F1 Challenge '99-'02

F1 Challenge '99-'02

Developers
	Image Space Incorporated
Publishers
	EA Sports
Engines
	GMotor 2
Release dates
Windows	June 27, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	91
IGDB	63
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing, Simulation
Vehicles	Track racing
Art styles	Realistic
Series	F1

F1
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).

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

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v2 DRM

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

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	No microtransactions are available in this game.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or Rename
Go to <path-to-game>\Movies Delete or rename: Eas.bik, EAintro.bik

Game data

Game options.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\[profile name] <path-to-game>\Config.ini

Config.ini can be edited through text editor.

Alternatively, it stores the car setup files and a FOV file in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\F1 Challenge 99-02.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\[profile name]

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		In-game images, FMVs & UI is Vert-. The 3D car showroom in main menu is on right side.[citation needed]
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 in game or in Game Setup. Edit the WINDOWEDMODE=1 and VIDEOMODE=1 text line in config.ini.
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 text line in config.ini.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Toggled On or Off in Game Setup
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Field of view (FOV)

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.

Input

Key bindings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
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

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers		Steering wheels
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
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
English
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		Console versions only.
LAN play		8
Online play		8	GameSpy services have been shut down; see GameSpy for workarounds.

Issues fixed

Crashes after opening game using unofficial mods on Windows 8 and later

Changing the racing team in menu and loading tracks has issues. The possible way was a mod problem.

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.

Game does not launch on modern systems

Run the game as Adminstrator

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.

Use dgVoodoo 2
Download dgVoodoo 2. Copy dgVoodooCpl.exe and MS\x86\D3D8.dll to <path-to-game>.

VR support

Devices	State	Notes
Tobii Eye Tracking		Works with Tobii EyeX tracker or Tobii EyeX 4C and 5 headtracker plugins for FaceTrackNoIR.
TrackIR		Supports: Yaw, Pitch.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Mods

Using mods does not require the base game.

F1 Challenge VB

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).

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.

F1 Challenge 99-02 Central

Popular seasons moddeding community site.

Some download links are not available due to the users are banned from uploading to MediaFire.

F1 Challenge BRASIL

Brazilian modding community

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

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