***Official Formula One 2012 Thread***

More arcadey? Yippee! I think this will help the races online a lot without so many damn crashes :) Must demo tonight as I want this, torchlight, borderlands 2 and I swear there was something else great coming out too but can't remember it.
 
The game is better than first impressions was and I was really disappointed in the game this morning.

The best bit about the demo is driving the McLaren at Abu Dhabi in the wet (which is more like light wet). I do understand that this is a demo and handling is not 100% yet as they have already mentioned so will still keep my pre-order at £20. I think setups will fix the understeer too but it's like playing TT which was bad in all games and I was hoping to test the tyre model but can't :(.

The worst thing about the game is the seemingly inability to spin the car, you can't even do donuts or do a 180 like last year. There is way to much traction coming out of the slow corners.

I doubled my degree of rotation from 200 to 400 and the game feels and reacts a lot better. Here is a video I did early.

 
I have a Fanatec GT3 RS V2 wheel and no matter what I tried I couldn't dial in any more sensitivity and it was just impossible to drive. For anyone else with the same wheel, the fix is simple: enable the 'override input device type' and presto the advanced wheel settings now do something!
 
I was going to look at this but my xbox wheel doesn't get force feedback with pc games so it seems. Will look at the xbox f1 game instead I guess
 
Cant get the demo started. F1 2012 logo pops up and then goes to full black screen and then it closes. As usual with the crap customer service from crapmasters they don't offer any support or fixes even though multiple people seem to be having the same problem.

The sooner these guys go under the better for the gaming world. Total joke these devs are.
 
i quite liked it. Presentation is a massive step up and the Wet graphics at Abu Dhabi look amazing.

To me it feels more arcadey its a great shame. The brakes just dont seem to dig in like they did last year in the braking zones, Also a lot of understeer.

Ill keep my pre order at £20 as i had a lot of fun with last years

should also add only played it on my 360 pad as i cant be botherd to go dig up the G27 but it feels MILES better than last year using the pad
 
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Gimpymoo said:
I am impressed that they have got rid of GFWL in favour of Steamworks matchmaking for multiplayer.
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Its only because MS have retired GFWL & do not want anyone using it anymore ;) do not let it fool you that Codemasters have put more effort into the PC they had no choice to use Steamworks there is no other option now apart from Windows 8 only Xbox LIVE for Windows.
 
AWPC said:
Its only because MS have retired GFWL & do not want anyone using it anymore ;) do not let it fool you that Codemasters have put more effort into the PC they had no choice to use Steamworks there is no other option now apart from Windows 8 only Xbox LIVE for Windows.
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Any source for this? Just in the last 4 weeks there's been 3 games released with GFWL: Iron Brigade, Dark Souls, Arkham City: GOTY. Codemasters on the other hand mentioned going from GFWL to Steamworks half a year ago.
 
Gux said:
Cant get the demo started. F1 2012 logo pops up and then goes to full black screen and then it closes. As usual with the crap customer service from crapmasters they don't offer any support or fixes even though multiple people seem to be having the same problem.

The sooner these guys go under the better for the gaming world. Total joke these devs are.
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You need to update your video drivers
 
Managed to get the game running on my other pc. Pretty disappointed at the game physics, feels to me they have taken a massive step backwards in terms of handling of the car, breaking and turning. Nothing feels connected to me, car is far to twitchy, under steers a lot and braking doesn't feel natural at all.

Sliding the car and correcting the slide also doesn't feel natural, everything is disconnected and twitchy as hell.

IMO they had the game balance & physics well established with the 2011 release. That game feels like you are the in the car and can control it much better, feels natural to drive.

IMO 2011>>2010>>>>>>2012.

Shame, if they kept the 2011 car physics and added the 2012 new and much improved audio and graphics, then game would have been a winner for me. I am using an x360 controller for all the F1 games from codemasters, don't know if it is better with a racing wheel.
 
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I hated it at first but after getting used to the handling I am starting to think its better than 2011. Just takes a bit of time.
 
I've just played the demo on the playstation and at the end of the demo a splash screen says the full game will have 10 races per season?

On a side note, the graphics on the ps3 are just as bad as last year. So no big screen racing for me and the g25 is being lugged back to the PC.
 
The graphics are pretty damn awful unfortunately. Also still the wheel goes through maclaren drivers leg, lazy lazy development from codemasters
 
Calexico said:
I've just played the demo on the playstation and at the end of the demo a splash screen says the full game will have 10 races per season?

On a side note, the graphics on the ps3 are just as bad as last year. So no big screen racing for me and the g25 is being lugged back to the PC.
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I wanted to get this but couldn't decide on which platform... This may settle it for me. Yet to play the demos...
 
Calexico said:
I've just played the demo on the playstation and at the end of the demo a splash screen says the full game will have 10 races per season?

On a side note, the graphics on the ps3 are just as bad as last year. So no big screen racing for me and the g25 is being lugged back to the PC.
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Thought that was a new quick fire 10 race season, you can race a full 20 race season just same as this years 2012 F1 season in career mode.

I downloaded the PC demo, graphically it was excellent, after a few goes at Monza I soon get use to the handling and its a very good game I felt. Much better then 2010, I had the PS3 version of 2011 then I sold it to get the PC version as the PS3 had awful graphics, appears this years 2012 is no different so I've got a pre order for a twin pack on steam..
 
Can anyone list the improvements from 2011 to 2012 on pc please. I own 2010 and 2011 and didn't really feel I got value from the annual purchase so far.
 
Pre-ordered it already, Demo for some reason i cant play in 1920x1080 @ 120hz. only 60hz, but in a res like 1440x900 it says i can use 120hz.

Hopefully its just something in the Demo and is fixed in the full version.
 
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