Formula One 2001 'Challenge mode' on PS2

[PR1VATEJ0KER]

I thought this would be the best place to find people who played this.

In Challenge mode, players were given a lap around Spa-Francorchamps in Jenson Button's Benetton B201. Players who achieved a fast lap time were given a verification code, and were given the opportunity to post their winning times on the Internet to compare their times to other people's.

Do you remember playing this?
Does anyone know if there is a site with the leaderboards still showing or archived?
Im interested because I was only 13 yo at the time but I got the fastest time in my country and 8th fastest in the world out of like 20,000+ competitors.
I almost won the national final aswell.

Thanks in advance and sorry if youre pissed off cos i put this thread in the wrong place.

 

[Terronium-12]

So, you purposely put this thread in the wrong place to get attention?

Normally, this is when I'd post a face palm pic but considering the servers are seemingly crippled from enough pointless pictures as it is, I'll spare your humility.

 

[Dessy182]

It's weird, I was thinking about this the other day. Doubt we'll be seeing a competition like it because SCEE have nothing to do with the game.

I qualified for that too. I was also just 13 at the time. Qualified 3rd on the ps1 version with a pad and got to the national final which was INSANE. I've never been to an event like it and it puts this years GT Academy finals to shame. I came nowhere as it was on the ps2 using a wheel - something I'd never played. But anyway good times!

 

[daan]

Moved to the correct forum.

 

[PR1VATEJ0KER]

It's weird, I was thinking about this the other day. Doubt we'll be seeing a competition like it because SCEE have nothing to do with the game.

I qualified for that too. I was also just 13 at the time. Qualified 3rd on the ps1 version with a pad and got to the national final which was INSANE. I've never been to an event like it and it puts this years GT Academy finals to shame. I came nowhere as it was on the ps2 using a wheel - something I'd never played. But anyway good times!

Ive tried searching everywhere for info on this event, it was epic.
Peter Collins commentated the event, and we drove with steering wheels mounted in replicas of F1 cars. I got there early and they said I wouldnt be allowed in because it was a nightclub and there was alcohol being served.
We got in anyway after a while, they had a massive scalextric track with little F1 cars on it, the track must've been 10 metres long. I got two free ps2 games aswell. And some Playstation Gear like hats etc

At the GT academy, they had the wheels mounted on dinner tables, it was no fun and there was no atmosphere.
We got a cheque for €30 for our travel expenses, when I tried to cash it, it bounced.

 

[Random_mate]

I thought this would be the best place to find people who played this.

In Challenge mode, players were given a lap around Spa-Francorchamps in Jenson Button's Benetton B201. Players who achieved a fast lap time were given a verification code, and were given the opportunity to post their winning times on the Internet to compare their times to other people's.

Do you remember playing this?
Does anyone know if there is a site with the leaderboards still showing or archived?
Im interested because I was only 13 yo at the time but I got the fastest time in my country and 8th fastest in the world out of like 20,000+ competitors.
I almost won the national final aswell.

Thanks in advance and sorry if youre pissed off cos i put this thread in the wrong place.

BLUD it's 2024, I wasn't even alive in 2002, AND STILL I remembered this challenge that once showed up some years ago like in 2022 in my game. I don't remember much about it, but now that my ps2 is kaput I can't even re try it 😭.
I'm glad tho I found some info about this challenge and I didn't know it was that big of a thing.