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F1 Championship Season 2000 for PlayStation 2
F1 Championship Season 2000 for PlayStation 2 lets you race the 2000 Formula One season again. You choose a real driver and take the wheel of his team's car, with Ferrari, McLaren and the then-new Jaguar among those on the grid. The championship takes you to that year's circuits, including Indianapolis. On track, you need to recognise braking points, leave space alongside other cars and carry enough speed onto the next straight.
You can enter a single Grand Prix, follow the full championship or put together your own sequence of circuits. Practice and qualifying give you time to learn a track and set up the car. Driving aids and various race settings determine how much you handle yourself. Rain calls for a gentler throttle; a mistake when turning in can cause a spin or damage components. Longer races also require you to consider pit stops and the condition of your car.
Locally, two, three or four players can race simultaneously in split screen. Each player needs a controller; three or four players also require a PlayStation 2 Multitap. The separate Time Challenge lets participants take turns setting a time. You can therefore choose between direct battles on the same track and carefully improving a lap without another player driving alongside you.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
F1 Championship Season 2000 for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of F1 Championship Season 2000
Electronic Arts released F1 Championship Season 2000 for PlayStation 2 in late 2000, shortly after the console's European launch. Visual Sciences made this console edition as part of EA's Formula One series of the time. The title refers to the completed 2000 season and belongs to the first wave of sports games on the new hardware. The PlayStation and computer versions must be considered separately: sharing a season name does not mean every version uses the same technology or player options.
The official licence determined which cars, drivers and circuits were included. Jaguar and the returning United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis helped define that season. The game linked this sporting data to a fuller race weekend, with preparation and qualifying preceding the race. A custom championship allowed you to change the order and number of races. The original PS2 release thus offered both a fixed sporting calendar and room to organise a shorter competition of your own.
Multiplayer also reflects the move to this generation. EA's announcement highlighted split-screen racing for four participants, requiring a Multitap. The original PS2 manual confirms that connection and distinguishes direct racing from the turn-based time competition. Friends could therefore share the same grid on one console, while the time competition revolved around separate attempts. This release preserves the cars and race structure of 2000 without adding the later seasons or career structure of its successors.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Formula One 2001 also lets you set up real Formula One cars and contest a championship on the same console. Sony's game uses the 2001 season and was made by Studio Liverpool, whereas F1 Championship Season 2000 belongs to EA and the earlier grid. Multiplayer differs too: Sony offers two simultaneous drivers, EA up to four with a Multitap. You are comparing not just different team colours but different local racing arrangements as well.
Formula One 2002 continues Sony's series with the 2002 cars and, among other changes, the shortened Hockenheim. F1 Championship Season 2000 retains the earlier track layouts and drivers. Both let you prepare for a race weekend and complete a season. Sony's Hotseat lets up to four people take turns driving; EA additionally offers direct four-player split screen with a Multitap. That distinction matters if you mainly want to race as a group on one console.
Grand Prix Challenge shares the fast single-seaters, real circuits and focus on braking points of this EA racer. However, it uses the 2002 season and was made by Melbourne House. F1 Championship Season 2000 retains the line-up from two years earlier and also lets you build your own championship calendar. Repeating a difficult corner can save time in both games, but their cars and circuit versions depict different moments in the sport.
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec also requires precise braking and attention to car setup. There you build a garage of varied road and racing cars, with licences and prize money linking your progress. F1 Championship Season 2000 focuses on one official Formula One season. You immediately drive as an existing racer, so the choice is mainly between developing a broad car collection and attempting to rewrite the outcome of a fixed racing championship.
MotoGP 4 takes officially licensed motorsport on PlayStation 2 onto two wheels and into the 2004 season. There too, you learn real circuits and can race with four people in split screen when a Multitap is connected. On a motorcycle, lean angle and transitions between corners play a major role. F1 Championship Season 2000 puts the same battle over braking points into a single-seater, with car setup and pit strategy adding different considerations.
