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F1 fan from Connecticut

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: October 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The improvements over last year's game are remarkable. One gets more of a feel for the accleration and deceleration that formula one cars are famous for. The detail of both the cars and the tracks are astounding. I thought that in F1 Championship season 2000 all the tracks looked flat. One couldn't get a feel for the ups and downs of some of the inclines and declines that are such a prominent feature to some real F1 tracks. That has changed in this year's game. In particular, going down and then up into au rouge in F1 2001 is a lot of fun. In addition to graphics and game play there are some new multiplayer modes and a challenge mode which allows one to be graded on their driving skills in any and all conditions, for example, taking the chicane at Interlagos in wet weather on dry tires. A true F1 fan will enjoy how recent the game information is (i.e. Alesi is in a Jordan and Frentzen in a Prost), but any fan of driving simulations will find this game fascinating.

Neeext

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Yes it looks good and it sounds good and there is a great sense of speed, but yet another half-baked effort by EA, thrown on the market too soon (to justify the expensive season licence, I suppose).

This game is so crippled by bugs that most of its favourable aspects fade away facing the problems. The biggest problems occur around the actual racing. First off there are unrealistic qualifying rosters (4 times World champion Schumacher on 12th? a no-name like Heidfeld on pole?), ALL cars have the same performance parameters (so you can pole in a Minardi!?). The opponent AI ... big time: they are VERY fast in corners but extremely slow on straights (on which you can catch about 5 of them at once). On shorter races opponent cars NEVER pit when it starts raining (and it rains about 3 times in a 16 lap race), plus you are constantly yellow-flagged and penalized when you only put your wheel slightly off track.

Add to that other minor things, like not being able to save car setups, not being able to save game stages (only race weekends), no opponent cars on the tracks during practice, all cars have the same sound, weird and sticky car handling when releasing the throttle, most of the tracks beeing way too narrow compared to their real life counterparts, a pit radio that keeps giving you wrong and useless information, and an overall very hectic gameplay that never gives you the feeling that you are in control -- and you got a no winner.

Sure, that reflection in Montoya's helmet is awesome, but what good for if it doesn't feel like him. If you are satisfied with eye candy and the occasional lap around Monaco by yourself, then this title is for you. It looks great and it gives you a sense of speed. However, if you are a little more into F1 racing and want to get a feel for the whole thing i recommend 989s Formula One, which looks and sounds inferior but offers a much richer gameplay.

FAR Superior to the recent F1 game by 989 Sports!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: October 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

989 Sports and EA Sports both released their 2001-season F1 games in the same week in North America following the U.S. Grand Prix. Of the two, EA Sports' F1 2001 is by far the superior game.

This game builds on the series of F1 games EA Sports has been releasing, initially on PSX and now on PS2. This incarnation of the series takes most of the eatures of previous games in the series, modifies the physics engine to provide more realistic handling, adds more options to customize gameplay, changes the AI to make the racing more interesting and exciting (with CPU-controlled cars sometimes four-wide down a straightaway as they dice for position), provides much more teammate and race information via the team radio, improves the replay function, sharpens the graphics, and provides so many unlockable features that the replay value is amazingly high for a "straight" racing game.

While Gran Turismo 3 is most certainly THE must-have racing game of 2001, F1 2001 must certainly rank in the Top 5. In fact, playing F1 2001 will help with the few F1 cars in Gran Turismo 3, and vice versa, despite the differences in handling between the two games.

Formula 1 fans must buy this

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Let me first start off by saying that I am a huge F1 fan. So, When I play this game i expect it to be very similar to the real thing. I already owned EA's F1 2000 and I played it nearly everyday. So when I saw that EA was coming out with F1 2001 at the same time as 989s "Formula 1", I was planning on gettting the 989 versioj to give it a try until i got to the store and saw how much better F1 2001 looked than 989. I thought i could possibly be wasting 50 bucks since i already own a year old version of the same game. Man was i glad i bought the game. EA has made numerous improvements over 2000. NEW FEATURES for 2001:
1. The cars are actually DIFFERENT as opposed to just having different paint jobs and noses. Each team car is totally different from the other ones, and for a F1 fan you want your car to actually look like your favorite teams real life car.
2. A new camera view. Finally you can BE the driver. instead of the overhead on-board camerea that is normally used, you can now look through the drivers eyes. and now that F1 2001 has the drivers ripping their "tear-off" visors, when you use this view you are blinded for a second when you tear off a visor. it just makes the game that more realistic. not to mention, you have as hard a time seeing from this view as a driver does in real life.
3. your crew talks to you on the radio.
4. interactive pit stops. no more just turning into the pits and watching. you cannot stop thinking for a second.
5. reflections. it sounds minor, but the reflections on the cars is incredible.
6. dirt. yes, i said dirt. when you go offroad and kick up dirt, the dirt looks so real. especially when you are earning your license and go off the road it pauses while the camera rotates around the car. great graphics.
7. grid girls (and crew). you can sit in your car on the grid surrounded by your crew and beautiful grid girls.
8. rain. again, more great graphics. am i playing a game or watching a race on speedvision?

ok, the few drawbacks. in simulation mode, they added tons of settings compared to 2001(tire pressure, gear ratios, and much more). i would say too many, since unless you are a F1 mechanic and know every track it will take you a long time to get the maximum setup. you should be able to control how many setting you want. not just all or none.

i dont know who is giving this game bad reviews. probably people who dont like F1 or even motor racing. if you are a F1 fan, gearhead, or any race fan, you must get this game. my PS2 broke 2 weeks after getting the game, so there are probably some more cool features that i havent gotten a chance to see. i cant wait to get my PS2 back so i can play this game some more.

The best F1 experience!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Great improvement from last version. I own all F1 games and the 989sports version as well but this is the best one so far. If you love speed and F1 in general you have to get this!!!!! Unlike other reviews...... it is possible to drive under all weather conditions. You need to set up the car right and you need to make your right choice of tyres. It takes time to learn all the tracks, you need to get into it. Thats the fun of it. If you want to drive arcade for a six year old stay with "Cart Fury" or "GT3" where you can't get hurt/damaged. This F1 game requires brains, feel, real passion and dedication like in todays real F1 world!!! Sample of excellent graphics and details i would like to point out are: the helmet reflects treelines/shadows, Indexfinger shifts and .......take a look back while you race Monte Carlo in the Tunnelsection at high speed.

Stop, wait for 2002

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I would like to tell you that I have been using Formula One racing games for many years and I'm also an avid F1 fan. Before buying this game I used to play on my PC Infrogame's Grand Prix 3.GP3 is real, fun, and great looking with the best game play I have experienced. I decided to give my PC a break and bought a PS2 so I could use my PC only for work matters.I wanted to keep on "racing" so I bought EA's F1 2001. Now let me tell you what I found, EA's Formula One 2001 is totally a let down for any real F1 fan. The game play is horrible. The car feels to sensitive to drive with the PS2 controls so keeping the car on track is as impossible as a Minardi winning a race this season. Another let down for this game is the physics engine. It is really funny the way cars "fly" after being involved in crashes, it just does not look or feel real. I give it two stars only because of its nice graphic detail and pit action.
I just wish EA Sports and Infrogames would join forces to make the perfect F1 game, because at the moment we only have to settle for this lame excuse for a Formula One simulation. Meanwhile, I keep on "racing" on my PC using an 2002 updated version of the greatest F1 game ever, Grand Prix 3.

Juan Herrera

EASports DNF

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I am baffled and disappointed. For a racing game you don't have the chance to race very much. Evey car that you are behind will lift to let you past. EASports did seem to know that Frentzen and Alesi switched teams but the fact that Michael Schumacher is world Champion for the second time eludes them. In this game Michael is one of the worst divers on the grid and rarely ever scores a single point. There is no car set up option in normal mode. There is only a (labour intensive)car set-up in the simulation mode. I went back to F1 2000. Don't waste your money.

More disappointing the more you play

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you are expecting the driving physics of GT3, you are up for a big disappointment.
If you are a F1 fanatic itching for something decent after months of waiting, then it could be worth your money... as long as you stick to dry races. Cars are impossible to control in the wet. Other negatives: weather changes every couple of laps, opponents don't change tires, pit sends wrong messages on your radio, etc.

not the best f1 game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

i was hoping this game would be better than it was , i have played f1 games on the psx-1 that were better, maybe they did not look as good , but the car physics were a lot better, the gran prix cars on gran turismo 3 make these cars look bad, i hope EA sports do a better job on the next f1 game they produce, i took a chance on this game and i am dissapointed,

The best F1 game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought the game last week. This is the best F1 game I've ever played.

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