Grand Pro Circuit Coming To Steam

Hungary-based Marcell Baranyai is a freelance game developer who was previously working at IO Interactive and Ubisoft. He mainly creates games and game-related tools in his spare time. In his own words, he does it mostly for his own enjoyment.

However, this passionate hobby leads to some wonderful things we might soon all get to enjoy. Currently, Marcell is working on a Retro 1980s Formula 1 racing game named “Grand Pro Circuit”. This racing game is inspired by the classic and much-loved Grand Prix series of games by Geoff Crammond.

Even better, Marcell managed to bring his indie game to the Steam platform. Make sure to support him if you can by checking out his Steam Wishlist Page. You can also follow the development via Marcell’s X account.

While I call it a racing game, it is safe to say that the development is taking simulation into account. Marcell uses his own homebrew 3D engine and custom physics engine, granting him the technical and creative freedom to build the game for both an arcade and a simulation audience.

For the moment, there is not yet a release date scheduled.

Grand Pro Circuit Feature List​

Physics​

• Custom-made high-fidelity vehicle dynamics simulation
• Complex aerodynamics with location and altitude-based atmospheric effects
• Detailed tire surface modeling, wear, dirt, and temperature changes
• Driver head and body physics, vibration of flexible car chassis parts
• Simulating ground contacts and wheel-to-wheel collisions
• Liquid temperatures, pressures, and heat radiation
• 5 different tire compounds with unique grip, temperature, and wear characteristics

Dynamic Racing Experience​

• Light conditions depend on the geo-location and exact race time
• Moving sunlight and shadows affect local air and track temperatures
• Wet/dry transitions, moving rain clouds, and dynamic rain coverage, local weather
• Dynamic drying of the racing line after rain
• Different grip conditions over the track surface, rubbered and dirty areas
• Erosion of vehicle components due to inappropriate or too aggressive driving, like vibrations caused by flat spots, makes suspension failures more likely, or inefficient cooling may lead to engine problems

Immersion​

• 10-season championship career mode
• Competitive computer opponents
• Race a single weekend, a whole championship season, or just jump in for instant action
• Track marshals waving flags, extinguishing fire, and running in to push retired cars off the track
• Pit stops with force feedback, pit crew members act individually and cooperate during tire change and wing repairs, double-stack support
• Realistic race start option with the risk of jump start
• Full authentic driving mode for the daredevils
• Interactive pit monitor in qualifying and during pre-season testing
• Race engineering, rich car setup options, analyzing telemetry data, and comparing different setups in graphs
• Various mechanical failures and mishaps, punctures, lost wheel, liquid leakage, and more
• Wide range of driving assists, optional physics features to make driving easier
• Customizable helmet presets, driver names, and racing numbers for each driver that are reflected on the car liveries
• Selectable driver and pit crew apparel
• Collision and mechanical damage, body parts breaking off on impact, and efficiency loss after hard contacts
• Customizable secondary cockpit view
• Keyboard, Xbox controller, and force feedback steering wheel support with clutch pedal and H-pattern shifter
• Adjustable keyboard steering assist
• Printer support, print all your stats, results, and setups, and put them in a binder folder
• Fancy prizes to win, in-game trophy display
• The driver hand-signs to celebrate your victory during the cool-down lap
• Retro visual filters to mimic 8-bit home computers and 256 color low-resolution screen modes

Contents​

• 12 teams with unique car models and liveries, all drivable and different
• 20 circuits, based on vintage layouts with slight modifications
• 10 seasons from 1980 to 1989, with different season calendars
• 130 unique trophies to win
• Vintage low-poly graphics
• 100% hand-crafted

Realism vs Real Life​

• Realistic physics set up by gut feelings
• Accurate track models using eyeball approximations and vintage race broadcast observations
• 100% fake car models, fictional teams, and driver names
• 100% fake drink and tobacco sponsors

System Requirements:

Minimum:

• OS *: Windows 7
• Processor: Intel i7 7700
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics
• DirectX: Version 9.0c
• Storage: 2 GB available space
• Sound Card: DirectX-compatible sound card

Recommended:

• OS *: Windows 7
• Processor: Intel i7 7800
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: NVidia GTX 1050 or better
• DirectX: Version 9.0c
• Storage: 2 GB available space
• Sound Card: DirectX-compatible sound card
• Additional Notes: The game saves intermediate data that can consume some extra storage, so plan accordingly.

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