F1 World Grand Prix (N64)

Advantages: Realistic sim, nice touches
Disadvantages: can grow tedious after a while

This game emulates the 1997 World Grand Prix, and you'd believe it were real if it weren't for the lack of g's and wind rushing past. All the tracks from the 1997 Grand Prix are present, and are accurately simulated. You can even set up the weather to reflect the conditions from 1997, which is a nice touch. The game has the usual Practice, Time Trial etc modes, but I went straight to the Championship or Grand Prix mode. Here you are given a number ...
...achieve a reasonable time, you are allowed onto the race itself. You can set whether you want to race the full 50 or so laps - depending on the track - or a cut down version of the race. The full race, which can involve 70 laps on some courses can get tedious, so I would recommend not going for this option unless you are a real Grand Prix addict. There are three levels of difficulty. I managed to complete the Grand Prix in the first two attaining ... Read review

Advantages: Detailed graphics, and realistic controls
Disadvantages: Out of date after a year

With the excellent F1 97 on the Playstation, Paradigm had a huge task to produce a game of the same or better standard. The job was made considerably easier by the fact that Paradigm had the F1A licence and so could use the real driver names, teams, sponsors and track design. With the tat F1 pole position, the task of producing the best F1 game on the N64 was not terribly difficult. When you switch the machine on you get a wonderful circling ...
...As it’s name suggests F1 World Grand Prix is a Formula 1 game, but it is the first top class F1 game on the N64 and will be extremely hard to improve upon. F1 World Grand prix plays surprisingly well, you can change the cars setup to increase speed or improve steering, you have complete control how your car is setup. The Controls are easy to learn on beginner where you only need steering and accelerate but if you change the difficulty it becomes ... Read review

Advantages: Everything you could want from a racer
Disadvantages: ...except weapons to blow the other cars up

...a problem common to most F1 simulations. Overall then, a great racing simulation, ideal for hardened F1 fans and people just looking for racing kicks alike. (Also, try changing the name 'driver williams' to 'driver vacation' on the driver select screen for a secret hawaiian track.) ... Read review

Advantages: great handling, perfect courses
Disadvantages: now out of date

...However, i got home with F1 WGP and played constantly for 18 hours, getting used to the handling, which is amazing. I then woke up the next morning and began a season, which is very in depth. i decided to be patriotic so i chose Johnny Herbert. I started in easy mode cos although id had a lot of practice, i wasnt THAT confident in my ability. after half the season (id played 100% ditances and the full qualifying etc) which had taken me around 3 ...
...pole and the race in all the races. So, i started a new season in the harder difficulty and enjoyed it MUCH better. it was a very closely fort season which i ended winning by just two points to Schumacher - being a British driver made it all that more satisfying. all this had taken me a couple of weeks with the fun never wearing off. i was always looking to shave a couple of seconds off my time and get the best lines around corners. after 6 weeks ... Read review

Advantages: There are lots of play modes to choose from (such as two player games, scenarios etc)
Disadvantages: It is quite difficult to get the steering sensitivity right if you use a steering wheel

This game simulates the 1997 season. My first impression of it was that the graphics are really good and quite realistic - I've found this with quite a few N64 games. This is a very enjoyable game, although at first I found it quite difficult to control the cars. This was especially the case when I used the steering wheel, until I got the sensitivity setting correct. I like the fact that you can have two player games, it means that you can practice ...
...racing against someone else that the computer!!!!) One thing that I noticed about the game was the ommission of Villeneuve (maybe he's shy!!!!) But this doesn't bother me because you can change the names of the drivers, and I'm not a huge Villeneuve fan anyway. I reckon that this a good racing game, and reasonably realistic. It compares well with other Formula 1 games. You can race on all the circuits (apart from the most recent that's been introduced ... Read review

Advantages: Good graphics
Disadvantages: Bad sound

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