Sony's FIA Formula One Monopoly - sigh

Now that Sony has a monopoly on FIA Formula One games this is what we have to look forward to. <sigh> What a pity. http://www.nz.playstation.com/ps2/games/f/f12003.jhtml To think F1 racing used to get me excited. In fact I got Electronic Arts' F1 2002 and got so excited about Grand Prix Racing again that I got DirectTV so I could watch the real thing on the Speed Channel. When the 2003 season ended I couldn't wait for the 2004 season to start. I hadn't been that excited about Grand Prix racing since the 1960's and then with Papyrus' Grand Prix Legends. After seeing Sony's offering though I can't see too many people getting excited about FIA Formula One by playing the console game. I think the FIA made a huge mistake letting Sony have sole licensing for their games in the upcoming years. Their latest offering looks like a cartoon. Also, why is it the 2003 season and not 2004? <sigh>

$ony....nuff said.

From their feature list ... "Win races to unlock bonus features" I think that says it all :-) pm "nathantw" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Jov5c.10501$[email hidden]... Now that Sony has a monopoly on FIA Formula One games this is what we have to look forward to. <sigh> What a pity. http://www.nz.playstation.com/ps2/games/f/f12003.jhtml To think F1 racing used to get me excited. In fact I got Electronic Arts' F1 2002 and got so excited about Grand Prix Racing again that I got DirectTV so I could watch the real thing on the Speed Channel. When the 2003 season ended I couldn't wait for the 2004 season to start. I hadn't been that excited about Grand Prix racing since the 1960's and then with Papyrus' Grand Prix Legends. After seeing Sony's offering though I can't see too many people getting excited about FIA Formula One by playing the console game. I think the FIA made a huge mistake letting Sony have sole licensing for their games in the upcoming years. Their latest offering looks like a cartoon. Also, why is it the 2003 season and not 2004? <sigh>

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:26:02 +1000, "Phillip McNelley" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>From their feature list ... > >"Win races to unlock bonus features" > >I think that says it all :-) > >pm >

Aarrgghh...why in the blue blazes do they do that? Most ridiculous game "feature" slash now hoary "tradition" I know of... John DiFool

> >"Win races to unlock bonus features" > >I think that says it all :-) > Most ridiculous game "feature" slash now hoary > "tradition" I know of... Actually, it wouldn't be that bad if they did it properly. I.e. you have to start in a Minardi, and the better you finish, the more money the team gets for development, so the car gets quicker, and the more offers you get from better teams. Unfortunately it probably means that you get 'turbo boost' or the ability to drop an oil slick! :-( -- R. GPLRank +79.699

>I.e. you have to start in a Minardi, and the better you finish, the moremoney the team gets for development, so the car gets quicker, and the more offers you get from better teams. I think a well done career mode in any of the sims can indeed be an entertaining aspect to sim to many. But ... It has to be an option, as there are at just as many who hate this sort of thing, and simply want to jump in teh best car and see how they go up against the best of teh AI or otehr sim racers. But as you say ... Done well it does have its appeal and supporters. > Unfortunately it probably means that you get 'turbo boost' or the abilityto drop an oil slick! :-( Again - I think you're probably right here :-) Phillip

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 04:29:29 GMT, "nathantw" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Now that Sony has a monopoly on FIA Formula One games this is what we have >to look forward to. <sigh> What a pity. >http://www.nz.playstation.com/ps2/games/f/f12003.jhtml > >To think F1 racing used to get me excited. In fact I got Electronic Arts' F1 >2002 and got so excited about Grand Prix Racing again that I got DirectTV so >I could watch the real thing on the Speed Channel. When the 2003 season >ended I couldn't wait for the 2004 season to start. I hadn't been that >excited about Grand Prix racing since the 1960's and then with Papyrus' >Grand Prix Legends. After seeing Sony's offering though I can't see too many >people getting excited about FIA Formula One by playing the console game. I >think the FIA made a huge mistake letting Sony have sole licensing for their >games in the upcoming years. Their latest offering looks like a cartoon. >Also, why is it the 2003 season and not 2004? <sigh> >

Looks like a good ARCADE game, if someone wants to waste the money, cause it surely aint a sim.

I really hate racing games on the consoles. The resolution is far, far too low to do justice to racing. I can't even tell most of the time playing Gran Turismo 3 if the turn ahead is left or right, it's so jaggy.