Formula One Grand Prix
Development
F1GP/WC has a small but strong community of developers. Game and track editors, TSR patches, carsets, tutorials and other tools are still being developed.
If you are interested in developing mods for F1GP/WC, join the discussion on the F1GP forum or contact the F1GP Archive administrator to access additional files and resources aimed at developers, which are not available on this website.
If you have any files and programs that are not included in the File Archive, please send them.
F1GP Forum and Mailing List
F1GP forum and mailing list
Google Group forum and a mailing list for fans and developers of F1GP/WC to stay in contact.
F1GP Tools Websites and Source Code
ArgData
A .NET library for working with F1GP/WC data, such as car colors and driver performance. There is also support for working with various other game files, such as reading/writing name files and car setups.
Author: Fredrik Meyer
ArgEditor
A modern F1GP/WC editor that allows you to edit car colors, driver names and performance levels, computer and player horsepower levels, and a host of other settings.
Author: Fredrik Meyer
ArgSum
Command-line tool for updating the checksum of F1GP/WC (and GP2) files.
Author: Fredrik Meyer
ArgTrack
A modern F1GP/WC track editor with the ability to add, remove or edit track sections, change scenery details, edit AI car behaviour, and various other track data.
Author: Fredrik Meyer
Arg2Data
A tiny .NET API for reading track data from GP2 tracks.
Author: Fredrik Meyer
CCPIT
TSR program for editing the F1GP/WC computer car pit strategy.
Author: René Smit (originally Trevor Kellaway)
Chequered Flag
Open source and cross-platform F1GP/WC track and game editor.
Authors: Klaus Six, Barrie Millar, René Smit
GpButton
TSR program that allows you to map your joystick buttons to key-presses in the game.
Author: Trevor Kellaway
GpEditor
Graphical F1GP/WC editor for older operating systems up to Windows XP.
Author: Trevor Kellaway
GpGap
TSR program that extends the 'G' gap command with more information on the dashboard.
Author: Trevor Kellaway
GpLapTim (GpLap, GpLapW)
TSR program that logs and displays split-times and race data, including a command-line and a graphical analyzer of the logged information.
Author: René Smit (originally Trevor Kellaway)
GpPerf
TSR program that changes the cockpit, adds rev lights and a tyre wear display, and logs detailed information about the car.
Author: René Smit (originally Trevor Kellaway)
GpTest
TSR program for developers and testers used for displaying internal game variables. Also used for altering game behaviour like unlinking front and rear wing settings in computer car setups and fixing problems with race length dependent fuel loads.
Author: René Smit
SplitTim
TSR program which modifies the behaviour of GP.EXE and adds split section times to all F1GP/WC circuits.
Development Resources
ArgTools
Website containing game and track editors, miscellaneous tools and documentation related to F1GP/WC.
Author: Fredrik Meyer
ArgDocs
Site containing documentation for the various file formats used in F1GP/WC, as well as other related forms of documentation regarding the game palette, track data, etc.
Author: Fredrik Meyer
GpInfo
Documentation about F1GP/WC car control data.
Author: Trevor Kellaway
F1GP Track Editing Project website [Internet Archive]
Discontinued website dedicated to editing F1GP/WC tracks.
GP2 Track Editor
Grand Prix 2 track editor source code.
Author: Paul Hoad
The Grand Prix 2 Track File Format (Beta 0.5)
GP2 (and F1GP/WC) file checksum calculator
The Guide to GP2 Track Editing
Author: Addie Walti
Developers
Fredrik Meyer
F1GP developer.
René Smit
F1GP, GP2, GP3, GP3-2000 and GP4 developer.
Trevor Kellaway
F1GP and GP2 developer.
Paul Hoad
GP2 and GP3 developer.
Other Old F1GP Forums and Mailing Lists
SimRacingWorld website [Internet Archive]
Discontinued website containing guides, tutorials, articles and files, as well as a forum, related to F1GP/WC.