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Formula One
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Creating graphics for a Formula One game is no easy task. With 22 cars onscreen at once, expansive tracks, and a great number of off-track objects, there are a lot of polygons for the hardware to push. Formula One 2001 is an excellent example of this issue. The cars look great except that the decals and other logos littering their bodies have been removed, making it impossible to tell one car from another. The sprawling tracks have some problems with draw-in during especially long straightaways, and the off-track detail is considerably low for grandstands, buildings, and trees. There are five different weather settings included in the game, and Formula One 2001 looks its best when cars are kicking up trails of water during rainstorms.
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The recently completed Formula One season was one of the most dramatic in history, and not just because of on-track fights between Ferrari and McLaren-Mercedes. Off the track, the two teams were embroiled in a messy dispute that became known simply as “the spy scandal”--a series of events that entangled Ferrari’s Nigel Stepney and McLaren’s Mike Coughlan, two men known previously only to paddock insiders and the cognoscenti among fans. The result was a record fine imposed by the F1 sanctioning body, charges of industrial espionage and a
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Hamilton, runner-up in the drivers’ title in his first Formula One season, had a wet track. On top of that, there was oil from a previous test drive. The only other driver with a time in the wet is Mark Webber, who ran a 1:47.1.
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The 2004 Formula One season will ... see some new faces behind the wheel and some familiar ones with new teams. Felipe Massa returns to Sauber after a year of testing duties with Ferrari. The young Brazilian will be alongside Sauber newcomer Giancarlo Fisichella. The Italian driver's seat at Jordan was filled with Nick Heidfeld, who drove for Sauber the past two seasons. Heidfeld's teammate will be F1 rookie Giorgio Pantano, and another rookie, Christian Klien, will drive for Jaguar. Takuma Sato's season finale appearance with BAR will now be a season-long drive with the team.
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While Formula One races are normally quite lengthy, you can adjust the lap percentage so that each race is around 15 laps. Granted, this isn't the usual three-lap races most are used to in other driving games, but you'll need the first 10 laps to fight your way to the front, anyway. You can make controlling your car as in-depth as you choose. A helpful driver-assist option will alert you to coming turns, and you can choose between manual and automatic transmission to suit your skill level. The first lap around the track for most players will be an exercise in frustration. It can take quite a while to come to grips with the braking and acceleration unique to each car.
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Since 1983, Formula One had been dominated by specialist race teams like Williams, McLaren and Benetton, using engines supplied by large car manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Renault and Ford. Starting in 2000 with Ford’s creation of the largely unsuccessful Jaguar team, new manufacturer-owned teams entered Formula One for the first time since Alfa Romeo and Renault in 1985. By 2006, the manufacturer teams – Renault, BMW, Toyota, Honda and Ferrari – dominated the championship, taking five of the first six places in the constructors' championship. The sole exception was McLaren, which is part-owned by Mercedes Benz. Through the Grand Prix Manufacturers Association (GPMA) they negotiated a larger share of Formula One’s commercial profit and a greater say in the running of the sport.
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