F1 Super License: Nakajima Satoru
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is a 1992 video game for the Sega
Mega Drive that allows for either single season or exhibition modes of play. The object of the game is to acquire the championship for the 1992 Formula One season
. There is an official FOCA
license and uses a top-down view.
endorsed the game but he does not appear in it due to licensing issues. Unlike most Formula One video games
, the player must qualify for a race in order to compete (this applies just to the GP game mode. The "SPOT" mode doesn't have qualifications). Failing to meet a target time means not being able to race (and ending up with an automatic score of zero points for that particular race). Players have the ability to race a 16-race season, provided they can qualify and score enough points, thus avoiding getting dropped by the team. At the end of the season, Satoru Nakajima appears to assess the player's driving skills.
. The changes in driver lineups weren't reflected, so the game featured the drivers who entered the most races.
Different cars had different handling and top-speed, reflecting the level of competitiveness showed in the 1992 World Championship. However choosing the 6-gears manual transmission boosted the top-speed of the car to 400kph while using the 'overtake button'.
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Mega Drive that allows for either single season or exhibition modes of play. The object of the game is to acquire the championship for the 1992 Formula One season
1992 Formula One season
The 1992 Formula One season was the 43rd FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 1, 1992, and ended on November 8 after sixteen races...
. There is an official FOCA
Formula One Constructors Association
The Formula One Constructors' Association is an organization of the chassis builders who design and build the cars that race in the FIA Formula One World Championship...
license and uses a top-down view.
General gameplay
Players can choose from more than a dozen teams and more than twenty drivers as the overhead perspective of the game challenges even the most skilled driver. Every race has five laps for qualifying, practice, and the actual race itself. It is not possible for races to go for either less or more than five laps. Free runs can also be done; the same five-lap maximum applies to free runs in addition to the races. Satoru NakajimaSatoru Nakajima
Satoru Nakajima is a former racing driver from Japan.-Career:Nakajima was born into a farming family living just outside Okazaki, Japan. He began driving cars in his early teens in the family's garden with his older brother giving him tips, careful that they were not caught by their father...
endorsed the game but he does not appear in it due to licensing issues. Unlike most Formula One video games
Formula One video games
Ever since Pole Position in 1983, Formula One has always played a part of the racing genre in video games. Geoff Crammond's 1991 simulation Grand Prix played an integral role in moving Formula One games from arcade games to being full simulations of the sport.-Early roots and Arcade games:The roots...
, the player must qualify for a race in order to compete (this applies just to the GP game mode. The "SPOT" mode doesn't have qualifications). Failing to meet a target time means not being able to race (and ending up with an automatic score of zero points for that particular race). Players have the ability to race a 16-race season, provided they can qualify and score enough points, thus avoiding getting dropped by the team. At the end of the season, Satoru Nakajima appears to assess the player's driving skills.
F1 Season constructors
The game included all the teams that competed in the 1992 Formula One season1992 Formula One season
The 1992 Formula One season was the 43rd FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 1, 1992, and ended on November 8 after sixteen races...
. The changes in driver lineups weren't reflected, so the game featured the drivers who entered the most races.
Different cars had different handling and top-speed, reflecting the level of competitiveness showed in the 1992 World Championship. However choosing the 6-gears manual transmission boosted the top-speed of the car to 400kph while using the 'overtake button'.
How to obtain points
- First place = 10 points,
- Second place = 6 points
- Third place = 4 points
- Fourth place = 3 points
- Fifth place = 2 points
- Sixth place = 1 points
- Seventh and eighth place = 0 points