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I know there is a video section. But I HAD to share this here because people still might not know how amazing the 1998 F1 season is now. I promoted before but I will do it again because it deserves it.
I've driven these sims since Geoff Crammond days and I've never experienced anything as realistic as this.
Hakkinen is leading the championship and I'm chasing him with Schumacher (just like in the real 1998 season). I won Hungaroring, Monaco and Magny Cours but at Hockenheim I had no chance against McLarens but secured a podium. Winning the races really feels like winning because you have to have PERFECT race to finish first.
Before the race Hakkinen led the championship by 10 points. I pretty much had to win at Spa to keep myself in the competition. I got a pole but Hakkinen took the lead in the start (that usually happens). I was chasing him, catching him and clocked the fastest lap of the race... all looks good... I had fuel for 2 laps more (you gotta pit twice at Spa with my season settings) and then... my engine blew.
I've driven 3 full years of this 1998 championship with these cars and never before I had a engine failure. Now it happened because I was apparently abusing the car by downshifting way too aggressively.
I drive the seasons how they are and this is the results. I don't do any restarts (unless something crazy happens in the start). I pretty much lost the chance to win this season with this as now I'm 20 points behind Hakkinen and only 3 races left. But I will play it to the bitter end.
I've shouted before how amazing work Shi has done with this season. But you have no idea. The tracks, ads are super accurate and 100% trouble free. I also did the 1998 leaderboard which I'm very happy with it. I also increased the Ferrari rear wheel traction which feels amazing now, not excessive oversteery AND understeery what it was in its default form.
Just look at it. Sure there's no rain physics and the lap times are dry track lap times. But at least you get the feeling of the genuine 1998 Spa F1 rain race which was one of the craziest in F1 history.
You HAVE to try this season. It's the best ever made. This kind of stuff is why AC will probably never be replaced.
PS: I have a few forum friends who play these and we have a lot of fun sharing our season experiences. I've never been an online player but I love chasing realistic offline F1 seasons.
Sure the cars are amazingly detailed and now after a few tweaks they drive great. But we could never achieve anything close to this without @Rainmaker87 and @shi 's 1988, 1992 and 1998 track packs. They don't get enough credit, most discussion is always about cars.
I've driven these sims since Geoff Crammond days and I've never experienced anything as realistic as this.
Hakkinen is leading the championship and I'm chasing him with Schumacher (just like in the real 1998 season). I won Hungaroring, Monaco and Magny Cours but at Hockenheim I had no chance against McLarens but secured a podium. Winning the races really feels like winning because you have to have PERFECT race to finish first.
Before the race Hakkinen led the championship by 10 points. I pretty much had to win at Spa to keep myself in the competition. I got a pole but Hakkinen took the lead in the start (that usually happens). I was chasing him, catching him and clocked the fastest lap of the race... all looks good... I had fuel for 2 laps more (you gotta pit twice at Spa with my season settings) and then... my engine blew.
I've driven 3 full years of this 1998 championship with these cars and never before I had a engine failure. Now it happened because I was apparently abusing the car by downshifting way too aggressively.
I drive the seasons how they are and this is the results. I don't do any restarts (unless something crazy happens in the start). I pretty much lost the chance to win this season with this as now I'm 20 points behind Hakkinen and only 3 races left. But I will play it to the bitter end.
I've shouted before how amazing work Shi has done with this season. But you have no idea. The tracks, ads are super accurate and 100% trouble free. I also did the 1998 leaderboard which I'm very happy with it. I also increased the Ferrari rear wheel traction which feels amazing now, not excessive oversteery AND understeery what it was in its default form.
Just look at it. Sure there's no rain physics and the lap times are dry track lap times. But at least you get the feeling of the genuine 1998 Spa F1 rain race which was one of the craziest in F1 history.
You HAVE to try this season. It's the best ever made. This kind of stuff is why AC will probably never be replaced.
PS: I have a few forum friends who play these and we have a lot of fun sharing our season experiences. I've never been an online player but I love chasing realistic offline F1 seasons.
Sure the cars are amazingly detailed and now after a few tweaks they drive great. But we could never achieve anything close to this without @Rainmaker87 and @shi 's 1988, 1992 and 1998 track packs. They don't get enough credit, most discussion is always about cars.
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