I was going to buy the new Ferrari's and add to my FVA, but I decided to buy GSC instead, and I'm glad I did.
Here's some of my thoughts so far........We can forget MP as it's dead, so let's focus on SP, admittedly I've only played for an hr or so.
I have V1.70 with F3000/F1 classic and F1 modern+ the extra tracks.
I experienced no problems with installing the game or any of the DLC on W7 64b.
First want to address some of the silly comments about RACE07 etc.....RACE07/Evo/RACEON is without question one of the best sims ever made and unlike GSC, has a MP the equal of iracing and is still active, so if you like to MP, not much point buying GSC as the MP is dead....also, RACE07 still has some of the best physics, steering wheel precision and overall car behaviour of any racing game ever made, it has superb FFB which gets more detailed the faster you go{G27}, so please, don't make a fool of yourself by virtually lying about GSC's superiority over RACE07 etc.
However, like many people, trying something new is always appealing and hence the point of buying GSC especially with 3 open wheelers and approx 16tracks.
This is definitely a sim and a good one, physics are excellent, steering precision with G27 is about as good as it gets, and car behaviour pretty decent, but it does seem as though the cars lose some grip at higher speeds, but open wheelers should get stickier, that's the funny thing about RACE07 F3000, it's in some ways easier the faster you go.
That said, I was using default set up, so maybe I can gain more high speed grip with some tuning.
Cockpit GFX are quite good{1080p maxed on 6850} and car modeling in general is very good, ie, cars in front of you look the part.
GFX overall are nothing special, but that's not such a big deal as the cars drive so well, sound good, and work beautifully with my wheel.
It appears as though you can do a career mode with each of the DLC cars, and you can obviously create custom races against the AI and varying AI speed etc.
FFB is very good, and Curitiba is the bumpiest track I've ever driven on, lol, the F1 classic feels crazed there, lol.
I don't know how much time I'll put into this, but it's put F1 2011 on the back burner, and I'll be playing a few more hrs tomorrow.
IMO, REIZA should have released this game with all the DLC, as the open wheelers are pretty epic, either way, this is an outstanding SP game and easily worth the money.
I would happily pay for more 450-600hp tin tops, and IMO, that's a extremely good idea so as to balance the open wheelers.
I don't use any driving aids, but the game has plenty, so anyone could drive it.
If you like sims, the fun factor of this game is thru the roof.