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

6 posts by 6 people · 06 Sep 1997 - 07 Sep 1997

Does anyone know why Jacques is omitted from the new Psygnosis F1 game for the playstation?
Mike Taylo 06 Sep 1997#376919
> 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.
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.
Quoted text (9 lines)> > 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.
> 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 07 Sep 1997#376964
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 07 Sep 1997#376965
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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