Perhaps the most amazing F1 graphics I\'ve seen...

apparently, it does look that good and better on your screen, as the developers are using some special AA in the game (same method Baulders Gate used). I\'ll believe it when I see it too, but it does give me hope to say the least. More impression on Friday I guess....

My god, they\'re the best F1 cars i\'ve seen in my life in a videogame :o

Grahpics are nice, gameplay doesn\'t look too appealing though.

[Cerberus]

That Ferrari doesn\'t look all that accurate, and I\'m not just talking about sponsors logos either, the shape of the car doesn\'t bare all that much of a resemblence to the real life Ferrari.

There goes the FIA licence

Actually it does have the FIA licence as I stated before. And as for the logos, I\'m not quite sure, but the devs said that they might add the new cars for the next season if possible... I would have to look for that quote though.

What is this NASCAR?   Cars are bumping and rubbing out there like they aren\'t open wheeled

There is a setting to prevent this, right?

I am the type that will drive 60 laps knowing that contact one time with any other car will result in a spin out and a trip to the pits.  Formula 1 2001 from Eidos on pc gave this to me but this doesnt look to.  I\'ll rent it first and go from there

got to agree with ya Clowd. The dev did mention that the game settings will make quite a difference, but we\'ll see. It would be a shame if it were to be that unrealistic. I still have my hopes high though... 2 more days!!!

Is this game coming to the US. If so when?

Unfortunatly, ive played it today and all i can say is
FLICKER CITY

Game runs nice and smooth and cars look really good. no dropout in framerate at all.. constant 50fps but damn,
needless to say, i came away from the shop empty handed.. Please guys, try and play it first. i can see this game
causing some proper eplieptic (sp?) fits and nausea.

It\' probably has the most flicker ever on PS2. a BIG dissapointment. the PS2 output didnt look anything like the
images shown (resolution wise) remeber, the output stage is downsampling the above image.
The geometry is all intact aswell as most of the textures, maybe it would work better on a vga box or something.
but all in all, the only thing i can gripe about is the flickering, if you can live with it, then you\'ld be fine.

More impressions:

http://forum.granturismo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73831

[MPTheory]

Yeah, I dont see any signs of jaggies whatsoever, but, I would have to say It still doesn\'t have GT3 beat.  Im not really into F1 race games though.

How is the damage?

Do cars have failures?  AI and you?

How is the weather handling?  Can it change mid race?

The damage apparently is pretty good, the AI suprisingly good. Going by the impressions on the GranTurismo forum, this is really the best effort to grace a console on F1. The weather changes mid race, so that\'s another plus. What has me a bit worried though is the flickering which I will definately have to check out.

Despite any sort of flickering, going by the impressions on the GT forum, this is a graphical masterpiece. No slowdown, no pop ups what so ever - for a game with 22 cars on track and amazing weather effects, this is quite an achievement.

I really do hope the flickering is due to bad TV (unfortunately Sony uses some bad TVs to display the PS2s, so I\'m hoping there won\'t be any flickering on my TV at least). Anyway, it\'s out soon enough and I\'ll definately get back with some impressions myself once I\'ve gathered them.

If all goes worse, I guess I\'ll be waiting for WRC2 after all. I\'ll be back.

Originally posted by StAnZo
Unfortunatly, ive played it today and all i can say is
FLICKER CITY

Game runs nice and smooth and cars look really good. no dropout in framerate at all.. constant 50fps but damn,
needless to say, i came away from the shop empty handed.. Please guys, try and play it first. i can see this game
causing some proper eplieptic (sp?) fits and nausea.

It\' probably has the most flicker ever on PS2. a BIG dissapointment. the PS2 output didnt look anything like the
images shown (resolution wise) remeber, the output stage is downsampling the above image.
The geometry is all intact aswell as most of the textures, maybe it would work better on a vga box or something.
but all in all, the only thing i can gripe about is the flickering, if you can live with it, then you\'ld be fine.

More impressions:

http://forum.granturismo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73831

Wow, I have to agree with you on this one too StAnZo  
I tried it at a mate\'s today.
The graphics are nothing to write home about, they\'re mediocre. Flickering and jaggies are pretty evident, Framerate is rock solid though, which is nice for a game with 22 cars but I don\'t think it looks as good as those pics that were posted. Most importantly I found the gameplay to be lacking too. Disappointing just like WRC2 and CMR3...

Thanks JP, but i\'m still holding hope for WRC2, apparently the devs (Evolution Studios) cringe at the state of the demo.
The store final has been improved dramatically so i\'ll hold judgment on it until i\'ve had a fling with the final version.