New segment: Reject Games

[Ataxia]

Hello ladies and gents,

Today sees the debut of a new GPR segment called "Reject Games", in which we play through some of the less-good video games based on Formula 1 (or similar). This time, Formula 1 '98 has been the object of our scrutiny and you can read that here: http://gprejects.com/centrale/formula-1-98

I hope you enjoy it, and we might do another few over the year if it does well.

Thanks!

[TomPryce]

Hi!

If you want, feel free to make my article on Formula 1 an entry in this series

[CoopsII]

Great article. Interestingly enough, according to Wikipedia, the cover mostly featured Jarno Trulli (perhaps with a barely visible line of cars behind him) except on the UK version which featured Hakkinen and in the U.S. it had, bizarrely, Eddie Irvine.

Wikipedia also states that, despite the poor reviews and issues covered in the article, it was a best-seller. Which tells you something.

Incidentally, if you're considering another piece you might want to take a look at this game based firmly on F1 but without a licence from the PS2...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS3:_Racing_Simulation_3

[Ataxia]

Great article. Interestingly enough, according to Wikipedia, the cover mostly featured Jarno Trulli (perhaps with a barely visible line of cars behind him) except on the UK version which featured Hakkinen and in the U.S. it had, bizarrely, Eddie Irvine.

Wikipedia also states that, despite the poor reviews and issues covered in the article, it was a best-seller. Which tells you something.

Incidentally, if you're considering another piece you might want to take a look at this game based firmly on F1 but without a licence from the PS2...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS3:_Racing_Simulation_3

Thank you! I've got a decent sized list with a few obscure turds on it, but I'll definitely check this out as well!

Hi!

If you want, feel free to make my article on Formula 1 an entry in this series

To be honest, I'm personally happy with it as a standalone article; although F1 had a ton of our favourite drivers, the game is one of my all-time favourites and I wouldn't be comfortable shoving "Reject Games" in front of it!

Oh, and the "Reject Rating" is kinda arbitrary, but higher numbers indicate greater rejectworthiness

[watka]

Formula 1 '98 was the first Formula 1 game I bought on PS1 and it put me off F1 games for a long time. As you say, the understeer made the cars absolute dogs, I'd have to go for a high downforce set up everywhere.

[yannicksamlad]

Yes - as Watka says - Monaco was impossible to drive nicely as the steering was rubbish . F1 98 was a big step backwards from 97. And if I recall, F1 99 brought a safety car and AI who would let you have a 10 second lead, and then upped their pace to prevent you from extending that by any great amount

[watka]

Yes - as Watka says - Monaco was impossible to drive nicely as the steering was rubbish . F1 98 was a big step backwards from 97. And if I recall, F1 99 brought a safety car and AI who would let you have a 10 second lead, and then upped their pace to prevent you from extending that by any great amount

Never played F1 99 but the Wikipedia page agrees with you and also mentions the AI passing through walls to overtake you!

Catch up logic can be done well (I remember it being pretty reasonable in TOCA Touring Cars), but when its wrong, it ruins everything.

[Rob Dylan]

Yes - as Watka says - Monaco was impossible to drive nicely as the steering was rubbish . F1 98 was a big step backwards from 97. And if I recall, F1 99 brought a safety car and AI who would let you have a 10 second lead, and then upped their pace to prevent you from extending that by any great amount

Never played F1 99 but the Wikipedia page agrees with you and also mentions the AI passing through walls to overtake you!

Catch up logic can be done well (I remember it being pretty reasonable in TOCA Touring Cars), but when its wrong, it ruins everything.

I stil have PTSD over Mario Kart 64. To say that game had a slingshot effect built in would be one of the biggest understatements of video game history.

[dinizintheoven]

Oh, and the "Reject Rating" is kinda arbitrary, but higher numbers indicate greater rejectworthiness

Any indication of which drivers correspond to which star ratings?

Five stars would be HWNSNBM, surely. One star, maybe a "You Lucky Bastard" such as Ricardo Zonta or Narain Karthikeyan...?

[Ataxia]

Oh, and the "Reject Rating" is kinda arbitrary, but higher numbers indicate greater rejectworthiness

Any indication of which drivers correspond to which star ratings?

Five stars would be HWNSNBM, surely. One star, maybe a "You Lucky Bastard" such as Ricardo Zonta or Narain Karthikeyan...?

As I say, completely arbitrary...usually it'll have some relation to the game, but it could just end up being whatever's funniest. I dunno.

[DemocalypseNow]

Oh, and the "Reject Rating" is kinda arbitrary, but higher numbers indicate greater rejectworthiness

Any indication of which drivers correspond to which star ratings?

Five stars would be HWNSNBM, surely. One star, maybe a "You Lucky Bastard" such as Ricardo Zonta or Narain Karthikeyan...?

As I say, completely arbitrary...usually it'll have some relation to the game, but it could just end up being whatever's funniest. I dunno.

"Given the amount of times I fell asleep waiting for something interesting to happen in this game, I would give it a rating of Ralf Schumacher playing golf in a pair of brown khakis while ocean sounds play in the background."

"This game has such a loose grip on reality, I'd have to give it a rating of Shigeaki Hattori wearing ballet shoes on an ice rink."

"Unfortunately, with the game being so bugged with crashes that it was rendered unplayable, I have no choice than to give it, by default, a rating of Pastor Maldonado wearing a suicide vest whilst partaking in a cheese rolling contest hosted in the world's biggest hall of mirrors."