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

What version of F1 2010 did you purchase

  • Steam / Digital Copy

    Votes: 225 57.8%

  • Retail Boxed Copy

    Votes: 164 42.2%
  • Total voters
    389
sunama said:
I must be a little dumb then. Because 3 laps, equates to roughly 5 minutes. There is absolutely no way in hell that I can drive quickly on a track I have only driven on for 5 minutes. Driving in a proper simulator will make no difference.

Sometimes it takes me 30-60 minutes to learn the direction of where the next corner will be turning and roughly where to brake. Sometimes it takes me even longer.

I think there are some people playing this game with great memories. I only wish I had their powers of memory.
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Everyone does indeed have their own way of remembering the track. My problem is, I'm not that consistent. I can be the fastest in Practice by about 5 secs over the likes of Hamilton, etc. But then come Qualifying I can be 2 secs off the pace of the current Pole sitter. But then suddenly, I'll do one amazingly fast lap that I have to wonder how I did it in the first place. And no matter what I try, I cannot better it or even match it again. The same rule also applies when being in the Race proper.

So really, it's down to the individual and how confident they feel after going round the track a few times. I do find myself testing the track to know where the corners are, when to break early or late, how much of the corner I can cut before I get told off for it. If I was to pick my fave track of F1 2010 so far, it's a fight between Montreal and Spa. Worst track so far is Monaco. I remember playing that track when I had F1 2001, I believe, and it was so much easier back then lol.
 
Since Korea was only track i did not know in the game it took me around a qualifying session online to learn the basic racing line and what kerbs are not cutable, took me 3 laps back to back to learn the limits in TT mode and on my 5th lap i set a time which put me 2nd on the leaderboard but the person who is on top is about 3 secs clear of me so i think he cheated abit.
 
Mr.Fantastic said:
Since Korea was only track i did not know in the game it took me around a qualifying session online to learn the basic racing line and what kerbs are not cutable, took me 3 laps back to back to learn the limits in TT mode and on my 5th lap i set a time which put me 2nd on the leaderboard but the person who is on top is about 3 secs clear of me so i think he cheated abit.
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right, so someone beat you and they cheated? :confused:

maybe he did more than 3 laps learning it? ;)
 
Overlag said:
right, so someone beat you and they cheated? :confused:

maybe he did more than 3 laps learning it? ;)
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A 33 is a good laptime on Korea, maybe a high 32. The top of the leaderboard is on a 1:30, a completely illegal laptime without cutting or cheating, through modding grip levels or whatever. You really can't help talking about things in a condescending way when you don't have a clue what you're talking about, can you?
 
But is it not within the realms of possibility that after 100 or so laps, mr fantastic wont be another 1-2s faster, per lap?

I know that in my case, it takes me at least 100-200 laps before I reach anywhere close to my ceiling, with regards to lap time.

In my case, after 5 minutes circulating on a track, I barely know which direction the next corner will be going in. So, to expect to be close to your ultimate lap time after 3 laps is pushing it a little bit too far. I doubt that even the current crop of top drivers would be able to say that their ultimate lap time can be attained within 3-5 laps.
 
Well i have been driving sim games for about 5 years, 2/3 years of that was driving in an endurance league which included 12/24 hour races, i clocked 157,816 miles to my name on just one game alone so i can say i know how to find the limit on some tracks faster then others.

Look at my time for Suzuka 1.28.0.... 8 tenths down on the time deko done in the TT thread so i do struggle on track which i don't like.
 
Can someone tell me why when i do a flashback does it flash me back to just after i've invalidated a lap and not before?

Also how come on some online laps you are able to cut corners and on others merely touching the blue band get's you a penalty :(

Why is your next lap also invalidated in time trials as well ? Come on time trials are just for fun :(


Also my times are still about 25 seconds behind the rest in online games :(

All of this combined is making me put down the controller.
 
after the race has finished :(

I thought it would rank you and place you with the same level of player but after 20 or so online races I see that it doesn't :(
 
jas72 said:
after the race has finished :(

I thought it would rank you and place you with the same level of player but after 20 or so online races I see that it doesn't :(
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You are probably driving against faster/experienced drivers. Like with anything in life, practise makes perfect and if you don't already have a steering wheel, get one...that should improve your lap times.
 
Longbow said:
Punctures seem to be so unrealistic, got on in qualifying, and then again in the race, twice. I wasn't doing any heavy curb riding.
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There is a mod for 40 flashbacks i use that so when I get a puncture I go back and you don't get it again, as said they are totally unrealistic had one went into pit came out and got another instantly so this why i use the flashback mod now.
 
*Scoff*, driver aids....

I should grow up. Sorry.

Now that's done with, I just thought I'd pop in to say how great this game is, mainly online. The sooner the single player bugs are sorted the better though, I have only played single player twice since I got it as it's so darn frustrating. Bring on the patch!
 
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