F-1 Grand Prix (video game)

F-1 Grand Prix
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Video System
Publisher(s)	Video System
Composer(s)	Naoki Itamura
Series	F1 Grand Prix
Platforms	Arcade Super Famicom
Release date(s)	Arcade: Super Famicom:
Genre(s)	Formula One racing Arcade
Mode(s)	Single-player

F-1 Grand Prix (F-1グランプリ) is a 1991 Formula One-based arcade racing video game developed and published by Video System exclusively in Japan. It is the first title in Video System's licensed F1 Grand Prix series, which this title is based on the 1991 Formula One season. It was licensed by Fuji Television and FOCA. The arcade game was later ported to the Super Famicom exclusively in Japan on April 28, 1992.

Summary

Arcade

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The player is starting the first lap in the arcade version of F-1 Grand Prix.

At the beginning, the player must choose between "World Grand Prix" and "Free Run" as his two different game modes. Each Grand Prix includes qualifying, in which the player must acquire the fastest lap time within a certain time limit. This results in earning a certain place on the race grid of the same Grand Prix. Teams in the game include Scuderia Ferrari, McLaren, Williams F1, Benetton Formula, Tyrrell Racing, and Larrousse. One of the shortcomings of this game is that the player is always in contact against the disabled vehicles. The other cars driven by the CPU usually have no problem colliding with the player.

A constant speedometer is shown near the player's vehicle on the screen. All the computer-controlled cars in the game are always trying to follow the racing line where they can be the fastest. Pitting segments are rather intricate. They involve changing the tires, doing any repair work, and re-fueling the vehicle. There is a timer showing how many seconds and milliseconds have passed by since the player made his pit stop.

The Italian pirate software company Playmark made a bootleg version of this video game.

See also

• Tail to Nose, the arcade prequel to this video game

External links

• F-1 Grand Prix instruction manual at Giant Bomb
• F-1 Grand Prix at MobyGames
• F-1 Grand Prix at superfamicom.org
• F-1 Grand Prix at super-famicom.jp (Japanese)