F1 Pole Position 2

F1 Pole Position 2, known in Japan as Human Grand Prix II (ヒューマングランプリ２, lit. "Human Grand Prix 2"), is the sequel to Human Grand Prix and the predecessor to Human Grand Prix III: F1 Triple Battle.

F1 Pole Position 2
European cover art
Developer(s)Human Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Hifumi Kouno
Producer(s)Shūji Yoshida
Designer(s)Takahiro Uchiyama
Programmer(s)Ryūichi Itō
Artist(s)Takeshi Kadoma
Composer(s)Kouji Niikura[2]
Masamichi Yamazaki[2]
SeriesHuman Grand Prix
Platform(s)Super NES[3]
Release
  • JP: December 24, 1993
  • EU: October 1994
Genre(s)Formula One racing
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Satoru Nakajima is introduced to the series as a hidden character that can be saved to either of the two provided files. This relationship would continue until Human Grand Prix IV: F1 Dream Battle was released.

It is possible to edit the contracts for the engine manufacturers in addition to the individual players and their respective contracts, with the game also including the 1992 Honda RA122E as a selectable engine. The engines in this game look similar to those of Human Grand Prix III and Human Grand Prix IV. Licensing was possible by Fuji Television and FOCA. World Grand Prix mode allows the player to re-enact the 1993 season. Battle mode allows for a single race to take place against up to 13 CPU-controlled players. Finally, time attack mode allows players to practice on the tracks. There is a guiding arrow for turns that allow players to correctly judge how much pressure that they can put on the turns. This feature is used in other Human Grand Prix games.

Drivers and teams
TeamDriver
Williams F1 Team Damon Hill
Williams F1 Team Alain Prost
Tyrrell Racing Ukyo Katayama
Tyrrell Racing Andrea de Cesaris
Benetton Formula Michael Schumacher
Benetton Formula Riccardo Patrese
McLaren Racing Michael Andretti
McLaren Racing Mika Häkkinen
Footwork Racing Derek Warwick
Footwork Racing Aguri Suzuki
Scuderia Ferrari Jean Alesi
Scuderia Ferrari Gerhard Berger
Sauber Karl Wendlinger
Sauber JJ Lehto

The McLaren team does not feature triple World Champion Ayrton Senna, instead Michael Andretti and the driver who would replace him later that season, Mika Häkkinen, are featured. However, Senna's face is included in the game's Edit mode for use with custom drivers, of which two can be saved in a cartridge.

In addition to Nakajima, 1992 World Champion Nigel Mansell also appear as free agent driver, of which he, Nakajima, or any of the player-created drivers can be chosen to replace any of the default drivers; however, default drivers cannot be swapped across teams. Nelson Piquet was initially featured as one of the free agent drivers according to a cartridge containing an early build of the game, but he was removed from the final game.[4]

References
  1. Human Grand Prix II at superfamicom.org
  2. Composer information at SNES Music
  3. ヒューマン・グランプリ2 at super-famicom.jp (in Japanese)
  4. "Prototype information for Human Grand Prix II". SNES Central. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
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