Formula One 04
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| Developer(s) | SCE Studio Liverpool |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Formula One 04 is a racing video game based on the 2004 season of the Formula One world championship. It was developed by SCE Studio Liverpool for the PlayStation 2, and was released in Europe on June 30, 2004.
The game features all ten teams and twenty drivers competing in the 2004 season (except for mid-season changes), as well as the eighteen circuits and Grands Prix that formed the championship, including the new Bahrain International Circuit and Shanghai International Circuit.
It is the first Formula One game to contain a 'Career mode', which allowed players to work their way through the Formula One teams over the course of a fixed number of seasons (albeit a repeat version of the 2004 season each time). Players would start out testing in a generic Formula One car, and if they did well enough in the test they would be offered a contract by a small team such as Minardi. Players would then work their way up the grid throughout their 'career' through a mixture of good tests and impressive race performances. This game also had Net Play available.
This is the only F1 game in the series to be changed in terms of gameplay after the original release. In the original version, there was a bug which when during the timing of AI pitstops all the field crawled at pit lane speed, then they sped up once a few of the AI cars had made their stop, and it was very common to be following a car which suddenly came to a halt and you would end up hitting their rear and ending your race. Studio Liverpool responded to the fans concerns about this issue and fixed this glitch upon the release of the Platinum version.
Formula One 04 was released in Europe (PAL) and Japan (NTSC). The game features all the drivers and tracks from the 2004 season, but does not represent the replacement drivers that featured in the real F1 season, therefore Timo Glock, Marc Gené, Antônio Pizzonia, Jacques Villeneuve and Ricardo Zonta are not featured.
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