Grand Prix Simulator
Grand Prix Simulator, original game developed by The Oliver Twins. C64 conversion by Adrian Shappard and published by Codemasters in 1987.
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Player's Review
"AMAZING PLAYABILITY!!! - features a very competitive two player option. 12 cunningly devised circuits-under bridges-through oil patches-power sliding around corners-trying to beat the other drivers and the lap record!
Not one for Headphone users - This might have been the first Simulator from the Oliver Twins following on from BMX Simulator by the Darlings released by Codemasters in 1986. The simulator series is very much a mixed bag and the simulator name very much overused but thankfully Grand Prix is one of the better games.
I guess it is kind of like super Sprint. There are 12 courses (two less than the Amstrad/Spectrum games)to play through in one or two player. I'm playing solo here and you have to win every race in order to move onto the next else it's game over.
Overall, this is a good game and one to keep going back to but it's not the easiest game to play. Sometimes the cpu opponent will appear slow and dumb giving you an easy time, but on the next track it may be relentless in it's pursuit of first place. The controls are responsive and gameplay smooth but there does have a tendency to slide a lot so you have to be careful with your speed around corners. If you make a mistake in a tunnel, it may as well be game over.
It's worth noting that overall, the C64 game is better balanced with the cpu making mistakes. If you make it to the final track though all bets are off as the cpu intends to win it! One real oddity though is the car graphics. Did they run out of time to make the player graphics look like cars and instead just went with plain old boxes? Even the spectrum had what resembles a four wheeled vehicle.
Not one for Headphone users - This might have been the first Simulator from the Oliver Twins following on from BMX Simulator by the Darlings released by Codemasters in 1986. The simulator series is very much a mixed bag and the simulator name very much overused but thankfully Grand Prix is one of the better games.
I guess it is kind of like super Sprint. There are 12 courses (two less than the Amstrad/Spectrum games)to play through in one or two player. I'm playing solo here and you have to win every race in order to move onto the next else it's game over.
Overall, this is a good game and one to keep going back to but it's not the easiest game to play. Sometimes the cpu opponent will appear slow and dumb giving you an easy time, but on the next track it may be relentless in it's pursuit of first place. The controls are responsive and gameplay smooth but there does have a tendency to slide a lot so you have to be careful with your speed around corners. If you make a mistake in a tunnel, it may as well be game over.
It's worth noting that overall, the C64 game is better balanced with the cpu making mistakes. If you make it to the final track though all bets are off as the cpu intends to win it! One real oddity though is the car graphics. Did they run out of time to make the player graphics look like cars and instead just went with plain old boxes? Even the spectrum had what resembles a four wheeled vehicle.
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