From Last to First Challenge #1 - Stewart Ford - F1 '97

Track: Interlagos, Sao Paulo GP
Team: Stewart Ford
Driver: ⭐Rubens Barricello⭐
Race Length: 20 Laps
Skill Setting: Professional
Steer & Brake Assist: ❌
Damage: ✅
Failures: ✅
Tire Wear: ❌
Fuel Depletion: ❌
Tear Offs: ❌
Flags: ✅
Some people may ask: "Why not Expert?" The thing is, Expert difficulty (or skill) can only be beaten when using certain cars. If I would run an Expert-Challenge with this car with a limited run of 20 laps, even with the tire wear and fuel depletion the AI will literally overlap me. It doesn't matter how good I was as a player or how well i took the turns, the AI will always be faster. It felt like the AI was going at 100% downforce while being unaffected by the side effects on the straights and have insane acceleration at the same time. Of course this time it applies to this track. I haven't done tests on other courses yet so I don't want to judge things too early. When I did a test run at 50% distance later with a Ferrari while on Expert, the results are like night and day. I was able to catch up to the leader and win the race in the end. Only the few chosen teams can finish on the podium while the rest is more likely shuffled all over the place and have at more or less random grid start at times.
On the previous upload I was able to catch up to the leader after the half on a race with 50% distance and then literally stayed 1st place for the remaining half.. Somehow I wasn't very satisfied with the results because the AI keeps making pit stops a little bit too often. So this time pit stops are allowed when a car is damaged or the engine is about to fail only. No more refueling needed, no more tire change needed, just pure skill and overtaking while being on course.
So enjoy this remake. Of course I would also take requests in case you have one.

[@GTRufus]

On the previous upload I was able to catch up to the leader after the half on a race with 50% distance and then literally stayed 1st place for the remaining half.. Somehow I wasn't very satisfied with the results because the AI keeps making pit stops a little bit too often. So this time pit stops are allowed when a car is damaged or the engine is about to fail only. No more refueling needed, no more tire change needed, just pure skill and overtaking while being on course. So enjoy this remake. Of course I would also take requests in case you have one.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Lucky that you won the race only 35 seconds before your engine fails.

[@tiagomafra398]

The handling is better than the present games. Impressive...

[@AlanStevens77]

Very interesting.

[@25Berlina]

Finally some non-GT stuff 🔥🔥

[@purwantiallan5089]

The F1 97 Handling > F1 23 and 24.

[@AloneRacecar]

I bet it can be a little annoying to be listening to Murray Walker’s voice all the time when racing eh? 😅