F1 2009
The game features all the circuits that are on the 2009 calendar including the Marina Bay Street Circuit for night racing and the new Yas Marina Circuit. The game only features the 20 drivers that started the…
F1 2009 is a racing developed by Sumo Digital, released 17 November 2009 on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, Wii and iOS.
What F1 2009 is
F1 2009 is a racing game developed by Sumo Digital and released in 2009. It was published by Codemasters. It is available on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, Wii and iOS. It runs on Ego Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game features all the circuits that are on the 2009 calendar including the Marina Bay Street Circuit for night racing and the new Yas Marina Circuit. The game only features the 20 drivers that started the 2009 Formula One season, and does not include the driver changes that were made during the season. There are 15 driver aids each switchable on and off for first time and experienced players, and in the multiplayer version, the level of help changes according to the player's skill, by using a "Fair Play" system. The game features slick tyres,[6] as well as the newly-introduced KERS concept, although the game has the feature on all the cars, not just the few that actually used it in the…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Formula 1 series
F1 2009 is the 86th of 123 entries we hold in the Formula 1 series. It arrived 3 years after F1 06. The next entry was F1 2010 in 2010. Its critic score of 70 is 7 points below the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Grand Prix 3 at 100.
How it was received
F1 2009 holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 3 points above the year average.
What it launched against
F1 2009 launched on 17 November 2009, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Official trailer
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