Grand Prix Story is the latest game released by Kairosoft, and for now it is exclusive to Android. It has been out for a few weeks, but I’ve been too busy playing it to write anything about it!
It builds on the formula seen in Game Dev Story, but adds a bit more depth, to the extent that I’ve now played Grand Prix Story through 4 times and am preparing for a 5th go! You start by assuming control of a fledgling grand prix team, and start by building a very basic car. As your skills increase you can build better cars, add accessories, upgrade items and train your driver and mechanics. You also have to impress your sponsors, who will give you money and bonus items if you do well.
After four playthroughs I have reached the point where winning races is no longer a challenge – my cars are so much more advanced than the others that the races are mainly a case of which one of my drivers will win. But I’m still playing because I want to improve my cars further and get quicker lap times. Here are my car stats at the end of my most recent playthrough:
It takes a while to build up stats like this! These were achieved by carrying over the Kairo Kar and the Supercharger from my 3rd playthrough, and upgrading them only when my drivers had an aura. My main objective for my next playthrough is to see if I can get the speed over 1000.
Here are some screenshots showing my clear points at the end of my fourth playthrough:
My clear points were 418,114 – this was achieved without really trying to get a high score, I guess it will help next time to try and research the different vehicle types and parts to bump up my score.
Here are a few things I found useful whilst playing the game:
- When hiring mechanics, the tech stat is everything. Ideally the starting tech stat should be 30 or over. If you don’t get any at the start, hire whoever is available but don’t bother levelling them up – just keep checking the hire page and replace them when possible.
- To win on an off-road track, you need the Knobby Tires. You’ll get these when you complete the Bridgerock Tires sponsor (the first sponsor).
- To win on an icy track, you need the Studless Tires. You’ll get these when you win the Egypt race.
- Auras can be used to boost your driver during qualifying or the race, training a driver, or to improve an upgrade or car. Don’t waste them on using them during the race – use them to build a car and you’ll get higher stats than without the aura. You’ll also reach a point where the driver’s stats won’t increase by training – but if you have an aura then training will still be effective.
- Something to be aware of when carrying over items to a new game – you can carry over one car type and one upgrade. But it’s most likely that your starter garage will not have a good enough tech to build the car or upgrade. It’s still very advantageous to have these plans available for when your tech is good enough, but if your mechanics say that something will turn out to be a disaster, then they’re telling the truth – leave it until your tech stats are higher.
Hopefully that will prove useful to someone! I can’t recommend this game highly enough, I look forward to Kairosoft’s next effort!
how do i scrap cars ?
Go to your garage and select the car you’d like to scrap. On the right side of the box is a scroll bar – scroll down and you’ll see options allowing you to sell the car, scrap the car or change the paint job.
So how do I carry things over and start a new company in the same save slot? I don’t see an option for it, and am in year 16.
It doesn’t necessarily have to be in the same slot – just start a new game as you did the first time, and it should give you the option at the bottom of the new game screen as to which car and upgrade you’d like to carry over.
Hi what should i do to win the egypt race i tried everything but non of my equipments worked!
To win Egypt, you need to build an off-road car – so in the early days, build one with the FF drive (the MR and FR drives aren’t suited to off-road initially). Then you’ll need to equip it with Knobby Tires – you can research these once you have completed the first sponsor (Bridgerock Tires). This may not win initially, but once you’ve upgraded the Knobby Tires and other parts then you’ll find it easier to win. Good luck!
(1) how do i get helmets for the drivers?
(2) what is the best car made for offroad and how do i get it?
I’m not aware of any way to get helmets for the drivers, sorry. I use the Kairo Kar for every track type, what makes the difference for off road tracks is having the 4WD drive and Knobby Tires. You get the 4WD drive by completing the Pear Inc sponsor. Hope that helps!