Geoff Crammond Tribute Race


We are going back in time! For gamers who were around in the 90s, this was the decade where racing games started to straddle the game/sim world.

For many, Geoff Crammond - Microprose Formula One Grand Prix was the pinnacle of racing at home. The first iteration of this game was released on Atari and Amiga in 1991, with the DOS version coming out a few months later in 1992. Do you still remember the legendary tunes from the intro in the video above?

The game was designed by Geoff Crammond and whilst it is a simulation of Formula One, it was not officially licensed. The driver names were fictional, but the liveries and driver helmets were a very close representation of the 1991 F1 season.

Experience the 90s online​

This Friday, we are inviting our premium members to take part in our Geoff Crammond Tribute Race at Jerez in Automobilista 2 (click here to register for the event) where we will be racing the exact same type of cars as in the original game.

Williams FW14​

For this special event we have chosen the Formula Classic Gen 3 Model 2, which is based on 1991 Williams FW14 V10 Formula One car. This model has 707 horsepower from a 3.5L V10, with no ABS or traction control. Despite the car having no assists and being incredibly quick, it is an intuitive car to drive and so as long as you remember to short shift out of slow corners you should be fine!

Here is a lap around Jerez to get your adrenaline pumping:
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I remember one of the Crammond F1 games had two player multiplayer via modems. At that time, it was either 300 or 2400baud, I don't remember which, but the multiplayer was interesting, to say the least. You could race with a full field of AI controlled cars and then you and another human. But due to the connection speeds, the driving was done in chunks of 10 to 20 yards instead of moving smoothly forward. Pause...jump...pause....jump....turn....pause.... etc etc.
btw...had the Amiga 500 with the 1/2meg memory expansion. I was VERY sad when I sold it for a lowly 286 PC.
 
I remember one of the Crammond F1 games had two player multiplayer via modems. At that time, it was either 300 or 2400baud, I don't remember which, but the multiplayer was interesting, to say the least. You could race with a full field of AI controlled cars and then you and another human. But due to the connection speeds, the driving was done in chunks of 10 to 20 yards instead of moving smoothly forward. Pause...jump...pause....jump....turn....pause.... etc etc.
btw...had the Amiga 500 with the 1/2meg memory expansion. I was VERY sad when I sold it for a lowly 286 PC.

i saved up months to get my 1/2 meg expansion. Remember getting my postal orders from the post office, giddy with excitement. I seemed to remember it being huge When it arrived. I still have my 1200!
 
I remember playing this gem with my friends in 2 pc's connected via serial ports. We used to play in 2 teams of 2 players for each pc, in hot seat mode: 4 players in the same race, working together to find a good setup for the qualy, and than racing in turns. Then suffering when the IA took control from our cars in hot seat mode. Amazing! So many years later and nobody its even close of these wonderfull experience!!
 
We all remember playing this for hours, but does anyone remember the BBS Bulletin Boards where we used to upload and download hotlaps in 1993. The world record laptimes.

Wasn’t there a guy called Ivan who was consistently beating everyone else on hotlaps? Whatever happened to him?

PS: the director view replay in this ancient game is still better than the current Codemasters F1 title. The race replay changed camera angles and drivers like an actual tv broadcast, depending on what was happening at each place on the race track.
 
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i am sure if he would ever decide to make another racing sim again it would be a banger of a game.
GP1 and 2 were my go-to racing games together with Indycar Racing 1+2 during my early teenage years...
 
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Grand Prix 2, along with Formula 1 (on the PS1) were the titles that started it all for me. I can't even begin to guess the amount of hours I've sunk into them over the years. Who could've guessed what that would result in about 25 years later :D
 
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This is a cool idea, and hope all involved have fun! :)

My only question - why do this in AMS 2? After all, there's a modernized implementation of the Geoff Crammond games in AMS 1 released here on RD (and Niels Heusinkveld was working on an updated version that gets even closer to approximating the original games).

Wow, i didn't know about this. I bought the humble bundle Simracing pack few days ago and now I'm eager to try this on Automobilista! Thanks for the link
 
I remember the SUPER races with my 386 with pleasure. At that time I had Flight Simulator and the joystick you see attached ,and I had the mouse attached with the scotch . with the buttons I accelerated / braked and with the mouse I changed gears. SUPER . Then I was lucky and at home we had another (WOW) 486 pc and everything became fantastic I had the possibility to play in 2 and then even more . So, as I said, I have wonderful memories of races, attempts to improve times, memorable evenings . Ciao and sorry for my bad english
 

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Who remembers watching the intro movie and dreaming of the in game graphics being that good?:laugh:
 
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Plus a bonus: not sure how many on here have seen the footage of the promo version of Stunt Car Racer Pro, which sadly never made it: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2020/11/stunt-car-racer-pro/
Holy cow, i am old school and i never knew this was a thing! SCR is in my all time top 10 games from the ST / Amiga days and until today i was only aware of a third party homebrew remake that barely does the original justice. What a damn shame! I hope somebody picks up the rights and remakes it with some "just so" physics. Thansks for the post.
 
For me it all started with a Formula 3 game with only Silverstone to race on, that I could use on my BBC computer. And if I remember right, this was also a Geoff Crammond game. The predecessor of GP I so to speak. I remember me battling a guy called Max Throttle for the win in almost every single race. Anyone else with memories on this game?
 
For me it all started with a Formula 3 game with only Silverstone to race on, that I could use on my BBC computer. And if I remember right, this was also a Geoff Crammond game. The predecessor of GP I so to speak. I remember me battling a guy called Max Throttle for the win in almost every single race. Anyone else with memories on this game?
Max Throttle and Johnny Turbo!!! :roflmao: The game was REVS from Geoff Crammond
 
. . . THE KING'S NOT DEAD - LONG LIVE THE KING . . .
Eight hours a day on GP2. Never a wasted moment. To better honour King Crammond, perhaps the race should be run on AC, using Satlab's Micropose Formula Grand Prix conversion?
 

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