Poll: ***Official Formula One 2010 Thread***

[Combat Fighter]

It isn't all about graphics

Well when you spends loads on your setup and graphics card especially I was hoping I'd get something that would utilise that power. Like I said before my pc from 5 years ago could run this bag of carp. Dirt2 looks way better. I just hope Dirt3 will not disappoint.

 

[mmj_uk]

Just did a race in Spa the engineer said that most of the race will be wet and I should use intermediates, so I get to the grid and it's dry and everyone else is on slicks?

 

[eekfek]

Proper FOV corrections (for both single-triple monitor set-ups (with a great video too)

Most players should use a FOV of about 23o for the most realism, the problem is that then you can't even see the front tyres (unless using multi-monitors). So I find that 50o is the best compromise. (The higher fov of the game makes us perceive speed and depth incorrectly - things are too far away and too fast. But it also means we don't get enough feeling of sped/bumpiness - we do with the smaller FOV)

This si why multiple monitors can be important for realistic views/speed. To calculate the most realistic FOV, use trig/Pythagoras and if you need help Google.

Camera mods

For those who agree the cockpit view is rubbish. (in the wrong place), use this bad boy. (also has a tv-cam style T-cam).

Hopefully someone will mod these physics soon so the game doesn't have such terrible handling/physics. (and the DIRE ffb )

so the download game me a small 'camera' xml file and I gather I place into F1 2020/cars folder but which one ? they all contain a file .. hungover so not totally with it this moonin.. thanks in adv..


**edit* each folder is for each car manufacturer!! doh !! ...

 

[Deific]

GTR from 2005

F1 2010 five years on

I cant' see your point really.

Grid, 2 and a half years ago DX9

 

[Kenai]

Hotlink fail, host it yourself.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Grid F3 max settings 1080p....etc

 

[rjk]

was having massive issues this morning

my graphics are all set to ultra
vsync on

900MHz GTX 480 [forceware 257.21]
i7 970 @ 4.2GHz

so expecting a lot from my system.

go to qualifying

the framerate sits at 30-40 fps and feels clunky

then i return to the garage, change my tyres and return to the track

framerate sits at 60 fps and looks incredible

then all of a sudden it goes back down to 30 fps

updated to the latest drivers to see if i could get the game running at 60fps constantly

no luck.

got mad

stopped playing the game

then realised i was folding on my GPU and thats why performance was terrible...

 

[TaKeN]

LOLOLOLOL Folding

 

[Slam62]

to my eyes F1 2010 is a lot sharper.

for what its worth, I think it's brilliant, I am rubbish at driving though, perhaps you driving anoraks should just go back to rfactor.

 

[AWPC]

GFWL Connections Errors

Are caused by the setup on your PC/Router/Firewall:

You need to have certain ports open for GFWL. Just go here & follow the MS guide to get your GFWL working properly.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977709

If its something else look here as they have plenty of help online as well as support staff:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/Support/Pages/default.aspx

GFWL is very easy to setup but unless you have the ports opened & the game is allowed through your firewall/router that's why you get disconnected.

 

[SPARC]

rjkoneill: Cures cancer while playing games.

 

[petriodet]

arggh damn game i completed bahrain last night turned it on this morning "saved data corrupt" *#!!? what the hell?
thanks game i have to spend another hour or so going bahrain again.

 

[Jono8]

What the hell is wrong with the graphics?? What were people expecting?

It looks better than Grid in my opinion (the above screenshots someone posted of grid proves that)

People never seem happy. I thought Grid was a "Bloomy" mess

 

[Jono8]

if you're in sector 3, it voids the next lap as well

Oh. Well just dont make mistakes

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Damn stupid punctures....

 

[iamtheoneneo]

graphics are reasonablly nice if not amazing, but some of the gameplay is shocking the ai have literally zero awareness of you on the track - you try and overtake and they will just ram into you lmao, yeh thats mega realistic not......that one bug ruins the game for me. its like the core of f1!

 

[barmyllama]

Damn stupid punctures....

Played for 3 hours so far and no punctures.

 

[GJ02]

xbox 360 joypad deadzone

Go to your main install folder > action map

Inside that folder are lots of xml files, the one you want is called Windows XInput. Open that with wordpad. Near the top of the file are options for left and right steering. Set the deadzone to whatever you feel is comfortable. 0.1 = 10%

Hope that helps anyone who needs to change it.

your a star !!!

 

[rjk]

LOLOLOLOL Folding

rjkoneill: Cures cancer while playing games.

damn straight i do!

however - the difference between a horrid 30fps and a super sleek 60+fps is very very noticable

so the folding can be stopped.
and no cancer shall be cured.

Played for 3 hours so far and no punctures.

me neither, mind you i have only come off the track a few times.

or are you getting punctures on track?

 

[Bradmax57]

got to say I was a little dissapointed at first when i played it, i was playing the incockpit view and i thought it was so so, switched to the above helmet view and its so much more playable just won from 8th in a lotus at Melbourne