This is the best F1 simulation I have ever played. I am a die hard fan of F1 racing and I own every F1 PC game that is in the market till date but nothing comes close to being more realistic than this when it comes to graphics and gameplay. I am not hesitating to say that this game has virtually fulfilled my dream of driving an F1 car to large extent. I spend incredibly long hours playing this fantastic racing game whenever I am free in a day. The highlights of the game are the stunningly realistic replays and graphics. The replay is so realistic that any person who does not know much about games would definetely get a thought that this is real race on the TV!. The only drawbacks of the game are the framerates if one has a slow video card and the presentation when compared to F1 2002. The reason why I am rating GP4 above F1 2002 is because all the circuits are very realistic and exactly look like the real ones and that makes you feel that you are racing on the real circuit itself. Circuits in F1 2002 are cartoonish. This is my favourite PC game and favourite possession. Thanks to Geoff for creating and gifting such an incredible F1 simulation to F1 fans like me. There is an ingame video about how to setup an F1 car is very helpful and that is more than enough to learn about an F1 car. I dont know anything about formula1 when I purchased this game but now I have just mastered this game completely. But the game menus, loading screens are just too simple. F1 2002 is winner all the way in this perspective. The game dificulty can be adjusted for a rookie to an ace which is very good. Graphics are Top notch. The beauty of the graphics and how realistic they are in GP4 can be seen in the replays. The graphics give one the feeling of driving real F1 car on the real circuits. Wonderful. The graphics during the wet races are also very good and realistic. Only thing that is lacking is the absence of hands on the steering wheel in the cockpit view. But you can get superior frame rates only in the T cam viewwhich is very good. Need to have atleast 64MB video to get excellent graphics and framerates. Anything less than 32MB , dont buy GP4. Handling is a bit easier once you master it. Could have been little bit tougher and the cars could have been more sensitive to steering. But still one can feel the pleasure of driving an F1 car. You can smoke the tyres while braking hard into the turns, spins, overtaking opponents, crashes and you can also see the brakes glowing red hot inside under braking. Everything is there. Wonderful simulation, gameplay and feel. Anyone who loves F1 games, Don't miss this one!
Other Helpful Reviews for Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix 4
Gran Prix 4 is a game bearing the licence from the World's most prestigious category of motorsports. It have an history that gets back in the old gran prix series in before world war II, and since 1950 its been around ge... Read Full Review
Grand Prix 4 is one of the most realistic F1 simulation games ever made for the PC (and also one of the most complex). It features great drivers, great tracks and above all great action. By default, the game features ... Read Full Review
