F1 Racing Simulation

F1 Racing Simulation is a racing simulation game, developed for Microsoft Windows by Ubisoft in 1997.[1]

F1 Racing Simulation
Developer(s)Ubi Studios
Publisher(s)Ubi Soft
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • EU: 1997
  • NA: March 31, 1998
Genre(s)Sport, Sim Racing
Mode(s)Single player, Multiplayer

Publication history

It is first of the Racing Simulation games made by Ubisoft, being the predecessor to Racing Simulation 2, which was released in 1998.

Background

The game is based on the Formula One 1996 Season.

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings88%[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
CGM[3]
CGW[4]
Edge7/10[5]
Game Informer6.5/10[6]
GameRevolutionA−[7]
GameSpot9/10[8]
Next Generation[9]
PC Gamer (US)90%[10]
PC Zone93%[11]

The game received "favorable" reviews, two points shy of universal acclaim, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[2] GameSpot said: "F1 Racing Simulation is an extremely well-thought-out simulation with drivers of all abilities in mind."[8]

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "The only area in which the game suffers in comparison to Formula 1 Championship Edition is that the FOCA license obtained for the game is for the 1996 season and thus features the drivers and tracks from two years ago. For die-hard racing enthusiasts this is an important point, but for the more casual gamer, rest assured that the graphics and gameplay elements of F1 Racing Simulation more than make up for this lapse."[9]

F1 Racing Simulation was a finalist for Computer Gaming World's 1998 "Best Driving" award, which ultimately went to Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit. The editors wrote, "In a less competitive year, UbiSoft's excellent F1 Racing Simulation would have won hands down."[12] PC Gamer US likewise nominated F1 as the best racing game of 1998, although it lost to Motocross Madness. They wrote of F1, "Lip-smacking graphics, a solid physics model, and a full-featured garage for adjusting your vehicle are combined into a package that delivered the goods in a major way."[13]

F1 Racing Simulation received a "Gold" award from the Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (VUD) in August 1998,[14] for sales of at least 100,000 units across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.[15] In the United States, F1 Racing Simulation was a commercial failure, with sales of 12,570 copies by April 1999. Discussing this performance, Ubisoft's Tammy Schachter argued that "the install base of 3D cards was not in place for mass-market sales" when the game launched. She also cited the relative unpopularity of the Formula 1 sport in the United States.[16]

References
  1. "F1 Racing Release Info". NFS Sports.
  2. "F1 Racing Simulation for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  3. Bauman, Steve (February 13, 1998). "F1 Racing Simulation". Computer Games Magazine. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on May 21, 2003. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  4. Goble, Gord (July 1998). "Number 1 in F1 (F1 Racing Simulation Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 168. Ziff Davis. pp. 164–65. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  5. Edge staff (December 25, 1997). "F1 Racing Simulation". Edge. No. 53. Future plc.
  6. Bergren, Paul (May 1998). "F1 Racing Simulation". Game Informer. No. 61. FuncoLand.
  7. Anderson, Tom (March 1998). "F1 Racing Simulation Review". Game Revolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on February 22, 2004. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  8. Kaiafas, Tasos (May 14, 1998). "F1 Racing Simulation Review [date mislabeled as "March 1, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  9. "Finals". Next Generation. No. 39. Imagine Media. March 1998. pp. 113, 117.
  10. McDonald, T. Liam (May 1998). "F1 Racing Simulation". PC Gamer. Vol. 5 no. 5. Future US. Archived from the original on March 12, 2000. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  11. "PC Review: F1 Racing Simulation". PC Zone. Future plc. 1998.
  12. CGW staff (April 1999). "Computer Gaming World's 1999 Premier Awards (Best Driving)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 177. Ziff Davis. p. 100. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  13. PC Gamer staff (March 1999). "The Fifth Annual PC Gamer Awards". PC Gamer. Vol. 6 no. 3. Future US. pp. 64, 67, 70–73, 76–78, 84, 86–87.
  14. "Uhr TCM Hannover – ein glänzender Event auf der CebitHome". Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland (in German). August 26, 1998. Archived from the original on July 13, 2000.
  15. Horn, Andre (January 14, 2004). "VUD-Gold-Awards 2003". GamePro Germany (in German). Archived from the original on July 18, 2018.
  16. Saltzman, Marc (June 4, 1999). "The Top 10 Games That No One Bought". CNET Gamecenter. Archived from the original on June 16, 2000.


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