duel was Great for the day, I have that still with the original Dial and Floppy and hard disk. Anyway love your channel my friend.

[@UKGamingNetwork]

@@mansellracing8690 Glad you're enjoying my videos and thank you for those kind words.

[@starsky2112]

This one one of those games I loved to death, great fun, and the fact it came with a very big book explaining how to drive, don't get that these days

[@chrisayres7974]

Bertrand Gachot was Jordan Ford with the 7Up logos

[@leeebbrell9]

I remember this game on my amigA 500+