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Revision as of 18:28, 11 December 2022

Grand Prix Legends
Grand Prix Legends cover
Developers
Papyrus Design Group
Publishers
Sierra
Europe GPL Game Community
Engines
Papy3D
Release dates
Windows October 6, 1998
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Track racing
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary
Grand Prix Legends on MobyGames
Grand Prix Legends on Wikipedia

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM DRM disc check
Windows

Essential improvements

Unofficial patch

A 60 FPS patch is available here (requires registration).

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Widescreen works only 1600x1200 4:3 by default in game. Main menu has 320x200 only. Use GPLPS installer.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Use GPLPS installer.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
36 FPS cap; see unofficial patch.
120+ FPS
36 FPS cap; see unofficial patch.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Audio volume only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German

Issues fixed

Game not loading tracks on Windows 8 and newer

Disable Data Execution Prevention in Windows[citation needed]
In the command prompt, run bcdedit.exe /set nw alwaysoff[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
Shader Model support 1.0
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium I 90 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX, 3Dfx, Rendition Vérité
DirectX 6.0 compatible

References