programs & utilities

HOF QUALIFIER 2.05 by Rob Wilson & Neil Tweedy

The F1GP HoF Qualifier is a program that was designed for keeping track of your qualifying lap-times for the Amiga F1GP Hall of Fame. It is also the recommended method for submitting times to the HoF, because it prevents Hall of Fame members from making mistakes in the format of submitted records. Ensuring that the submissions are as they are required to be makes the preparation of the HoF each month becomes much easier.

F1GP-RES for WINDOWS 95 by Jan Svehlik

(only available from http://www.astrang.dircon.co.uk/hof/)

Back when HoF Qualifier was just a glint in Rob and Neil's eyes, there was a program called F1GP-RES. It was the original utility which HoF members could use to ensure the layout of their submissions met the standards required by the then administrator, Edo Nijmeijer. Now, approximately three years later, it's back... only this time, it's for Windows 95! Some mistake, surely? Well, apparently not. Jan Svehlik has decided that people who only have internet access through a PC either at work or university could make use of such a program. So if you fall into this category, you may want to take a look at this.

SPLITTIME 1.7 by Rene Smit

SplitTime is a utility that displays split-times at every quarter of a track while you drive. Not only are the current split-times displayed, but also the best split-times for comparison - just like in real F1. The only difference is that this utility uses 3 splits (at exactly 25%, 50% and 75%) rather than F1's 2 splits.

The purpose of SplitTime is to give you an indication of how good your current lap is going to be, so you don't have to drive the whole lap before finding out that you are off the pace. Normally, you would have your own physical markers on the track at which you would look at the timer to see how fast you are. But with SplitTime you can forget those and use these very accurate splittimes instead.

Besides showing (best) splittimes it also keeps track of the best split differences, calculated by looking at the time between two consecutive splittimes. The four best differences are always remembered, and from these a virtual lap is calculated - allowing you to see what time you could have driven if you had only done a perfect lap.

HOFPOINTS 3.7 by Michal Janak

HoFPoints is a utility specially written for competitors of the Amiga F1GP Hall of Fame that has two main purposes:

Firstly, by setting yourself an overall points target, HoFPoints will tell you by how much you must improve at each of the 16 circuits to achieve this.

Secondly, by entering your lap records as you set them, HoFPoints will calculate how many points they will earn you, and provide you with a provisional score for the next HoF edition.

HOF-ANALYZER v1.4 (by Christophe Macours)

This program serves a similar purpose to HoFPoints, which is hardly surprising considering it was widely inspired by Michal Janak's creation. Using HoF-Analyzer, you will be able to view the classifications of each circuit, edit and save your times. You can also set a position to reach and HoF-Analyzer will show you the required performance.

AGPPERF 0.5i by Grant Reeve

AGPPerf allows you to record the telemetary of your car as you race in F1GP. The information gathered by this utility includes set-up details, horse power, and more importantly variables as speed, revs, gears, car position on the track, and car control input (acceleration, braking, and steering). The upshot of all this is that you can have a comprehensive collection of data for any particular lap, which can then be graphically analysed by...

GPDISPLAY 0.02 by Grant Reeve

GPDisplay is the utility required to display perf files saved from AGPPerf. By displaying up to 4 perf files at a time, it can allow you to compare several laps set with different set-ups to see just which one is best. Alternatively, it can be used to compare the perf file of your best lap with that of a faster lap to see where time can be saved. Perf files for the top Hall of Fame times can be found in the Amiga F1GP PerfBase.