Poll: ***Official Formula One 2010 Thread***
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It uses the same engine as Dirt 2 & Grid so if you can run those it will run, it may not look too pretty but it should run.......
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Getting so close now 
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wish it was out now. Does anyone else like the challenge of beating your own lap time? especially in practice. Drives me crazy when I can't set a personal best
It uses an 'evolved' version of the ego engine, the main addition the weather might use a bit more horsepower than previous ego games. I'm sure someone posted the spec in this post.
I think Dirt2 was generally perceived as fairly well optimised and the game ran beautifully for me at max.
I think Dirt2 was generally perceived as fairly well optimised and the game ran beautifully for me at max.
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The red bull wing wasn't flexing enough! It looks like they haven't paid attention to the correct physics of the 2010 cars!
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Helios on PC availability -
i hope everyone arent phasing out box copies of pc games now.
digital downloads suck for prices unless theres a steam offer which unless your an impulse buyer also sucks.
you can get loads of games for 1/5 what they cost on steam just because they are old and shops want to clear out stock whilst on steam etc they take up no space so theres no need to get rid of them for new stuck
digital downloads suck for prices unless theres a steam offer which unless your an impulse buyer also sucks.
you can get loads of games for 1/5 what they cost on steam just because they are old and shops want to clear out stock whilst on steam etc they take up no space so theres no need to get rid of them for new stuck
That seems to be a compromise with the retail sector in my opinion.
Codemasters know that PC sales need to switch to digital distribution as the retail sector is yielding lower and lower margins for them as time goes by.
Maybe now we will start to see lower digital distribution pricing, after all, it is the retail market throwing their toys out of the pram which is the reason why digital prices have been inflated anyway.
Seeing as of the few stores remaining who do still sell PC games, they very rarely sell "back catalogue" stock and generally sell new releases and maybe the current top 40 if your lucky along with the trillion "casual" PC games.
So, the current thinking is spot on in my opinion.
Retail sell the majority of PC releases at launch in the opening few weeks, after the initial release, they generally drop off the shelf to make way for the next "new thing".
By selling digital only, the retail sector will no longer have the "stranglehold" over pricing which they have had for soo long while at the same time, for the time being, allowing those who who would rather have the more "traditional" case and disc or limited internet connection the ability to do so untill intial stocks are depleted.
The Steam pricing for F1 2010 (£26.99) pre order (£29.99 RRP) is more than fair in my opinion seeing as Codemasters have sold previous "New Releases" for the FULL RRP £35 mark and MAYBE the lower pricing may just have something to do with them "releasing the shackles" from the UK retail sector, which is mainly Gameplay (GB) Ltd who have (I am assuming) been the ones throwing the spanner in the works of Digital Distribution by likely refusing to sell certain other products from the same publisher on more profitable platforms were they to try and make digital distribution competitive.
Point to note, the RRP of the game is £34.99 yet both Steam and Game.co.uk have it listed for digital download at £29.99.
This has been a change in the PC market which has been on the cards for a while, it will happen with the console market too, just as allways, the consoles will be soo many years behind.
Codemasters know that PC sales need to switch to digital distribution as the retail sector is yielding lower and lower margins for them as time goes by.
Maybe now we will start to see lower digital distribution pricing, after all, it is the retail market throwing their toys out of the pram which is the reason why digital prices have been inflated anyway.
Seeing as of the few stores remaining who do still sell PC games, they very rarely sell "back catalogue" stock and generally sell new releases and maybe the current top 40 if your lucky along with the trillion "casual" PC games.
So, the current thinking is spot on in my opinion.
Retail sell the majority of PC releases at launch in the opening few weeks, after the initial release, they generally drop off the shelf to make way for the next "new thing".
By selling digital only, the retail sector will no longer have the "stranglehold" over pricing which they have had for soo long while at the same time, for the time being, allowing those who who would rather have the more "traditional" case and disc or limited internet connection the ability to do so untill intial stocks are depleted.
The Steam pricing for F1 2010 (£26.99) pre order (£29.99 RRP) is more than fair in my opinion seeing as Codemasters have sold previous "New Releases" for the FULL RRP £35 mark and MAYBE the lower pricing may just have something to do with them "releasing the shackles" from the UK retail sector, which is mainly Gameplay (GB) Ltd who have (I am assuming) been the ones throwing the spanner in the works of Digital Distribution by likely refusing to sell certain other products from the same publisher on more profitable platforms were they to try and make digital distribution competitive.
Point to note, the RRP of the game is £34.99 yet both Steam and Game.co.uk have it listed for digital download at £29.99.
This has been a change in the PC market which has been on the cards for a while, it will happen with the console market too, just as allways, the consoles will be soo many years behind.
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But I preordered a boxed copy for 18 quid! There's no way I'd pay 9 quid more for a digital version! Personally think anyone that would has more money than sense
Steam is convenient but until they can match the prices of retailers I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole personally - certainly not for a new release at least
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Few exceptions to the rule don't really mean much in the big picture. Most digital game pre-orders are still priced using RRP. Which is why I just don't buy any new games digitally. At least with retail copies I can order my copy from say UK and get a fair price. With Steam the F1 pre-order is £26.99, $35.99 or €40.49. I can either pay over 40 euros for a digital copy or pay around 20 euros for a retail copy. If F1 2010 didn't have pre-order bonus and was fully priced title in Steam like most games still are, the difference in price would be even more than 100% in favour of retail. There has always been few odd games in Steam to have 10% off if you pre-order but the price has still always been much higher than a retail copy and I don't think that will change anytime soon.
I hate digital copy pricing and this move with F1 2010 quickly disappearing from retail is a huge loss for €uro gamers.
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Question, I know the weather can change in races, like spa etc. Can you select weather to remain static? As in a wet race start to finish, and if so, can you select, let's say, bahrain to being a wet race too ?
?But I preordered a boxed copy for 18 quid! There's no way I'd pay 9 quid more for a digital version! Personally think anyone that would has more money than sense
Now publishers are releasing themselves from the constraints of "Retail" publishing, I am certain that prices for digital distribution will fall.
I think publishers may well try it on initially but once they realise what is what and the distribution model evolves as remember, this is all still relatively new for them in the mainstream sense, prices will fall.
I do not think they will fall as low as what the etailers sell for as etailers seem to be undercutting everyone for everything although they do work on the principal of stack high, sell quick theory which enables them to sell at a much reduced profit.
Out of interest, where did you pre-order from? Looking around, the cheapest I can find is £22.99.
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