 The game was a best-seller in the UK.Worldwide sales across all computer and console versions of "Formula 1" surpassed 1.7 million units by August 1997.In August 1998, the game's PlayStation version received a "Platinum" sales award from the Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (VUD), indicating sales of at least 200,000 units across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.