Codemasters' F1 game discussion
Posted by Rodrigo007
I got it for ps3 today. I dont really like it that much tbh. Ok its fun driving the new tracks etc but it doesnt feel how I expected. I dont know if its because im used to GP4 as the only f1 game I play.
Few bugs. I like the fact that the faster cars (e.g redbull) have better handling than the new teams at the back. Nice sense of realism with that one.
Online play..ffs everyone just crashing into each other.
Few bugs. I like the fact that the faster cars (e.g redbull) have better handling than the new teams at the back. Nice sense of realism with that one.
Online play..ffs everyone just crashing into each other.
LS. Wrote:
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> Got it, at Monaco in the pits, mechanics working
> away, music in the garage on the radio is Pendulem
>
It's Watercolour by Pendulum.
ralv585 Wrote:
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> Just gonna wait and see if a patch comes out to
> iron out the problems most of us have been faced
> with.
Steve Hood's already said that they won't be creating any patches or DLCs for the end of season thingys or glitches. So in a way this game is just like Bernie. Get the stuff out, complete or incomplete just as long they get the money and don't give a toss about the fans.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/24/2010 11:29PM by Monza972.
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> Got it, at Monaco in the pits, mechanics working
> away, music in the garage on the radio is Pendulem
>
It's Watercolour by Pendulum.
ralv585 Wrote:
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> Just gonna wait and see if a patch comes out to
> iron out the problems most of us have been faced
> with.
Steve Hood's already said that they won't be creating any patches or DLCs for the end of season thingys or glitches. So in a way this game is just like Bernie. Get the stuff out, complete or incomplete just as long they get the money and don't give a toss about the fans.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/24/2010 11:29PM by Monza972.
surely a 'fix patch' isn't really DLC - DLC to me is stuff which adds something new to the game, like new shapes, liveries etc
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This game is definitely a grower. I wanted to like it so bad after all the reviews and videos but if left me feeling a bit flat. After a few hours though I've settled down with it a bit and I'm liking it more and more. I've done a few time trials at various circuits and I'm also two races into my 7 year career with Hispania (no driver assists and hardest AI settings).
Things I like:
- Overall presentation of the game is superb. I really do feel immersed thanks to the audio, graphics and feel of the game. Loving the nice little touches around the paddock area with characters walking round. This is the first F1 game for a while that isn't just about cars thanks to the media and all the little animations etc.
- Dynamic track is top notch, especially on longer races. Just what us race fans have been wanting for years. The rubbering in is actually noticeable and the quality of the weather system goes without saying.
- AI is pretty good to race against, a far sight better than anything else out there at the moment. They drive like you would expect them to, not making stupid moves like ramming straight into the back of you under every braking zone. Had some awesome battles so far, moving to the inside and seeing them block then cutting back round the outside only to get blocked and pushed wide etc.
- Visual effects like dust, sun glare and rain drops/spray are excellent as well as just the entire graphics system in general.
- Once you get used to it, the driving model is actually very good. It's quite easy to get a rhythm going and be consistent and you can find the limit nicely, scraping tenths here and there and building up your laptime. When you finally nail an awesome lap it feels very rewarding and, strangely, natural.
- I'm probably going to get shot for this but I hate the rFactor car set up menu. I don't know what half of the things do, and most of the time I don't really feel much of a difference. I just want to drive, tweak, then drive some more, without having to read through loads of pdfs and online manuals about car mechanics and setup techniques. In F1 2010 the setup is simplified, with really helpful descriptions, and easy to understand numbers.
Things I don't like:
- Audio for gearshifts seems a little bit weird. Can't quite explain why but it doesn't feel as immediate as other racing games.
- Really difficult to lock the brakes. I've got my pedal flat down and having no problems. ABS is off. Strangely though, it seems as if it takes longer to brake for corners than it does in real life.
- Silly amounts of traction. You can floor the throttle out of corners and from a standing start, and yes you may hear the engine revving like a bast*rd, but you still go forwards without a twitch on the wheel or any oversteer whatsoever. Sort of takes the skill out of using the throttle well.
- Spin physics seem a little weird. You can drive over grass quite easy but as soon as you hit gravel the car feels as if it's being spun round violently for no reason and meets massive resistance.
- Very sensitive corner cutting detection, sometimes just running wide will trigger it and stop the timer for the lap you're on, maybe even a penalty. Worst annoyance is in time trial, not only is your current lap scrapped but the next one too.
- The pitlane seems very clumsy. You can't steer (and the automated steering is not smooth at all) but you have to brake/accelerate as needed which sort of ruins the immersion.
- Wing/rev changing from in the car is annoying because the menu disappears if you don't press anything for two seconds (usually not enough time to look at the options available, or see what is selected). It should stay on screen until you've made your choice of what you want to do, because the menu positions reset every time it disappears. Very annoying, and it means I dont bother moving my front wing or changing revs.
- Lack of telemetry. I want to know peoples sector times over all their laps so I can see where I'm going wrong. Would be nice to have an engineer's style debrief after the race as well, see all my laptimes and places I made mistakes a lot etc, strategy breakdown of when everyone pitted.
- No warm-up lap for the race, no safety car, no red flags and no car failures.
- No TrackIR support. I know not many people actually have this piece of kit, but previous Codemasters games have TrackIR support so it seems a bit strange it's not in this release.
Things I've yet to experience but have read about:
- Silverstone incorrect corner profiling
- Damage model (not had that many big crashes, and when I have, the replay system hasn't caught it because I waited too long).
- Pitstop bug.
Overall opinion? I think that once you accept the fact that this isn't a hardcore dedicated sim racer, and once you stop taking everything so damn seriously, you'll really enjoy it. It's not perfect by any means and it's not perfectly realistic either but it's fun to drive and does a great job of immersing you in F1.
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Liverpool Waterfront Circuit (WIP)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/25/2010 01:20PM by Fincent.
Things I like:
- Overall presentation of the game is superb. I really do feel immersed thanks to the audio, graphics and feel of the game. Loving the nice little touches around the paddock area with characters walking round. This is the first F1 game for a while that isn't just about cars thanks to the media and all the little animations etc.
- Dynamic track is top notch, especially on longer races. Just what us race fans have been wanting for years. The rubbering in is actually noticeable and the quality of the weather system goes without saying.
- AI is pretty good to race against, a far sight better than anything else out there at the moment. They drive like you would expect them to, not making stupid moves like ramming straight into the back of you under every braking zone. Had some awesome battles so far, moving to the inside and seeing them block then cutting back round the outside only to get blocked and pushed wide etc.
- Visual effects like dust, sun glare and rain drops/spray are excellent as well as just the entire graphics system in general.
- Once you get used to it, the driving model is actually very good. It's quite easy to get a rhythm going and be consistent and you can find the limit nicely, scraping tenths here and there and building up your laptime. When you finally nail an awesome lap it feels very rewarding and, strangely, natural.
- I'm probably going to get shot for this but I hate the rFactor car set up menu. I don't know what half of the things do, and most of the time I don't really feel much of a difference. I just want to drive, tweak, then drive some more, without having to read through loads of pdfs and online manuals about car mechanics and setup techniques. In F1 2010 the setup is simplified, with really helpful descriptions, and easy to understand numbers.
Things I don't like:
- Audio for gearshifts seems a little bit weird. Can't quite explain why but it doesn't feel as immediate as other racing games.
- Really difficult to lock the brakes. I've got my pedal flat down and having no problems. ABS is off. Strangely though, it seems as if it takes longer to brake for corners than it does in real life.
- Silly amounts of traction. You can floor the throttle out of corners and from a standing start, and yes you may hear the engine revving like a bast*rd, but you still go forwards without a twitch on the wheel or any oversteer whatsoever. Sort of takes the skill out of using the throttle well.
- Spin physics seem a little weird. You can drive over grass quite easy but as soon as you hit gravel the car feels as if it's being spun round violently for no reason and meets massive resistance.
- Very sensitive corner cutting detection, sometimes just running wide will trigger it and stop the timer for the lap you're on, maybe even a penalty. Worst annoyance is in time trial, not only is your current lap scrapped but the next one too.
- The pitlane seems very clumsy. You can't steer (and the automated steering is not smooth at all) but you have to brake/accelerate as needed which sort of ruins the immersion.
- Wing/rev changing from in the car is annoying because the menu disappears if you don't press anything for two seconds (usually not enough time to look at the options available, or see what is selected). It should stay on screen until you've made your choice of what you want to do, because the menu positions reset every time it disappears. Very annoying, and it means I dont bother moving my front wing or changing revs.
- Lack of telemetry. I want to know peoples sector times over all their laps so I can see where I'm going wrong. Would be nice to have an engineer's style debrief after the race as well, see all my laptimes and places I made mistakes a lot etc, strategy breakdown of when everyone pitted.
- No warm-up lap for the race, no safety car, no red flags and no car failures.
- No TrackIR support. I know not many people actually have this piece of kit, but previous Codemasters games have TrackIR support so it seems a bit strange it's not in this release.
Things I've yet to experience but have read about:
- Silverstone incorrect corner profiling
- Damage model (not had that many big crashes, and when I have, the replay system hasn't caught it because I waited too long).
- Pitstop bug.
Overall opinion? I think that once you accept the fact that this isn't a hardcore dedicated sim racer, and once you stop taking everything so damn seriously, you'll really enjoy it. It's not perfect by any means and it's not perfectly realistic either but it's fun to drive and does a great job of immersing you in F1.
Circuit Thermalito
Liverpool Waterfront Circuit (WIP)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/25/2010 01:20PM by Fincent.
This game is so riddled with bugs it is unbelievable 
The worst thing about the game ? How about the AI cars' quali times not matching their actual ones?
They just get created from thin air!
Now wonder you can't watch the ai cars
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/25/2010 01:12AM by salvasirignano.
The worst thing about the game ? How about the AI cars' quali times not matching their actual ones?
They just get created from thin air!
Now wonder you can't watch the ai cars
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/25/2010 01:12AM by salvasirignano.
Decent game in overall, not much things to say, almost everything was mentioned on older posts...
Now, I was extracting textures from 3dsimed, and i got realy disapointed. Car tex resolution on 2048 (single tex), helmet one 512 (horrible mapping), driver suits weren´t much worked excepting gloves (those are really cool). Tracks tex are almost all 512 or 256.
Could be better, huh?
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/25/2010 01:36AM by Thunderknight.
Now, I was extracting textures from 3dsimed, and i got realy disapointed. Car tex resolution on 2048 (single tex), helmet one 512 (horrible mapping), driver suits weren´t much worked excepting gloves (those are really cool). Tracks tex are almost all 512 or 256.
Could be better, huh?
GP4 Projects: - Button, Hamilton, Di Resta, Kovalainen and Ricciardo F1 2012 Helmets Released -
My GP4 Workthread
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/25/2010 01:36AM by Thunderknight.
i have the game on PC. and everytime i go to a practise session during my carrer modeor time trial the following 2 things happens :
1) i am in the pit and the driver moves his hands and i can see them from the IN COCKPIT camera. BUT once i tell my engineer i am going out and the car leaves the garage there are no more hands to see on the steering wheel. does anyone know if this is because all my graphic settings are on LOWEST or because of something else.
IT IS REALLLY REALLY FRUSTRATING so please help me if you can.
2) while i drive i can look at my mirrors but they have no reflections and i cant see what happens behind me. the mirrors are just grey and you dont see anything in them.
AGAIN --> is it because of the lower graphic settings ??
3) what is "OSD" ?? thank you
1) i am in the pit and the driver moves his hands and i can see them from the IN COCKPIT camera. BUT once i tell my engineer i am going out and the car leaves the garage there are no more hands to see on the steering wheel. does anyone know if this is because all my graphic settings are on LOWEST or because of something else.
IT IS REALLLY REALLY FRUSTRATING so please help me if you can.
2) while i drive i can look at my mirrors but they have no reflections and i cant see what happens behind me. the mirrors are just grey and you dont see anything in them.
AGAIN --> is it because of the lower graphic settings ??
3) what is "OSD" ?? thank you
mitadumapaga Wrote:
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> i have the game on PC. and everytime i go to a
> practise session during my carrer modeor time
> trial the following 2 things happens :
>
> 1) i am in the pit and the driver moves his hands
> and i can see them from the IN COCKPIT camera.
> BUT once i tell my engineer i am going out and the
> car leaves the garage there are no more hands to
> see on the steering wheel. does anyone know if
> this is because all my graphic settings are on
> LOWEST or because of something else.
> IT IS REALLLY REALLY FRUSTRATING so please help me
> if you can.
>
> 2) while i drive i can look at my mirrors but
> they have no reflections and i cant see what
> happens behind me. the mirrors are just grey and
> you dont see anything in them.
> AGAIN --> is it because of the lower graphic
> settings ??
>
> 3) what is "OSD" ?? thank you
Not sure about 1 and 2, but OSD means 'on screen display'
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> i have the game on PC. and everytime i go to a
> practise session during my carrer modeor time
> trial the following 2 things happens :
>
> 1) i am in the pit and the driver moves his hands
> and i can see them from the IN COCKPIT camera.
> BUT once i tell my engineer i am going out and the
> car leaves the garage there are no more hands to
> see on the steering wheel. does anyone know if
> this is because all my graphic settings are on
> LOWEST or because of something else.
> IT IS REALLLY REALLY FRUSTRATING so please help me
> if you can.
>
> 2) while i drive i can look at my mirrors but
> they have no reflections and i cant see what
> happens behind me. the mirrors are just grey and
> you dont see anything in them.
> AGAIN --> is it because of the lower graphic
> settings ??
>
> 3) what is "OSD" ?? thank you
Not sure about 1 and 2, but OSD means 'on screen display'
mitadumapaga schrieb:
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> i have the game on PC. and everytime i go to a
> practise session during my carrer modeor time
> trial the following 2 things happens :
>
> 1) i am in the pit and the driver moves his hands
> and i can see them from the IN COCKPIT camera.
> BUT once i tell my engineer i am going out and the
> car leaves the garage there are no more hands to
> see on the steering wheel. does anyone know if
> this is because all my graphic settings are on
> LOWEST or because of something else.
> IT IS REALLLY REALLY FRUSTRATING so please help me
> if you can.
>
> 2) while i drive i can look at my mirrors but
> they have no reflections and i cant see what
> happens behind me. the mirrors are just grey and
> you dont see anything in them.
> AGAIN --> is it because of the lower graphic
> settings ??
>
> 3) what is "OSD" ?? thank you
1) yes.
2) again, yes.
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> i have the game on PC. and everytime i go to a
> practise session during my carrer modeor time
> trial the following 2 things happens :
>
> 1) i am in the pit and the driver moves his hands
> and i can see them from the IN COCKPIT camera.
> BUT once i tell my engineer i am going out and the
> car leaves the garage there are no more hands to
> see on the steering wheel. does anyone know if
> this is because all my graphic settings are on
> LOWEST or because of something else.
> IT IS REALLLY REALLY FRUSTRATING so please help me
> if you can.
>
> 2) while i drive i can look at my mirrors but
> they have no reflections and i cant see what
> happens behind me. the mirrors are just grey and
> you dont see anything in them.
> AGAIN --> is it because of the lower graphic
> settings ??
>
> 3) what is "OSD" ?? thank you
1) yes.
2) again, yes.
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