F1 Challenge

F1 Challenge
Cover art
Developer(s)Bell Corporation
Publisher(s)Sega
Platform(s)Sega Saturn
Release
  • JP: November 2, 1995
  • EU: February 1996
  • NA: September 9, 1996
Genre(s)Sim racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

F1 Challenge (F-1 ライブ インフォメーション, F-1 Live Information) is an officially licensed Formula One game developed by Bell Corporation and produced by Sega for the Sega Saturn. The game contains only three of the many Formula One circuitsHockenheim, Monte Carlo, and Suzuka – while having another three based on the fictional Neo City, containing three different configurations.[1]

While containing a full license (granted by FOCA, not the FIA) of the 1995 Formula One racing season with 13 teams and 26 drivers, the game only allows the player to play as five drivers: Michael Schumacher (Benetton), Damon Hill (Williams), Jean Alesi (Ferrari), Ukyo Katayama (Tyrrell), and Mika Häkkinen (McLaren). The other teams and drivers are in the game and the cars are correctly modeled but are unselectable.

  1. ^ "F-1 Live Information". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 80. Sendai Publishing. March 1996. pp. 110–111.