***Official Formula One 2011 Thread***

Have really perfected a dry setup for Kuala Lumpur now - amazing the difference the wing angles can make. Going through most corners one gear higher than I was before.
 
V F said:
This connection lost problem during a race is a disgrace. God knows how long it'll take when Codemasters fixes it.
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The main reason I am cautious about online races over 20%. It won't ever get fixed, along with the long list of other problems that have plagued the Ego engine in Dirt, Grid and F1 and have never been resolved.
 
Gimpymoo said:
So, did Codemasters learn from their previous errors?

Held off at launch having felt burned after F1 2010.
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There are bugs for sure, but it is a far superior game imo.

The tyre modelling, DRS, KERS and the new handling model all make it one hell of an exciting racing game. Just wish I had more time to play it!
 
Haven't played much more of this, certainly not online.

Might come back to it in a little while and will continue with the coop season, but got tired of people shouting "no assists" all the time, especially after I found out that most of the top drivers use engine braking to get the top times :rolleyes:. Imo that is equal to, if not worse than using the assists tbh.
 
V F said:
Who was shouting... having a rational conversation is shouting now?...
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Lots of people have been getting very worked up about it. Didn't mention you?

peterattheboro said:
Engine braking is worse than using assists? What???
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Ok then, just as bad. It is about as realistic given the extremes that some people do it - do this in real life and your engine will go pop.
 
All I use is traction control, I actually like having ABS off :p - I only have a cheap wheel, so the throttle pedal isn't amazingly sensitive.

Our races have usually been reduced rules (since full rules in 2011 are very, very bugged), ABS off, but everything else allowed.

Engines can certainly blow, but nowhere near has easily as they should do.
 
Spils said:
lol say what ? to be honest 1/1 11/11 11/11 is worse than anything in f1 even being rammed in the back by a lapped driver, but hey theres plenty out there using it.
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Fair point, 11/11 is worse than anything right now.

Amleto said:
why is engine braking faster than actual braking?
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Username Mike said:
How exactly are people using engine braking, and how is it faster?
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Not sure I can explain amazingly well, but if timed correctly (i.e. not too quickly to simply lock all your wheels) then you can just bounce down the rev limiter of each gear - in practise this is much quicker than only using the brake pedal. Some users here have it hugely perfected and it can knock a good second of your best time. In real life engine braking like this would be nowhere near as effective, plus your engine would blow up - imagine changing from 5th on the motorway to 1st/2nd within a couple of seconds!

There are some good examples in videos posted in the time trial thread.

Edit: I did say I was going to be on tonight, but have realised I need to pick up the gf from uni at 8 :( - I might drive back F1 style though, so who knows :p
 
Mr.Fantastic said:
Well it's just come second nature to me because i drive a lot in a sim game (LFS, lets just say i have clocked up 163395 Miles driving online) so it's just something i have pick up over time so i really doubt that it's an exploit just because some people haven't managed to pick up how do it well enough to use it to there advantage.
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Absolutely not having a go mate :) - just personally not a fan of it.
 
Spils said:
Sorry I'm not being rude but that's how it works in real life, using the brake alone, is slow
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Difference is that people who do this mostly use the gears, rather than the brake. (listen to the difference on board an F1 car vs videos of people doing this - slightly different sounds obviously, but you get the idea).

On the same level as TC imo, but it annoys me when people then complain about TC!

Anyways, don't have a huge point to make :p

Also, I in no way want to ditract away from how quick some of these guys are - even if you account for the time saved in the braking zones, these guys are still as quick as those of us with assists on.
 
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