If I remember, Jacques Villeneuve wouldn't allow his name on F1 games. It was the same with the World Grand Prix games on N64. But you could edit the name and just put his name in....pretty pointless really. Apparantly, he once said in an interview that he used to play these games and thought it would be strange seeing his own name in them. He was so into his video games he had a sticker of Super Mario in the cockpit of his Williams '97 car. It was kinda like his lucky charm.
My god this brings back memories, I say this while I'm only 18. I remember playing this when I was 5, loved the theme to it. Murray Walker is a legendary commentator, I don't think anyone will be able to match him in my lifetime..
@Terrystearsatlfc Musi track from this and 96 F1 for PS1 are from Overdrive and the menu screen are from Joe Satriani and Steve Vai that I can recall now.
It's so funny that this game here still is the best F1 game there is.Not even F1 2010 can beat this here.Much more realistic game and more fun 1997 was!
I like the top view you can see cars that are behind trying to pass the PC version had this and you can go far enough back too see 4 cars in back it made the game better then first person view with all the turns & slow spots on the track .
I like the top view you can see cars that are behind trying to pass the PC version had this and you can go far enough pac too see 4 cars in back it made the game better then first person view with all the turns & slow spots on the track .
Best F1 game I ever played. IDK what they were thinking with the 98 version but it was garbage. And it pretty much kept going downhill after that. Really weird. You'd expect games to get better every year but with F1 games its the other way around.
Lol I remember after a whole race I couldn't feel my thumb from holding X for that long. And the crashes, I would normally plough into everyone in the first corner.
Bought this game around '99 pre-owned and it kept freezing about 2-3 mins into a race. So i never got to play it. 2 days ago i found it in the loft and bunged it into the PS3, IT ONLY BLOODY WORKS!!!!! I finally get to see what all the fuss is about, this is quality, the sound is a bit Fkd up but it no longer freezes on me. SWEET
yes, f 1 2001 on ps 1^^, but with the possibilities of the ps 1 system and in this early years, it´s awesome and you can paly the game today and it´s also fun;-)
I learnt Albert Park in Melbourne off by heart on this game, now I can challenge for the win on my first race at Melbourne on any F1 game. Favourite circuit ever.
Probably the best Formula 1 I've played. I played some on the speccy, Amiga and later versions on the Playstation but this is my all time favourite. The graphics, the controls, the gameplay, the commentary. just great
Can't believe how good it still is after all these years, Even the commentary is superb as when murray mentions a drivers name during a sentence its done proper because unlike some games where you notice the gap when they mention a name in the middle/end of sentence in this game it sounds like its all part of the one sentence evn though its probably not.
This is the best and the hardest F1 game ever. Put it in professional mode with full damage and try and win the championship. I would say it is impossible! 98 was the worst F1 ever made!
This is the best F1 game i ' ve played never, i bought when i was 14, was fantastic because overtakings was very real, in this video player plays in easy level but if you play at hardest level costs much to win a championship, the last championship that i won in this game was with Tyrrell V8 !!! was very hard !!!!
I proper loved this game when it came out. Used to watch F1 with my dad and we both played this to death! The last good F1 game for the PS1. F1 98 was crap. Fond memories :)
Fairly easy, if I remember rightly! It was easy playing it 3 hours as a day as a kid 10 years ago though! Only annoying thing is if you have mechanical failures on, they appear without warning and the race just ends in a flash. I did all 58 laps in Melbourne once as Panis, lapped everyone twice and the engine blew up with 2 corners to go. Gutted!
This game was great, really quite difficult from what I remember. I was only 7-8 when I used to play this. This was one of the games I got with my psx back in xmas 97. I remember the unless im very much mistaken, and i am very much mistaken. I think that came out of our TV many times that xmas i was playing it all day. along with demo one, street racer and fifa 97
I remember having that game as a kid, racing at Jerez and the game crashed but Murray Walker was still doing the "commentary" on it, but in a cycle of phrases, and up popped "he's passed Jacques Villeneuve!".. cue confusion, as he wasn't actually on the game :D
I *think* I've still got the game somewhere, but don't have an original Playstation. It was really weird how it happened, I spun off, hit the barrier, then the game froze, and Murray wouldn't stop!
The best F1 game ever made, and the commentary is part of it's charm. F1 98 was a massive let down after this, in fact all the subsequent f1 console games were never as fun as this one.
lol that pissed me off. And the way Murray used to say the drivers names in a completely different voice. OH LOOK THERE'S Michael Schumacher ON THE GRASS OH NO!!
The cut and paste commentary wasn't as bad as some other games I've played, most notably Rugby 2004 (or something like that) where John Inverdale's commentary really was abysmal. Also the graphics on that game was probably the worst graphics I have ever seen in a game ever. I actually felt offended that the developers of that game actually thought it was good enough to release.
But still, I found Murray and Martin on this game a pleasure!
I wish F1 could have the same cars as in the 80's/90's. All the money and diffusers have ruined the exiting racing of the ayrton senna and nigel mansell era.
O melhor jogo de formula 1 da história ! a produtora (psygnossis) nunca deveria de deixar de produzir o jogo ! Esse jogo era perfeito! os carros adversários copiavam nossos acertos,o painel de informações mostrava imediatamente a volta mais rápida e ainda quando você pilotava com o tanque vazio o carro ficava perfeito!!!Acho que nunca mais vamos ver tanta perfeição em um jogo de formula 1 !!
Great game. Not actually the first F1 game on the PlayStation - the previous edition was based on the 1995 season and was almost as good. Things went downhill after this though, as the 1998 version was a dog of a game.
Great game! Nice soundtrack and the commentary was far improved (even if Brundle kept saying "you're right there, Murray") XD
Villeneuve copyright issues were a shame. I remember when my game crashed and Murray was randomly saying different things and he did actually say "Jacques Villeneuve", so I guess it was recorded anyway but not used
Yep, I remember going into the sound files containing the commentary years ago and many things were recorded but not used in the game (Including references to Lola and it's drivers, as well as stop-go penalties). The Arcade commentator has many unheard lines (such as introducing the circuit, announcing drivers) too.
Argh, the good old days. I remember being in a Ferrari starting in 24th in Germany. Then cutting the grass in Sector 2 and not getting a penalty.
jack253 3 weeks ago
If I remember, Jacques Villeneuve wouldn't allow his name on F1 games. It was the same with the World Grand Prix games on N64. But you could edit the name and just put his name in....pretty pointless really. Apparantly, he once said in an interview that he used to play these games and thought it would be strange seeing his own name in them. He was so into his video games he had a sticker of Super Mario in the cockpit of his Williams '97 car. It was kinda like his lucky charm.
dave46563 1 month ago
Murray Walker = LEGEND
F1 has never been the same since he retired.
dave46563 1 month ago
My god this brings back memories, I say this while I'm only 18. I remember playing this when I was 5, loved the theme to it. Murray Walker is a legendary commentator, I don't think anyone will be able to match him in my lifetime..
musicalfirelight 2 months ago
Epic end to the race
LeClassics 3 months ago
7:18 oh no, HE'S HIT BERGER!!!111!!!one
AlexGRFan97 3 months ago
8:51 HE'S HIT THE CANADIAN!
mclarenguy22 3 months ago
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che gran gioco...il migliore della storia dei formula uno x play station! che idolo de adamich quando inizia a sparare cazzate a raffica! :)
solosamp89 3 months ago
Haha! So funny see this video now then I have F1 11 Ps3 :DD It was 1998 as my mother buy this game to me.. :D I was 7 year old.
Yankem100 3 months ago
brilliant on so many levels, take that f1 2011
CasseroleForTea 4 months ago 5
Haha "He's just hit Mika Hakkinen! Something must be wrong he's dropping back... That was a superb start!" Murray you legend.
CrAsHBaNdIcOoT01 4 months ago 4
8:10 In first...Michael Schumacher. Hang on...HE'S HIT MICHAEL SCHUMACHER!! LOL
mclarenguy22 4 months ago 16
Epic Game, Epic Music. Does anyone know what it was called again?
Terrystearsatlfc 4 months ago
@Terrystearsatlfc Musi track from this and 96 F1 for PS1 are from Overdrive and the menu screen are from Joe Satriani and Steve Vai that I can recall now.
epilefx 4 months ago
@epilefx I just found it, thanks :)
Terrystearsatlfc 4 months ago
I used to fucking love this game. So much fun. My favorite track was Intelagos.
StevieWondersWhy24 4 months ago
...and STILL the best f1 game ever!!!!!!!!!!
CraigHn1 5 months ago
Finland PERKELE!
finnishgamer84 5 months ago 2
bei 3:18 wie geil ist das denn bitte :D
Rollerfahrer666 5 months ago
i had this!
samnrob1 6 months ago
hit damon hill between 2:36 - 2:43, DISLIKE never hit a legend
NUFC4LIFE001 6 months ago
gawd I feel like I'm 17 again
kinslowdian 6 months ago 2
I USED TO LOVE THIS GAME, IT WAS MY FAVOURITE GAME EVER
ididi9 7 months ago
oh,it was a great time))
Petrov is rule)
Rafael6364 7 months ago
Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Forgot all about THAT beast.
Seriously HORSE game, this.
BEastmix 7 months ago
glad to see whoever was playing this got beatin into 2nd place afer prickin' about near the end. v funny
dbcastles1 7 months ago
loving it :) My first vdeo game and still great =)
MaxeOb92 7 months ago
Murray Walker! :)
Good times.
NottinghamForest22 8 months ago
brings back so many memories... now i wanna ebay a ps1 and f1 and f197 (98 was crap!)
SchumieFan01 8 months ago
@SchumieFan01 download an PSX emulator with F1 & F1 97 :), I still have the PSone F1 games on Disc got them all for under £5
madridboy86 6 months ago
It's so funny that this game here still is the best F1 game there is.Not even F1 2010 can beat this here.Much more realistic game and more fun 1997 was!
Wait4Sleep90 8 months ago
What the name of that song playing on the menu?
yaboycorey770 10 months ago
@yaboycorey770 It is a special Song made for the game. No chance to buy it :(
MrSchiedsrichter 9 months ago
i have this game :D and lot other ps1 games :D
Eminem4EverBackV2 10 months ago
ps1 ?!?!?!?!??!!
TheKeyWestside 10 months ago
9:41 :DD
P3RF3CTx3 10 months ago 2
Kinder kinder kinder.. werdet erwachsen!
xXPcLordXx 10 months ago
@abigoI999 hey danke dein channel ist reported
Angie4568 10 months ago
@abigoI999 du bist selber einer lern deutsch und lass die Leute in Ruhe
Angie4568 10 months ago
what a flashback!! thats one of my first formula 1 games
mazzatello2010 10 months ago
I'll always remember "Driver One Williams", and the fact they misspelled Jarno as "Jarne Trulli"
ozzyhammJR 10 months ago 3
In my opinion it's the best Fornula1 game ever.
Good times,good memories. :)
FenerKan44 11 months ago
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I like the top view you can see cars that are behind trying to pass the PC version had this and you can go far enough back too see 4 cars in back it made the game better then first person view with all the turns & slow spots on the track .
poaeypark 1 year ago
I like the top view you can see cars that are behind trying to pass the PC version had this and you can go far enough pac too see 4 cars in back it made the game better then first person view with all the turns & slow spots on the track .
poaeypark 1 year ago
Best F1 game I ever played. IDK what they were thinking with the 98 version but it was garbage. And it pretty much kept going downhill after that. Really weird. You'd expect games to get better every year but with F1 games its the other way around.
UltraLoc 1 year ago
it has a decent announcer I gotta say
kaiserwilhelm 1 year ago
EL GRAN JUEGO DEL WIILIAMS NUMERO UNO!!! jajajajja
vela719 1 year ago
Ah the memories. I remember this game. Seems so much different from F1 2010 and I used to play the 97 version all the time! Love it!!
llttf82 1 year ago
i think 2000 is best
TheCOB98 1 year ago
Worth buying just for the commentary,on reflection you can tell its from the same studio as toca tc's.Youre right their Murray.
sysrq120 1 year ago
This is just how I used to drive. Really badly.
Win by booting everyone else off.
paronomasiaster 1 year ago
where do the years go?
Murphy4709 1 year ago
why jaques villeneuve never appeared in f1 games??? in F1 GRAND PRIX 98 of nintendo 64 did not appeared too
neilonevp 1 year ago
Lol I remember after a whole race I couldn't feel my thumb from holding X for that long. And the crashes, I would normally plough into everyone in the first corner.
Good times.
dannyroks19 1 year ago 3
the crashes were wikied in this game, almost launching the car lol.. ledgend :)
nitramduorts 1 year ago
i love this games
fede4avar90 1 year ago
lol the F1s sound like RC cars loll
MystikalQC 1 year ago
INNNN-CREDIBLE ! Loll he sounds like the commentator from the race between Arnoux and Villeneuve in '79
MystikalQC 1 year ago
@MystikalQC that's because it'e the same commentator Murray Walker commentated for british TV
sjsharp2007 1 year ago
Spectacular overtaking ;)
yog28 1 year ago
Bought this game around '99 pre-owned and it kept freezing about 2-3 mins into a race. So i never got to play it. 2 days ago i found it in the loft and bunged it into the PS3, IT ONLY BLOODY WORKS!!!!! I finally get to see what all the fuss is about, this is quality, the sound is a bit Fkd up but it no longer freezes on me. SWEET
HALFSQUASHED 1 year ago
Haha, Murry Walkers commentating is brilliant!
domtv2 1 year ago
Ooooh he hit the barriere's !
jamci13 1 year ago
haha first game i ever owned :) and still have it :)
mitch221345 1 year ago
Formula One 2001 is light years better than this on the PS2. Check out my videos for proof. ;^)
KevinCali24 1 year ago
@KevinCali24
yes, f 1 2001 on ps 1^^, but with the possibilities of the ps 1 system and in this early years, it´s awesome and you can paly the game today and it´s also fun;-)
schroeder1112 1 year ago
I learnt Albert Park in Melbourne off by heart on this game, now I can challenge for the win on my first race at Melbourne on any F1 game. Favourite circuit ever.
jackjones1066 1 year ago
im now 15 and played this game as a little guy for a PS1^^
BigCluster95 1 year ago
one of my most fav games of all time also looking forward tot he new one in september
TheMike5010 1 year ago
Probably the best Formula 1 I've played. I played some on the speccy, Amiga and later versions on the Playstation but this is my all time favourite. The graphics, the controls, the gameplay, the commentary. just great
132000Volts 1 year ago
I loved this game back in the day.
Can't believe how good it still is after all these years, Even the commentary is superb as when murray mentions a drivers name during a sentence its done proper because unlike some games where you notice the gap when they mention a name in the middle/end of sentence in this game it sounds like its all part of the one sentence evn though its probably not.
loveheartagrammetal 1 year ago
best f1 game ever!
el1986th 1 year ago
I loved this game. I My first series I won 8 out of 18 events and the championship.
INVENT70 1 year ago
The wet weather was so easy even in professional mode.
I got a 1:03 lap at Monaco one time
connnooo 1 year ago
Yeah, that was the best.
killerguitar44 1 year ago
i loved that game! :)
millu1986 1 year ago
My favourite game of all time
TheMightyKieran 1 year ago
i remember this game i was oly like 5 but still ohh i miss the 90's
suppmarkxb 1 year ago
Amazing game!
Co2Und3rground 1 year ago
This is the best and the hardest F1 game ever. Put it in professional mode with full damage and try and win the championship. I would say it is impossible! 98 was the worst F1 ever made!
bigredmudcrab 1 year ago
i still play this game right now, competing for a championship.
14DHong 1 year ago
Funny how they couldn't mention Villeneuve's name due to licence issues. Hearing Murray yell "Williams Number One!" was hilarious.
darthbandon10 1 year ago 40
@darthbandon10 I played this when I was like 6 and I never knew who he was :P Good times :D
dannyroks19 11 months ago
I love Murray Walker :p
LegoTP 1 year ago 3
What Formula One needs is a destruction derby type racer like this guy, here.
Ithuar2 1 year ago
This is the best F1 game i ' ve played never, i bought when i was 14, was fantastic because overtakings was very real, in this video player plays in easy level but if you play at hardest level costs much to win a championship, the last championship that i won in this game was with Tyrrell V8 !!! was very hard !!!!
KeraiyesFregides 1 year ago
I proper loved this game when it came out. Used to watch F1 with my dad and we both played this to death! The last good F1 game for the PS1. F1 98 was crap. Fond memories :)
lathesius 1 year ago
How difficult is this game?
guddhabudgeneraler 1 year ago
Fairly easy, if I remember rightly! It was easy playing it 3 hours as a day as a kid 10 years ago though! Only annoying thing is if you have mechanical failures on, they appear without warning and the race just ends in a flash. I did all 58 laps in Melbourne once as Panis, lapped everyone twice and the engine blew up with 2 corners to go. Gutted!
dazzosheps 1 year ago
You're right there, Murray!
He's just hit the Canadian!
I think there was a bit of contact with the barrier!
wakkyvideogroup 2 years ago
will you make another 1 and hit the barrier please it's the only time in the game I can remember when you hear Martin Brundle.
"I THINK THEIR WAS A BIT OF CONTACT WITH THE BARRIER THERE MARTIN!"
(very nonchalantly) "you're right their Murray"
bigpc2010 2 years ago
This game was great, really quite difficult from what I remember. I was only 7-8 when I used to play this. This was one of the games I got with my psx back in xmas 97. I remember the unless im very much mistaken, and i am very much mistaken. I think that came out of our TV many times that xmas i was playing it all day. along with demo one, street racer and fifa 97
cityflyguy 2 years ago
So this is what Ferrari's new simulator looks like!
f1matt 2 years ago
Villeneuve copyrighted his name and image, so that's why he is referred to as "Williams Number One".
eldorrado57 2 years ago
I remember having that game as a kid, racing at Jerez and the game crashed but Murray Walker was still doing the "commentary" on it, but in a cycle of phrases, and up popped "he's passed Jacques Villeneuve!".. cue confusion, as he wasn't actually on the game :D
dazzosheps 2 years ago
lmao that's brilliant!. So they DID have recordings of his name. It'd be interesting to see if someone could get the sound files of that!.
eldorrado57 2 years ago
I *think* I've still got the game somewhere, but don't have an original Playstation. It was really weird how it happened, I spun off, hit the barrier, then the game froze, and Murray wouldn't stop!
dazzosheps 2 years ago
Damn, ah well!. That sounds quite random indeed ha. I'm sure that someone will be able to get the sound files from the game :P.
eldorrado57 2 years ago
In 1st Place....Williams Number 1! LOL. This game looks like great fun, I think I'll do this for my next walkthrough :P.
TheAFH013 2 years ago 3
the best f1 of ps1
notthinghamforest10 2 years ago
The best F1 game ever made, and the commentary is part of it's charm. F1 98 was a massive let down after this, in fact all the subsequent f1 console games were never as fun as this one.
rich1701 2 years ago 4
"THAT'S A FERRARI!"
Bianstus 2 years ago
im not even into formula one that much but i loved this game! just so addictive. i had to play it with all the help settings on though!
zidannyblanc 2 years ago
wtf with jack villnerve not being named?
nitramduorts 2 years ago
WILLIAMS NUMBER 1!
logom0 2 years ago
Still got this game and it's still the best f1 game ever made!
Loved the commentary on this game, particularly Martin Brundle and him constantly 'you're right there Murray!'
Rascasseman 2 years ago
lol that pissed me off. And the way Murray used to say the drivers names in a completely different voice. OH LOOK THERE'S Michael Schumacher ON THE GRASS OH NO!!
AND David Coulthard HAS JUST HIT THE BARRIER!!
iamthestigsixsixsix 2 years ago 4
The cut and paste commentary wasn't as bad as some other games I've played, most notably Rugby 2004 (or something like that) where John Inverdale's commentary really was abysmal. Also the graphics on that game was probably the worst graphics I have ever seen in a game ever. I actually felt offended that the developers of that game actually thought it was good enough to release.
But still, I found Murray and Martin on this game a pleasure!
Rascasseman 2 years ago
I'll always remember this game for Murray's epic cry... "HE'S HIT DINIZ!"
WhyGenFM3 2 years ago
HE'S HIT LARRRRRINI!!!!
logom0 2 years ago
@WhyGenFM3 ; sorry mate, i meant to give you a thumbs up.
Silverfox0984 2 years ago
haha back then i got a plastation 1 with this for christmas :DDD
Dauerficka 2 years ago
The best Formula 1 gameplay ever!!!!
nysp 2 years ago
I wish F1 could have the same cars as in the 80's/90's. All the money and diffusers have ruined the exiting racing of the ayrton senna and nigel mansell era.
elchewbs1987 2 years ago
put on title
mini review... :D
xpcmaster 2 years ago
My first game <3
vaikku70 2 years ago
RA Retalation + F1 97 + Twisted Metal + Gran Turismo
PSONE ROX for me in 99.... :D
xpcmaster 2 years ago
LINK---> GAME PORTABLE PLEASE
coyote723 2 years ago
Infact i've still got this game.
theshow2k8 2 years ago
Wow this brings back memories.
theshow2k8 2 years ago
O melhor jogo de formula 1 da história ! a produtora (psygnossis) nunca deveria de deixar de produzir o jogo ! Esse jogo era perfeito! os carros adversários copiavam nossos acertos,o painel de informações mostrava imediatamente a volta mais rápida e ainda quando você pilotava com o tanque vazio o carro ficava perfeito!!!Acho que nunca mais vamos ver tanta perfeição em um jogo de formula 1 !!
SidneyDantasDaSilva 2 years ago 2
lol, the tires are wider than the entire car :D
koenf1 2 years ago
Awesome game,
Im gona go dig it out now :P :D
damseyb 2 years ago
the best f1 all time for me!!!
psychomantic2 2 years ago 42
@psychomantic2 me either
toca 2 1998
f1 1997
colin mcrea rally
they are classic and the best ones.
mczaga 1 year ago
MRX you bottled it ;)
1916rising 2 years ago
q grandeeeeeeeeeeeee. q juegazo. me he emocionau y todo al rekordarlo!!!
TXONMI 2 years ago
The same year i was born :P
BTCCGUY 2 years ago
Great game. Not actually the first F1 game on the PlayStation - the previous edition was based on the 1995 season and was almost as good. Things went downhill after this though, as the 1998 version was a dog of a game.
mjlambert80 2 years ago 3
hahaa i had this game i love it
pomeranion12 2 years ago
you can't drive!
McLarenTechnology 2 years ago
lol, the Ferrari engine sound in this game sounds like the current engine!
no8do2008 2 years ago
This Game represents my youth, 97 season with Jacques Villeneuve
lunapop83 2 years ago 3
HES HIT THE CANADIAN!!!! always used to laugh myself silly as a kid when playing this and hearing that
loseurillusion15 2 years ago
Great game! Nice soundtrack and the commentary was far improved (even if Brundle kept saying "you're right there, Murray") XD
Villeneuve copyright issues were a shame. I remember when my game crashed and Murray was randomly saying different things and he did actually say "Jacques Villeneuve", so I guess it was recorded anyway but not used
Sirius1985 2 years ago
Yep, I remember going into the sound files containing the commentary years ago and many things were recorded but not used in the game (Including references to Lola and it's drivers, as well as stop-go penalties). The Arcade commentator has many unheard lines (such as introducing the circuit, announcing drivers) too.
Xillatem 2 years ago
Loved This Game, I Well Wanna Get This Game Again
mikeantfahey 2 years ago
I hav 97 and 98, ded gud games =)
thebiolizard 2 years ago
Best Formula 1 game of all times!
Cheers!
manthisprog 2 years ago
Gees, I had this game! All I remember is doing Hockenheim in under a minute be skipping through corners. It was great.
edkev94 3 years ago 2