Formula one 04 all tracks drivers#
Formula one 04 all tracks driver#

What weвЂ™re still not getting, despite all the authenticity shown in the driving side of the game, is a true sense of being a F1 driver. You donвЂ™t even get a grid walk before a race - practically a staple for any F1 game. But a brief, generic animation sequence after a race doesnвЂ™t really offer any major incentive to keep plugging away. What if you want the accuracy but donвЂ™t want to drive for either Ferrari, Williams or McLaren? Without the option for team improvement over seasons, either through the purchase or development of better equipment, youвЂ™re not really going to have much chance of success if you opt to drive for one of the smaller teams such as Minardi or BAR, no matter how much you tinker with the spring stiffness or ride height.ДЄnd what about the sense of achievement or reward? Certainly, thereвЂ™s a feeling of progress as you get to grips with each track, learn each corner and push the speed envelope a little further with each lap. The emphasis being on simulation over gameplay throws up other problems. When choose to quit the game? Why canвЂ™t change my keyboard set-up mid race? Why is there no instant restart for a quick race? Why can't choose what data is displayed on the steering wheel readout? Why does your pit crew tell you the road is clear for you to pull out of the garage despite the fact that there are four other cars all accelerating in your direction? Why? Why? Why?

Why can only save changes to the gameвЂ™s set-up options

Formula one 04 all tracks driver#

Why are all the driver and team names in lower case?

Formula one 04 all tracks drivers#

For example, spin out of control and end up lying across the path of another driver and will they reverse back then steer around your prone car? No, apparently Mika Hakkinen (sadly the teams and drivers are all last seasons) would prefer to continually nudge your carвЂ™s chassis for half an hour, until the marshals run on to drag you away - marshals who, incidentally, have both balls and bodies of steel as theyвЂ™ll happily run onto the track as other cars scream past at a zillion miles per hour (or 1.6 zillion km per hour if youвЂ™re feeling metric) before attaching you to the invisible cranes by the side of each track. That said, there are a few flies in the ointment of realism. The sense of racing is also much better than anything weвЂ™ve had before, with Al that on the whole does a grand job of giving you the impression of being in a real battle for the chequered flag.