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Grand Prix Unlimited

DOS - 1992

Fairly good formula one racing simulator that comes with a handy track designer. Unfortunately, it was released around the same time Geoff Grammond released his racer Formula One Grand Prix, which made everything else look like a little beetle in pink pants - bad luck.

However the track editor in Grand Prix Unlimited is still useful and innovative, and the overall feel is okay. BUT the controls in the game are far too sensitive on anything better than a low 486 - which makes the game nearly unplayable on today's computers (same problem as with Test Drive III). A slow-down util can help. Doesn't the (annoying) music in this one sound very similar to the on heard in TD3?

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

Kyle p 30 Jul. 2025

This is a great game I had fun with for dos back in the day. I especially loved the map editor that you can make new really big and cool tracks with. If the joystick broke like it did you could switch to lane control.

The problem people are having and all these negative comments are because they play the game with the wrong resolution and graphics settings. That and they're more used to advanced racing games on windows xp and PSP.

Don't take our words for it. Please play it yourself and come to your own conclusions

0
Penelope Jenga 11 May. 2024

This runs on the Test Drive 3 engine and it REALLY isn't suited for an F1 game. It is terrible to control!

0
MOBILEHEAD 10 Jun. 2023

Back in the 90s this game was highly praised in the magazines however I always considered it as way overrated. The engine is fast but the driving model is a bit unnatural. It is quite average when compared with "Formula One Grand Prix". It seems like Accolade wanted to create their own F1 racer after some experience obtained from "Test Drive" series. Unfortunately, in my opinion, it didn't went well.

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mikrofonek 12 Sep. 2019

Resolution must be change by your monitor resolution

gpudosbox.bat
dosbox -conf gpudosbox.conf -fullscreen -exit -config MOUSE.CFG
exit

gpudosbox.conf (Admin edit: added to game files)

2
rainbow 04 Mar. 2017

Any idea how to enter option screen?

0
Alexandre 09 Mar. 2016

The game runs faster coz the actual processors cycles. Run it in DoxBox or another DOS emulator and i will run ok

1
mike 18 Mar. 2013

one of the worst racing games ever. even for it's time. while the graphics are bad, they would have been acceptable if the control of the car was good. it's not. the cars are literally impossible to drive properly.

1
cassava 15 Dec. 2012

I used to play this game during the beginning of 90s. Glad to see it back and download it to my Intel core 2 duo. but when I try it's totally couldn't be driven. LOL

the car is running very fast that I cannot control it. so after I try it I decided to delete it. LOL

0
Litter 09 Apr. 2012

It's true the graphics let a little down..... but I played with my friends during hours and hours. Sometimes, overnights.
Back at that time, it was magic, and that's how it is to me.

Have fun.

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Wertzui 27 Jun. 2011

This game is bad. It was promising, but it's barely playable on any PC of any era, the in-game graphics is very ugly, the music is annoying, and it's full of bugs. I bet it could have been waaaay better if it was developed by DSI, like Grand Prix Circuit.

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МС 21 Jun. 2011

Спасибо яндексу, что нашёл этот сайт и рабочую ссылку на игру в нём.

0

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Downloads

DOS version
Game file
United Kingdom English
896 KB

Extras

Misc Misc 1
GPUDosBox.conf - Use as DOSBox Config File
DOS 2 KB English English

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