F1 2010 Video Game

thegoth

I know this may not be the correct place to put this, but is anyone planning to get F1 2010 Video game. I have Sept 24th booked off work to play it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6hcF8YweQI

Grim.

def will be picking this up the only bad thing i can see in that video seems to be the handling but other than that it looks great rain effect is beautiful

lord lucan

I'm not much of a gamer,mainly football games like FIFA,but i'll be definitely getting this for my Xbox 360,looks fantastic!:)

thegoth

The handling looks a bit patchy but its not the final build. I'm sure they will have it sorted . They have Anthony Davidson on boards as a consultant and he has worked alot with the car handling

manutd4life

Cannot wait for this game. Been waiting for 4 years for a new F1 game and this one looks the best yet

vincenzolorenzo

Is there going to be a PC version or just console?

lord lucan

vincenzolorenzo wrote: »

Is there going to be a PC version or just console?

PC version coming out too.:)

johnnysmack

il be getting this too, been waiting long enough, but the rain didnt look great to me. looked a bit arcadey in places too which isnt good.

G-Money

I will be getting this too, it's been too long since the last F1 game came out for the PS3 (F1 Championship Edition 2006 I think) and while it's a good game, it's out of date now and it doesn't have Spa as one of the circuits.

The new game looks decent enough but I hope the engines sound better in the finished game than they did in the preview. That was one of my gripes about F1 championship edition, the engines of the cars didn't sound great and I'd thought that would have been one of the easiest things to get right.

EvilMonkey

They passed 2 cars in one lap, not realistic at all!

thegoth

Looks like alot of driving aids are on in this clip. Try it with no TC, ABS, stability control id its too easy

hotwhiskey

I found out today that there is no marshals, no safety car and it also seems the red flag has been done away with. This is worrying as Codemasters have said this is the most realistic F1 game ever.

Can anyone find out if there is a system link for this game which would be nice, as online only supports 12 cars.

amacachi

Which console will people be ordering on? Be cool to have the odd race amongst ourselves. Much prefer the 360 myself.

johnnysmack

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I am going to order it on 360 purely because live is so good, ficus is ordering it on 360. I am guessing thegoth is going to order it on the 360 as I know he has a 360

Will i be the only one on PS3?

frostie500

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I am going to order it on 360 purely because live is so good, ficus is ordering it on 360. I am guessing thegoth is going to order it on the 360 as I know he has a 360

360 for me as well

lord lucan

I'll be 360 too.:)

amacachi

Damn you all, I've no choice but to buy it now. :pac:

Grim.

either the pc or 360 here

lord lucan

LIGHTNING wrote: »

When it comes out we should organise a Boards.ie Motorsport forum race. Somewhere nice and easy like Monza and have a full face.

I'm taking Schumi first so. I'll run yiz all into concrete pit walls!:pac:

thegoth

LIGHTNING wrote: »

When it comes out we should organise a Boards.ie Motorsport forum race. Somewhere nice and easy like Monza and have a full face.

Excellent idea. Count me in

thegoth

Yes 360 for me.

frostie500

Saw this video online for the new game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7R0k_PjrQs

Dampsquid

Don't know much about online play, but if i get it on the PC can i race against someone on the xbox or ps3?

-gilly-09-

Ps3 all the way cannot wait.:D:D

EvilMonkey

Interview with Anthony Davidson about the game from Autosport.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZeGbQ0fojo

Namabillion

Can't wait for this to come out. I'll be getting it for 360.

Dcully

PC version all the way for me, already tonnes of simracing communities planning private leagues ie guaranteed clean racing plus it will look better on pc too.

My young lad wants it too so ill grab him the 360 version.

You can preorder it on steam now for 40 euros.


Just to add the following i copied from the iracing members forum where one of the guys reported about his review code of the game [PC version]

Hey chaps

I picked up my F1 2010 review code (PC) on Friday, and sunk about 5 hours into it yesterday. I can't go into too much detail for risk of breaking the embargo, but I can make a few general points:

1.) Eye watering visuals. Without doubt the sexiest racing game I've ever seen. I'm running all settings maxed, 1920 x 1080 with 4XAA, on my i5@3.8GHz, GTX 470 and 8GB DDR3, and it run super smoothly. The rain effects are sublime, but the real star of the show are the tracks. There's just so much stuff in the background that I'm often distracted by the view.

2.) Handling is not as hardcore as iRacing. While the cars have a propensity to spin if you apply too much gas coming out of a corner, they don't appear to mind if you drive them across the grass at 150km/h. I've lost count of the number of times I've cut a corner, with hardly any slowdown as a result. The force feedback also isn't quite as lovely as iRacing - it is good, but iRacing's bumps and steering feel more realistic.

3.) Car damage is quite forgiving. At times it feels almost like bumper cars - I'll often make contact with other vehicles, rubbing tires, with no penalty. I've got damage cranked to full, and full race penalties enabled. I'm more often given a penalty by the stewards than seeing any physical damage.

4.) The sound engine is superb. The screaming whine of the F1 engines are captured beautifully, as is the trackside ambiance.

5.) The AI is brutally hard. I've set it to amateur, and have come last in every race so far. It's quite strange - while the handling seems easy when set to full real, the AI is still hard when set to its most basic.

6.) Overall the game is fantastic fun. While hardcore simmers may dislike the ability to drive over grass and bump and grind with other cars, most racers will love the way the game makes you feel like an F1 driver, piloting a rocket ship on wheels.

I can't say too much more, but I thought it'd be best to get people's expectations in line with the final product. The game is 95% there as a hardcore sim - it just needs the off-road and contact behaviour to be tweaked to make it perfect for iRacing fans. Hopefully this will be moddable by the community, or perhaps Codies could be persuaded to release a "Hardcore mode" as DLC that is much more punishing in this regard.

Enough talk from me - got to write for the rest of today so I can play more tonight.

Dcully

No problem Lightning.

Ill update as he updates, hes just answered a few questions from some members.

Does it have that "riding on a beachball effect" that we had in NFS Shift and other arcade racers or does the car feel it actually has 4 tires?
Feels very precise and glued to the road - like a real F1 I'd guess. Can oversteer with too much RPM on corner exit though.

How is the handling on a wet track?
Much more slippery than dry.

Are any bumps simulated or are the tracks smooth?
Yep, lots of little bumps - seems to vary by track as well.

Does the AI defend properly and overtake as well?
Hard to tell only 5 hours in - seems a little... accommodating? i.e. gets out of the way for me? Note that I'm playing on Amateur AI, so I'd assume Pro AI is entirely different.

in the graphics options do they have settings for triple screens?
Not that I can see, but it may not show up unless you've got three screens.

I'm not sure if I'll get this on pc or PS3
If you've got a gutsy PC it'll be far better than PS3.

Dcully

Just watched Lewis Hamilton cut the chicane whilst playing against his bro and Jake Humphries on BBC 1 F1 coverage.
I hope there is a penalty system for online play.

Grim.

Dcully wrote: »

Just watched Lewis Hamilton cut the chicane whilst playing against his bro and Jake Humphries on BBC 1 F1 coverage.
I hope there is a penalty system for online play.

still playing iracing cully? just resubed the other day forgot how good and difficult it is

naughto

ill be picking this up as well cant wait 4 it

Dcully

Grim. wrote: »

still playing iracing cully? just resubed the other day forgot how good and difficult it is

Yeah still subbed mate, dont race too much as i simply dont have the time needed to be competitive.
Raced in the 24 hour de fun a while back and actually lined up beside Marcos Ambrose in the V8s, watched his replays and fcuk me the guy is silky smooth.
Also had a Nascar truck practice session which included AJ Allmendinger.
Tis an incredible sim.

Back to this F1 game, someone asked the guy with review code about what i mentioned earlier when Hamilton was playing with his bro , his reply was

The game will usually dish out a penalty if you cut too severely.

Lads any questions yas want me to ask him feel free to post them here, ive pmed him and he says he will answer what he can.

Having played large amounts of time playing GTR2,rfactor online its a bit of pain where some guys have some uber-setup and they just vanish into the horizon

I agree and i like the idea of not swamping the user down with setups.
What i will say is in iracing ive always used setups the fast guys post on forums and find one that suits my style but im still nowhere near as fast as the top sim racers like Gregor Huttu,Richard Towler,Brad Davies etc.
Some series have fixed setups and the fast guys are always the pick of the bunch.
Thankfully iracing grades everyone and has many different leagues for different skilll levels.
Thats also what i like about iracing , the cream will always rise to the top but the negative to this is casual guys like myself that suck at setups will always have a huge disadvantage.
Looks like Codemasters listened to the sim communities out there.

johnnysmack

Dcully, will fuel there be fuel management like real life or simply drive flat out the entire race?

Perhaps fuel management on the harder levels maybe, that would make things really interesting!

Dcully

Johnnysmack ill wait a while to see if i get more questions before i put them to the guy, dont want to bombard him with many pm`s.

Ill take a stab at answering, im pretty sure it will have fuel management, id imagine if it wasnt featured we would have hear about it from the simracing community atleast.
Your probably correct about it in harder levels, if its anything like other simsit will have an on/off feature or time scaled.

johnnysmack

Thanks, be class if it did.

And not to derail the thread but what are these sim racing communities and how do i get involved!!

Is it all PC based?

Paddy@CIRL

I got to play an advanced copy of this briefly last week (also WRC & GT5)

I was a little apprehensive of it, thinking it was going to be GRID with F1 cars so I cranked all the difficulty levels up, assists off, heavy rain and Spa Francorchamp. I don't think I even made it around for one lap. The visuals and sounds were amazing and the handling was that right balance of sim / arcade.

My only concern was the level of damage which I'm hoping they'll address in a future update.

I will be buying on release day for sure !

PJTierney

Here's hoping the online connection isn't as 'Open NAT type' demanding as Halo 3, as I really want to race against people

Dcully

Im being told multiplayer will have AI option.
Fuel management is included.

smooch71

johnnysmack wrote: »

Will i be the only one on PS3?

Nope

Coz I will be too

Beekay

I'm on Ps3 aswell.

Uriel.

PS3 for me also. Preordered and all. Can't wait!

BFassassin

Just pre-ordered with gamesnash.ie for the xbox version.
My xbox should be back from its trip to germany by that stage with any luck

G-Money

PS3 here too. Game pre-ordered today.

smooch71

BFassassin wrote: »

Just pre-ordered with gamesnash.ie for the xbox version.
My xbox should be back from its trip to germany by that stage with any luck

Hope it enjoyed itself

lord lucan

Any recommendations from Xbox owners for a Steering Wheel controller?

manutd4life

lord lucan wrote: »

Any recommendations from Xbox owners for a Steering Wheel controller?

Yeah I'm looking for the same thing. Where can I get a good steering wheel and pedals for an xbox?

naughto

what price will tis retail at

its at 52 euro on gamenash(did not know of them untill bf assin posted thanks man)


just ordered it there the free delivery on the day of releaseis to good to turn down

Dcully

You could get the cheapo official 360 wheel but its not great tbh.
The only other option and the best option imo is the Fanatec wheel that supports pc,360 and ps3.
Its expensive but the best of whats available for 360 by a long way.

Look for the 911 turbo S wheel here http://www.fanatec.de/ , its the only 360 compatible one, the rest are PC and some PS3.
Ill be using a G25 for my pc, pity its not 360 compatible for you lads as they are about half the price of the fanatec and of similar quality.
As a long time simracer i cant recommend a wheel enough.
If your unwillling to opt for that fanatec wheel id certainly have get the 360 wheel and use ahead of a pad anytime.
Turning off all aids and using a wheel and pedal setup transforms racings sims.

G-Money

Don't you need a fancy seat to play with this too? I imagine using a wheel on your lap and pedals on the floor when you're sitting on the couch to be a bit uncomfortable.

amacachi

I may just give this a miss, could barely afford it and would need the wheel which I definitely couldn't afford.

amacachi

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Ah you wont need a wheel, and its only 31 sterling on zavii.com. Join us!

Fine! :pac: