PS3: F1 RACE STARS

Check this out! I just bought this today for 19 euros and it was worth every penny. I could have paid even more for this one because this game is fun as hell!

I heard about this for the first time in November or December if I remember correctly. It came out around christmas and was about 60 euros.

Now it is August already so I guess this game is now "old" or "outdated" and they are selling all the remaining games very cheep.

If you have no idea what this game is then this is a Formula One game made in the same style as the Super Mario Kart games. I love Super Mario Kart and I am very good at it so this game should be a walk in the park for me. This is way cooler though because you don't have to be Mario, Luigi, Yoshi or the princess. You can play as any Formula One driver from the 2012 season!

I haven't played this that much yet but I tried out on a few tracks. I was a few times second and won a race as well. The problem in the beginning was that I didn't really understand everything.

In Super Mario Kart your car is in the same condition from the beginning till the end. This game makes it more difficult. Your car breaks down sometimes and then you have to go to the pits and repair it.

This means that you can't just go straight. You must really overtake your opponents and not crash into them and then suddenly you are in front of them like in Super Mario Kart.

This game is made by Codemasters. They also have official versions of Formula One every year.

In two months the F1 2013 will come out and then I probably gotta get that one as well.

Everybody who own a Playstation 3 usually buy a lot of shooting games and stuff like that. I am not one of those persons. I only buy fighting games and sports games. If you want some examples then here is a few: Mortal Kombat, UFC, Tekken, Street Fighter, FIFA, NHL, F1.

I just love to beat up imaginary ninjas or to be the fastest man on the planet (in my living room). 

When I have parties there's almost always somebody who puts the Playstation on and then all the guys are kicking each others asses in different games. The girls usually just complain that we are boring and after a while some of them want's to join us too.

If you want to see some footage of my newest Formula One game then check this YouTube-video.

Watch it in full screen by clicking on the YouTube logo to enable all the usual settings.

Nigel Mansell on Top Gear

Nigel Mansell with his Williams back in 1992.

Nigel Mansell on Top Gear!

What's gonna happen with Felipe Massa?

Everybody knows that Ferrari has given new chances to Felipe year after year. But this year might just be the last. They always ask him to step up his game and then he does for a few races and then the same careful Massa without motivation comes back. Are they just scaring him again to get better results or are they for real this time?

Massa used to be an awesome driver when he was with Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen.
It might be because with them he wasn't the number two driver. The Ferrari team let him win and fight and he didn't have to listen to "....is faster than you" (if you didn't understand what I meant then you can ask me in the comment section).

Now he knows that he can't be the champion because of his "status" at Ferrari. Who would have motivation after that? And why does this happen mostly to Brazilian drivers? Remember Rubens Barrichello's time as Schumacher's teammate?

I felt so sorry for him when he had to give his victory to Schumacher. Mika Salo had to give his victory to Eddie Irvine as well in 1999 but Barrichello seems so sympathetic and nice! He didn't deserve to be treated like that race after race. Poor guy..

Now I just feel sad when Massa clearly is a sympathetic guy just like his friend Barrichello. Hope he steps up his game for good this time and really shows Alonso that he still is a good driver!

Remember in 2007 when Massa and Alonso were fighting for the victory on the last laps at Nürburgring? Massa had been phenomenal but unfortunately for his sake Alonso pushed his McLaren into Massa's Ferrari almost taking him out of the race. Alonso won the race and still gave Massa a hard time for driving like an amateur. Massa was furious and Alonso admitted that maybe it was his own fault. I respected Alonso for admitting it at the press conference but I also felt bad for Massa.

The year 2007 was pretty good for him in the other races as well. He won three races, he was four times second and three times third. His teammate Kimi Räikkönen on the other hand won six races, he was twice second, four times third and won the championship.

In 2008 the luck was on Massa's side. Räikkönen retired five times that season which gave Massa a small advantage. He won six races just like Räikkönen the year before but lost to Hamilton by only one point. He thought at first that he was the champion and cheered. Then he realized that Hamilton had overtaken Glock on the last lap and got that extra point. If it would have been a tie Massa would have been the champion because he had six victories and Hamilton only five. Massa cried his eyes out..
In my opinion he can still be happy that he has come closer to win a championship with Ferrari than Alonso.

2009 was a bad year for Ferrari and for some reason they blamed the drivers Massa and Räikkönen at first for not finishing high enough. Later they realized that their car was not as good as it used to be.
They won only one race (Räikkönen in Spa) and the worst thing was that Massa got injured badly in Hungary.

During the qualifying session of the Hungarian grand prix a suspension spring flew from Barrichello's car on the track and through Massa's helmet to his head. After that he crashed into the barriers and spent a week in a hospital.

Massa came back in 2010 but it seemed that his speed was a bit lost from time to time. He got only 5 podiums and almost won a race. That race killed his motivation for good. Massa's race engineer said on the radio "Fernando is faster than you" and meant that Massa should let Alonso pass him (team orders were illegal in 2010). He could have won that race for sure if he wouldn't have heard that message. Ferrari got a penalty for that but the next year team orders were legal.

After that they have even changed Massa's gearbox only to lift Alonso higher up on the grid (if you change the gearbox you get penalized). So I understand that he doesn't have motivation anymore.

Let's just hope that some other team want's Massa if Ferrari doesn't and that he finds his motivation again. Because I really like Massa! Not my favorite driver but I wish him all the best. Stay strong!