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Well I just found a copy of F1 Challenge 1999-2002 for the PC and that game with the mods for all historical seasons from 1950 to the present gives you chance to put yourself in any car and change the rules to make them realistic or not for car performance and reliability. The AI is still a bit predictable – but then again so are most games even today such as Real Racing 3 for iOS. I know about R Factor but haven’t seen that though it seems to be based on older gaming systems.
I am only on the base 1999 season doing practice in Fisichella’s Benetton, but I can’t wait to try some other classic seasons from the late 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s especially. One intersting one for me would be Ligier in 1979 racing as if Depallier never got in that hangliding accident maybe they challenge for the title all year long.
If they had the above with good AI, great Forza graphics, plus ability to make your own team/driver and place in a historical season – that would be excellent.
A new iOS F1 game with real courses would be swell too – no full game since the 2011 season is very disappointing.
The team accounts for a lot of the results and you get guys like Riccardo Patrese whose otherwise middling career is boosted by a spell as the #2 for the dominant Williams team. Or Rubens Barrichello in the 2000’s for Ferrari – look what he did otherwise.
Some teams are better than others at managing the drivers – Williams a bad example in the 80’s and Ferrari in 82 come to mind with the spat between Villeneuve and Arnoux.
In the older times often there’d be a more experienced race manager/setup man like Prost, Scheckter, or Andretti and the faster natural race talent guy like Senna, Villeneuve, or Peterson. It was often the matter of team orders and sometimes luck that resulted in what we saw. This model has declined as the style of driving has changed. However some teams still have this image – example Lotus with Grosjean in the first category vs. Maldonado or Mercedes with Rosberg and Hamilton. Others there’s little distinction or the experienced guy is less disciplined than the newer guy – like Williams.
