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Revision as of 06:36, 16 June 2019

Grand Prix 3
Grand Prix 3 cover
Developers
MicroProse
Publishers
Hasbro Interactive
Release dates
Windows July 28, 2000
Grand Prix 3 on Wikipedia
Icon overlay.png

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Grand Prix
Formula One Grand Prix 1992
Grand Prix 2 1996
Grand Prix 3 2000
Grand Prix 4 2002

General information

GrandPrixGames.com Grand Prix 3 forums section
SimRacingWorld - A huge fan site for racing games

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Grand Prix 3 Season 2000
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest patch available is Patch v1.13.

Note that a No-CD patch may be required to fix a potential "Cannot locate the CD-ROM" error.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 2]

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game advanced control settings.
In-game advanced control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
8 Hot seat
LAN play
4 Versus
[citation needed]
Online play
22 Versus

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues unresolved

"Cannot locate the CD-ROM" error after patching the game

After patching the game to the latest official version (v1.13), the game cannot detect the disc, even if it's in the drive. The only "solution" is to use a No-CD patch.

Due to the legality of the patch, PCGamingWiki cannot directly link to any downloads of it.

Game crashes at the end of graphics calibration

Game always asks for graphics calibration on game startup

Issues fixed

Black screen on startup

Enable the following compatibility settings for the Gp3.exe file: Compatibility mode (Windows XP (Service Pack 2))

Adding compatibility for modern Windows

Use dgVoodoo 2[citation needed]
  1. Download and setup dgVoodoo 2.
  2. Once the initial setup is done, go to the MS subfolder.
  3. Copy the D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll files and paste them into <path-to-game>.
  4. Run the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 330 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible

Notes

  1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] 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.[2]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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