F1 2001

You hint that you have PAL TV. If do you are in same position as I who has JAP PS2 (15000) and PAL TV. I can't answer your specific game problem, but the B/W issue is usually straightforward. The PS2 puts out through the AV whatever it sees on the CD (NTS for JAP/US/CAN; PAL for elesewhere). So you either need full AV signalling (via a fully loaded scart lead) or an NTSC to PAL convertor available from Maplins.

I've never got the NTSC-PAL patches to work.