Review: F355 Challenge
Maybe you've played F355 Challenge: Passione Rossa in the arcades, with its cherry red, triple-monitor cabinet. Now the full Ferrari experience comes home completely intact-for better or worse.
This is, first and foremost, a super-detailed simulation of what it's actually like to be in a Ferrari 355. You'll need to find just the right line around six courses (plus five unlockable bonus tracks) while maximizing draft, avoiding traffic, and navigating hairpin turns. Plus, you'll find it useful to know how spring stiffness and camber affect your vehicle.
Sound fun? It will be to hardcore sim fans; others will likely loathe all the details that F355 Challenge forces you to consider. An arcade mode takes care of many details for you, but that robs this game of its key point-realism. And with its jaw-dropping graphics and such precise controls, it's a shame to dull the experience, though the outdated 1980s-metal soundtrack does a bit of that anyway. There will be no in-between when it comes to F355 Challenge-you'll either immerse yourself in truly mastering one of the world's most powerful sports cars, or you'll find this about as much fun as taking your driver's test. If you accept its inherent challenges, F355 will deliver the real deal.
Graphics: Some of the best racing visuals on the Dreamcast.
Sound: So so music, but every other sound effect is authentic.
Control: Tough learning curve, but given time it's second to none.
Fun Factor: Only sim fans will really get a huge kick out of F355.
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