Genre: Racing / Arcade
Publisher: Codemasters
Year: 1987
System: Amstrad CPC
Grand Prix Simulator is a top-down, arcade-style racing game featuring up to 14 distinctive tracks filled with underpasses, tight hairpin turns, and slippery oil slicks. Players compete in fast-paced, three-lap races against a computer-controlled opponent or a second human player in split-screen mode. The gameplay focuses on mastering oil slicks, nailing the quickest laps, and collecting bonus items scattered across the tracks. Its controls offer responsive power-sliding corners and strategic braking, while the graphics in CPC Mode 0 deliver a colorful and engaging visual experience.
Critically praised upon release, it earned an impressive 78 % rating in Amstrad Action, lauded for its addictive nature, graphics, speech effects, and split-screen play. Selling over 250,000 copies across platforms, it became one of Codemasters’ standout budget hits.
