Formula 1 PC Video Games Pre 2002

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Battle for position at every sweeping bend, high-speed straightaway, and hairpin turn within the world's most glamorous sporting arenas. Engage in high stakes racing from Monaco to Monza and take on the most intelligent and daring racers to hit the Formula One circuit in F1 2001.

Race against opponents who want to win as badly as you do. Every driver on the track fights, battles and reacts to take the chequered flag. 
All the drivers, tracks, and teams from the official FIA 200 1 Formula One World Championship are featured. F1 2001 takes you into a living, breathing Formula One world. Feel the anticipation on a buzzing grid during the build-up to the race as team personnel, engineers, and glamorous grid girls swarm about you. But watch the rain clouds. F1 2001 contains adverse and unpredictable weather situations, so look for the umbrellas to go up and be sure to switch tyres to change your strategy.

Interact with the world of F1 and manage your team using the exclusive EA Mail system
Build dream teams using experienced stars and raw talent
Compete against the likes of Ron Dennis and Eddie Jordan for personnel, sponsors and suppliers
Design, manufacture and assemble the most advanced F1 racing machine on the grid

Advanced Car Modelling - 11 cars, car damage, backfiring exhausts.
Experience spins, flips or full rolls at speeds over 200MPH.
Learn from your Engineer to tune your car to perfection.
Define and store your camera positions.
All Cars & Drivers from the Official FIA 2000 Championship.
Incredible circuit detail, buildings helicopters and Jumbotrons

Re-live the gladiatorial battles between Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard, or tear up the record books and take an outsider to World Championship glory. With in-depth, behind-the-scenes technical support from the Orange Arrows and Benetton Formula One teams, the player enters the world of Formula One racing in great detail.
Formula One Driving School. Train to become one of the Formula One superstars with the all-new Formula One Driver Career School.
Full wet weather racing and advanced environmental effects, with implications for race strategies and driving styles.
Use of the renowned two-seater Formula One race cars.

Addiction is the only word for it. The season starts in 1999 and moves on to 2000. There is so much detail within this game that users can get in as deep as they like. They may find themselves in the early hours trying to work out optimum fuel levels for the race or sweating out a slow tyre change. 
All the major players such as Jordan, Ferrari and Williams are represented, and it's a great challenge to put a British driver on the podium. 
A word of advice, though: users should try to take their eyes from the screen occasionally, have a pit stop. Otherwise, they will have trouble getting anything else done.

All the teams, all the drivers and all the circuits from the 2000 season
Arcade mode for the ultimate drive
Seriously fast paced and instant action
Variable weather effects
Ultra-realistic driving

Supported by an official FOA license
Official 1999 season data with all 11 teams and 22 drivers
32-bit color software- and hardware-rendering engine.
Individually and accurately modeled cars and circuits
Split-screen, 2-player gaming on 1 PC and 12-player support for network gaming

Global Positioning System (GPS) modelling
A brand new game engine
Tremedously improved AI
Realistic car behaviour
16 car settings
15 different views

The Essential Formula One experience - push your skills and senses to the limit
Cockpit views with fully- functioning wing mirrors
Network play for up to 8 Players
Diverse weather conditions, including forecasts for race weekends
Season 1999 regulations, including stop-go penalties, full flag system and jumpstarts

Based on the 1999 FIA Formula One world championship
2 player split-screen mode
Scenario mode allows you to play races again and exchange them with friends
Extensive car set-up options
Realistic racing effects

F1 Racing Simulation is an extremely well-thought-out simulation with drivers of all abilities in mind. With a midrange to high-end PC and a 3D card, the game looks spectacular, although users of low- to midrange machines will pay the price when the number of cars onscreen can cause the frame rate to bog down considerably. (Just experiment with the graphics options in a single race to maintain a good frame rate before your first race of the season begins.) It would have been nice if the game adjusted the graphics detail on the fly to maintain a certain preset frame rate.

Driving games sure have come a long way since the 1982 classic arcade hit Pole Position. It seems like whenever you scour the racks looking for a new game, there are hundreds of racing titles trying to catch your eye. Monaco Grand Prix races ahead of the competition. Based on one of the world's oldest and toughest races, this impressive game features an innovative four-point physics engine to monitor and control and gives you the ability to go head-to-head against a friend or the computer. Choose from 22 racers on a variety of skill levels and three gaming modes. 

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