Formula One Championship Edition
We take PS3's first Formula One game for a spin.
 | Version PlayStation 3 | Developer Sony Liverpool | Publisher Sony | Genre Racing |
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It was after my 20th-or-so crash into the wall at a particularly tricky corner in Monaco, with my poor car lying wheelless and wingless, my blood pressure rising, and car after car passing me by, that I began to wonder whether I was actually having fun with Formula One Championship Edition. There's no doubt that the game is bolted together in a mechanically sound way, but Formula One as a sport is so unyielding that it can make for a frustrating experience - even when the game is good.
And it is. While I wouldn't go so far as to call myself an expert on Formula One, there was a time not too many years ago when I used to watch it religiously. Mostly I would marvel at how Michael Schumacher could keep his screaming Ferrari right on the edge, how he knew exactly when to turn and when to break at every corner of every track. In a way, if you really want to get the most out of F1CE, you need to do the same.
"Much like Formula One itself, the game requires you to exist on the edge if you want to compete with the psychopathic AI."
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The car will help you accelerate, steer, brake, read the track, change your tires, prevent you from crashing and anything else. Unless you're so uninterested that all you care about is hitting the checkered flag first, there's no reason to keep the belt-and-suspenders on. It's only once you start turning off these aids that you'll start to feel like you're actually driving. And that's also when I started to crash.
Much like Formula One itself, the game requires you to exist on the edge if you want to compete in a real sense with the sometimes psychopathic AI. The setup of the more advanced modes helps here. Whether you're racing in a single Grand Prix weekend, a full season or even assuming the role of a complete rookie in the deep career mode, you'll always be prompted to drive the tracks over and over - during testing, practice, qualifying and on race day. And you'll need to do them over and over again if you want to be any good.
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Formula One Championship Edition New trailer (hi quality) |
1.01m | 23MB | HD, 60, CAM 800x448 3.5Mbps |
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Formula One Championship Edition Direct feed gameplay 1 |
00:33 | 15MB | DF, ED, 16:9 852x480p60 4.0Mbps |
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Formula One Championship Edition Direct feed gameplay 2 |
01:05 | 32MB | DF, ED, 16:9 852x480p60 4.2Mbps |
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