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With Sony being the only one with the F1 license after 2002 they've had no competition; considering that they've put out a good game. The graphics are great. They may look amazing to most people in 720p, but if you've played the GT:HD demo you can see that Gran Turismo looks far better. The actually racing is very good and sim-like physics without over-the-top difficulty. The AI is great, but not perfect. They will shut the door on you if you're behind them, and if you pressure them long enough they will make a mistake and open the door for you to get by. With all the aids turned off just going the race distance will be rewarding. All the 2006 tracks, teams and drivers are in as well as a few extra cars and Jerez. There is no 2 player split screen, but there is a mediocre, simple online mode and it's free. There's a bit of lag and most races will have plenty of overly aggressive drivers, though. The offline, single player racing is good enough to overlook the online's shortcoming. James Allen and Martin Brundle call the races, but they get repetitive and annoying, rather quickly, too. The rest of the audio is top notch; engine sounds are accurate amd unique to each car, wind, traction control and rumble strip noises are done well and your race engineer is quite helpful. This game has plenty of aids to help non-sim racing or non-F1 fans, but I'd only recommend buying this if you are into F1 or a big fan of racing in general. Plenty of tuning and realism to satisfy a sim-fan. If you're into crashes, explosions, drifting... look for a dedicated aracde style racer.Read full review
An avid follower of F1, a craze fan of the one and only Micheal Schumacher - I just couldnt stay away from this game!!! It still has Schumi in it!!! Back to the game, it looks awesome, the controls are great.... makes good use of the sixaxis controller, online is fantastic.... there were some freezes along the way, but it doesnt affect game play... It only happens when u kill the car!!! I was just not able to get to the top time (gold) ever... guess need much much more practice!! In simple words, if you are a racing fan, want good graphics, have a big screen tv... get this game and feel 1/100th of what the racers feel at the tracks !!! Did i mention I love the game ??
Dry presentation aside, Formula One Championship Edition is a good racer that is just accessible enough to newcomers while still being deep enough for longtime fans. Great sense of speed. Very friendly to beginners, though the difficulty quickly ramps up. SUPER Sweet rain effects. Online play is smooth and supports 11 people in a single race. Presentation is drab. Difficulty progression could be smoother. Rosters are extremely out of date (JP Montaya has been driving in NASCAR for two years, Both Schumachers are retired, No Lewis Hamilton).
This is a good game, the online play is fantastic, you can customise races to your preference including laps, pits, weather, qualification, max number of cars etc etc. The graphics are fantastic especially the rain on the visor when racing! All in all this is a really good game but I have to agree with the previous reviewer, this games is badly hurt by the lack of multiplayer split screen mode. You can only play multiplayer on line against other users with a seperate PS3 and TV/monitor. My son hates this more than anybody as he is not too patient and wants to race all the time (he must take after me!) which means one of us generally spends a lot of time watching the other race! All said its a good game if you can live without the split screen multiplayer mode.
I havent had enough time to play this game, but for what i have played, i noticed a few good and bad things about it. First of all, there is no two player mode, unless you play online, I understand this, in order to have enough screen space to play, you need the whole screen, still, i lknow, most players would have liked a two player mode...at least. Second, this game is as technical as you can get, a wrong turn and you just lost your car, need for speed fanatics need not to apply, unless you are willing to not crash. The graphics in this game are beautiful, perhaps, the best f1 game visually. The last thing I noticed is that the edit your driver section, could use a few more avatars, but one again who cares about the driver, you care about the cars. Great game overall with room for improvement for maybe a second installment.Read full review
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