What you see on TV is nothing like what it's like in real life. The Ferrari is almost bright pink, the Jordan was a dazzling luminous yellow, and the jaguars really are quite bright green, even though it looks very dark on TV. Therefore I think Gp4 is more accurate, and looks better, with much better definition. I agree with Neil, the track texture in F1 2002 is light years ahead of the Gp4 texture - although remember, Imola's surface is fairly light and smooth, so infact again Gp4 is probably more accurate. The steering wheel looks much better in F1 2002.
As for the accuracy of the tracks, the actual track on Gp4 is more accurate, but there aren't enough trees at the side. F1 2002 looks slightly better in that department, but the track itself looks wrong (I'm referring to a lap onboard Ralf in 2001).
It's really tough to say which looks better. What's important for me is that the driving physics in Gp4 crush F1 2002.
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