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Customer Reviews of Grand Prix 3

It's not a graphics state of the art Quake-a-like thing, but the atmosphere is fantastic and no one can take that away.

I agree it should be better, but Geoff Crammond, game designer, is bit of a freak, judging by his decision to do the whole game almost alone, and that is the minus, because one man cannot do it all and get it all right.

Still, the most important thing is that the feeling of the whole idea of Formula 1 he got pretty well. Even the Arrows team assisted in designing the psychics in the game and were impressed by it.

And, as for graphics check out http://www.smyoung.fsnet.co.uk, or to be precise http://www.smyoung.fsnet.co.uk/gp3edit.htm and I 'm sure you'll be happy.

Swings and roundabouts
I have little doubt that GP3 is the best F1 simulation out there. Like its two predecessors, it sets the standard when it comes to realism and true formula 1 feeling and the newly added weather features in this third installment work really well compared to the somewhat unconvincing wet-weather in GP1 (not quite fair compairing the two though). However, a steering wheel is a MUST if one wants to enjoy the full potential of this game. The steering help which is compulsory in keyboard mode almost makes the car feel like it's on rails, a feeling which is multiplied by the default setups which are quite dreadful in their persistent understeer. This was also the case with keaboard-mode GP2 but with the old game it was excedingly difficult to win races at ace level unless you 1: had a steering wheel 2: removed all driver aids 3: had the right setup for the respective circuits and 4: was a bloody good driver! I find that these high standards have slipped somewhat in GP3; it's simply too easy to win, even on ace level.

A few corners have been altered in GP3 compaired with GP2, some of which to the better such as the chicane at monaco, which now is exactly as tight and frustrating as in real life. I was, however, very disappointed to find the greatest corner in the world, Eau Rouge at Spa, a mere shadow of its GP2 version. The corner which is rightly the mother of all challenging bends in the world can now be taken flat out easily regardless of downforce level. I personally went through Eau Rouge at 320ks+ never feeling even remotely close to the limit, whereas the GP2 version had you attempting to go flat in qualifying only and always feeling the peril of a huge off on the exit of Kemmel if you'd misjudged your entry line.
The setup features are as good as ever, with a great variety of choices which don't perhaps make quite as big a difference to the handling as would be prefered. The gear ratio performance have improved since GP2 but the ideal settings are still too high relatively speaking. An option to run seven gears on the faster circuits would also be a massive improvement over the mandatory six-speed box featured in all GP games thusfar.

On a more positive note, the AI of computer opponents has been improved greatly. Ontrack duels are more convincing and exciting than ever before although I found that the backmarkers' newly discovered willingness to back off when you come up behinf them -rather than causing smooth passage - has a tendency to provoke silly accidents, like running into the back of Esteban Tuero while leading comfortably!

All in all; it is definitly worth buying this game, but only if you're prepared to aquire a quality steering wheel with pedals to go with it.

Best of the series so far
This game is easily the best racing sim there is. I don't beleive Grand Prix 4 is an improvement, it's an arcadey version of GP3. GP3 is not a gran turismo type of game - it's very skilful. You might find yourself going off all the time at first but can improve indefinitely with practice and knowledge. Great attention to detail. ...