F1 2000 versus F1 '97 (Championship Edition)

[Minardi fan]

Anyone else feel that F1 2000 seems a bit... 'flat' when played??? The races are becoming dull and predictable in all honesty.

So I popped F1'97 back into the PS and lo and behold, it is STILL the best PS racer. F1 2000 just pales in comparison to F1 97, which even after 3 years is still superb.

Marvellous.

[David McManus]

For me, F1 99 beats both. I own 97 and 99 and have rented 00, so have played all 3! The safety car and Monaco nights cheats are cool and the handling is a lot better. (I lent it to a mate and was stuck with just 97 for a while, my Monaco lap times doubled!)

[Minardi fan]

I traded F1 '99 in. The racing is dull, the AI atrocious, and the car handling rubbish. Plus the damage system is appalling - something which the makers have actually admitted!

[enemy-ace]

I've been playing f1 2000 on the playstation for a bit now, with flags, damage, tyre wear; pretty much everything on at full race distances in an Arrows at the expert level and i keep winning. Even when i smacked the barrier at monaco and lost a tyre, i was still able to win in the end. I have
f1 champ edition, F1 98&99, F1 world GP and Monaco Grand Prix and F1 2000 is the easiest to beat. I also have F1 2000 for the PC, (which the critics slagged) but i'm finding it to be the better version.

[Mr.S]

I though is was the only one who though F1 championship edition (97 in europe) was the best f1 game. Glad to see i'm normal!

In F1 2000(Monza), my first race i qualified on poll postion with Jenson Button, and easily won - kinda got boring.

In F1 Championship Edition(Monaco), i was doing a championship with Mikka Hakkenin, i qualified in 12th. I battled with so many other cars, passed JV (Driver one actually) in the pits, and then it started to rain, dropped two places, then worked back up and passed M Shumacher (forced him wide just before the tunnel) on the last lap to take the win - better then sex

[Minardi fan]

Yup, even on Expert mode F1 2000 is just WAY TOO EASY. With F1 97, they got it perfect.

I remember one of my classic races. I think I was in a Tyrrell, but I put in the '99 names so I was Zonta. Silverstone. Trundling along, somewhere in the top 6. Eventually I was up into second, but I needed a miracle to catch Ralf Schumacher (Villeneuve/Driver One) who was way ahead of me. Lo and behold, the heavens opened. Being the master off the wet I am, I caught Ralfy at Luffield ON THE LAST LAP, took him and a stunning victory.

And to top it all of, Katayama (Gene) scored Minardi's only ever AI point scored on F1 97!



You will NEVER get a decent race like that on F1 2000.

(Ok ok, so I did once block the pit lane at the Nurburgring and got Katayama to win, but that doesn't count!)

[Mr.S]

Another thing about F1 Championship edition is that the engines actually sound and behave differently. I haven't yet noticed this in F1 2k, except for the obviously different top speeds. For example I was in the middle of a championship with Mika H, and i was qualifying, I then tried it for fun with a Williams and the difference in top-end, sound and torque was noticeable. The top end pull seemed similar but the torque curve was hollow in the Mercedes.

[Minardi fan]

The different engines sounds are fantastic on F1'97. The Minardi has a distinct whine, while the Jordan buzzes. Also, the cars all have different top speeds.

On F1 2000, they all sound the same and all reach the same speed.