I dl'd the original a few weeks ago to play on an amiga emulator, didn't even do a lap, lol, I remember when it came out and we drooled over the graphics, these days it looks like something from the 19th century. It's a shame Crammond stopped making GP games, his were easily the best of that era, and GP4 is STILL one of the most accurate racing games physics wise, it's a shame it had so many bugs, I think most have been fixed by fans. I loved my McPherson
The times I gave Manny were 1994 testing - the penultimate bend was a fast toughie prior to the straight - now of course there is a kink (now slower).
1994 as a season was a black mark on F1 - Imola especially of course - but while the near-fatal crash of Barichello and the genuinely fatal crash of Ratzenberger often get overlooked that is not nearly as bad as the treatment given to, say, Wendliger's crash at Monaco putting him in a coma. So grateful for the safety advancements we have these days. Such a shame that most of those tracks aren't used any more, though, I agree.
I don't know what you are saying there tomtom, but Karl's crash remind's me of Sergio's last year but so far have we have advanced in safety in F1 that Perez was back racing after a race off. Edit: I hope that didn't come out wrong.
It wasn't so much the tracks but the cars themselves, I doubt any of those crashes would've resulted in any injury other than pride today, Imola is sorely missed, especially on F1 racing games
No, no, Perez's crash was an astonishing reminder of safety advancements in F1, no dispute! My point was that that coma killed Wendliger's career and very nearly killed him, but it doesn't really get a lot of attention. Too many horrifying things happened that year, and it will forever be a black mark. But make sure that we remember all those who suffered that year.
I'm not certain on how much the track has changed (just the surface give or take?) but the 1994 Brazil GP (1st of season) had Senna on pole at about the pace of last years Lotus/Caterham's. Thats very fast for what is by today's standards abysmal safety.
That's what I loved too but I think that's what people criticised because there was no driver skill involved. The almost non-existent downforce required more than made up for that in the stadium section, though.
I loved Hockenhiem! pure speed and control of an F1 car put to the test. If you look closely you can still see drivers walking back to the pit lane after crashing at the top end of the track in 98'. It was that big!
