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FOR YEARS, FANS OF OPEN-WHEEL AUTO RACING WERE forced to seek out PCs or game consoles when they wanted to fulfill their need for speed. But open-wheel racing has finally come to the Mac, thanks to a Formula One simulator that's a blast to play even though it's a few years behind the times.
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The game in question is MacPlay's F1 Championship Season 2000--developed for the PC by EA Sports and ported to the Mac by Feral Interactive--and the results are great.
In the game, you can take on the role of a real-life Formula One team member, or even a real-life driver of one of those open-cockpit rockets. Among the identities you can assume are Team McLaren's Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard, and Ferrari's famed Michael Schumacher. You also get to race on simulations of the venues where actual Formula One races take place, with realistic and changing weather conditions, too.
No proper driving game would be complete without dozens of settings for your car's performance, and here Fl Championship Season 2000 doesn't disappoint: everything is up for grabs, including your car's aerodynamic characteristics, suspension, tires, gear ratio, and more. Once you've tweaked to your heart's content and are happy with your car's performance, you can save those custom settings for later reuse. But if you find that the individual tinkering decisions become overwhelming, you can fall back on a series of preset options.
Getting a Formula One race car around the track requires precision and control. The cars' power and low center of gravity make them corner hard and blast on straightaways like bullets from a gun, so it's vital to not let your concentration lapse for even a second, lest you be overtaken by other drivers. A single spinout is a good way to end your chances of winning a race--even braking at the wrong time or failing to shift at the right time can mean the difference between first and second place....
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