***Official Formula One 2011 Thread***

[CaptainRAVE]

Some great positives there - they have FINALLY added a spectate type mode and great to read that the AI are affected by tyres, fuel etc.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

May I ask why in the "Active Users" list at the bottom of the forum you have a + next to your name?

Because you are one of my friends and vice versa

Agreed though, if they can iron out those negatives it could well be very good - and definitely what 2010 should have been.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

F1 2011 PC £17.99 at play.com as of right now....

An excellent price

Links are fine in this case.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Safety car video

Also loving the pitstop info to the right of the screen.

Also a new video:

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Just pre-ordered need a co-op partner now

You gave in too

 

[CaptainRAVE]

And a pc version

http://community.codemasters.com/fo...on-1403/470985-f1-2011-pc-my-impressions.html


Pc is guarenteed to look better shadow boxer.

KERS and DRS sound like a lot of fun! Going to be a very busy lap though with all that to think about too.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Just a reminder, F1 2011 for £17.99 or £17.86

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I'm going to pre-order after winning a bet

 

[CaptainRAVE]

£26.99 steam,£17.99 retail,cant really say no to £17.99 can we.

Nope, £17 is the price of an expansion pack anyway

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Sucks that I wont be able to play for the first week

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Important for ATI people -

http://community.codemasters.com/fo...ion-profile-improves-f1-2011-performance.html

Also, dev video 4 -

 

[CaptainRAVE]

The gamespot review i0s pretty good. http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/driving/f1-2011/review.html?tag=tabs;reviews 8/10

The rest can be found archived at http://community.codemasters.com/forum/f1-2011-general-discussion-1403/471085-first-reviews.html

 

[CaptainRAVE]

ooo im excited. Sounding very good!

"As in last year's game, they can sometimes move to defend too early, giving you the chance to overtake them on the outside, but this happens a lot less in F1 2011. The AI drivers are also much more consistent across all of the circuits in this year's game. You no longer find that they are too fast at some tracks or too slow at others, and they certainly don't struggle in fast corners like they did in F1 2010. "

The main criticism seems to be that it isn't very accessible to a non-F1 fan (to me this is a good thing) and some of the tracks are very bland, especially if you stop anywhere on them (well, I don't plan to be stopping and many of the F1 tracks are bland in real life too e.g Bahrain).

Quick question.

Does anyone have any news on the replay's? Are they proper real life F1 camera angles or same angles CM came up with last year?

Yes, there are proper F1 replays (I posted a link to confirmation somewhere in here) - apparently they haven't included ALL the camera locations from the tracks, but a good number of them.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

For anyone wanting MP action (have most of you added from last year!)

Steam - Captainrave

GFWL - Captainrave 2

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Good find anuraj

I agree with stoke1863, "too technical" or "not accessible to not F1 fans" is a good thing imo.

Will be interesting to see what it is like with all assists switched off. Sounds tricky with the new rules.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

If you are going to be this picky why not make your own sound mod?

Agreed, there really are some whiny people here and on the official forums.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I dont think its picky to expect the cars to sound like they do irl, especially the renault as it sounds sooo distinct

If you want it to be that realistic, go and drive a real F1 car.

The cars sound much better than they did last year and a 12 month development cycle isn't very long to get every detail like that worked out.

Most people won't even notice tbh.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

seriously its not a massive task to get the engine to sound right. There are only 4 engines. IS that how you win an argument? Go drive a real F1 car....

It is a massive task to get the blown diffusers right - not all teams do it and the teams have have implemented it have taken a variety of approaches, most of which are poorly understood (certainly more complex than your "4 engines" argument when you also factor in EBDs).

http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2011/6/12186.html

That would be a headache to implement along with everything else that has been added to 2011.

Gamers really are a fussy bunch.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I jumped on Taken first.

I don't want to make enemies so I am out of this argument.

Lets all gang up on anuraj instead

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Pre load is up on steam

Good spot! Can get it preloaded before I leave for 2 weeks tomorrow - will be all ready for my return. Also means you can all VPN unlock it for the US release.