Grand prix 3 season 2000

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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

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]}

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements

Official add-on pack for Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix 3, which is required for GP3 2000 Season to install. This add-on pack introduces the entire 2000 Grand Prix season, and the following additional features:

Two new tracks: Sepang/Malaysia and Indianapolis/USA
Better 3D graphics for all other tracks
New game mode for up to 22 players
Improved sound system with EAX (surround sound) support and more environment sounds like repair crews talking
Extended replay feature
GPedia: the complete Formula 1 encyclopedia

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

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
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.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped 25.6 fps
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		high sensitivity
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration		may not capture full/minimum press adequately

PlayStation controllers		does not capture full/minimum analog shoulder button adequately
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		A3D, EAX
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	8	Hot seat
LAN play	4	Versus ^{[citation needed]}
Online play	Versus Only LAN multiplayer

Connection types

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

Issues unresolved

Game always asks for graphics calibration on game startup if skipping calibration

Issues fixed

Running game on modern 64bit Windows OS

Use dgVoodoo 2 v2.52

Download and setup dgVoodoo 2 version 2.52
Once the initial game installation is done, unzip dgvoodoo_2.52 and copy dgVoodooSetup.exe from main folder, then D3D8.dll, D3DImm.dll , and DDraw.dll files from the MS/x86 subfolder into GP3 2000's installation folder
Run dgvoodoo.exe, configure General tab to have Full Screen with Stretched, 4:3 Aspect Ratio
On DirectX tab, set dgvoodoo virtual 3D card, 512mb, 1280x1024 resolution, Application Controlled State, and Fast Memory Access. Apply.
Right-click GP3.exe, go to Compatibility tab, set compatibility to Windows XP SP3. Apply.
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

↑ 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]
↑ ^2.0 ^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

↑ 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

[3] 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]

[gamedir-4] 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).

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

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[Note 2]

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Developers

	MicroProse
Season 2000	Simergy
Publishers
	Hasbro Interactive
Release dates
Windows	September 7, 2001
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing, Simulation
Vehicles	Track racing
Art styles	Realistic
Series	Grand Prix