While the sequel ditched fuel limits and difficulty levels, it added course based time trials in place of lap levels. That’s to say, an Elan as well an Esprit. Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge launched the series in 1990, with Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 arriving in 1991 with er, a more varied car selection.

Die-hard fans and shall we say, slightly older gamers, will be the ones shouting “don’t forget Lotus!”. Remember those? Porsche, Ferrari – games dedicated to those names you’ve definitely heard of. If you love gaming, you’ll want to read out list of the nine best racing games of all time.Īh, one-brand racing games. Never mind the fact it wasn’t officially licenced, the liveries look good enough anyway. Regardless, F1 GP and its sequels have their place in history as true pioneers of the simulator genre. Due to the fact the game would not throttle itself when pushing a computer’s CPU to its limits, lead to the so-called ‘slow-motion driving’ where the absence of a framerate drop meant the game would simply play slower in real time. In fact, the game was so graphically impressive and the way it was developed was so uncompromising, that it caused issues with many gamer’s PCs. It also brought an incredible for-the-time frame rate of 25fps paired with impressive 3D graphics. Adjustable gear ratios, tyre compounds and wing settings were tunable and crucially, had a tangible effect on the way the game felt.

Geoff Crammond’s Grand Prix, or F1 GP for short, delivered for the first time something akin to realistic physics in 1991. The franchise’s first entry arrived in 1991 for a run of five games spanning a decade. A big milestone on the way to the dream of a game that gives you a true F1 experience, was Geoff Crammond’s Grand Prix.

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