Official F1 more impressions

In a word: Tacky The car graphics look incomplete. Graphics overall remind me of a DOS game from 1986. Tracks are not accurate (no hills rendered on tracks seen so far). Joystick implemetation far too coarse/jerky. Cars do not convince, either visually or in driving-feel. Have EIDOS actually seen the competition? Says clearly on the box: "Tremendous Graphics and stunning lighng" - er, I don't think so. Two good points: Sounds are quite good, better than Monaco/F1 racing. Camera views excellent. But however sympathetically you look at this sim, it is dated before release, unconvincing, and I would have thought unsalvageable by any patch. In short, the blurb is almost dishonest and certainly misleading. Learn from my mistake and leave this one on the shelves.

Well, I downloaded the demo, and cranked it up. I get sounds in the Menu but no sounds once I'm racing. Shame really, because going on what you say and what I thought of the game it is true PANTS. What were the FIA thinking giving a licence to such crap. I mean, just compare to GPL / SCGT and so on. I'm sorry, but I'm going NO WHERE near a copy of that crap. Doug

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>In a word: Tacky >The car graphics look incomplete. Graphics overall remind me of a DOS game >from 1986. >Tracks are not accurate (no hills rendered on tracks seen so far). >Joystick implemetation far too coarse/jerky. Cars do not convince, either >visually or in driving-feel. >Have EIDOS actually seen the competition? Says clearly on the box: >"Tremendous Graphics and stunning lighng" - >er, I don't think so. >Two good points: Sounds are quite good, better than Monaco/F1 racing.

Camera >views excellent. >But however sympathetically you look at this sim, it is dated before >release, unconvincing, and I would have thought unsalvageable by any patch. >In short, the blurb is almost dishonest and certainly misleading. Learn from >my mistake and leave this one on the shelves.