rec.autos.simulators

I received a news from my software supplier about "POWER F1" a new game
licensed from FIA
Anybody knows about it?

Thanks

Marco D'Annibale
Firenze - ITALIA

Minimum specs are:

486DX4/100 minimum - P90 Recommended
MS DOS 6.0 or W95 (DOS MODE)
8 Meg Ram
Vesa Compatible SVGA Card
Double Speed CD Rom
Supports all major soundcards

Very much an arcade type game, although there is the facility to set
up your car - tyre pressures/gear ratios/wing angles etc. Its not a
sim in the way that GP2 is and I don't think that it sets out to
compete with that game.
Graphics are very detailed and can be reduced/increased to suit the
speed of the CPU.
17 F1 tracks to compete on - seem to be true to the real thing.
2 Player Split Screen Option

Having played the game for a couple of days I can say it definitely
falls into the arcade category. Not knocking the game for that.
The graphics are excellent and the game speed is good (I'm using a
P100/16 meg) and the action is quite believable. Various driving
positions can be used to view the car, i.e. inside the***pit or from
a chase point of view. The detail when cars crash is not as good as
GP2/NASCAR etc. as you don't see bits and pieces falling off :-).

If you after a racing game that is easy to play without having to be a
virtual mechanic then this is the game for you. Lets call it the F22
Lightning 2 of the racing scene, i.e. you can climb in and drive
straight away.

Cheers

Steve

Whitley Bay
North East England