F1 2002: EA SPORTS CARDS CHECKLIST
by
Jamie Stafford/Wolf Feather
[email protected]
Initial Version Completed: August 1, 2002
FINAL VERSION Completed: November 16, 2002
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CONTENTS
Spacing
Permissions
EA Sports Cards
EA Sports Cards Acquisition Suggestions
Thanks
Contact Information
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EA SPORTS CARDS
F1 2002 presents EA Sports Cards, awarded for completing
specific events in the game, or for achieving certain feats
during races. The following is a checklist of the EA Sports
Cards available per team, and the requirements for earning
each of these cards. Keep this list handy and cross them off
as the various requirements are completed :-)
As for the Cards themselves for each team, consider which
level of the Cards you want to get. If you want the Bronze
Medal level, just do all the requirements on Easy. Silver
Medal = Medium. Gold Medal = Hard.
Many of the requirements for the Cards are attained
cumulatively across the game (with the caveat that Quick Race
Mode is inherently Easy-only; this cannot be changed), so
even before you start working on attaining x points for a
given team, you may have already picked up 10 points by
winning a race within its Team Duel.
For those Cards which require specific tasks (such as
starting P22 and finishing P1), make things as easy as
possible... although this STILL took me three months to get
all the Cards at Gold Medal level!!! Also, turn off FIA
Rules, use clear weather, no damage, etc. Also, use Normal
Handling... although after spending three months with Normal
Handling, I now need to relearn Simulation Handling :-(
The main thing, however, is to do as much as you can at the
tracks where you perform best. For me, that has long been
Monza (going back to F1 2000), especially with the new
Goodyear Chicane. Shortcutting the initial chicane and
handling the car well enough to fly through Roggia and Ascari
at top speed without even tapping the brakes results in only
THREE braking zones: First Lesmo, Second Lesmo, and Curva
Parabolica. (It is possible to keep to the track - by using
the rumble strips - at Goodyear Chicane and still keep full-
on with the accelerator, but I have yet to master this.)
Toyota (Gold)
Duration: Complete an eight-lap race
Racing: Gain a place
Milestone: Score ten Top Six finishes
Team Duel: Win Team Duel for the team
Basic Challenge: Complete Basic Challenge for the team
Advanced Challenge: Complete Advanced Challenge for the
team
Toyota (Silver) Toyota (Bronze)
Duration Duration
Racing Racing
Milestone Milestone
Team Duel Team Duel
Basic Challenge Basic Challenge
Advanced Challenge Advanced Challenge
Minardi
Duration: Complete a sixteen-lap race
Racing: Overtake a teammate
Milestone: Ten podium finishes
Team Duel: Win Team Duel for the team
Basic Challenge: Complete Basic Challenge for the team
Advanced Challenge: Complete Advanced Challenge for the
team
Minardi (Silver) Minardi (Bronze)
Duration Duration
Racing Racing
Milestone Milestone
Team Duel Team Duel
Basic Challenge Basic Challenge
Advanced Challenge Advanced Challenge
Arrows
Duration: Complete a race of at least half the
full race distance (i.e., a race of
at least 39 laps at Monaco, which
has a full race distance of 78
laps)
Racing: Finish in a higher position than where
started the race
Milestone: Start P1 twenty times
Team Duel: Win Team Duel for the team
Basic Challenge: Complete Basic Challenge for the team
Advanced Challenge: Complete Advanced Challenge for the
team
Arrows (Silver) Arrows (Bronze)
Duration Duration
Racing Racing
Milestone Milestone
Team Duel Team Duel
Basic Challenge Basic Challenge
Advanced Challenge Advanced Challenge
Renault
Duration: Complete five 16-lap races
Racing: Take first place
Milestone: Win 20 races
Team Duel: Win Team Duel for the team
Basic Challenge: Complete Basic Challenge for the team
Advanced Challenge: Complete Advanced Challenge for the
team
Renault (Silver) Renault (Bronze)
Duration Duration
Racing Racing
Milestone Milestone
Team Duel Team Duel
Basic Challenge Basic Challenge
Advanced Challenge Advanced Challenge
Jaguar
Duration: Complete five races of at least half
full race distance (i.e., a race of
at least 39 laps at Monaco, which
has a full race distance of 78
laps)
Racing: Once at P1, keep from being overtaken
for at least one full lap*
Milestone: Score the fastest race lap twenty
times
Team Duel: Win Team Duel for the team
Basic Challenge: Complete Basic Challenge for the team
Advanced Challenge: Complete Advanced Challenge for the
team
Jaguar (Silver) Jaguar (Bronze)
Duration Duration
Racing Racing
Milestone Milestone
Team Duel Team Duel
Basic Challenge Basic Challenge
Advanced Challenge Advanced Challenge
BAR
Duration: Complete five full-lap races
Racing: Never leave the track for a single lap
Milestone: Earn 100 points
Team Duel: Win Team Duel for the team
Basic Challenge: Complete Basic Challenge for the team
Advanced Challenge: Complete Advanced Challenge for the
team
BAR (Silver) BAR (Bronze)
Duration Duration
Racing Racing
Milestone Milestone
Team Duel Team Duel
Basic Challenge Basic Challenge
Advanced Challenge Advanced Challenge
Jordan
Duration: Complete nine 16-lap races
Racing: Start a race P22 and finish P1
Milestone: Win a season**
Team Duel: Win Team Duel for the team
Basic Challenge: Complete Basic Challenge for the team
Advanced Challenge: Complete Advanced Challenge for the
team
Jordan (Silver) Jordan (Bronze)
Duration Duration
Racing Racing
Milestone Milestone
Team Duel Team Duel
Basic Challenge Basic Challenge
Advanced Challenge Advanced Challenge
Sauber
Duration: Complete nine races of at least half
full race distance (i.e., a race of
at least 39 laps at Monaco, which
has a full race distance of 78
laps)
Racing: Set a fastest lap for a race
Milestone: Earn 150 points
Team Duel: Win Team Duel for the team
Basic Challenge: Complete Basic Challenge for the team
Advanced Challenge: Complete Advanced Challenge for the
team
Sauber (Silver) Sauber (Bronze)
Duration Duration
Racing Racing
Milestone Milestone
Team Duel Team Duel
Basic Challenge Basic Challenge
Advanced Challenge Advanced Challenge
Williams
Duration: Complete nine full-lap races
Racing: Win two races in a row
Milestone: Win two seasons**
Team Duel: Win Team Duel for the team
Basic Challenge: Complete Basic Challenge for the team
Advanced Challenge: Complete Advanced Challenge for the
team
Williams (Silver) Williams (Bronze)
Duration Duration
Racing Racing
Milestone Milestone
Team Duel Team Duel
Basic Challenge Basic Challenge
Advanced Challenge Advanced Challenge
McLaren
Duration: Complete 17 races of at least half
full race distance (i.e., a race of
at least 39 laps at Monaco, which
has a full race distance of 78
laps)
Racing: Lap a backmarker
Milestone: Earn 200 points
Team Duel: Win Team Duel for the team
Basic Challenge: Complete Basic Challenge for the team
Advanced Challenge: Complete Advanced Challenge for the
team
McLaren (Silver) McLaren (Bronze)
Duration Duration
Racing Racing
Milestone Milestone
Team Duel Team Duel
Basic Challenge Basic Challenge
Advanced Challenge Advanced Challenge
Ferrari
Duration: Complete 17 full-lap races
Racing: Lead race from start to finish*
Milestone: Earn maximum points in a season
Team Duel: Win Team Duel for the team
Basic Challenge: Complete Basic Challenge for the team
Advanced Challenge: Complete Advanced Challenge for the
team
Ferrari (Silver) Ferrari (Bronze)
Duration Duration
Racing Racing
Milestone Milestone
Team Duel Team Duel
Basic Challenge Basic Challenge
Advanced Challenge Advanced Challenge
*If another driver can put the nose of his car just one pixel
ahead of yours for just one millisecond, your chances of
attaining this EA Sports Card at the current race are
destroyed.
**While it is obviously possible that a player can 'win' a
season before the final race, the CPU does not recognize a
season as officially having been WON until the player at
least goes to the starting grid of the final race. However,
for those races the player chooses to 'skip,' once the car is
on the grid for the race, the player can elect to 'Retire
from Session.' If this is done before the final race, the
CPU will simply move on to the next round of the season; if
this is done at the final race of the season, the CPU will
first show race results and championship points (as usual),
THEN award any appropriate EA Sports Cards if they have been
earned during the season.
This checklist can be used for strategy purposes. By
studying this checklist carefully, players can determine the
best approach for the game to gain as many of the EA Sports
Cards as possible in the shortest possible time.
Note that there are indeed some rewards for attaining ALL the
teams' EA Sports Cards at Gold Medal level. These are
detailed in my F1 2002: Unlockables Guide.
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EA SPORTS CARDS ACQUISITION SUGGESTIONS
Here are some suggestions for acquiring the medals as quickly
as possible. However, A LOT of time will still be spent
trying to collect each of the EA Sports Cards.
General F1 2002 permits players to effectively 'skip'
medals. There is no reason to first earn a
team's Bronze Medal before working on its
Silver Medal. Instead, players can immediately
work toward earning a team's Gold Medal.
Earning a higher medal will still grant access
to those features unlocked with the acquisition
of a lower medal.
F1 2002 also permits players to acquire more than
one EA Sports Card (per team) per event.
'Event' is specifically used here, as even when
working on Challenges or Team Duel, other EA
Sports Cards (such as a team's Racing Card) can
also be earned.
Not surprisingly, the EA Sports Cards requirements
for the 'lesser' teams (Toyota, Minardi, etc.)
are far easier than those for the 'greater'
teams (i.e., Williams, McLaren, and Ferrari).
Acquiring the various EA Sports Cards can be made
a little easier by using Normal Handling with
Tire Wear, Fuel, and FIA Rules deactivated, and
with only dry Weather. Also, using shortcuts
where available can be very handy, especially
for those cards where one must gain first place
and keep from being passed for a specific
period of time. (For information on shortcuts,
see my F1 2002: Illegal Times Guide. I find
that Monza is the best circuit to use when
shortcutting could be an integral part of
attaining one or more EA Sports Cards.)
Toyota The Racing Card can be easily acquired in the hunt
for any of the other Toyota cards.
Ten finishes in the points are required to gain
Toyota's Milestone Card. One of these can be
earned simultaneously by scoring in the points
in an eight-lap race, which itself will grant
the Duration Card.
Minardi The Racing Card requires overtaking a teammate,
which is the entire point of Team Duel. Thus,
winning Team Duel will also grant the Racing
Card.
Arrows Somewhat similar to Minardi, the Arrows Racing
Card requires finishing in a position higher
than where one began an event. Therefore,
since Team Duel always begins with the player
at P22, successfully passing Team Duel will
grant two cards at once: the Team Duel Card and
the Racing Card.
This comes from Nick Wade, who e-mailed me with
this tip for getting the Arrows Milestone Card:
'...for the Arrows Milestone Card, which is
getting 20 pole positions, you don't actually
have to do the race that you get pole position
for. I was able to just go to any track I
wanted and qualify, then once I got pole
position, I would get to the screen where the
only choices left are 'warm up' 'race' and
'exit'. I would choose 'exit' and just quit
the whole event. Then I would begin a new
event, either at the same track or another (it
doesn't matter which track), and repeat the
same process 20 times. And on the 20th time, I
got the silver card, so there you have it.'
Renault The requirement for Renault's Milestone Card
(winning twenty races) inherently means taking
first place, which is the requirement for the
Racing Card. Since the Duration Card requires
completing five sixteen-lap races, winning a
single sixteen-lap race will grant the Racing
Card. Successfully earning the Duration Card
with ONLY RACE VICTORIES means that five of the
required twenty wins for the Milestone Card
will have been successfully attained.
The Basic Challenge and Advanced Challenge for
Renault both involve interactive Pit Stops at
Indianapolis. In both scenarios, the Challenge
begins at the entrance of Turn 12 (where the
infield course rejoins the Indy 500 banking).
To shed a few milliseconds and especially to
ensure getting TO Pit Lane before the rival in
the Advanced Challenge, the CPU WILL permit
using the access road FROM TURN 11; this means
that as soon as the Challenge begins, the
player needs to cross the rumble strips to the
right and get on the access road (the one used
by Indy and NASCAR in their events), even
though the official F1 Pit Entry is between
Turn 12 and Turn 13. Also, a caution: In the
Advanced Challenge, the player begins with an
automatic speed boost due to inherent drafting
from starting the Advanced Challenge directly
behind the rival entering Turn 12, so it is far
too easy to miss this 'extra' Pit Entry road
and put all four wheels into the grass.
Jaguar The Jaguar Milestone Card requires scoring twenty
Fastest Laps. This is NOT 'Fastest Lap at
twenty races,' which is the misinterpretation I
included in earlier versions of this guide.
This means that if a player elects to compete
in a race of at least twenty laps, the
Milestone Card could easily be attained at just
that one race. However, such a tactic could
almost certainly never be realized, as a player
will occasionally be slowed by traffic, make a
mistake and run off-course, etc. On the other
hand, a good driver can easily set the required
twenty fastest laps within five races of at
least half the full race distance, which is the
requirement for attaining the Duration Card.
BAR The BAR Milestone Card requires earning 100
points. Fortunately, this is cumulative
across the entire game, so simply playing as
usual in virtually any race or event and
placing consistently within the Top Six will
amass points which will automatically be put
toward the acquisition of this card.
The Racing Card requires never leaving the track
for a single lap. Since the Duration Card
requires completing five full-lap races, even
a novice player should be able to keep to the
track for one full lap in a full-distance race
and not lose so much time that the player
cannot perform well in the race. I personally
tried attaining the Racing Card while working
on the BAR Team Duel (held at A1-Ring), and it
was a major handful trying to keep to the
track for an entire lap AND maintain position.
The BAR Milestone Card is earned by accumulating
100 points. This can be earned quickly by
competing in and winning ten four-lap races.
Jordan Jordan's Racing Card is earned by starting last
and finishing first. Depending on a player's
skill, this can be easily done while working
toward the Duration Card, which requires the
completion of nine sixteen-lap races.
For the Milestone Card, a season can use races as
short as four laps each.
Sauber The Racing Card is earned by setting the Fastest
Lap for a race. The best way to do this is to
choose a four-lap race, and start P22. Those
with excellent skills combined with prime
shortcut knowledge (and FIA Rules turned off)
can quickly catapult themselves from P22 to
P1 in just one lap, inherently resulting in a
Fastest Lap (since F1 2002 awards Fastest Lap
beginning with Lap 1 - this is a programming
error which can be greatly exploited!!!).
From here, a player must simply stay in front;
if challenged seriously, dirty tactics such as
banging wheels or cutting off the challenger
should preserve the Fastest Lap set on Lap 1,
unless the player can better that lap time in
the three laps which remain. Note: Team Duel
is a great place to attain the Racing Card,
although it will be eight laps in length.
As with BAR, the Milestone Card is based upon
points, which are gained cumulatively across
most racing events. Consistent performance in
the Top Six will result in points being
automatically used toward the acquisition of
the Sauber Milestone Card.
Williams The Williams Basic and Advances Challenge Cards
take place at Monza, finishing just beyond the
exit of Ascari (the left-right-left chicane
leading onto the back straightaway). The key
to a Gold Medal time here is to take Ascari at
full acceleration, which requires intimate
familiarity with this portion of the Monza
circuit as well as fast reflexes. This is
actually an important skill to have at Monza,
as the traditional top-running drivers (both
Schumachers, Barrichello, Montoya, Raikkonen,
and Coultard) are all able to fly through
Ascari at top speed, so a player able to do
the same can maintain position in relation to
these CPU-controlled drivers.
Winning two seasons is required to earn the
Milestone Card. It is certainly possible
within a season to win two races in a row,
which just happens to be the requirement for
the Racing Card.
For the Milestone Card, a season can use races as
short as four laps each.
McLaren McLaren's Racing Card requires lapping a
backmarker. This can easily be accomplished
in one of the seventeen half-distance races
required for the Duration Card. Depending on
the CPU, this may also occur in Team Duel or
even in a standard four-lap race is Failures
is activated, as cars may have trouble and
go to Pit Lane for repairs - thus giving the
player a chance to lap the backmarker(s).
As with BAR, the Milestone Card is based upon
points, which are gained cumulatively across
most racing events. Consistent performance in
the Top Six will result in points being
automatically used toward the acquisition of
the McLaren Milestone Card.
Ferrari Ferrari's Racing Card requires starting AND
finishing a race P1 WITHOUT EVER BEING PASSED.
This effectively means no Pit Stops without
having a large enough lead to maintain P1 (a
lead of at least thirty seconds should be
adequate for this purpose). This also places
prime importance upon gear ratios and circuit
selection - if a player wishes to attain the
Racing Card at a circuit which requires long
gear ratios (such as Hockenheim), the player
will likely fail at the standing start due to
long ratios' inherent slow acceleration. A
circuit with good shortcutting opportunities,
such as Albert Park or Monza, can work to the
player's advantage. Another useful and
morally legal 'trick' is to master driving in
the rain, as the CPU-controlled vehicles tend
to slow greatly in the rain, thus making it
easier to create and maintain a massive lead
right from the start of the race. Since the
Ferrari Milestone Card requires completing
seventeen full-lap races, expert players with
great patience can attain the Racing Card in
one of the required seventeen full-lap races.
The Milestone Card requires earning maximum points
in a season - in other words, the player must
win EVERY race in the season. This will be
extremely difficult at circuits where passing
is fairly rare, such as Monaco and
Hungaroring, unless the player can qualify P1
and never be passed during the race. It may
also be a good idea to disengage Autosave, so
that if a player does not win a race within a
season, progress can be reloaded and the loss
wiped clean, allowing the player to make
another attempt; of course, the player should
save game progress after each win!!!!!
Ferrari's Duration Card is one of the hardest of
the EA Sports Cards to acquire - after all,
who really has the time to spend playing
SEVENTEEN full-lap races??? Fortunately,
HondaF1 from the GameFAQs message board for
F1 2002 (PlayStation2 version) has discovered
a nice time-saving measure: At the start of a
race, pass the Start/Finish Line, then pull
aside (out of the optimum racing line to
avoid getting speared from behind) and walk
away; come back about ninety minutes later,
finish the lap, and since the leader should
have won the race by then, the game will end.
(It is important to note that on the race
results, the CPU will deem the player 'DNF'
for the race, but this does not matter.)
Doing this seventeen times results in
'earning' the Ferrari Duration Card :-)
Note that this same strategy can be used
for other teams which require simply
completing a specific number of races at a
given distance.
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THANKS
A big thanks to HondaF1 from the GameFAQs message board for
F1 2002 (PlayStation2 version) for discovering the 'cheat'
for Ferrari's Duration Card. Thanks also to Nick Wade for
the Arrows Milestone Card information.
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