Seen as everyone is putting their gamig life story in, I might as well join in.
It started in about 1989/90, around about that time, when I got my first computer, an Atari STE 1040. The first game I got was Lotus Espirit Turbo Challenge. It was great at the time, but I guess the track came towards you more than you raced along it. There were black and red stripes on the road, to give an impression of speed.
I had many other classics for the Atari, including, Vroom 2, Lemmings, Sensible Soccer (sorry Ellis), Kick Off 2 (and again), Championship Manager '93 (and once more), and loads that I've forgotten.
I got a PSX for Christmas in either '96 or '97, can't remember which. The first game I got for that was another racing game TOCA Touring Cars, it was just out. I still have the PSX but hardly play it at all. My collection includes 17 games, 11 of them are racing/ driving games. TOCA 1, TOCA 2, TOCA WTC, F1 2000, Gran Turismo, Formula Karts, Le Mans 24 hours, Colin MCRae 2, Driver, Nascar 2001, Colin McRae 1, I'm sure there's one more, I'll just check.......nope.
In 1999, at Christmas, I got this PC. I had a few motorsport games, Colin McRae 1, GP 500 and Grand Prix World.
At Easter in 2001 I was visiting people in Hexham, near Newcastle, about 2 and 1/2 hours drive from here in Glasgow. While down there I came across this game for there PC.
"Grand Prix 3 by Geoff Crammond" I think it was called. I played it and enjoyed it, but thought to myself, "It's a bit old". Anyway I got home a couple of days later and was at my cousins house. They had this game, that I had played, but wouldn't work on their computer, (they had a really p1sh graphics card). I borrowed it for a bit, checked the internet for updates, and came across this site. I had a look on the forum, or the Phorum as it was then. This got me into one of the most addictive games ever. It also made me a regular visiter, although my posts may be few and far between.
Roll on GP4
Bazza