new F1 Racing game PC

Gunther · 5 Oct 2007 at 07:38

It's already long time ago that a new racing sim came out, any news when a new F1 for PC is due ???

Bean0 · 5 Oct 2007 at 08:00

As far as I know there won't be one until Sony give up the rights.
You're stuck with mods for rFactor, and the BMW Sauber in LFS.

Gunther · 5 Oct 2007 at 08:14

So for the moment stuck with 2007 mod for EA F1 99-02, not bad, but a DX10 game would be great i think

ramdor · 5 Oct 2007 at 09:23

Bean0 said:
As far as I know there won't be one until Sony give up the rights.

F1 on the ps3 doesnt exactly feel like a sim though. Feels like I am playing a demo for some reason.

Richie.

elkdanger · 5 Oct 2007 at 09:26

Here's hoping Geoff Crammond will once again pick up the rights once Sony stop messing about with it.

gam3r · 5 Oct 2007 at 09:54

I thought Sony's rights had expired?

elkdanger · 5 Oct 2007 at 09:58

gam3r said:
I thought Sony's rights had expired?

They have the license until 2009 IIRC.

Gunther · 5 Oct 2007 at 10:57

Let's hope that EA will buy them again, so that we can enjoy again. Sony did nothing with them. Wonder why they spend the money on it?

Sh3rlock · 5 Oct 2007 at 11:06

GP3 Was a brilliant game, very dated now though. I remember when it first came out my local cyber cafe used to have all night F1 sessions and they had the steering wheels out, big screens and plenty of drink. Ah memories !

elkdanger · 5 Oct 2007 at 11:27

Gunther said:
Let's hope that EA will buy them again, so that we can enjoy again.

The opposite for me; the EA F1 games just looked wrong, floating cars and all that. They had no atmosphere. I'll admit F1 Challenge was ok, but Crammond's games were superior. They were just so damn playable.

Gunther · 5 Oct 2007 at 11:47

The GP series were also good. specially GP4.

Sh3rlock · 5 Oct 2007 at 11:56

Gunther said:
The GP series were also good. specially GP4.

Thats the one i meant

timbob · 5 Oct 2007 at 12:09

I don't like the physics in the Geoff Crammond games. They seem too arcadey, with canned crash behaviour and the like, rather than "real-world" physics calculations. After I played GPL yeeeears back and got heavily into it, I couldn't drive GP2 anymore. Tried and hated GP3, and didn't bother with GP4. I had EAs F12002, which was cool, but I was at uni and off the internet at the time, so fell out of contact with the modding community and lost interest.

The CDTP and FSOne mods, and the built in BMW Sabuer in rFactor are the best out there at the moment for modern F1 on a PC.

Participant · 5 Oct 2007 at 12:12

EA Sports < *

Sh3rlock · 5 Oct 2007 at 12:12

DIRT Physics and GP4 = brilliance imo.

timbob · 5 Oct 2007 at 12:15

Well, EA's F1 Challenge was received very well by the gaming community. I only played the 2002 version, but that drove well. The Challenge game is still alive and well, with lots of mods - including a 1986 F1 Turbo mod, and a Group C sportscar mod. The graphics still look very acceptable as well, with the latest user made updates.

In fact, if I see F1C lying in a bargain bin somewhere, I'd be inclined to pick it up.

dis · 5 Oct 2007 at 14:35

elkdanger said:
They have the license until 2009 IIRC.

Best as i understand it no one has the license for next season, that was certainly the case a couple months back. Mainly because Bernie Ecclestone is a money grabing sack of bones.

dis · 5 Oct 2007 at 14:53

Gunther said:
Let's hope that EA will buy them again, so that we can enjoy again. Sony did nothing with them. Wonder why they spend the money on it?

I thought the series had evolved pretty nicely over the last few years under Sony Liverpool's hand.

Timdog · 5 Oct 2007 at 15:47

you got my hopes up with the title

philip41 · 5 Oct 2007 at 17:09

timmy1988 said:
you got my hopes up with the title

And mine