F1 06 is coming to the U.S. You can't tell right now, but I'm squealing with glee.

It's been too long since we've had a Formula One console game here. Call me an apologist for EA's sometimes halfhearted attempts with the license from years ago, but it's always been my opinion that even mediocre F1 is better than no F1 at all. And while I still have questions about the depth and controls in Sony's F1 06, there is absolutely no denying that it's one of the best-looking games on the PlayStation 3.

While in Barcelona for X06, I got real close to picking up a PSP version of F1 06, even though I can't remember the last time I picked up my PSP for anything other than watching English sitcoms on a memory card that Ricardo periodically lends me.

The worst part about it? After months of being down on the PS3 (mostly becuase of its exorbitant price), I'm now sitting here wondering if F1 06 will be the game that causes me to crack open my already bone dry wallet and shell out the cash for a console once the game arrives in 2007.

So what's your F1 06? Is there a game or two out there that will cause you to pull the trigger on a PS3 (or a Wii, or Xbox 360 for that matter) no matter what the fiscally responsible side of your brain is telling you? Come, let's commiserate our future financial doom together.