The good news is Fut 15 Coins that some judicious tweaking can eventually provide a frame rate you can live with and also race with, provided you can avoid the maniac antics of the computer-controlled drivers who've apparently decided they're participating in Death Race 2000 instead.

It's to be expected that most F1 crashes take place at the start of races, but at times F1 2000 feels too chaotic, especially when you check replays and see drivers viciously slamming into you when there's plenty of room for them to pass safely by. And earning the pole position is no guarantee of safety, because for some mysterious reason, the opposing cars tend to blow by you at mind-boggling speeds off the start line as you either spin out of control or are immediately hit by some crazed Frenchman.

Then again, no one said F1 was for wimps. And once you get adjusted to the bump-tap-crash tactics of the computer opponents, you can get set to enjoy the most exhaustively authentic F1 game currently available - at least as far as modern-day cars are concerned. Every track and driver from the 2000 season is available in F1 2000, though some tracks seem a bit narrower than they do on TV. F1 2000 lets you craft your own persona as you race for the championship, and its quick-race mode is a joy to use. You get to bypass qualifying and warm-ups, but you also have the ability to choose your start position, as well as head to the garage and fine-tune your car and even load a predefined setup based on your experiences in the game's test-day mode.