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Game Information
- Platform: PlayStation2
- PEGI Rating: Ages 3 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- Includes the all new Shanghai and Bahrain circuits
- Incredibly realistic and accurate graphics
- All the official team cars, colours and drivers
- Commentary from James Allen and Martin Brundle
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Formula One 04 brings the new Shanghai and Bahrain circuits to Sony's established series of F1 simulations. But this release is more than a mere update: it completes a remarkable about-turn in the franchise's fortunes. Compared with previous seasons' Formula One games, 04 is a terrifically comprehensive facsimile of motorsport's premier discipline.
Those new tracks--along with the already-famous roster of F1 circuits (including Monaco, San Marino and Silverstone)--are rendered in remarkably accurate fashion. Every last real-world detail has been replicated, giving players the opportunity to race on circuits that are virtually indistinguishable from those televised every other weekend. Team colours, as well as commentary from James Allen and Martin Brundle, serve to complete the televisual feel.
Before taking to the track, car setup can easily be tuned in the game's garage area. This provision is welcome and it's simple to navigate. Excessive mechanical jargon is dropped in favour of common terms, giving players of all levels the platform from which to launch a realistic bid for the drivers' Championship.
With its perfect blend of accessibility and lifelike simulation, Formula One 04 takes pole. As Murray Walker would say, it's "Go! Go! Go!" --Jonti Davies
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Fantastic, Incredible
The Graphics are superb
You have to be good at this (so ignore all the reviews about bumping into other cars) i have only ever managed to get 4th in championship in a Ferrari. it is very difficult (on career mode it can be made easy about a lap on a minardi every six) -but that is why it is called a simulation-it is REALISTIC! u need to learn lines of other drivers (they differ) and get all braking and acceleration points perfect. U can unlock all the old Lotus and Renualt its excellent. U can do a 5 year career mode.
The Graphics are superb
You have to be good at this (so ignore all the reviews about bumping into other cars) i have only ever managed to get 4th in championship in a Ferrari. it is very difficult (on career mode it can be made easy about a lap on a minardi every six) -but that is why it is called a simulation-it is REALISTIC! u need to learn lines of other drivers (they differ) and get all braking and acceleration points perfect. U can unlock all the old Lotus and Renualt its excellent. U can do a 5 year career mode.
U should buy this
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
After playing many of the F1 games available for the second generation consoles and the PC, F1-2004 for the PS2 is by far the best overall "experience" so far, and for one main reason - the "Career" mode.
While you have the normal options of Arcade, Simulation and TimeTrial modes (where you can make up whatever races and/or weekends you like), the Career mode is a whole different concept.
In career mode you have to make your way up through the ranks from test driver to a race seat, and then negotiate contracts, and of course do well in the races. Do well and the big teams will come knocking - do badly for long enough and even Minardi might fire you.
The cars of the various teams perform pretty much as you expect, but the makers of the game have kept them sufficiently close that you really can make the difference with a bad car once you get good at the game. The temptation to beat Schumacher around Spa in a lesser car is immense :)
The graphics are very good - fantastic tarmac, trackside scenery, shiny cars, clouds of brake dust and sand, and of course clumps of grass when you lose it. The sound is also very good - although not immediately outstanding. You hear a lot of ambient sounds around the track such as wind, and the PA system from the grandstands floating across the field...
Gameplay is probably the most important thing in a F1 game, and it doesn't disappoint here. The car setup can be changed right down to things like bump damping and wheel camber - and it all makes pretty obvious differences to the "feel".
While racing, the game (thankfully) isn't a total simulation - you can get away with a fair amount of wheel-banging before anything breaks or gets ripped off. In my opinion this is a good thing.
So there you have it - the best F1 game on the PS2, and probably one of the best games full stop.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Being the biggest BAR fan and F1 nut I had to buy this game. I noticed when buying this that it had a career mode, this makes the game for me. You start off as a lowley test driver and you have to make your mark by driving laps of various circuits at break neck speed. This is really challenging as you have to pull off perfect laps, you can't afford to mess up or the only people who will take you on will be Minardi and their car just wont win you races!
All in all this is the best version they have bought out, well done Studio Liverpool!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
great game but
got this game as watch formula one on the box,arrived really quick,played it few times even with the easiest setting was really hard,to fin first looks great tho great graphics,and... Read more
Published 4 months ago by G. W. Smith
Quite good, quite bad
This game is quite good and quite bad too. It has damage and classic cars but it has bad handling and a poor career mode. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2006 by "ongehass"
Average
This game is good in someways, worse in others, and most of the complaints are in the TV MODE section. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2005 by "alistairfountain"
F1 2004: a great disappointment!
I don't normally write game reviews, but this game was such a disappointment that I felt I had to write something. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2005 by "brainyjason"
A little too easy for hardcore fans
First of all, it has to be said that this latest iteration in the ps2 formula one series is the best. By quite a long way too. Read more
Published on 26 Nov 2004 by Mr. S. G. Edwards
DO NOT BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This game is pathetic!! The worst about!! PS1 games have better game play!! What a waste of money!! Any other racing game out there is better than this, and i mean ANY!! Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2004
formular one 2004 for sale
I didn't use it much, you see, I only use a controller pad of which I enjoy of which I'm not bad at using. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2004 by leroy hunter
Nearly bloody good
I would give this game 4 1/2 out of 5 but it won't allow this. This game is amazing, the graphics, the sound and all that. But there are a couple of things that disappointed me. Read more
Published on 7 Oct 2004 by "meandmypotnoodle"
Excellent, although some tweaks would make it 200% worth it.
I am a great fan of Formula 1 having found my interest in it again this year (I used to watch it some while ago). Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2004
Could have been a contender but Studio Liverpool fails Again
Formula One 2004 promises a lot but is inevitably let down by the bugs.
As indicated by another reviewer there is a huge bug which is kicked off when the opponant cars pit. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2004 by "murraysmic"
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