So, I upgraded my system by buying an extra 256mb of RAM, bringing me up to 768mb, and my brother let me borrow an ATI Radeon 7000 graphics card for a while, and I thought I'd boot up GP4. A while ago, I downloaded AveryGPFan's cars, perfs, and anims but never bothered trying them. So I started up GP4 and went into a non championship race, friday practice at Melbourne.
Man! I didn't know GP4 was so good!
The little things like the road blurring as I got faster, the feel of the car, the sense of speed....it was something else. And the TV replays with the digital-style overlays just looked wonderful. Those 2002 cars and shapes just look beautiful, and if I could download Ric Lampert's tracks, things would be even better. Still, it's pretty great the way it is.
Needless to say, I'll be playing GP4 well into the 2003 season when all the 2003 cars are released!