F1 2018

agnes · 14 Jan 2019 at 21:07

I picked this up in a sale, only played 2010 (the first one?) and 2013. I am absolutely loving this iteration. I chose williams as my starting team. Just finished China which was a fun race.

The only issue is the AI difficulty, I'm using a pad but even at 60 (%?) difficulty, I'm landing podiums, 2 1st's and a 2nd so far. And you can't adjust this during a race weekend. I'm going to push it up to 100% after the next race weekend as I missed the window it seems... Not sure exactly when you can change it. My only fear is now that I've won and will likely win another weekend, will my team start getting annoyed at me for not having podiums and instead ending up in the low teens at best which is where Williams belongs?

Furthermore, I skipped the practice goals and ultimately, lost rep with Williams, seems a bit daft... But oh well, takes 20 mins to run through them. Just wish you could remove them but then again, I guess you'll not have any development points.

Oh, and are there rewards for not using assists? The only things I have on are traction control and anti lock breaks as those are hard to control with gamepad triggers. Everything else is off (racing line, braking assist etc etc).

NeverWinter · 14 Jan 2019 at 21:10

You can change the difficulty between race weekends, have to press options on the loading screen.

I think you’ll be fine with regards to rep as goals are already set.

agnes · 14 Jan 2019 at 21:12

NeverWinter said:
You can change the difficulty between race weekends, have to press options on the loading screen.

I think you’ll be fine with regards to rep as goals are already set.

So after a race and I click advance to the next weekend, smash the option button to change difficulty? Utterly daft system, being that it's on SSD it loads very quickly lol. Thank though.

NeverWinter · 14 Jan 2019 at 21:41

agnes said:
So after a race and I click advance to the next weekend, smash the option button to change difficulty? Utterly daft system, being that it's on SSD it loads very quickly lol. Thank though.

That’s exactly right. Really stupid.

Megahurtz400 · 14 Jan 2019 at 23:30

agnes said:
I picked this up in a sale, only played 2010 (the first one?) and 2013. I am absolutely loving this iteration. I chose williams as my starting team. Just finished China which was a fun race.

The only issue is the AI difficulty, I'm using a pad but even at 60 (%?) difficulty, I'm landing podiums, 2 1st's and a 2nd so far. And you can't adjust this during a race weekend. I'm going to push it up to 100% after the next race weekend as I missed the window it seems... Not sure exactly when you can change it. My only fear is now that I've won and will likely win another weekend, will my team start getting annoyed at me for not having podiums and instead ending up in the low teens at best which is where Williams belongs?

Furthermore, I skipped the practice goals and ultimately, lost rep with Williams, seems a bit daft... But oh well, takes 20 mins to run through them. Just wish you could remove them but then again, I guess you'll not have any development points.

Oh, and are there rewards for not using assists? The only things I have on are traction control and anti lock breaks as those are hard to control with gamepad triggers. Everything else is off (racing line, braking assist etc etc).

https://www.reddit.com/r/F1Game/com...ifficulty_in_f1_2018/?st=JQWYOD3U&sh=b19f87bf

Something like this might help you set the difficulty.

I think there’s better explanations around but this was the first link I came across and I’m lazy

agnes · 15 Jan 2019 at 00:34

Megahurtz400 said:
https://www.reddit.com/r/F1Game/com...ifficulty_in_f1_2018/?st=JQWYOD3U&sh=b19f87bf

Something like this might help you set the difficulty.

I think there’s better explanations around but this was the first link I came across and I’m lazy

That's genius! I want a game where I'm challenging my team mate, not sat in a Williams car outpacing Ferrari by 5 seconds each lap lol. Thank you!

NeverWinter · 15 Jan 2019 at 08:23

I'm increasing mine every race, the last race I finished in front of my team mate by half a lap (100% distance).

Going to push it a little further.

Megahurtz400 · 15 Jan 2019 at 08:42

NeverWinter said:
I'm increasing mine every race, the last race I finished in front of my team mate by half a lap (100% distance).

Going to push it a little further.

Not sure how that relates to career mode but should give you something to start with

The jump from one “level” (beginner/novice/expert etc.) is quite a jump if I remember correctly

NeverWinter · 15 Jan 2019 at 08:50

I've set the difficulty another way:
https://www.reddit.com/r/F1Game/comments/6xljf2/a_useful_method_to_find_your_ideal_qualifying_and/

Then I'm increasing a little every time because I'm just getting more used to the car etc.

agnes · 15 Jan 2019 at 17:09

NeverWinter said:
I've set the difficulty another way:
https://www.reddit.com/r/F1Game/comments/6xljf2/a_useful_method_to_find_your_ideal_qualifying_and/

Then I'm increasing a little every time because I'm just getting more used to the car etc.

I didn't go that indepth, I simply went into a custom grand prix and added a bunch of 5 lap races, and adjusted until I was essentially battling around my team mate. I've found 85-90 is the ideal range. 85 putting me a few spots ahead of him and 90 being a little tougher. I'll stick to 85 for the moment.

One thing I did notice, qualifying was a lot more harsher than the race, my team mate at 85 was pulling 3 seconds ahead of me, so I really had to step it up a notch and land in some perfect laps, if I didn't, I kissed that sweet grid position goodbye.

NeverWinter · 16 Jan 2019 at 08:46

For me it isn't so much the R/Q difficulty - it's the fact the practice session times get a lot more difficult to beat.

singularity · 12 Mar 2019 at 17:28

Heads up, this is free to play on steam for a couple of days and heavily discounted.

CaptainRAVE · 28 Mar 2019 at 16:38

Oh, F1 2019 is out in June this year. Earliest ever. I guess that means they won’t have changed much, but at least it makes the game more relevant.

agnes · 28 Mar 2019 at 17:06

I've been dabbling in this on and off, one change I made which made a huge difference for me (playing on controller) is manual gears. My times and laps are MUCH cleaner and way more consistent. Anyone else playing with the controller, I'd strongly suggest the same, it allows you control over gear for the corner making turning a lot more consistent

markoboyo11 · 28 Mar 2019 at 18:43

CaptainRAVE said:
Oh, F1 2019 is out in June this year. Earliest ever. I guess that means they won’t have changed much, but at least it makes the game more relevant.

F2 cars this year.....its a start.

Glad I held off on 2018 now, was tempted more than a few times.

CaptainRAVE · 28 Mar 2019 at 19:17

markoboyo11 said:
F2 cars this year.....its a start.

Glad I held off on 2018 now, was tempted more than a few times.

Generally worth skipping a year I find. Well up for some F2.

markoboyo11 · 28 Mar 2019 at 19:39

CaptainRAVE said:
Generally worth skipping a year I find. Well up for some F2.

Yeh that was always my intention but I played the free weekend of 2018 and it felt really good. Ffb is superb now.
So roll on the end of jun, hope they do a career that goes from f3.

XeNoNF50 · 29 Mar 2019 at 08:42

CaptainRAVE said:
Oh, F1 2019 is out in June this year. Earliest ever. I guess that means they won’t have changed much, but at least it makes the game more relevant.

Wow that's insanely early. F1 2018 was great so not "too" bothered if much hasn't changed

CaptainRAVE · 29 Mar 2019 at 09:01

XeNoNF50 said:
Wow that's insanely early. F1 2018 was great so not "too" bothered if much hasn't changed

Really early. I was tempted by F1 2018, but I may as well wait now.

balanceballs · 5 Apr 2019 at 23:14

agnes said:
I've been dabbling in this on and off, one change I made which made a huge difference for me (playing on controller) is manual gears. My times and laps are MUCH cleaner and way more consistent. Anyone else playing with the controller, I'd strongly suggest the same, it allows you control over gear for the corner making turning a lot more consistent

I struggled with manual gears on a controller due to the amount of gear changes needed in quick succession but might try it again