And, of course, 2009 has been one of the best F1 seasons of the last 20 years. For one thing, developer Sumo Digital is no stranger to great racing games itself. Much of that enthusiasm rides in the slipstream of next year's Ego-powered PS3 and 360 releases, given what the publisher has accomplished with GRID, but it would be dangerous to dismiss this year's effort on Wii (and PSP) on two counts. Last May's announcement that Codemasters had snapped up the F1 rights got the excitement pistons going again. A series of mainly monotonous and predictable real-life seasons combined with the restrictions that accompany any official Formula 1 game production resulted in F1 titles that, like the sport they emulated, had lost their spark. In fairness, by the time Formula 1 Championship Edition showed up on PS3, the sub-genre was already misfiring. The season that saw a young Lewis Hamilton - too young - miss out on the championship by a single point was also the last time an F1 game rolled out of a developer's pit. Any Formula 1 fan will tell you that March 2007 feels like a lifetime ago.
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