Product Description

• Official licensed game of the Ferrari Challenge series
• Up to 16 international racing circuits, plus additional unlockable content
• All official teams and cars from the real-world the racing series, plus new downloadable teams, cars and content made available at the start of each new season
• Downloadable cars updated each month, circuits, hill climbs and customisation options to build online Nintendo Community
• Lifelike vehicle simulation and handling dynamics
• Realistic Ferrari race damage modeling and simulation
• Unlock additional Ferrari cars including 360 Challenge, 355 Challenge, 348 Challenge and many other cars that have featured over the Ferrari Challenge weekends including the Ferrari FXX
• Multiple game options including Ferrari Challenge Seasons, Time Trial, Practice, Endurance and Quick Race Modes
• Win in game Ferrari Collector cards featuring current and historical Ferrari marques with full Wi-Fi connectivity for Battle Cards
• Motion-sensitive controller options including support and options for the "Official Ferrari Steering Wheel"

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2035 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: System 3
• Released on: 2008-07-04
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Customer Reviews

A Good, but flawed driving game
I rented this game recently, after being a fan of the last Ferrari game, and a fan in general of driving games. Here is my 'trademark' review:

GOOD POINTS:
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+ The graphics at times are really good
+ Each Ferrari looks as beautiful in game as it does in real life
+ The presentation of the game is very good. Loved the carbon textured menu.
+ Engine sounds like they should
+ Loved the way the cars handle - just like in real life

BAD POINTS:
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- The rest of the audio is absent
- Some of the graphics are blotchy and strangely poor compared to the car models
- Not an overly big game, and its appeal can soon wear thin
- The online section is not very good - IMO

OVERALL: It is not a bad game. But it is not brilliant. Ferrari Challenge does a few things right, especially the core racing engine, but the experience isn't nearlyt as good as it could or should, be, which is a shame. The best driving games on PS3, for me are Gran Turimso 5: Prologue for realism and Midnight Club: Los Angeles for a street racer.

A flawed gem.
I picked up Ferrari Challenge as I'd heard some good things about it over the internet forums and, despite middling magazine reviews, it really is far better than expected. It's not perfect yet, and Eutechnyx realise this as a patch is due out in the next few weeks to sort out some of the framerate, AI and online issues that fans have picked up on, but it's good to know a developer is listening and responding quickly. As for the game itself, graphically it's not disimilar in look to Forza 2 with a level of oversaturation in the colour that the developer says is a tribute to the old Sega F355 game but, in truth, is a bit overdone. The tracks are well modelled though, and the cars are superbly detailed. Not quite to GT5 levels of obsession, but far better than Forza 2's toytown looking bodywork. Only a limited number of Ferrari's are available to begin with, around 25, but more DLC is promised with a combination of additional cars and tracks. I believe some is also to be included with the forthcoming patch as compensation, but nothing is concrete yet. Sound is decent but could be better with some odd flaws and the occasional clipping as the revs rise as one sample gives way to another but not quite seamlessly. The track selection is excellent though, and combined with forgiving but,ultimately, supremely satisfying, handling, there is a lot of pleasure for driving game fans to have here. It's certainly a lot better than the hugely disappointing GRID and with a better sensation of speed than GT5. Forza 2 might be more accurate, but it's also ridiculously and unrealistically twitchy at times whereas PGR has good car balance but unrealistic grip levels. FC:TP is closer to PGRs friendlier physics model but manages to combine it with realistic grip levels and this makes it, along with 14 real world tracks with not a single boring made up one in sight, the most satisfying console racer on the new gen consoles to date. Even with the assists off, there is an obvious occasional helping hand with the steering control, at least using a controller, and it would be nice to see a patch or DLC that lets you use the simulation model without it, even if it is much harder to control. It'll be a niche game this, that appeals to console racers after a decently realistic racer without going into the anal levels of simulation that R-Factor or Papyrus specialise in. If you're after an arcade racer with lots of variety, steer clear, but if you want a very good racing game verging on greatness, give this a try. But make sure you turn your colour levels down on the TV! And if you need a little push in the game's direction, the tutorial is set in Ferrari's testing ground of Fiorano and your instructor is a superbly programmed Tiff Needell!

decent handling racer with lots of problems
I like to play racing games with a steering wheel (driving force pro). After trying all the wheel settings the game had to offer I was ready to give up on the game. Thankfully I decided to pick up the normal controller and discovered the game to be much more precise to control with that. I find the general handling model to be very good and should really be the basis of a great game. The gameplay itself I also really enjoyed, even when well down the field I felt like I was in a close fight with the other cars around, which I felt was quite realistic. I have also enjoyed the online mode, with it being simple and fairly quick to get in a race and generally a lot less basher racing than on GT5 online.
The graphics are pretty average at best for ps3, and frame rate has a number of issues. The sound of the engines are reasonable, however everything else (tyres screech and collisions especially) sounds awful. The physics for collisions is also questionable, especially the fact that you can be what seems like half a cars length away from another car and be deemed to have hit it.
There are a reasonable number of cars and a good number of real world tracks, but a game wich could have been very good is ruined by too many flaws, the bargain price makes it easier to live with some of these though. If like me you paid only £15 you will have no trouble getting your moneys worth.