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.


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.


ArgSum

Command-line tool for updating the checksum of F1GP/WC (and GP2) files.


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.


Arg2Data

A tiny .NET API for reading track data from GP2 tracks.


CCPIT

TSR program for editing the F1GP/WC computer car pit strategy.


Chequered Flag

Open source and cross-platform F1GP/WC track and game editor.


GpButton

TSR program that allows you to map your joystick buttons to key-presses in the game.


GpEditor

Graphical F1GP/WC editor for older operating systems up to Windows XP.


GpGap

TSR program that extends the 'G' gap command with more information on the dashboard.


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.


GpPerf

TSR program that changes the cockpit, adds rev lights and a tyre wear display, and logs detailed information about the car.


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.


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.


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.


GpInfo

Documentation about F1GP/WC car control data.


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.


The Grand Prix 2 Track File Format (Beta 0.5)


GP2 (and F1GP/WC) file checksum calculator


The Guide to GP2 Track Editing

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.