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Villnaeuve (or lack of) and F1 - 97 on the playstation

Kenny Goodbour

Villnaeuve (or lack of) and F1 - 97 on the playstation

by Kenny Goodbour » Sun, 07 Sep 1997 04:00:00

Does anyone know why Jacques is omitted from the new Psygnosis F1 game for
the playstation?

Mike Taylo

Villnaeuve (or lack of) and F1 - 97 on the playstation

by Mike Taylo » Sun, 07 Sep 1997 04:00:00


> Does anyone know why Jacques is omitted from the new Psygnosis F1 game
for
> the playstation?

Is this true? I know he wasn't included in Grand Prix Manager 2
because he wasn't a paid up member of the FIA or some other
such bollocks...

Mike.

George Kirkald

Villnaeuve (or lack of) and F1 - 97 on the playstation

by George Kirkald » Sun, 07 Sep 1997 04:00:00



Actually, it's because Psygnosis for some weird reason had the date all
mixed up and thought they were in 1996 so they released the game with the
tracks and drivers for the 1995 season, in which Jacques Villeneuve drove
his last Indycar season.

Now, why they used 1995 instead on 1996 is anyones guess. It probably
would be easy enough to make new data files for the game. The question is
why would anyone want to? Too bad, the game is so pretty. And it doesn't
even accept joysticks.


> > Does anyone know why Jacques is omitted from the new Psygnosis F1 game
> for
> > the playstation?

> Is this true? I know he wasn't included in Grand Prix Manager 2
> because he wasn't a paid up member of the FIA or some other
> such bollocks...

> Mike.

Ronald Stoe

Villnaeuve (or lack of) and F1 - 97 on the playstation

by Ronald Stoe » Sun, 07 Sep 1997 04:00:00


> Does anyone know why Jacques is omitted from the new Psygnosis F1 game for
> the playstation?

One rumour says, he's too expensive! Well, maybe he's the lowest paid
driver in F1...8^)

l8er
ronny

Eric Co

Villnaeuve (or lack of) and F1 - 97 on the playstation

by Eric Co » Mon, 08 Sep 1997 04:00:00



Same as in UBISOFT, the answer is easy:

Jacques Villeneuve is the only driver not being part
of the F1 drivers association.

Political issue, from the FIA and "Hitler" Ecclestone

Deckar

Villnaeuve (or lack of) and F1 - 97 on the playstation

by Deckar » Mon, 08 Sep 1997 04:00:00

 Jacques has 'protected' his image in F1 and so no one can use his name or
likeness without his express permission.Apparently he also has control over
which photos are released of him.This was explained in an Autosport article
a few weeks ago which was critical of some of the management around him.


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