Formula One Championship Edition

"A perfect adition to the F1 franchise."

Formula One is not a well known motor sport in America, but a Formula One game can spread the influence of the Sport.

Gameplay 8/10
The game handles pretty well. Lets see, a car, check, a team, check, hot tires, check and no check. You see If you choose to have a parade lap you need to drive and heat up your tires as if the road was some sort of microwave.

Graphics 9/10
I say, the guys in the Visuals department needs some praise. The graphics are GORGEOUS!!! Reflecting light and shadows, varying weather, nice detail on flying tires. If you got a catchy eye, you can see that the audience is cardboard. That's not really new. None of the motor sport games have 3-D audience, even GT, but they're getting there.

F1 vs NASCAR

Formula One uses these tiny cars and has strict rules for them. NASCAR uses stock cars which is basically production cars from Dodge, Ford, Chevorlet, and Pontiac with all but one of the seats removed and a roll cage. Formula One has their tracks divided into sectors while the tracks in NASCAR are too small to be divided into sections. In F1, the cars are weak enough to have your tire pop off from slamming it into the wall at 30 mph. NASCAR on the other hand, requires you to slam your car a number of times and you'll eventually blow a gas tank, or an engine. F1 has road courses for tracks. NASCAR has some too, but they are rarely seen during the season. You'll start going real fast in F1, like up to 250 mph. In NASCAR it is a surprise that you make it to 200 mph.

Why should I get this game?
Because this is one of two PS3 games not being a piece of crap, the other being R:FoM. If you're a graphics and detail lover, this is a game you'll want to get .

Many of the decisions made during practice is confusing, and qualifying has a racer elimination, so you seneslessly do qualifying 3 times if you snag PP each time.

All in all, Formula One Championship Edition unoficially gets a 9, out of 10.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 03/19/07