"In 1999, "Next Generation" listed "Grand Prix Legends" as number 47 on their "Top 50 Games of All Time", commenting that, "Not only does it have the most realistic physics model yet in a racing game [...] a brilliant premise, and the best drive AI we've seen, but "GPL" enables players to do something they simply never could in the real world.Many, if not most games do that, but few do it as convincingly or compellingly."