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There is also a 'Quick Race' mode which lets you just drop into last place on a track and try to get as far up the field as you can in four laps. There are options to set the number of laps, three levels of difficulty, whether or not you burn fuel and use up tires, what level of damage you can suffer (none, forgiving, and realistic), whether or not you get driving assists, and what kind of transmission you want. The game modes for a single player are a single race, a championship season, and a custom season (pick the track order yourself).

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The PS2 title is about as bare bones as it gets. Unlike the other versions of EA's F1 titles, there is no school mode, no scenario mode, no ability to save and load setups, no telemetry and no end-of-race replays.

#F1 championship season 2000 download Pc

Now that we know that PC F1 sim-oriented fans are not going to be overly impressed by the realism in the title, let's turn our attention to PlayStation and PlayStation 2 gamers.įirst of all, the game is remarkably simple in terms of modes of play. If you've driven the PC simulation and enjoy its realism and expect a similar quality title on the PS2, wait until next year (maybe). For example, what would we think of a football title from EA where to beat the AI you had to score 85 points on the highest difficulty level? Or a FIFA game where 20 point games were common? And yet, we're essentially being told to overlook realistic physics engines and lap times, and in which even a half decent gamer can shatter the real life track record using the out-of-the-box car setups! And to add insult to injury, Pete tells us: 'PC Sim fan or PlayStation 1 arcade player, our PS2 title has something for everyone.' Well, Pete, no, it doesn't. Unfortunately, the two are not necessarily opposites.

The translation here is: 'screw realism, we want gameplay'. At the end of the day great gameplay comes from a flexible dynamics system and a huge amount of time listening to feedback and balancing the code.' It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking complex modelling of dynamics leads to great gameplay but to do this even on a PC would be a huge mistake. For instance, in the EA Sports page interview, Pete was asked: 'Do you think that the new 128 bits machines will allow true simulations to appear on the consoles ? Would you look favourably on this ?' The answer is telling: 'personally, I don't think the future of console racing is in simulations. The question in my mind was whether EA thinks this is a virtue or a flaw? After all, F1 2000 on the PSX features similarly ridiculous times (making it pretty clear where the PS2 team got its ideas). So the fact that the AI is running 18 seconds faster than the lap record, and you are expected to get up to this level as well, tells you how forgiving the game is, as well as how much excessive grip is in the game. The problems with the game are immediately apparent when you go into advanced mode, work like crazy to qualify at 1:11 at Spain (the real lap record is 1:24 so that tells you something), and then the AI proceeds to qualify at 1:06. By this I don't mean that the cars don't feel nice to drive or that the speed and look of F1 is not there, but simply that this is not an accurate simulation of F1 vehicle dynamics. Gameplay The first thing I want to make clear is that this is NOT a particularly accurate F1 simulation. I find the answers to his questions revealing because they give us an idea of what THEY think they have produced, and I can then tell you what they actually DID produce! To figure out what EA was actually aiming at for this version, I turned to the EA Sports web site where F1 2000 PS2 producer Pete Smith is interviewed. The PlayStation One title is very arcade-ish, while the PC version is an outstanding simulation with realistic physics and lap times (and hefty hardware requirements!).

#F1 championship season 2000 download series

But it is easily possible to finish a race.Having reviewed the PlayStation versions of F1 2000 and F1 Championship series 2000, as well as the PC version of F1 CS 2000, I could see how the PlayStation 2 could be caught in the middle. Goes ingame but runs pretty bad at 50-80% speed on average. In-depth behind the scenes technical support from the Orange Arrows and Benetton Formula One teams allows the game player to enter the world of Formula One racing in unprecedented detail and authenticity.īIOS: USA v02.30, Preset: 2 (Safe).

Re-live the gladiatorial battles between Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard or tear up the record books and take an outsider to World Championship glory.

Game description: F1 CHAMPIONSHIP Season 2000, featuring all the drama, action, and emotion of the 2000 season, takes the player right to the heart of the thrilling world of Formula One racing. Publisher(s): Electronic Arts (EU), EA Sports (US), Electronic Arts Victor (JP) You can help PCSX2 Wiki by updating or adding more information to the article.