Modern-day Developments (2006-)
Despite the sheer age of the game and the fact that it is both technically and graphically inferior to modern racing simulators, F1GP still has a small community and on-going developments relating to the game. Prior to 2008, the forefront of this community was found at the racing game website SimRacingWorld. A single section was reserved for F1GP in which community information and developments, both historical and current were available to anybody interested in the game. While this site remains accessible as of the current date, the last update was made in April 2007. The successor to the previously illustrated website was created on the 14th of January, 2007 and is a Yahoo group. This portal was originally designed to augment SimRacingWorld, promoting community discussion and allowing casual players to remain aware of new developments. However, it has since expanded to contain a selection of files. As of the current date, all new community developments are made available via this portal. However, it is clear that there is significantly more material on the SimRacingWorld website than on the group and thus it cannot be seen as a complete replacement.
Modern day developments for F1GP have largely have been limited to small-scale community updates and projects. However, two developments in particular deserve notable mention. The construction of an open-source game editor "Chequered Flag" is the first of these as it was a project of significant scale, designed to unify previous editing tools and introduce new game modification facilities. Initial progress was good and a number of screenshots were released on the 3rd of September, 2006 to give an indication of the editor construction state. This was followed on the 23rd of December, 2006 by the first release of the editor under version 0.1.0. This early version focused only on providing modification facilities for track editing. A more complete set of editing tools was anticipated, although this remains the only released version as of the current date.
The second significant development revolves around the creation of the ERace, an online multiplayer competition which uses the play by mail mode to facilitite a championship. This contest was announced on the 11th of October, 2011 and is still running as of the current date. Competition updates are regularly posted on the Yahoo group portal for all those interested in the game to read.
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