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F1 2001 review at IGN

Bart Brow

F1 2001 review at IGN

by Bart Brow » Fri, 16 Nov 2001 01:14:52

IGN.com has a review (Nov 12, 01), not entirely complementary, of EA's
F12001 at:

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Red Bul

F1 2001 review at IGN

by Red Bul » Fri, 16 Nov 2001 16:02:38

I doubt I'm the only who has noticed how poorly sim-racer games are reviewed
by Game magazines in general.

It's one thing to not care for a game because it isn't fun (however it
probably wouldn't be very fun for a non sim-racer to enjoy such an outright
simulation anyway), but to say that not much has changed in F1-2001 since
F1-2000, shows a total lack of knowledge of the genre.

my 2c
rb.....


Kool Lo

F1 2001 review at IGN

by Kool Lo » Fri, 16 Nov 2001 16:04:15


I purchased the game about 4 weeks ago and found this to be an interesting
review.  I found this comment quite disturbing though:

"The game also doesn't like GeForce cards. We encountered a number of play
halting problems that seemed to occur at random. Sometimes a race would
start well, other times it would glitch to a halt. Radeon cards had no such
problems however. "

I'm currently playing F1 2001 with low video settings using my factory 4 Meg
card that came with my Intel motherboard.  I'm now in the market for a
GeForce card.  After some research, I'm trying to decide between the 64 MB
GeForce2 GTS and the 64 MB GeForce2 MX-400.

Can any current GeForce card owners corroborate IGNs claim about GeForce
instability in the game?  What card do you guys recommend for someone
willing to spend $150 max?  All comments are welcome.

Louis

Red Bul

F1 2001 review at IGN

by Red Bul » Fri, 16 Nov 2001 16:27:38

I have a GF3 and it runs awesome, though the in-game readme says AA only
works with VooDoo5500, go figure !

The Ti 200 looks like a good deal if you can make the stretch, The core is
much better than GF2 cards = better visuals, and a lot more power. Having
said that an ATI Radeon 8500 is about the same price ($199.00), anyone
running the game with this card ???

rb




> > IGN.com has a review (Nov 12, 01), not entirely complementary, of EA's
> > F12001 at:

> > http://pc.ign.com/reviews/17123.html

> I purchased the game about 4 weeks ago and found this to be an interesting
> review.  I found this comment quite disturbing though:

> "The game also doesn't like GeForce cards. We encountered a number of play
> halting problems that seemed to occur at random. Sometimes a race would
> start well, other times it would glitch to a halt. Radeon cards had no
such
> problems however. "

> I'm currently playing F1 2001 with low video settings using my factory 4
Meg
> card that came with my Intel motherboard.  I'm now in the market for a
> GeForce card.  After some research, I'm trying to decide between the 64 MB
> GeForce2 GTS and the 64 MB GeForce2 MX-400.

> Can any current GeForce card owners corroborate IGNs claim about GeForce
> instability in the game?  What card do you guys recommend for someone
> willing to spend $150 max?  All comments are welcome.

> Louis


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2. IGN's F1 World Grand Prix (US) review

3. PS2 F1 2001 Review Score

4. F1 2001 PC review at Gamespot UK...

5. F1 2001 --- An Initial Review from someone who usually only turns left

6. F1 2001 or Formula One 2001?

7. Lemans 2001 Mod for F1 2001 - No sound after Manual install?

8. Button was on the F1 pre-race show playing F1-2001

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