Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli (PS3) | 
| From: System 3
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 782
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: racing-games
Rating: To Be Announced
Media: Video Game
Operating System: Playstation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 7026250
EAN: 5060057026250
ASIN: B000VVJPW2
Release Date: July 4, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
For over sixty years, the Ferrari has been synonymous with speed, excitement and glamour. Now System 3 brings all the high-speed thrills and unrivaled style of the Ferrari to the home console with Ferrari Challenge on the PS3.
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decent handling racer with lots of problems January 8, 2009
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.
A Good, but flawed driving game December 9, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
 ferrari challenge September 25, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
do not buy this game under any circumstances,do not even play it if you like driving games as it will ruin your appetite for similar games of the genre.even if someone gives it to you throw it in the bin.thanks system3 for the worst game i have played and thanks for wasting my 40 pounds.it looks like a ps2 game with megadrive handling.blatant cashing in on the grand name of ferrari,i cant believe they would endorse such a load of crap.
 No Respect!! September 5, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this game , played alot of racing games and this one is very enjoyable and has not been given the respect it deserves by the gaming world. O.k the damage model is lame ,soo what ,and the A.I can be questionable at times , but the actual racing is fantastic , the graphix are just fine ,especially the car models,replays are great , play it through a surrond sound set up, crank up the volume ,and this game is what gaming is all about!
A flawed gem. July 18, 2008
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
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!
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