F1 Championship Season 2000

Not to be confused with F1 2000 (video game) or Formula One 2000 (video game).

F1 Championship Season 2000
Developer(s)	Visual Science (PS) Image Space Incorporated (PC) EA Redwood Shores (PS2) Tiertex Design Studios (GBC)
Publisher(s)	EA Sports
Series	F1
Platform(s)	PlayStation, Windows, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color, Mac OS X
Release	PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color EU: 29 September 2000 (PS)[1] EU: 15 December 2000 (PS2) EU: 2000 (GBC) NA: 19 December 2000[2] Windows NA: 30 November 2000 EU: 8 December 2000 Mac OS X 25 November 2002
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

F1 Championship Season 2000 is a racing video game based on the 2000 Formula One season, and was released by EA Sports for PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color, and Mac OS X.

Gameplay

The game features the 11 teams and 22 drivers which competed in the 2000 season (with the exception of Luciano Burti), a scenario mode, and 17 tracks. Cigarette and alcohol sponsors are replaced:

• Jordan's Benson & Hedges sponsorship is replaced by "Buzzin Hornets".
• Ferrari's Marlboro is replaced by an advertisement for Ferrari's 2nd world title.
• British American Racing's Lucky Strike is replaced by "Look Alike" with the logo blocked out.
• McLaren's West is replaced by "Mika" And "David".
• Prost's Gauloises is replaced with a bar code.
• Jaguar Racing's Beck's is replaced with "Best's".
• Benetton's Mild Seven is replaced by "Benetton".

Reception

Reception

Aggregate scores

Aggregator	Score
	GBC	Macintosh	PC	PS	PS2
GameRankings	67%[3]	N/A	80%[4]	75%[5]	67%[6]
Metacritic	N/A	N/A	70/100[7]	66/100[8]	71/100[9]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	GBC	Macintosh	PC	PS	PS2
CNET Gamecenter	N/A	N/A	8/10[10]	6/10[11]	5/10[12]
Computer Games Strategy Plus	N/A	N/A	4/5[13]	N/A	N/A
Electronic Gaming Monthly	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6.33/10[14][a]
EP Daily	N/A	N/A	N/A	6/10[15]	N/A
Famitsu	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	28/40[16]
Game Informer	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7.75/10[17]
GameSpot	6.7/10[18]	N/A	8.6/10[19]	8.4/10[20]	7.5/10[21]
GameSpy	N/A	N/A	75%[22][23]	N/A	75%[24]
IGN	N/A	N/A	9.2/10[25]	N/A	7.9/10[26]
MacLife	N/A	4/5[27]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Macworld	N/A	3.5/5[28]	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next Generation	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3/5[29]
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.5/5[30]	2.5/5[31]
PC Gamer (US)	N/A	N/A	90%[32]	N/A	N/A

The PC, PlayStation, and PlayStation 2 versions received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[7][8][9] Chris Charla of NextGen was generally positive to the latter console version, praising the realistic driving model, detailed car models and damage, and AI, but criticized an assist mode as "poor" and called the graphics and some other visual effects as "unremarkable".^[29] In Japan, where said console version was ported for release on 1 March 2001, Famitsu gave it a score of 28 out of 40.^[16] Michael Lafferty of GameZone gave the PlayStation version seven out ot ten, and considered the title to be more restrictive in its fan-base than other racing games.^[33]

Notes

1. Three critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the PlayStation 2 version each a score of 6.5/10, 7/10, and 5.5/10.

References

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17. Anderson, Paul (February 2001). "F1 Championship Season 2000 (PS2)". Game Informer. No. 94. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on 24 February 2005. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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28. Cohen, Peter (17 April 2003). "The Game Room". Macworld. IDG Communications. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
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External links

• F1 Championship Season 2000 at MobyGames