Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Key points
- Released as F1 Career Challenge in Australia.
- Active season modding community.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Monetization
Type |
Notes |
One-time game purchase
| The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Sponsored
| The game was sponsored through 1999 and 2002 Formula 1 season and its various licensed real life brands and manufacturers. |
Microtransactions
Skip intro videos
Delete or Rename
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- Go to <path-to-game>\
Movies
- Delete or rename:
Eas.bik , EAintro.bik
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
-
Config.ini
can be edited through text editor.
Save game data location
Video
Instructions
|
- Open
default.cfg in <path-to-game>\Save with a text editor.
- Choose their camera views.
- Set
Fov=(00.000000, 00.000000) to your desired.
- Save the file.
- Zero numbers represents the desired FOV numbers, after full stop, contains 6 zero numbers.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
|
Music, SFX, Engine, Speech |
Surround sound |
|
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
Crashes after opening game using unofficial mods on Windows 8 and 10
- Changing the racing team in menu and loading tracks has issues. The possible way was a mod problem.[5]
Fix crashes during opening game[citation needed]
|
- Open
F1 Challenge 99-02.exe compatibility settings.
- Enable Windows 95 compatibility mode.
- Run the game as adminstrator.
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Game does not launch on modern systems
Run the game as Adminstrator
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Vsync option in Game Setup not working on Windows 10
- The game uses Vsync to enable but in Windows 10 does not work because the game uses DirectX 8 and the Vsync of DirectX 8 in Windows 10 is broken.
VR support
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
8.1 |
|
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Mods
- Using mods does not require the base game.
- The whole mod with over F1 seasons of 1950 to newest is released.
- For only on newest systems, a 210 GB of storage for definitive season tracks and teams is required to install.
- To complete the installation, a patch installer is required and it's available here. For instructions, read the Readme file below. A password for this mod is required to complete (requires registration).[6]
- Available with new languages: Italian, French, German, Spanish, Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Russian and Brazilian Portuguese.
- Including launcher for this game to launch selecting a seasons, configuring game, etc.
- Launching and loading a game can take quite a while due to the storage size.
- Popular seasons moddeding community site.
- Some download links are not available due to the users are banned from uploading to MediaFire.
Brazilian modding community
Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
|
Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
98, 2000, ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium II 450 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
, %PROGRAMDATA%
, or %WINDIR%
might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References