1992 - Challenge Software (UK)
by Graham D. Shaw and Vincent Vity
Several games in the likes of CRL's 'Formula One' have seen the light of day, but none have been able to create it's competitive athmosphere.
Was it that hard? Why have mostly all the games since 'F1' been written in basic or similar?
'Grand Prix Challenge' starts up well, with lots of interesting menus and options for the management freaks, but when it cames to the race itself its like all the other BASIC games around: really stupid and dull. To be honest I really liked the options and statistics in the action scenes, but when you look to that small corner where the race is happening it all seems... pathetic.
The naiveness of BASIC games are appealing for its funny side, but after the excellent 'Formula One', you can only expect something better otherwise you will always cameback to it.
Review by YOR on 30 Oct 2020 (Rating: 2)
Grand Prix management, not sure how this is going to go down. You sign for one of four teams, Ferrari, McLaren, Williams and Tyrrell, Benetton are in the game as well but for whatever reason they are unplayable which is rather odd. The goal is obviously to win the Formula One World Championship no no it isn't, the goal is to get through one race for the purpose of this review and then call it quits. The game does contain real driver names but I imagine their team allocation is randomised as Nigel Mansell is in a Tyrrell in 1991. The game itself is, well how shall we put it mildly, lacking. You only drive straight, I say drive you're not actually driving it yourself, but the point is there are no corners at all, and all that happens is either you block a car passing you, you get overtaken or you do the overtaking, you also spin which loses time or crash and be forced to retire, like what happened to me because of course it did. Boring boring boring and I didn't bother doing another race after this for good reason. So how does Grand Prix management work exactly, oh yes that's right, it doesn't.
