If you loved the GTR2002 mod for F1 2002, F1 Challenge and the sportscar mods for F1C, you certainly will not be disappointed in GTR. I think GTR supersedes all it's ISI-based predecessors.

Is GTR in danger of being over-hyped by the community? I think so, yes. Expectations have been set so high, that it is almost impossible for any sim to deliver 100% to all sim racers.

You should probably ask yourself if you think you will enjoy driving the cars very precisely on the racing-line because off it you'll not find much grip.

You'll also be driving on some of the worlds most chicane-ridden, tight stop-and-go types of circuits like Barcelona, Magny-Cours and Oschersleben. If that sounds fun to you, you probably can't go wrong with GTR.

There will still be room on our hard disks for other driving sims, and if you were in doubt, GTR still retains some of the F1C / ISI-engine feel. Whether that is good or bad is up to you to decide.

While the rest of the world awaits the release of the English language version, you can enjoy RSDG's Sports Car Challenge. It is still very very good, and has many of the same cars as GTR, including some that are not in GTR. or, why not reacquaint yourself with Virtua_LM's magnificent Prototype-C / IMSA mod?

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Reviewer's System Specs

• Intel Pentium 4 2.53 GHz CPU
  
  
• 512MB RAM
  
  
• 128MB Geforce 4 Ti 4200 / NVIDIA drivers v61.77
  
  
• AC97 onboard sound
  
  
• DirectX Version 9.0c
  
  
• Windows XP Home with SP1
  
  
• Logitech Momo Force steering wheel