** F1 2011 - Official Thread **

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I couldn't find a thread on this, and I'm very much looking forward to this.

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http://www.formula1-game.com/uk/

The addition of DRS and Kers is definitely something to look forward to!

F1 2011™ is the sequel to the BAFTA winning FORMULA ONE™ videogame from Codemasters®, the developer and publisher of award-winning racing games. Developed under Codemasters’ exclusive worldwide agreement with Formula One World Championship Limited, F1 2011 will come complete with all the official drivers, teams and circuits featuring in the 2011 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™.


With a new focus on multiplayer gaming, including co-op Championships and split-screen mode, F1 2011 will invite players to ‘Be The Driver, Live the Life, Go Compete’ with a range of innovations, improvements and enhancements on and off the track. Set to be the most enthralling season yet, the 2011 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP features two new circuits in India and Germany, new drivers, rules, tyres as Sebastian Vettel seeks to defend his title.

Developed using Codemasters’ EGO Game Technology Platform F1 2011 will deliver an unrivalled FORMULA ONE experience that puts players into the heart of the world’s most exciting sport, powered by cutting edge graphics, advanced physics systems and integrated network play.


• Go Compete! F1 2011 builds extensively on the multiplayer options from F1 2010. Split-screen racing is included for the first time in a high-definition FORMULA ONE title. Competitive online racing is extended with 16 players going head-to-head in GRAND PRIX™ with up to 8 AI drivers added to simulate the full grid of 24 drivers. An innovative new co-op Championship enables two players to lead their favourite FORMULA ONE team to Driver and Constructor glory across the course of a FORMULA ONE season. These enhancements are complimented by additional quick fire modes including Time Attack.

• New Circuits for 2011. Two stunning new additions to the race calendar extend the number of circuits to feature in F1 2011 to 19. Players will be able to debut ahead of the drivers on the Buddh International Circuit, the home of the first FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF INDIA and players will be able to test themselves on the iconic Nürburging circuit for the first time in High Definition, as this legendary track returns for the 2011 season.


• Be the driver, live the life. From the paddock to the track, F1 2011 takes players closer to the experience of being a FORMULA ONE driver than ever before. A new Parc Ferme area, an expanded and revamped Paddock, new Pit Lane, celebration and reaction cinematics and an enhanced media interaction system fully immerse players in the glamour, pressure and excitement of being a FORMULA ONE driver. Players progress from rookie to FIA FORMULA ONE DRIVERS’ WORLD CHAMPION in an extensive career mode where gamers fight to become priority driver and shape the development of the car by performing well in races and earning performance upgrades.


• All the cars, all the stars. Fully licensed, F1 2011 features all the drivers set to contest the 2011 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, including Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button. All 2011 teams are represented including Ferrari, Red Rull Racing, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and Lotus Renault GP in their iconic black and gold livery.

• KERS, DRS and more! F1 2011 includes all the new rule changes set to make this year’s season the most exciting yet. F1 2011 debuts DRS (Drag Reduction System) ? the new system which enables drivers to adjust the rear wing on the car to give a boost of up to 10km. KERS also returns, giving players an extra 80BHP for up to 6.67 seconds, enabling drivers to blast past rivals. Combined, these systems encourage close wheel-to-wheel racing with new options for both defence and attack. This season’s new Pirelli tyres are faithfully simulated in the game, and if players push their car too hard they may experience a range of authentic new damage failures.


• Full Day / Night Racing. The 2011 FORMULA 1 ETHIAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX comes alive with a full day/ night transition which recreates the special atmosphere at this unique track. Every one of the existing circuits from the 2010 roster has been given a complete visual overhaul. New atmospheric effects, including dynamic clouds, compliment a weather system which features an advanced rain model that affects on-track grip. Powered by the EGO Game Technology Platforms, F1 2011 pushes forward the graphical standard of what can be achieved in a racing game.


• The world’s greatest cars, the most exciting racing. Building on the heritage of producing award-winning racing games for over a decade, Codemasters is uniquely placed to realise the spectacle and exhilaration of racing 200MPH+ FORMULA ONE cars for all fans. F1 2011 can be tuned for players from a wide range of skill levels, from the casual gamer to the hardcore simulation enthusiast and those in between, with a range of differing skill levels. A huge range of vehicle variables can be tuned to suit each player’s unique driving style, or drivers can entrust their Race Engineer to set their car up and head straight onto the track. F1 2011 will support a comprehensive range of racing wheels for the ultimate racing experience.

• Unprecedented authenticity. Codemasters has used its unprecedented access to the world of FORMULA ONE to connect the development team directly with FORMULA ONE teams and tyre manufacturers. Extensive consultancy has taken place with a range of FORMULA ONE professionals, including race engineers, mechanics and drivers. This has been combined with real world data including CAD and on-board telemetry to deliver a race experience complete with authentic handling, accurate circuits and precisely modelled racing cars.


• EGO powered FORMULA ONE. F1 2011 is being developed on the EGO Game Technology platform, evolved from the award winning EGO engine. Enabling Codemasters development talent to share tools and technology across Studios and Central Technology teams, the EGO Game Technology Platform empowers Codemasters game designers to realise their creative visions across multiple platforms featuring cutting edge graphics, powerful AI, advanced physics systems and integrated network play.

Some videos to wet your appetites -





Due for release on September 23rd 2011.
 
Looking good!

Just hope it out preforms 2010 as the AI/pits was utter disaster!
 
I am in part looking forward to this, codemasters didn't really provide much support for F1 2010 once it was released and this is what I'm afraid of this time around.

F1 2010 had some rather major bugs, which were mostly resolved in a patch but they released one single patch.

F1 2011 is reported by some reviewers to be just a big patch to fix all the issues in the first F1 release by codemasters, so are we just buying a game that fixes what was wrong with the first one with new skins?

I'm a huge F1 fan, and I buy nearly all worthwhile F1 games if I can, so i'm really interested in this. It seems to look ok, but I'm also concerned with some vids and screens I've seen where the cars appear to float?

I'm going to wait for reviews and see how codemasters deal with the game once released. I'm not keen on beta testing their racing titles anymore like we all did with F1 2010.
 
I liked last years one, it was on the verge of being great but let down by a few issues - I still got my money's worth out of it and enjoyed hotlapping immensley :)

Looking forward to this and I'm very keen to know if how good the handling will be with a pad - with a baby on the way space is going to be tight and my wheel is packed away.
 
I liked last years one, it was on the verge of being great but let down by a few issues - I still got my money's worth out of it and enjoyed hotlapping immensley :)

Looking forward to this and I'm very keen to know if how good the handling will be with a pad - with a baby on the way space is going to be tight and my wheel is packed away.

lol same her. We've got a baby on the way next Jan so space is an issue and not only that funds are much lower, so this needs to be really good so i'll wait for reviews and what everyone says about it before handing over the cash...

Congrats on baby BTW.
 
Yeh once the issues were fixed in the 2010 game it was a great game. I hope we don't get an influx of problems with the release of 2011!
 
Yeah that's my biggest fear for it they'll fix all the stuff which didn't work right in 2010 and we'll end up with a new batch of different bugs for 2011! You just know KERS and DRS won't work 100% right at launch!

2010 was a great game after the patch but the more you play it the more you can see how quickly it was rushed out the door because loads of silly little faults remain (whoever decided you can't see the start lights properly when you are more than halfway down the grid needs sacking and why can't you see your third sector times in the pits?!)

The driving was spot on though for me, probably not sim enough for some people but I thought it was a good racing game, looking forward to the co-op season mode most probably.
 
I liked F1 2010 but I had the following issues:

- Pit crew facing the wrong way and ruined the race. A patch fixed it but it is a disgrace to release a game with such a common, race-ruining issue.
- Crap graphics. The textures were abysmal. If they just upped the resolution of the textures on the PC version it would have looked pretty good.
- No matter how hard I tried, even with TC, I got my ass kicked on the starting grid, why?
- I would qualify 8th with Williams in Spain, then I race and even the Virgin cars are 3 seconds a lap quicker. I pit from 8th (and after everyone else pitted) was last. Really wierd.
- No way to set it on hardest AI mode whilst having flashbacks. I could either race with flashbacks and be able to win with a virgin whilst spinning off 4 times a race, or have the AI at a very high difficulty whilst having no flashbacks.
- Cars not getting out of the way on a hot lap. The AI would do the outlap for me then back off the gas whilst going up the pit straight as there were cars on out/in laps ahead of me. Would completely ruin your qualifying lap.

I enjoyed F1 2010, I really did, but it just felt untested and rushed. It was so close to being immense yet a few niggling issues really stopped it being one of the best games of 2010.
 
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Yeah forgot the Spain bug! For some reason the computer is ridiculously quick in the third sector, no idea why that wasn't sorted in the patch.

The AI not moving out the way all the time is another annoying one, amount of times I'd be on a hot lap come flying round a blind bend and find some car dawdling back to the pits sat on the racing line was ridiculous! Then you run into the back of them and you're the one who gets the penalty!
 
Not that impressed by the trailers, looks like they've just fixed F1 2010 and added a few bits but mainly worked on the bits extraneous to the core gameplay. Personally I'd like to see more realism and better graphics, but from the way the cars are moving it doesn't look like any improvement on the slightly disappointing F1 2010. I know there's not much to draw conclusions from, but it's a gut feeling. A year isn't long to do much with that game, let's hope they don't fall into the old EA Sports release patterns (and associated quality).
 
let's hope they don't fall into the old EA Sports release patterns (and associated quality).

In recent years the major EA Sports games have only improved in quality, especially in the case of NHL and NFL which only get better with each passing year. The idea that EA Sports just update the teams and stick a different number on the box is a stereotype which hasn't been true for a number of years now. :)
 
:D

If I didn't just buy a full price game I would have got this on release too, I really enjoyed 2010 it was a breath of fresh air to have a decent F1 game to play.
 
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