F1 2016

Dimi · 31 Jul 2016 at 00:29

Anyone else excited by this http://www.codemasters.com/game/f1-2016/

Create your own legend in F1™ 2016. Get ready to go deeper into the world of the most prestigious motorsport than ever before. F1 2016 is the official videogame of the 2016 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™ and includes the full 2016 season calendar of 21 tracks, including the brand new Baku circuit in Azerbaijan, and the full roster of 22 drivers and 11 teams, including the new Haas F1 Team.

F1 2016 immerses you in not only the on-track excitement of a FORMULA ONE™ career, including the inclusion of the iconic Safety Car and also the Virtual Safety Car for the first time, but also uniquely offers the drama and vehicle development that goes on behind the scenes. Work with your agent, engineer and team to develop your car in the deepest ever career experience, spanning up to ten seasons. Forge your own path to glory, and rise to be the champion.

Deepest ever career mode – Create your own legend and go deeper into the world of Formula 1 than ever before with the ultimate career mode, spanning up to 10 seasons.

The most complete F1 experience ever – The inclusion of the safety car and virtual safety car adds to the on-track immersion.

Work with your agent & engineer – Brand new, fully voice-acted and captured agent and engineer guide you to glory.

Take part in our brand new practice programmes – Master each circuit with our track acclimatisation tests, test your tyres and hone your race strategy to perfection.

Time of Day Editor – Dramatically customise the visuals of your race experience.

Manual race starts – Race starts are more crucial than ever. Time your start right to launch from the grid perfectly and gain positions, but be wary of jumping the race start.

Formation Lap – Warm your tyres to an optimal temperature to maximise your race start with the formation lap.

Manual Pit Lane Entry – Minimise the time lost when pitting with the manual pit lane entry. Make sure you brake in time to avoid a penalty for speeding in the pit lane.

Multiplayer support for up to 22 drivers – Form a full grid of human players across the 21 circuits of the featured in the 2016 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™

Finners · 31 Jul 2016 at 09:48

Not until I see the online system has improved, the whole lobby system they have been using for years is pants and puts you with a load of laggy foreigners and very slow. Far to much time waiting around.

And the clip I watched the other day still had most of the same voice over comms which is disappointing.

That all sounds very negative but 2015 was the last straw for me with the series, have preordered every F1 codemasters has made and I think 15 was the worst of the bunch.

MooMoo444 · 31 Jul 2016 at 10:16

Can queue up behind the safety car? What a time to be alive!

Skeeter · 31 Jul 2016 at 10:31

F1 2010 was great and I played it a lot. Especially online with mates.

Buy the re-releases every year since have offers little reason to rebuy the same game over and over.

StevieP · 31 Jul 2016 at 10:54

I've bought a few of the F1 games over the years going right back to Geoff Crammond's classic - but in my opinion the inherent problem with F1 is the more realistic they become, the less fun they end up being!

F1 as a sport is about consistency and not making a single mistake over a lot of laps!

Additionally the team is a big part of a racer's success (pit stops, strategy etc) a lot of which is very difficult to "manage" during a race!

I seem to remember one F1 game a few years back that introduced "random" engine faults/failures - I has fought to lead the race and 2 laps from the end of the race the game decided now would be a good time for an engine failure!

Realistic - Yes but fun - not so much!

UTmaniac · 31 Jul 2016 at 10:57

Nice graphics does not maketh a decent sim.

You would be much better off buying Asseto Corsa and the recent "Red pack" that contains a Ferrari from this current Mercedes dominant era of F1, plus another from Vettel's domination years at Redbull.

For some reason, I've yet to explore custom car/track content in AC, but the official track list includes Spa, Monza and Redbull Ring.

El_Watcher · 31 Jul 2016 at 11:43

I would prefer a game where you play as the FIA and can make random rule changes, and then see how it changes the next race result.

elmuzzy66. · 31 Jul 2016 at 12:12

I might have look but the f1 series hasn't had much love for the pc.

Junglist · 31 Jul 2016 at 12:31

Skeeter said:
F1 2010 was great and I played it a lot. Especially online with mates.

Buy the re-releases every year since have offers little reason to rebuy the same game over and over.

Agreed. I own them all on PC yet 2010 was the only which I really played.

ThestigGT999 · 31 Jul 2016 at 14:46

I wonder if this game will be realistic in that if you drive as Rosberg you would get harsher penalties than other drivers on the grid.

Dimi · 31 Jul 2016 at 18:07

^ lol

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...s-to-have-learnt-some-lessons-from-dirt-rally

Looking good here, I did try 2015 again last night and was less than impressed.

Skeeter · 31 Jul 2016 at 18:12

elmuzzy66. said:
I might have look but the f1 series hasn't had much love for the pc.

In what way? There's been a PC F1 game every year since 2010.

elmuzzy66. · 31 Jul 2016 at 19:13

Skeeter said:
In what way? There's been a PC F1 game every year since 2010.

I just expected more I guess on the pc front. Bought 2009 to 2011 but lost faith in the series. the random punchers bug reappearing and gimmicky safety car just made me think codies was doing a fifa with the f1 licence.

timmeh · 31 Jul 2016 at 20:32

Every single version of this game has been terrible so I doubt 2016 will be any better. Geoff Crammon's GP4 was a more polished game and that came out in 2002.

smr · 1 Aug 2016 at 12:29

Yeah I've bought most of them in the vain hope that "this has got to be the one"... I'd say 2010 was the one I played on most, but all of the games suffer from terrible glitches, bugs and stupidity.

I'll wait to see what the reviews are like for this one but I don't hold hope anymore for them anymore.

Agreed about Geoff Crammond's though - absolutely loved them, they got "racing games".

GravyMonster · 1 Aug 2016 at 13:15

Meh, typical Codemasters arcade gubbins.

iRacing's 2015 McLaren is much more involving and fun to drive.

dannyjo22 · 1 Aug 2016 at 13:31

StevieP said:
I've bought a few of the F1 games over the years going right back to Geoff Crammond's classic - but in my opinion the inherent problem with F1 is the more realistic they become, the less fun they end up being!

Exactly that, who wants to use boring features they have in f1 these days, F1 97 was the last one I really enjoyed. More arcadey but still required consistency and a bit of set up.

All the other boring crap should be in an F1 manager type game. I'd rather play super monaco GP on the megadrive than all this dull rubbish.

thecremeegg · 1 Aug 2016 at 18:55

Spunkey said:
Meh, typical Codemasters arcade gubbins.

iRacing's 2015 McLaren is much more involving and fun to drive.

Played this one have you?

GravyMonster · 2 Aug 2016 at 17:26

Obviously not. However it doesn't take a genius to see CodeMaster's 'EA-like' approach to churning out these lifeless games.

Kris_90 · 3 Aug 2016 at 13:06

I'll be getting it. I enjoyed last year's game (with the exception of the corner cutting). This year's game looks a lot better.