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{{Short description|2008 racing video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title          = Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli
| image          = Ferrari Challenge Cover.png
| caption        = ''Ferrari Challenge'' box art
| developer      = [[Company:Eutechnyx|Eutechnyx]]<br />[[Company:Firebrand Games|Firebrand Games]] (Nintendo DS)
| publisher      = System 3
| designer       = Mark Cale, Dave Thompson, Gareth Wright
| platforms      = [[Engineering:PlayStation 3|PlayStation 3]], [[Engineering:PlayStation 2|PlayStation 2]], [[Engineering:Wii|Wii]], Nintendo DS
|released = {{Video game release|EU|July 4, 2008 <small>(DS, PS3)</small>|NA|August 26, 2008|AU|August 28, 2008|EU|September 12, 2008 <small>(PS2, Wii)</small>|KOR|January 25, 2013 <small>(PS3)</small>}}
| genre          = [[Software:Racing video game|Racing]]
}}

'''''Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli''''' is a racing game developed by [[Company:Eutechnyx|Eutechnyx]] and published by System 3, based on the  Ferrari Challenge, a single-marque motorsport championship. It is available on [[Company:Nintendo|Nintendo]] and [[Software:Sony Computer Entertainment|Sony]] platforms in the Western world, and is exclusively available for download on the PlayStation 3 in Korea. The game features 14 playable tracks and Ferrari's own Fiorano test track (for training using a solitary F430 Challenge), a vinyl editor and online play for all versions except the PS2. The Nintendo DS version features wireless multiplayer and the [[Engineering:Wii|Wii]] version utilizes [[Engineering:Wii Remote|Wii Remote]] steering and support for the Wii Wheel. The game primarily features the driving and racing of the Ferrari F430 Challenge, along with a series of Ferrari road and racing cars that can be unlocked.<ref name="gs hands on">{{cite web | url = http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ferrari-challenge-hands-on/1100-6192659/ | title = Ferrari Challenge Hands-On | author = Ekberg, Brian | publisher = GameSpot | date = June 17, 2008 | access-date = December 28, 2014 | archive-date = May 3, 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220503164648/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ferrari-challenge-hands-on/1100-6192659/ | url-status = live}}</ref>

==Gameplay==
Driving is less arcade style and more of a simulation. It has a driving experience that is somewhere between ''Gran Turismo'' and the ''[[Software:Need for Speed|Need for Speed]]'' games or ''[[Software:Race Driver: Grid|Race Driver]]''.<ref name="IGNUK">{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/06/27/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli-uk-review |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli UK Review |author=Robinson, Martin |publisher=IGN |date=June 27, 2008 |access-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325164009/http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/06/27/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli-uk-review |url-status=live}}</ref> All console versions support multiple control schemes, allowing the use of wireless Logitech racing wheels, while the Wii version can be played with the Wii Remote held sideways or the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, with steering handled by either the Wii Wheel or the [[Engineering:D-pad|D-pad]] for the former.

The driving tutorial helps the player to get used to the driving experience. The player drives two laps around the Fiorano Circuit (Ferrari's real test track) with the Ferrari F430 Challenge car with professional race driver Tiff Needell talking and walking through the steps of how to get the most speed out of the [[Engineering:Ferrari F430|F430]]. There are four main areas the tutorial focuses on: throttle control, use of brakes, apex accuracy, and race line accuracy. There is also a card-playing [[Software:Minigame|minigame]] that is accessible between races.

The cars in the game range from road cars to GT production vehicles. The main car of the game is the F430 Challenge, which does not have to be unlocked and appears at the beginning. The other cars are unlocked by winning trophies with different cars or progressing through the Challenge mode of the game. Despite System 3's claims of over 50 Ferraris on disc, no one has ever found more than 22. The in-game tips actually mention the presence of only 22 cars. There are more included in the DLCs, but the idea of 50 cars is supported by the ability to have up to 64 cars in the Showroom feature of the game.

==Release==
''Trofeo Pirelli'' was released in 2008 in the Western world on the Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo DS. Five years later, the PlayStation 3 version was made available to download in Korea.

===Downloadable content===
The PlayStation 3 version of the game features two additional [[Software:Downloadable content|downloadable content]] packs that can be acquired once the game is updated to its latest version. The packs feature unlockable cars and tracks that can also be obtained individually.
* "Pack 1 - Ferrari Pack" contains one new track (Nürburgring GP track) and five new Ferrari cars: Enzo Ferrari, 430 Scuderia, F330 P4, 599 GTB Fiorano and 612 Scaglietti Sessanta. This pack was released in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.system3.com/index.jsp?i=269&s=1111 |title=DLC Pack 1 |access-date=April 20, 2011 |publisher=System 3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009184351/http://www.system3.com/index.jsp?i=269&s=1111 |archive-date=October 9, 2011}}</ref>
* "Pack 2" contains one new track (Riviera street circuit) and five new Ferrari cars: 288 GTO, 365 GTS, F430 Spider, F512M 1994 and F40 GT. This pack was released in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.eutechnyx.com/threads/2617-DLC-Pack-2-and-a-few-other-things |title=DLC Pack 2 |access-date=April 20, 2011 |publisher=[[Company:Eutechnyx|Eutechnyx]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816154818/http://forums.eutechnyx.com/threads/2617-DLC-Pack-2-and-a-few-other-things |archive-date=August 16, 2011}}</ref>

===Deluxe edition===
System 3 also released a cheaper version of ''Trofeo Pirelli'' the following year in Europe, titling it ''Ferrari Challenge: Deluxe'' and adding new cover art to market it as a budget edition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/forum/thread/155556 |title=Ferrari Challenge VS Ferrari Challenge Deluxe |date=July 28, 2009 |access-date=December 28, 2014 |publisher=Eurogamer |archive-date=February 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224223514/http://www.eurogamer.net/forum/thread/155556 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is available on the same platforms as the original release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.system3.com/?t=products |title=Ferrari Challenge: Deluxe |access-date=April 19, 2011 |publisher=System 3 |archive-date=October 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009184243/http://www.system3.com/?t=products |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| DS = true
| PS2 = true
| PS3 = true
| WII = true
| na = true
| Edge_PS3 = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli (PS3) |author=Edge staff |magazine=Edge |issue=191 |date=August 2008 |page=97}}</ref>
| EuroG_PS3 = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli-review |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli (PS3) |author=Whitehead, Dan |publisher=Eurogamer |date=July 9, 2008 |access-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054457/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli-review |url-status=live}}</ref>
| EuroG_WII = 5/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli_2 |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli (Wii) |author=Whitehead, Dan |publisher=Eurogamer |date=September 25, 2008 |access-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082847/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli_2 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| GI_PS3 = 7.75/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/games/ferrari_challenge/b/ps3/archive/2009/09/23/review.aspx |title=Ferrari Challenge <nowiki>[Trofeo Pirelli]</nowiki> (PS3): The Difficulty Curve Makes This Racing Game Feel Like a Relic |author=Helgeson, Matt |magazine=Game Informer |issue=187 |date=November 2008 |access-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232203/http://www.gameinformer.com/games/ferrari_challenge/b/ps3/archive/2009/09/23/review.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref>
| GameRev_PS3 = C−<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/ferrari-challenge-trofeo |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Review (PS3) |author=Constantino, Jesse |publisher=Game Revolution |date=September 12, 2008 |access-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906152154/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/ferrari-challenge-trofeo |url-status=live}}</ref>
| GSpot_PS3 = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli/1900-6196915/ |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Review (PS3) |author=Ramsay, Randolph |publisher=GameSpot |date=August 27, 2008 |access-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127022358/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli/1900-6196915/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
| GameZone_PS3 = 5.5/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/ferrari_challenge_trofeo_pirelli_ps3_review |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli - PS3 - Review |author=Bedigian, Louis |publisher=GameZone |date=September 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912132058/http://ps3.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r32095.htm |archive-date=September 12, 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=December 28, 2014}}</ref>
| IGN_DS = 6.2/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/09/09/ferrari-challenge-review |title=Ferrari Challenge <nowiki>[Trofeo Pirelli]</nowiki> Review (NDS) |author=Hatfield, Daemon |publisher=IGN |date=September 9, 2008 |access-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100509/http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/09/09/ferrari-challenge-review |url-status=live}}</ref>
| IGN_PS2 = 6.6/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ps2.ign.com/articles/907/907547p1.html |title=Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli Review (PS2) |author=Roper, Chris |publisher=IGN |date=September 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905160405/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/907/907547p1.html |archive-date=September 5, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 28, 2014}}</ref>
| IGN_PS3 = (UK) 8.3/10<ref name="IGNUK"/><br />(US) 6.8/10<ref name="IGNRev">{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/09/03/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli-review |title=Ferrari Challenge: Trofeo Pirelli Review (PS3, Wii; mislabeled as "PS2") |author=Roper, Chris |publisher=IGN |date=September 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904075033/http://ps3.ign.com/articles/907/907511p1.html |archive-date=September 4, 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=December 28, 2014}}</ref>
| IGN_WII = 6.8/10<ref name="IGNRev"/>
| NP_DS = 6/10<ref name="NP"/>
| NP_WII = 7.5/10<ref name="NP">{{cite magazine |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli |magazine=Nintendo Power |volume=233 |date=October 2008 |page=90}}</ref>
| PSM_PS3 = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli (PS3) |magazine=PlayStation: The Official Magazine |date=November 2008 |page=89}}</ref>
| VG_PS3 = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.videogamer.com/ps3/ferrari_challenge/review.html |title=Ferrari Challenge <nowiki>[Trofeo Pirelli]</nowiki> Review for PS3 |author=Orry, Tom |publisher=VideoGamer.com |date=July 8, 2008 |access-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-date=October 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029183212/http://www.videogamer.com/ps3/ferrari_challenge/review.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| MC_DS = 65/100<ref name="MCDS">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli/critic-reviews/?platform=ds |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli for DS Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-date=November 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107213623/http://www.metacritic.com/game/ds/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli |url-status=live}}</ref>
| MC_PS2 = 62/100<ref name="MCPS2">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2 |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli for PlayStation 2 Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-date=July 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713121416/http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli |url-status=live}}</ref>
| MC_PS3 = 71/100<ref name="MCPS3">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-3 |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli for PlayStation 3 Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-date=January 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115122557/http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli |url-status=live}}</ref>
| MC_WII = 65/100<ref name="MCWII">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli/critic-reviews/?platform=wii |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli for Wii Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110070313/http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli |url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

The game received "mixed or average" reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.<ref name="MCDS"/><ref name="MCPS2"/><ref name="MCPS3"/><ref name="MCWII"/>

The {{wipe|Brazil}}ian site ''Baixaki Jogos'' rated the PlayStation 3 version of ''Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli'' 7.4 out of 10,<ref name="BxkJogos">{{cite web |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Baixaki Jogos Review |author=Miorim, Carlos A. Ferraro |url=http://www.baixakijogos.com.br/ps3/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli/ |date=September 26, 2008 |access-date=March 25, 2009 |archive-date=February 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228112153/http://www.baixakijogos.com.br/ps3/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli/ |url-status=live}}</ref> while the Nintendo Wii version received 6.5 out of 10.<ref name="BxkJogos Wii">{{cite web |title=Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Baixaki Jogos Review |author=Miorim, Carlos A. Ferraro |url=http://www.baixakijogos.com.br/wii/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli/ |date=September 23, 2008 |access-date=March 23, 2009 |archive-date=March 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328233835/http://www.baixakijogos.com.br/wii/ferrari-challenge-trofeo-pirelli/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Expanded sequel==
''Ferrari The Race Experience'' is a racing simulator and an expanded sequel to ''Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli''. It was also developed by [[Company:Eutechnyx|Eutechnyx]] and published by System 3. ''Ferrari The Race Experience'' was released for the PlayStation Network in 2010, and on PlayStation 3 disc in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2010/10/05/introducing-ferrari-the-race-experience/ |title=Ferrari The Race Experience |date=5 October 2010 |access-date=April 30, 2011 |publisher=PlayStation Blog |archive-date=1 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101104308/http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2010/10/05/introducing-ferrari-the-race-experience/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The retail release for the Nintendo [[Engineering:Wii|Wii]] was released in 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.system3.com/index.jsp?i=777 |title=Ferrari The Race Experience |access-date=April 30, 2011 |publisher=System 3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009184509/http://www.system3.com/index.jsp?i=777 |archive-date=October 9, 2011}}</ref> exclusively in Europe.

The majority of the 17 circuits and 32 cars have been recycled from ''Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli'' (including both DLC packs). Vehicle roster is now extended to include Ferrari models 599XX and 458 Italia. There is a new career mode, with three racing classes (covering Classic cars, GT Road cars and GT Race cars).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-10-14-ferrari-the-race-experience-review |title=Ferrari The Race Experience |author=Sanches, Joao Diniz |date=October 14, 2010 |access-date=April 30, 2011 |publisher=Eurogamer |archive-date=August 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817111906/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-10-14-ferrari-the-race-experience-review |url-status=live}}</ref> The PS3 version has also 1-16 player LAN and online multiplayer.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://fc.system3.com Official website]
* [http://www.ferrari-system3.com/ ''Ferrari Challenge'' official website]
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