As a major coincidence.... this Sunday 31st will be EXACTLY 20 years since my 3rd EVER league race. Plus another major coincidence is that it was at Spa too in a game called Grand Prix Legends! https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4191#event616
I never got to play GPL, or rFactor 1 online - despite having the game - I feel like I missed out on a lot of top quality vintage content from the early-era vintage simulators.
Yep, good times. I raced online starting with 2008, but enjoyed a lot Race07, rFactor1, GTR2, LFS and offline GPL and F1 Challenge 99-02.