If you get into a groove you'll fall into something similar to a hypnotic state, with laps flying by and times all falling within almost unbelievably close range. Once you can do this with regularity, you can then move on to shaving seconds and then tenths of second from your best time. Racing F1 Car is so unforgiving that simply making it around the circuit without going off track brings a sense of achievement. Even with this turn on to help, to get to level, even approaching good will take a lot of work, but it's surprisingly addictive. Until you've get tracks memorise it's good idea to leave the racing line on, as this gives you an idea of when to brake and the correct route to take corner. You can set number of driving aids to help you out, but to get any sense of actual racing you need to go in head first, and turn driving aids off. If you're not an avid follower of Formula One, Championship Edition will seem pretty overwhelming at first. Rather than reinventing the wheel, Sony's Liverpool Studio has enhanced PS2 games with some lovely next-gen shininess. In fact, other than the obvious and huge increase in visual and audio quality, much of what I say last year remain true. If you are one of many F1 fans, you'll probably have played last year's PS2 effort If so, you'll feel a real sense of deja vu when you fire up the Formula One Championship Edition on PlayStation 3. Still, if you're F1 fan, this PlayStation 3 debut for sport should be high on your wanted list. Today's sport suffers from a lack of on-track excitement, is far too focused on qualifying performances and generally lacks the spark it had when Nigel Mansell was flying the flag for Great Britain.
Over the years, hugely popular motorsport has evolved into something quite different from 'must see' Sunday TV it most certainly was during my younger years.