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Formula One Grand Prix

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Formula One Grand Prix
Formula One Grand Prix cover
Developers
MicroProse
Release dates
DOS January 1992
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing, Simulation
Vehicles Track racing
Art styles Realistic
Series Grand Prix
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Grand Prix
Formula One Grand Prix 1992
Grand Prix 2 1996
Grand Prix 3 2000
Grand Prix 4 2002

Key points

Released as World Circuit in the US.

General information

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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Requires the manual to answer protection questions.
DOS
The game is available for free streaming on the Internet Archive (US release).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Choice of frame rate cap up to 25 FPS.

Input

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.

Audio

In-game language settings.
In-game language settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German

Network

Multiplayer support was added in v1.05.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
2 Versus
Online play
2 Versus

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes MCGA, VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 286
System memory (RAM) 1 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 MB
Video card (GPU) MCGA, VGA


References