F1 Challenge

aka: F-1 Challenge, F-1 Live Information
Moby ID: 39648

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Average score: 73% (based on 10 ratings)

Player Reviews

Average score: 3.2 out of 5 (based on 2 ratings with 1 reviews)

Short, but nice.

The Good
The game takes a strange approach to F1, not only being a mix between arcade and simulation which is always funny to play but, while it has all the drivers from the 1995 season, you can only choose Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill, Ukyo Katayama, Jean Alesi, and Mika Hakkinen. That is, you can drive only five drivers in/with their respective teams, but you will be racing against the whole '95 F1 grid, which, for the time in which the game was released, was nice because not many games featured this kind of official licenses.

The Bad
One of the cons this game has is its short duration. I mean, if you are a decent, not even that good, but with some skills, driver, you can do all the circuits in a day. Also, and I think this is quite important, there is no championship mode and you only get to race in three real-life circuits which, for the era we are speaking about, are faithfully represented. However, the control is a bit exaggerated, too arcade, for example when you brake, if you lose concentration for a moment you can basically have your car rear-ended by another driver due to pressing the brake button too heavily.

The Bottom Line
A slightly higher than average game for the time in which it was released. Not the kind of game that you would spend hours playing till you end it but a kind of game to play some fast-paced, worry-free races before you play simulation games for hours.

SEGA Saturn · by Carles Carlos (23) · 2022

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Critic reviews added by Kayburt, Alsy, RhYnoECfnW, Tim Janssen, Big John WV, Patrick Bregger, mikewwm8, Concrete.