<s>
Formula	B-Application
One	I-Application
Grand	I-Application
Prix	I-Application
(	O
known	O
as	O
World	B-Application
Circuit	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
racing	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
released	O
in	O
1991	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
PC	B-Device
created	O
by	O
game	O
designer	O
Geoff	O
Crammond	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Grand	B-Application
Prix	I-Application
1	I-Application
,	O
MicroProse	O
Grand	O
Prix	O
,	O
or	O
just	O
F1GP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
was	O
not	O
affiliated	O
officially	O
with	O
the	O
FIA	O
or	O
any	O
Formula	B-Application
One	I-Application
drivers	O
,	O
team	O
liveries	O
and	O
driver	O
helmets	O
were	O
accurate	O
to	O
represent	O
the	O
1991	O
season	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
names	O
were	O
fictional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
simulation	O
of	O
Formula	B-Application
One	I-Application
racing	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
and	O
was	O
noted	O
for	O
its	O
3D	O
graphics	O
,	O
remarkably	O
high	O
framerate	O
(	O
25	O
fps	O
)	O
and	O
attention	O
to	O
detail	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
ability	O
to	O
edit	O
the	O
teams	O
and	O
drivers	O
and	O
set	O
up	O
their	O
car	O
to	O
their	O
own	O
personal	O
specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ranked	O
the	O
27th	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
by	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grand	O
Prixs	O
success	O
spawned	O
three	O
sequels	O
,	O
called	O
Grand	B-Application
Prix	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Grand	B-Application
Prix	I-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
Grand	B-Application
Prix	I-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Papyrus	O
 '	O
Indianapolis	B-Application
500	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Simulation	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
three	O
years	O
earlier	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
second	O
serious	O
3D	O
polygon-based	O
racing	B-Application
sim	I-Application
(	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
without	O
textures	O
,	O
except	O
some	O
for	O
the	O
scenery	O
in	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Indy	O
500	O
was	O
strictly	O
speaking	O
first	O
in	O
pioneering	O
many	O
novel	O
features	O
,	O
F1GP	O
would	O
make	O
a	O
bigger	O
overall	O
impression	O
and	O
impact	O
because	O
it	O
featured	O
Formula	B-Application
One	I-Application
race	O
cars	O
,	O
and	O
because	O
it	O
offered	O
the	O
player	O
a	O
complete	O
season	O
to	O
compete	O
in	O
,	O
featuring	O
16	O
F1	O
tracks	O
to	O
Papyrus	O
 '	O
1	O
track	O
in	O
Indy	O
500	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
racing	B-Application
simulations	I-Application
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
accuracy	O
of	O
the	O
simulation	O
actually	O
made	O
the	O
1/1000	O
of	O
a	O
second	O
chronometer	O
meaningful	O
,	O
as	O
races	O
could	O
be	O
won	O
or	O
lost	O
by	O
a	O
few	O
thousandths	O
of	O
a	O
second	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Together	O
with	O
the	O
16	O
tracks	O
and	O
the	O
atmosphere-packed	O
rendition	O
of	O
complete	O
Grand	O
Prix	O
weekends	O
,	O
it	O
made	O
F1GP	O
a	O
favourite	O
with	O
Formula	B-Application
One	I-Application
and	O
racing	B-Application
sim	I-Application
fans	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
still	O
referred	O
to	O
occasionally	O
in	O
current	O
reviews	O
as	O
a	O
classic	O
benchmark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
joysticks	B-Device
were	O
still	O
mostly	O
digital	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
that	O
respect	O
no	O
different	O
from	O
a	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geoff	O
Crammond	O
wrote	O
the	O
game	O
long	O
before	O
the	O
era	O
of	O
DirectX	B-Application
,	O
OpenGL	B-Application
and	O
3D	O
acceleration	O
video	O
cards	O
,	O
so	O
F1GP	O
was	O
built	O
around	O
a	O
proprietary	O
3D	O
engine	O
that	O
ran	O
in	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
engine	O
was	O
set	O
up	O
in	O
such	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
a	O
fixed	O
frame	O
rate	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
chosen	O
(	O
up	O
to	O
25.6	O
frame/s	O
on	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
at	O
all	O
times	O
try	O
to	O
render	O
the	O
specified	O
number	O
of	O
frames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
itself	O
provided	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
display	O
the	O
CPU-load	B-Operating_System
,	O
pressing	O
the	O
"	O
o	O
"	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Successors	O
Grand	B-Application
Prix	I-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
Grand	B-Application
Prix	I-Application
4	I-Application
offered	O
LAN-play	O
and	O
were	O
even	O
hacked	O
to	O
be	O
playable	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
but	O
never	O
performed	O
reasonably	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F1GP	O
only	O
offered	O
modem	B-Application
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Often	O
,	O
the	O
races	O
followed	O
the	O
schedule	O
of	O
the	O
real	O
world	O
Formula	B-Application
One	I-Application
competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
attempts	O
at	O
a	O
track-editor	O
emerged	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
would	O
only	O
become	O
reality	O
after	O
the	O
arrival	O
of	O
the	O
successor	O
Grand	B-Application
Prix	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
F1GP	O
benefitted	O
from	O
a	O
game	O
editor	O
called	O
F1GP-Ed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whilst	O
this	O
was	O
not	O
the	O
first	O
editor	O
made	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
it	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
most	O
evolved	O
and	O
widely	O
adopted	O
over	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
did	O
n't	O
store	O
the	O
CPU-load	B-Operating_System
data	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
displayed	O
via	O
a	O
function	O
key	O
,	O
in	O
any	O
save	O
game	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
successor	O
Grand	B-Application
Prix	I-Application
2	I-Application
though	O
,	O
was	O
notorious	O
for	O
its	O
high	O
CPU-demands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
Grand	B-Application
Prix	I-Application
2	I-Application
community	O
materialized	O
and	O
exploded	O
far	O
beyond	O
what	O
F1GP	O
ever	O
offered	O
,	O
it	O
soon	O
became	O
apparent	O
that	O
some	O
participants	O
in	O
the	O
competitions	O
submitted	O
results	O
that	O
were	O
totally	O
unrealistic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
Formula	B-Application
One	I-Application
Grand	I-Application
Prix	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
was	O
in	O
development	O
and	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
World	B-Application
Circuit	I-Application
is	O
a	O
winner	O
,	O
going	O
away	O
at	O
the	O
finish	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
the	O
magazine	O
named	O
it	O
and	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
X-Wing	I-Application
Simulation	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
1994	O
reported	O
that	O
of	O
four	O
new	O
racing	O
games	O
,	O
"	O
there	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
World	B-Application
Circuit	I-Application
in	O
the	O
lot	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
PC	B-Device
Gamer	O
UK	O
named	O
it	O
the	O
29th	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
declared	O
World	B-Application
Circuit	I-Application
the	O
66th-best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grand	O
Prix	O
and	O
its	O
sequel	B-Application
,	O
collectively	O
,	O
were	O
named	O
the	O
seventh	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
by	O
PC	B-Device
Gamer	O
UK	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
sheer	O
age	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
both	O
technically	O
and	O
graphically	O
inferior	O
to	O
modern	O
racing	B-Application
simulators	I-Application
,	O
F1GP	O
still	O
has	O
a	O
small	O
community	O
and	O
on-going	O
developments	O
relating	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
previously	O
illustrated	O
website	O
was	O
created	O
on	O
14	O
January	O
2007	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
Yahoo	B-Application
group	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
includes	O
a	O
mirror	O
of	O
all	O
the	O
content	O
that	O
was	O
previously	O
hosted	O
on	O
the	O
SimRacingWorld	O
website	O
and	O
the	O
F1GP	O
Yahoo	B-Application
group	I-Application
portal	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
new	O
developments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
group	I-Application
that	O
features	O
a	O
forum	O
and	O
a	O
mailing	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Competition	O
updates	O
are	O
regularly	O
posted	O
on	O
the	O
Yahoo	B-Application
group	I-Application
portal	O
for	O
all	O
those	O
interested	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
read	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
online	O
gaming	O
mode	O
utilizes	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
built-in	O
modem	B-Application
play	O
and	O
the	O
serial	O
port	O
virtualization	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
DOSBox	B-Application
emulator	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
method	O
of	O
playing	O
F1GP	O
over	O
a	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
connection	O
or	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
was	O
originally	O
tested	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
construction	O
of	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
game	O
editor	O
"	O
Chequered	O
Flag	O
"	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
these	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
project	O
of	O
significant	O
scale	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
unify	O
previous	O
editing	O
tools	O
and	O
introduce	O
new	O
game	O
modification	O
facilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
represents	O
a	O
fresh	O
take	O
on	O
an	O
F1GP	O
editor	O
which	O
works	O
on	O
all	O
recent	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
