Formula One 06

Formula One 06 (also known as Formula One 2006 Portable for PlayStation Portable in Japan) is a racing video game developed by Studio Liverpool and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable . It is a sequel to the 2005 video game Formula One 05 and was based on the 2006 Formula One World Championship .

Summary

The game continues the tradition of a career mode, an option in place since the 2004 game . Formula One 06 uses the previous F1 game engine but with minor modifications (team and driver select with team mode has a team logo). This is also the last game in the Formula One series to be released on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable.

In career mode , the players begin their career with either Super Aguri , Toro Rosso or Midland F1 . They have a position within the team, as a test driver. As a second or first driver, it depends on how well the player performs during the trial sessions, and thereafter. The test sessions are either held at the Circuit de Catalunya , Silverstone or Magny-Cours circuits and can also be played out in either dry or wet conditions.

The game is based on the early 2006 Formula One World Championship. Hence, Yuji Ide drives for Super Aguri when in reality he lost his super licence just four races into the '06 Formula One World Championship, and Franck Montagny , then later Sakon Yamamoto took his seat. Other minor changes throughout the real 2006 Formula One World Championship are also not represented, therefore Pedro de la Rosa , Robert Kubica , Robert Doornbos , Franck Montagny and Sakon Yamamoto are not featured. Also, the...

The trial sessions vary from completing one "Flying Lap" to ten laps to beat the Target Time. Also, this target time can be an "Accumulative Target Time" where the player has four or three laps in which to consistently post fast times. The fastest laps are then added together and then compared to the Accumulative Target Time.

The player's career lasts a total of five Grand Prix seasons, in which they attempt to become a World Champion. This will most likely happen with the most competitive teams, e.g. Renault , Ferrari , McLaren or Honda .

Development

Formula One 06 was officially launched in London ahead of the 2006 British Grand Prix with model Keeley Hazell acting as the face of the game. [ 2 ]

Reception

The game received "average" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic . [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 31 out of 40 for the PlayStation 2 version, [ 4 ] and 28 out of 40 for the PSP version. [ 5 ]

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Table 1

Year	Team	Car	Engine	Original drivers
1950	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 158	Alfa Romeo 1,479 cc straight-8	Jean-Pierre Wimille, Giuseppe Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio, Luigi Fagioli
1959	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T51	Climax FPF 2.5 L4	Jack Brabham, Masten Gregory, Bruce McLaren, Giorgio Scarlatti
1970	Gold Leaf Team Lotus	Lotus 49C	Ford-Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Emerson Fittipaldi, John Miles, Jochen Rindt, Alex Soler-Roig
1973	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 72E	Ford-Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Emerson Fittipaldi, Ronnie Peterson
1978	Williams Grand Prix Engineering	Williams FW06	Ford-Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	Alan Jones, Clay Regazzoni
1996	Williams Grand Prix Engineering	Williams FW18	Renault RS8/RS8B 3.0 litre V10	Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve

Table 2

('Aggregator', 'Aggregator')	('Score', 'PS2')	('Score', 'PSP')
Metacritic	66/100[15]	71/100[16]

Table 3

('Publication', 'Publication')	('Score', 'PS2')	('Score', 'PSP')
Eurogamer	nan	7/10[3]
Famitsu	31/40[4]	28/40[5]
GamesMaster	73%[6]	nan
GamesTM	4/10[7]	nan
Jeuxvideo.com	13/20[8]	nan
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK	7/10[9]	7/10[10]
PALGN	7/10[11]	nan
Play	73%[12]	nan
PSM3	72%[13]	nan
VideoGamer.com	7/10[14]	7/10[14]

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F1ABY Commentary

The rain, a persistent grey smear across the Tuscan sky, always seemed to mirror the anxieties swirling beneath the surface of this sport. Consider the young Aguri driver, Sato – a blank slate, perhaps, but one burdened with the weight of a team built on ambition alone. Do you believe a single, audacious gamble, a calculated risk like a mid-race tire change, can truly rewrite a season’s narrative? The Toro Rosso team, perpetually chasing the shadow of Red Bull, offered a different kind of pressure; a desperate yearning for recognition, a hunger fueled by the knowledge that talent alone rarely carves a path to glory. It’s a peculiar thing, isn't it, this pursuit of speed, when so much of it feels like a meticulously constructed performance, a delicate dance between strategy and instinct. A fascinating prospect, wouldn’t you agree?

The pursuit of speed, you see, isn’t merely about horsepower; it’s the desperate, silent prayer of a man wrestling with his own mortality. Super Aguri’s arrival in the cockpit offered a chance, a fragile vessel for a driver seeking to etch his name into the annals of motorsport, a testament to the enduring human spirit against the brutal calculus of the grid. This, then, is the genesis of a story, meticulously constructed from circuits and ambition.

F1ABY Trivia

The air hung thick with the scent of burning fuel and anticipation—a familiar perfume to anyone who’d spent a season chasing a fleeting moment of velocity. That 3. It’s a brutal marriage, really, a raw, visceral beast attempting to dance with the precision of a finely tuned ballet.

It was as if the principality itself demanded a measured pace, a respect for the slick asphalt and the ghosts of legends. This year, however, the shadows held a flicker of something different – a palpable tension radiating from the cockpit of the Toro Rosso. Jaime Alguersuari, still grappling with the sheer magnitude of his debut, appeared to be absorbing the track’s secrets with an almost unsettling intensity. The statistical anomaly, you see, was the number of times he’d shadowed Sebastian Vettel, a margin that defied the inherent disparity in experience.

F1ABY Tales

The rain hadn’t relented, not a drop less, and Petrov’s face was a mask of white-knuckled fury. He slammed his helmet against the barrier, a guttural sound lost in the relentless drumming. Super Aguri, a name synonymous with struggle, seemed to shrink further with each passing lap. The young Russian’s ambition burned with a fierce intensity, a lonely flame in the grey deluge. He was a sculptor of his own misfortune, carving out a path of defiance. This, then, was the essence of Petrov – a man battling not just rivals, but the very machinery of the sport itself.

The rain in Monaco always held a particular weight, didn’t it? Young Agosti, a ghost of a smile playing on his lips, wrestled with the car, a desperate ballet of precision and frustration. He’d spent the morning chasing shadows, a feeling he seemed to cultivate, a refusal to be simply *good*. Super Aguri, a fragile vessel carrying a young man determined to prove he wasn’t just a footnote. It was a lonely battle, wasn't it?