Formula 1 98
Psygnosis hits back with Formula 1 98 not only providing a new game engine and features but also developer Visual Science. Formula 1 98 also sports a real 1998 FIA licences insuring real tracks, cars, racers…
Formula 1 98 is a racing developed by Visual Science, released 30 October 1998 on PlayStation.
What Formula 1 98 is
Formula 1 98 is a racing game developed by Visual Science and released in 1998. It was published by Psygnosis. It is available on PlayStation only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Psygnosis hits back with Formula 1 98 not only providing a new game engine and features but also developer Visual Science. Formula 1 98 also sports a real 1998 FIA licences insuring real tracks, cars, racers, teams, more detailed statistics and other F1 lifelike aspects. Visually Visual Science have managed to tweak field depth and reduce pop up while providing the same detailed, fast visuals the first two were known for. Players also witness the action from a new cockpit view with realistic driver head animation and new particle effects have been added to heighten realism and crash effects. Also check out startling commentary now not only with famous English commentators but also other…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Formula 1 series
Formula 1 98 is the 60th of 123 entries we hold in the Formula 1 series. The next entry was F-1 World Grand Prix II in 1999.
What it launched against
Formula 1 98 launched on 30 October 1998, within three weeks of Half-Life, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus and The House of the Dead 2.
Released around the same time: Half-Life, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, The House of the Dead 2.
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