Grand Prix Challenge

Grand Prix Challenge is a Formula One racing video game developed by Australian developer Infogrames Melbourne House and published by Infogrames for PlayStation 2. It was released in Europe on 22 November 2002, and was officially licensed by Formula One Administration. It was later released on 28 February 2003 in New Zealand and Australia, and then on 3 March 2003 in North America.

Grand Prix Challenge
Developer(s)Infogrames Melbourne House[lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s)Infogrames[lower-alpha 2]
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • EU: 22 November 2002
  • AU: 28 February 2003
  • NA: 3 March 2003
Genre(s)Racing simulation
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

The game features all the drivers, cars and circuits from the 2002 Formula One season. Australian developer Torus Games also supplied the art for the Silverstone (UK), Magny-Cours (France) and Montreal (Canada) racing tracks. Cars in the game are made form around 17,000 polygons.[1]

Game modes

There are 4 levels of AI to compete against, variable weather conditions, fuel usage, tire wear, interactive pitstops and various car setups.

  • Time Trial
  • Single Grand Prix (practice/qualifying/warm-up/race)
  • Championship (Compete in a 17-race season to become FIA Formula One World Champion)
  • Grand Prix Challenge (series of 10 mini-championships which increase in difficulty each time)
  • Multiplayer (2-player splitscreen)

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic76/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Famitsu27/40[3]
Game Informer7.5/10[4]
GamesMaster87%[5]
GameSpot7.9/10[6]
IGN9/10[7]
OPM (UK)6/10[8]
OPM (US)[9]
PSM6/10[10]
PSM385%[11]
X-Play[12]

The game received "generally favourable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2] In Japan, where the game was ported for release on 22 May 2003, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40.[3]

References
  1. tsumean (29 November 2002). "Grand Prix Challenge site up". tsumea.
  2. "Grand Prix Challenge for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  3. "GRAND PRIX CHALLENGE （グランプリ チャレンジ） [PS2]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  4. "Grand Prix Challenge". Game Informer. No. 121. GameStop. May 2003. p. 83.
  5. "Grand Prix Challenge". GamesMaster. Future plc. 2003.
  6. Provo, Frank (27 March 2003). "Grand Prix Challenge Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  7. Magruder, Randy (27 March 2003). "Grand Prix Challenge Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  8. "Grand Prix Challenge". Official UK PlayStation Magazine. Future plc. 2003.
  9. Davison, John (May 2003). "Grand Prix Challenge". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Ziff Davis. p. 93. Archived from the original on 28 March 2004. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  10. "Review: Grand Prix Challenge". PSM. Future US. May 2003. p. 36.
  11. "Review: Grand Prix Challenge". PSM2. Future plc. 2003.
  12. Miller, Skyler (11 April 2003). "'Grand Prix Challenge' (PS2) Review". X-Play. TechTV. Archived from the original on 8 April 2003. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  1. Additional work by Torus Games
  2. Released under the Atari brand name
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