Английская Википедия:Grand Prix Legends
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Grand Prix Legends is a computer racing simulator developed by Papyrus Design Group and published in 1998 by Sierra On-Line under the Sierra Sports banner. It simulates the 1967 Grand Prix season.[1]
Gameplay
The game offers several modes in which the player can race alone or against AI opponents. The game also features multiplayer via LAN. Many parameters affecting the skill and aggressiveness of the AI drivers can be specified.
Development
The game was in development for three years[2] with a team of 25 to 30 people.[3] Inspired by the 1966 film Grand Prix, the developers chose to base the game on the 1967 Formula 1 Grand Prix season because during that period tracks were narrow and lined with trees, houses, and other elements that in a video game can serve as backgrounds to enhance the sensation of speed.[1] In addition, the more primitive suspension of cars of the time meant that the car physics could be more visually dramatic.[1]
However, the amount of time that has passed since the 1967 Grand Prix season meant that some of the tracks the designers wanted to recreate no longer existed in their original form. The team visited town halls to get blueprints for defunct tracks.[1] Papyrus co-founder Dave Kaemmer commented that the licensing for the game was difficult, but they had people who helped them during the development.[1]
Reception
Critical reception
The game received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[4] GameSpot said that Grand Prix Legends has the most intense racing experience ever seen on a personal computer.[5] Next Generation highly praised the graphics, gameplay, the recreation of 1967 Grand Prix season (in addition to its cars and tracks of its era), artificial intelligence and realistic driving model physics.[6] The magazine ranked it at #47 in its list of the Fifty Best Games of All Time.[7]
Sales
The game was a commercial failure;[8][9] Andy Mahood of PC Gamer US described its sales as "abysmally poor".[8] In 2003, writer Mark H. Walker reported that "the game sold only a few thousand copies" in the United States, which he attributed to the general unpopularity of Formula One racing in the country. He noted that its "steep learning curve kept many fans away" in European markets.[9] GameSpotШаблон:'s Gord Goble attributed its performance to the "combination of treacherous gameplay, sometimes glacial frame rates, and esoteric subject matter". It ultimately totaled 200,000 sales by 2004.[10]
Awards
The game was the runner-up for Computer Gaming WorldШаблон:'s 1998 "Best Driving" award, and for GameSpotШаблон:'s 1998 "Driving Game of the Year" award, both of which ultimately went to Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit.[11][12] The staff of the former commented that Grand Prix Legends was the most ambitious and realistic driving simulation game of 1998, and the toughest to play.[11]
The game won Computer Games Strategy PlusШаблон:' 1998 "Sports Game of the Year" award. The staff wrote that a few racing games could come close to Grand Prix RacingШаблон:'s level of sophistication and uncompromising detail.[13] It also won the Best Racing Game award at the 1998 CNET Gamecenter Awards.[14]
Legacy
References
External links
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