Alright! I played the game for about an hour now. So far it’s a surprisingly smooth experience. But pretty darn hard in the highest difficulty setting.
Either touching an opponent or over-revving your engine puts you out of the race, and over-revving happens fast if you don’t pay attention to the tachometer because you’re trying to avoid other cars.
So far I was unable to finish a single race in highest difficulty setting, even though I usually qualify in the top 3.
Comparing the game to other formula one racing games of the time shows some strengths. For one, the game plays a lot smoother than for example Super Monaco GP on the SEGA Master System, which was released two years later and had similar hardware specs as the IBM PC that GPC was aimed at. Driving in GPC feels much more like driving. That might be caused by the third person view, but in SMGP driving never felt very good.
The game doesn’t have a whole lot of cars to choose from, but that actually makes it easier to learn the differences and get used to the cars.
So far I am enjoying it!
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