F1 Challenge '99-'02
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Developers | |
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Image Space Incorporated[1] | |
Publishers | |
EA Sports | |
Engines | |
GMotor 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 24, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 91 |
IGDB | 63 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Racing, Simulation |
Vehicles | Track racing |
Art styles | Realistic |
Series | F1 |
F1 | |
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F1 2000 | 2000 |
F1 Championship Season 2000 | 2000 |
F1 2001 | 2001 |
F1 2002 | 2002 |
F1 Challenge '99-'02 | 2003 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
F1 Challenge '99-'02 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person racing and simulation game in the F1 series.
The game was the last EA Sports-branded Formula 1 game until the Codemasters acquisition and F1 22. As Electronic Arts did not have a license for the 2003 Formula 1 season but was still a year away from losing a license for publishing Formula 1 games in general, this title includes 1999 through 2002 seasons in one game, effectively being an updated release of all prior EA Sports F1 games.
The console versions of this game were titled F1 Career Challenge, but offer no unique content.
The game still has a modding community, but active projects distribute the whole game alongside the modified files.
Availability
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Move, delete or rename files[4] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save\[profile name]\[profile name].plr[Note 2] <path-to-game>\Config.ini[Note 2] |
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Config.ini
can be edited with a text editor. - Alternatively, car setup files and a FOV file are stored in in
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\F1 Challenge 99-02
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Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save\[profile name]\[Note 2] |
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[profile name].plr
can be edited with a text editor.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Menus, FMVs and UI are Vert-. Resolutions can be chosen in 3DConfig.exe , but many are not listed. |
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Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Fixed by default in camera views. See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | No option to toggle windowed mode in-game or in the Game Setup. Edit the WINDOWEDMODE=1 and VIDEOMODE=1 line in config.ini . |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | No option to toggle FSAA in-game. Edit the FSAA=1 line in config.ini . |
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High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Toggled in 3DConfig.exe under the Advanced section. |
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60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Field of view (FOV)
Modify configuration file |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Mouse not used outside the menus. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | External display settings and in-game menus require a mouse. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | Steering wheels | |
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, SFX, Engine, Speech | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation. Audio and voice are also available. Some season racing teams, track infos and driver names are not fully dubbed. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | Console versions only. | |||
LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 8 | GameSpy services have been shut down;[5] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
VR support
Devices | State | Notes | |
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Tobii Eye Tracking | Works with Tobii EyeX tracker or Tobii EyeX 4C and 5 headtracker plugins for FaceTrackNoIR.[citation needed] | ||
TrackIR | Supports: Yaw, Pitch. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8.1 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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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
- ↑ Products - Image Space Inc. - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Verified by User:Plok on 2023-06-04
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology