F1 2002

LEAVE FEAR BEHIND Features * Your First Chance To Race The 2002 Season

New Toyota and Renault Formula One teams, all 17 tracks including Indianapolis, and every driver from Schumacher to Montoya to Villeneuve. * New EA Sports Cards

Earn team-specific rewards to upgrade your car and unlock new modes. * Every Team's Unique

Handling, AI, and even engine sounds are modeled for each team--start with a champion or work your way up from the back of the grid. * 11 New Challenges

Prove your skills against star drivers. * Authentic Formula One Atmosphere

Cheering crowds, grid girls, crew radio, 22-man pits, and real weather effects.

*New slingshot bar passing.

Battle the world's best drivers...

... in the world's sexiest machines.

Spectacular cinematic moments.*

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Back of Box, PLAYSTATION 2 (Canada)

EA SPORTS SHIPS F1 2002 FOR THE NINTENDO GAMECUBE

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – June 24, 2002 – Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company, today announced the release of F1 2002 for the Nintendo GameCube. F1 2002 is the first Formula One game to feature the 2002 season. Officially licensed by Formula One Administration Limited, F1 2002 features real drivers, teams, cars, and tracks from the 2002 FIA Formula One World Championship season, allowing true Formula One aficionados the opportunity to play along as the real life drama unfolds.

The annual Formula One World Championship captivates a worldwide audience of billions with its mixture of speed, excitement, glamour, and rivalry. With the super powers of world racing lining up on the grid, the race for the 2002 title is set to be hotly contested and with the price of success mounting ever higher, only the team commanding the finest technology and talent in the world stands a chance of basking in the glory at the pinnacle of this world motorsport. EA SPORTS’ F1 2002 brings this world to life and delivers it to the racing fan with one of the most technically advanced and visually stunning Formula One experiences released to date.

F1 2002 for the Nintendo GameCube’ carries an “E” (Everyone) rating from the ESRB and will be priced at US MSRP $49.99. F1 2002 is also available for PC-CD and the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system.

About Electronic Arts Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues of more than $1.3 billion for fiscal 2001. The company develops, publishes and distributes software worldwide for the Internet, personal computers and video game systems. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS, EA GAMES, EA SPORTS BIG’ and EA.COM. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://www.info.ea.com.

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Press Release - GameCube

Though flawed, EA Sports' Formula One disc merits thoughtful attention from players serious about their racing games.

Graphics

The serviceable graphics look like they were developed for a late-generation N64 game. Aliasing is a problem, despite the fact that the GCN makes it easy for developers to smooth out jagged edges. The same murky palette was used for all tracks, with the result that even typically sunny tracks like Monaco look like they're suffering through an overcast English day. The rain animations look fake and the pit crews are robotic. Radio messages from your pit crew are bland.

Skilled Driving

If you're into the thrill and challenge of F1 racing, though, you're likely to put up with all those shortcomings and then some.

First, though, a bit of background: F1 tracks are carefully sculpted to reward precision driving. Successfully threading the high-speed traffic while mastering all the flat curves, hairpin turns, straight-aways, chicanes, rises and dips of your typical track requires perfectly timed shifting and braking. For example, brake too much going into a curve and you'll waste agonizing seconds gearing up on the subsequent straight-away. Brake too little, though, and you'll spin out by the side of the track.

Fortunately, excellent tutorials make it fun to master the intricacies of F1 driving. Disguised as a series of challenges that unlock various circuits, the tutorials start you off with such deceptively simple skills as starting, braking and cornering. These serve as building blocks for later, more challenging tasks, such as driving in the rain or pitting with an oil leak.

Licenses

F1 2002 features the new Toyota and Renault Formula One teams, all 17 tracks including Monaco, Malaysia and Indianapolis, and every superstar driver, including Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello, Juan Pablo Montoya and Jacques Villeneuve.

Multiplayer Motoring

F1 2002 also offers various multiplayer modes for as many as four players. All tracks are open from the beginning for multiplayer races. In split-screen racing, the textures are flat and lusterless, but you'll be so busy trying to stay on the course while insulting your pals that you probably won't notice.

The Finish Line

So-so graphics and sound aside, EA Sports' F1 2002 is an engrossing sim that will appeal to fans of racing games looking for a fresh challenge as well as F1 gearheads. This game is available now.

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www.nintendo.com – GameCube

F1 2002 features the new Toyota and Renault Formula One teams, all 17 tracks including Monaco, Malaysia and Indianapolis, and every superstar driver, including Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello, Juan Pablo Montoya and Jacques Villeneuve.

Although the graphics are a bit rough, you’ll love the thrill and challenge of F1 racing. Fortunately, excellent tutorials make it fun to master the intricacies of F1 driving. Disguised as a series of challenges that unlock various circuits, the tutorials start you off with such deceptively simple skills as starting, braking and cornering. These serve as building blocks for later, more challenging tasks, such as driving in the rain or pitting with an oil leak.

F1 2002 also offers various multi-player modes for as many as four players. All tracks are open from the beginning for multi-player races. In split-screen racing, the textures are flat and lusterless, but you'll be so busy trying to stay on the course while insulting your mates that you probably won't notice.

EA Sports' F1 2002 is an engrossing sim that will appeal to fans of racing games looking for a fresh challenge as well as F1 gear-heads.

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www.nintendo.com.au – GameCube

The annual Formula One World Championship intoxicates a worldwide audience of billions, with its cocktail of speed, action, glamour and rivalry. Sport's most exotic show has made household names of its mega-star drivers and front-page news of their glamorous lifestyles. And with the price of success getting ever higher, only a team commanding a nine figure budget and the finest talents in the world, stand a chance of basking in the glory at the pinnacle of world motorsport. EA SPORTS F1 2002 is the first product on ANY platform to include the complete 2002 FIA Formula One World Championship giving the Xbox gamer the opportunity to compete head to head with all the new drivers and teams as the season unfolds. EA SPORTS F1 2002 is the first video game to feature the all new Toyota Formula One team the latest team to enter the Formula One paddock.

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www.xbox.com