Oh No, Not Another F1-2002 Thread

I spent most of last night downloading the WIP F1-2002 demo. Has anyone else tried it? I thought it was a bit crap, really. There was plenty of detail (launch control, manual overriding, manual pitlane speed limiter, detailed dashboard views, etc) but it looked a bit crap. I set all the graphics to maximum on 1024x786, and it looked awful, and felt awful, too. There wasn't much grip, which is quite odd considering Rubens said not long ago that the 2002 tyres have as much grip as the '97 slicks.

Hopefully the real thing will be much better. And from what I've seen of GP4, it'll be even better than F1-2002

One area the GP series excells in is the feeling of grip. Ive yet to find another game that gives this impression, expically from the rear of the car.

But I personally didnt think F1 2002 was all that bad really. They are getting better. It will be interesting to see what the FIA GT modders at Simbin can do with it.

"One area the GP series excells in is the feeling of grip"

thats the on rails feeling that gives you that :P




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But I personally didnt think F1 2002 was all that bad really. They are getting better

I agree. I too downloaded the WIP demo last night Zcott, and I was quite impressed, and surprised at how it wasn't appallingly bad. I thought the sound was very good actually, but the cars reacted strangely in some circumstances. EA still need to do alot of work to get the driving physics on par with the GP series. Gp4 will still be better IMO.




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thing is people who've played Crammonds games for years (like I had) are bound to find the handling strange when they play another F1 game. at first I wasn't sure about the F1 2001 physics but after a while I loved it and i've only played Gp3 once since then and it just felt horrible, its painfully slow for a start, I hope Gp4 has a better sensation of speed.

I suppose you could turn your point around there and say that because you have played ea for so long another f1 game would feel strange...but I'm not that petty.

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give easports a few years to tweak it and they'll deliver

just look at the latest in the fifa series, the first one's were shite, but now they are fantastic






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you could say that qwerty, but I had only been playing F1 2001 for a few days so its not quite the same

that's why I wasnt saying that



'I reserve the right to contradict myself' - Richey Edwards, 1994.

The full version of F1 2002 is much better than the demo. They have sorted a lot of stuff out, and the physics are even better now. It still acts strange sometimes, and you cant have a decent battle with the AI because they seem to ignor the fact you are there.

"you cant have a decent battle with the AI because they seem to ignor the fact you are there."

not much of a sim then? Why have a racing game where really you dont battle in the race? Thats kinda disappointing




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That's where Gp3 wins, and where Gp4 will win. You can have fantastic battles with the AI cars, because they have a high degree of intelligence.




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dammit, they outsmart me the whole time...



'I reserve the right to contradict myself' - Richey Edwards, 1994.

The one thing I didn't like about the demo is that on auto gears, the car will insist on not changing down. I'll be turning into tight corners in fourth gear, and the car will shift down on acceleration out of the corner. Odd.

Use manual! It makes it approximately 3.27 billion times easier/more fun!




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I can't use manual!

The paddles on the back of my wheel that I use for accelerating and braking were great, because I could use the two buttons on the front for gears. But the brake paddle broke, so I'm using the buttons for acceleration and braking. So it's onto automatic for me! (

The one thing I didn't like about the demo is that on auto gears, the car will insist on not changing down. I'll be turning into tight corners in fourth gear, and the car will shift down on acceleration out of the corner. Odd.

I noticed this too. Also when exiting a corner it wouldnt change up if the traction control was working, even if it was barly working. Very annoying.

You'll be glad to hear though that both these issues have been fixed in the full version.

Sounds good. I still won't be buying it, though. I would if I had money, but I don't!

In the german review of GP4 (GameStar) they said the AI was not THAT good. The cars always stick to the ideal line and do not react like real cars. They said F1 2002 was better in this respect. That was another reason why EA got one % more than GC.
On the other hand, these magazin writers may just know f*ck about F1, who knows ...

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On the other hand, these magazin writers may just know f*ck about F1, who knows ...

I think that's a slightly more reasonable explanation - I say this because the AI cars on the demo of F1 2002 don't actually have AI. They are awful. Maybe they have improved it for the finished version, but I can't imagine EA's efforts can match Grand Prix 4.




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