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
Nieldo said:
Glad I did not buy this, knew it would turn out like this just like Operation Flashpoint: DR. All hype, fancy graphics and promises of a good game. Codemasters just don't deliver.
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what a ridiculous comment to make, how the hell do you know anything about the game if you don't own it.

the game plays fantastically well for me and the patch is great, the rain 'tweak' works great for me too, all good here.
 
Nieldo said:
Glad I did not buy this, knew it would turn out like this just like Operation Flashpoint: DR. All hype, fancy graphics and promises of a good game. Codemasters just don't deliver.
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It is a good game if you're looking for a fun F1 game. Some niggles still, yes but i'm getting more than enough enjoyment to look past them (well, until the stutter today, i'm not sure if that's the game or something else with my PC atm)

It's not a sim and it was never going to be a sim but other than that the only problem is the polish. It wasn't quite ready for release and I think they know that but they had to get it out before season end.

They can't operate like FIFA and release at the start of the season though for a variety of reasons, if they could though, I think releasing this as F1 2011 at the start of the next season would have been the developers preferred option.
 
Ok, I've added the line of code for the puddles fix in to the proper xml file but the game is only playable in DX9 mode. If I force DX11 I get shocking frame rates, it stutters and is generally unplayable.

HOWEVER !! I seen that some people who have dual core cpu's (like myself) have been changing the workermap2core.xml as well. So I tried this and would you believe it, IT WORKED ! solid 30fps (which is pretty good for me) in full wet conditions, massive spray in front of me and it never skips a beat ... in DX11 no less :D

BACKUP ALL FILES YOU PLAN TO CHANGE

So for those of us with dual core cpus give this a try ... Firstly do this from CM
http://community.codemasters.com/forum/f1-2010-game-1316/443349-fix-puddle-disappearing.html

Then go to your main install folder ...\F1 2010\system In here are the workermap files. Go to the one which is named "workermap2core" open with wordpad. scroll to the bottom of the file to this part ...

<workerSet name="trackinfo" jobpoolsize="1024">
<worker name="core_1_below_normal" />
<worker name="core_1_normal" />
</workerSet>
</workerMap>

Change <worker name="core_1_normal" />

to <worker name="core_0_normal" />

now looks like this ...

<workerSet name="trackinfo" jobpoolsize="1024">
<worker name="core_1_below_normal" />
<worker name="core_0_normal" />
</workerSet>
</workerMap>

save the file.

Enable DX11 in the hardware setting folder and hopefully your problems should be gone ... hopefully
 
Right I just encountered a horrible problem post patch. I was running a GP in Spa 30% and when I was on Lap 11 the game started to freezes for like 1 second and then resume only that it was like the display on screen stopped but the game kept running in the background so when it resumed I'd be carrying on at corners etc. The issue would happen about 3 times during a lap!!!

Why is this game so broken!!!!???
 
.one. said:
Because he has read all the comments on here and on code masters forum how else do you think ? your comment is more ridiculous.
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There are always a lot more negative comments on forums, people will naturally post and complain if something is going wrong, hardly anybody will post saying "yeah everythings working smoothly". The codemasters forum is hardly full of mature level headed people, it's full of kids moaning constantly. Judging a game just on comments from a forum is ridiculous, his comment is right.
 
Larrs888 said:
Right I just encountered a horrible problem post patch. I was running a GP in Spa 30% and when I was on Lap 11 the game started to freezes for like 1 second and then resume only that it was like the display on screen stopped but the game kept running in the background so when it resumed I'd be carrying on at corners etc. The issue would happen about 3 times during a lap!!!

Why is this game so broken!!!!???
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That's what started happening to me, about lap 10/16 of Monaco in my case.

Looks like it's some post patch related issue then. Quite possibly to do with the modifications to saving replays on PC?

As you say it's annoying, it stutters but carries on playing so if it does it in a corner it completely screws you up.
 
deko said:
There are always a lot more negative comments on forums, people will naturally post and complain if something is going wrong, hardly anybody will post saying "yeah everythings working smoothly". The codemasters forum is hardly full of mature level headed people, it's full of kids moaning constantly. Judging a game just on comments from a forum is ridiculous, his comment is right.
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Think I'll have to agree with this. I've done my fair share of moaning as well but shouldn't let you put anyone off trying the game for themselves..

Actually, its a good game. Just released too soon.

I've now applied most of the dev and mod fixes etc and finally this game is running just about right. I was getting better fps before the patch and all fixes but its not unplayable..

There are also some really good high res mods coming out that don't appear to affect fps but remove the low res PS3 type car textures and a very good light mod that removes the stupid lens bloom etc...

Worth looking into, as is the modded cockpit veiw...

Least the wet weather is working again, Spa race in extreme wet was amazing, couldn't see a thing and had to move out the car spray to let me focus on the track.
 
deko said:
There are always a lot more negative comments on forums, people will naturally post and complain if something is going wrong, hardly anybody will post saying "yeah everythings working smoothly". The codemasters forum is hardly full of mature level headed people, it's full of kids moaning constantly. Judging a game just on comments from a forum is ridiculous, his comment is right.
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Too true.
 
Aside from the plethora of issues with this game I'm starting to have some fun with it. I admit I suck at these type of racing games so I knocked the difficulty down to medium from expert and now I'm starting to have some fun and I can actually win races.

I started the career last night and a had to laugh at the AI when racing in round 2 at Melbourne. It was a wet race so no need to change tyres, I was running in 7th with 2 laps from the finish in my wonderfull Lotus when 4 of the top 5 front runners went into the pits lol.

I was so surprised I actually spun off!
 
F1 2010 obviously has it faults but I reckon its a really decent stab at an F1 game and lets face it its the only show in town as far as F1 goes these days anyway, the Grand Prix series was great but sadly it looks like thats never going to be resurrected so this is what we've got and while I think I would have been disappointed if I had this on the Xbox at least on the PC we know there is going to be a dedicated community of modders to improved and develop the game long after Codemasters stop patching it!
 
The mod community have already come out with some really high quality skins for the cars. And lighting mods really make the game look pretty, well certainly prettier than the sepia tone CM used :) I've also got a tyre skin which looks quality when the tyres start to blister.
 
at the end of the day it's the first F1 game on the pc for ages and as such can do no wrong for me as I dont have a console.

It was released early, but I'm glad, it was a lot better than nothing, just don't get anal about it, it's only a game after all.

No pc driving games will ever be able to get anywhere near simulation.
 
The AI is still crap, they don't maintain an even pace. One minute they're massively faster in one section of the track and then in others they are stupidly slow an cause you to run into the back of them. Then you get a penalty and they turbo off into the distance.
 
barmyllama said:
The AI is still crap, they don't maintain an even pace. One minute they're massively faster in one section of the track and then in others they are stupidly slow an cause you to run into the back of them. Then you get a penalty and they turbo off into the distance.
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Maybe you're the one who can't drive consistently and are massively faster/slower in certain sections than you should be? :p
 
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