F1 2010

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The only thing that is worrying me is the special effects they are adding to the visuals.
 
andrewz
If this game is as good as it looks, it will definitely suck. :banghead:
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Man you sure complain a lot. Graphics are more than fine. The Weather FX are beautiful and quite convincing, which is good enough for any game. They certainly are better than the GT series... oh wait, they don't have any weather FX...
 
parker_125
Im so ready for another F1 console game :) I dont have a great PC and Im getting a little tired of playing F1CE
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AFAIK the best F1 game is EA's Championship Season 99-01 for PC... not sure about the years actually, but appearently it's very old and should work well on most PCs. 👍

Problem is, it's hard to find a copy... the only PC game I'd be currently interested playing. :(
 
Anyone else know that the steering wheel on the Red Bull and Torro Rosso in the game are Toyota steering wheels? They did that in F1 2009 as well.
 
I'm far from impressed by this footage. The cockpit looks like it's coming from Grid, steering wheel hardly moves and it looks like Codemasters still doesn't know how to sustain a steering wheel controller properly. Not that I expected otherwise...

The only thing that's really good looking to me is the wet weather, looks like the best I've seen in ages.
 
MS7XWDC
CM:

It’s been a while since we announced we had secured the rights to the Formula One licence and much has changed since that original announcement, both internally and within the world of F1. The project team has grown and now fills Codemasters Studios in Birmingham (as well as keeping many busy at our Warwickshire HQ studios), features have been locked down and development is making great progress. In the real-world F1 had KERS, then it didn’t, the points system changed, refuelling is no longer allowed, several manufactures have left the sport, whilst new independent teams are preparing for their first season in F1. Oh and you might have heard that a certain multiple World Champion has returned from retirement. The 2010 season certainly looks like it could be the most spectacular for years and we cannot wait to deliver our take on this fascinating sport, not to mention reinvigorate Formula One videogames.

Now the first race is almost upon us, we felt the time was right to give you an overview of what we’ve been up to as well as taking this opportunity to clear up a few points and features.

First and foremost it’s worth noting that F1 2010 is not based on F1 2009 (Wii/PSP) the development has been completely separate and as such the feature set of F1 2010 will be very different.

Early on in development we identified all the key areas that we needed to make shine, building upon and enhancing aspects of the EGO racing technology and extracting the most interesting elements of F1 not previously utilised in games.

Number one on that list was the car physics system, which is being re-engineered from the ground up for F1 2010. Several key areas have been rewritten, enabling us to have a detailed simulation of how an F1 car feels on track. Whilst we have made several major steps forward with this, we will continue to build upon this new foundation into 2011 and beyond!

The next big feature was to write a comprehensive weather system, which is now nearing completion. This is something we’re very proud of, and you’ll see why in the near future. Needless to say this plays a big part in both player and AI strategies, as well as changing the handling characteristics of the car considerably.

Another big area of focus has been on the Pit Stops, which we don’t feel have ever been done justice in racing games. These are a pivotal moments of a race and integral to the F1 experience. Our take centres on the drivers perspective, rather than button bashing, and the vast majority of this system is now integrated and refinement work is underway.

We’ve also had to progress our damage modelling up to another level, again building on the tech established in both DIRT and GRID, but enhanced to match the unique make-up and composition of a Formula One car.

All this coupled with a fresh design, taking into account many of the ideas and suggestions on this forum, has allowed us to create what we hope will the greatest F1 racing game experience ever. We are not just delivering the same feature set seen in many previous Formula One games. It’s important that we deliver something new and exciting, however this does not mean we’re losing sight of what F1 means to purist racing gamers.

We will go into much more detail about all of the above features in the coming weeks and months as well as several other aspects of the game which we’re sure will really capture your imagination.

There is of course much debate on what is needed to create the ultimate F1 game and as importantly, how to present this to the player and put them right into the world of F1. Checking in on the forums has been and continues to be an essential part of this process. Both the Senior Producer and Chief Game Designer regularly check the forums and every suggestion and opinion posted is read and considered. It’s worth mentioning the fact both of these guys will not have the time to engage with the forum all the time (there’s a game to finish after all), but we’ll certainly try to come on and answer questions when we can! Keep an eye out for the Chief Game Designers private twitter feed (http://twitter.com/T4RG4), it might give you an insight into where the game is on any given day. Information on this will be given out at a later date.

We’ve seen lots of discussion around what may or may not be in the game. As ever there were far too many features than we have the time to implement and do justice for the 2010 game, so this is a good opportunity to clear up a few points:

* Laser Scanned Track Data – Considered early on in the project we assessed for our needs and decided against its inclusion in favour of other features. Our track creation pipeline has been further developed and we’re now capable of producing extremely authentic environments, track surfaces included, without the need for this data.

* Safety Car – A common forum request but investigation proved, surprisingly, that this actually offers very little in terms of enjoyable game experience in comparison to other game elements we’ll reveal later. Once you find out what we spent the time on instead we’re sure you’ll agree that this was the right decision!

* Formation Lap – Currently not part of the plan, for the same reasons as safety car. This is not to say we won’t look to add a little of what the formation lap provides!

* A Feeder Series – We’re at full-stretch creating an engaging Formula One experience. Including a feeder series is not part of the deal we have and code support alone would take too much away from the main game to prove worthwhile in 2010.

* Split Screen – Some of you will have noticed this is not present in any recent Codemasters racing titles. Early on we established the huge amount of resources this feature would consume and, after weighing against our need to move the series in an original direction, made the tough decision that F1 2010 would not be the project to return Split Screen. We have included an interesting local multiplayer mode in its place and an extensive online multiplayer mode.


We will be working with F1 beyond this year’s game and so may well reconsider some points, as well as looking at new additional content for 2011, during a second round of concepting. As a result they are most definitely not ruled out.

Of course we would love to include everything but, for obvious reasons, we cannot. It’s important that when we include a feature, we spend the required time to make it just right. The 2010 game attempts to re-establish F1 games and its safe to say this title is stretching a highly capable team, across both Birmingham and Southam studios, right through to launch.

If you have any burning questions or comments, be sure to post them on this thread and, along with Helios, we’ll try our best to answer where possible. We look forward to meeting some of you at the ‘F1 2010 Revealed’ event in London on March the 17th.

Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support,

Codemasters Formula One Development Team
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Wow thanks CM! Nice to hear something on these forums straight from the developers themselves. Looking forward to F1 2010 in a big way.
 
This is looking more and more brilliant each time i see it in action. Last decent F1 game i played was the first one on PS2(the one with the green box and free DVD). I started a new thread in this forum about whether people are looking forward to this more than GT5(since GT5 is taking forever), but as usual some ***** had some sarcastic comments. I say again - if GT5 and F1 2010 were released on the same day, id go for GT5. But i would get F1 2010 as well later on, since im an F1 fan as well. All we need now is a decent rally game
 
Didnt really need to double post there.

The games are too different to compare. You cant really compare a game like GT to a dedicated F1 game. If GT5 had F1 style cars in it, it probably wouldn't be as good as a game thats had all of its dev time focused on the single sport. If they came out the same day I would buy them both.

As for rally games, I'm sure there is a thread round here about the new one coming out from milestone using the WRC license.
 
I must say, it's looking very nice. They're definitely saying all the right things about what an F1 game should be, I really hope they pull it off.
 
Wow, that weather is looking very nice!

By the time GT5 releases, people will say "Oh, you've finally got weather. Just like F1 2010 did, huh?" GT5 new features will be old hat.
 
Just a heads up for you guy's. Inside sim racing should be posting a vid involving a hands on with F1 2010 tomorrow. Monday 17th.

If anyones interested.
 
The graphics seem to be top notch. Hopefully the physics will lean more towards simulation rather than arcade. It seems to be a nice race game though.

Grid 2 with the same graphics, the same physics engine could be an interesting game.


I'm not that into F1 race games.
 
weaselEST
With utterly realistic physics there won't be any fun left in any racing/driving game.
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some people enjoy simulators, like me. i want to have to drive with the same care and skill that the real car demands to win a race and not break anything. I enjoy games like DiRT 2, and simulators as well.
 
Gabkicks
some people enjoy simulators, like me. i want to have to drive with the same care and skill that the real car demands to win a race and not break anything. I enjoy games like DiRT 2, and simulators as well.
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That's admirable, but this is an F1 car we're talking about. Some of the most challenging and difficult cars to drive on the planet. Not to mention that in addition to that you're also missing all sorts of feedback that a real F1 driver gets through his arse sensor.

I'm with you on wanting it to be realistic as possible, but the truth is that some level of assistance is needed just to make the cars drivable to someone whose name isn't STIG. I'm not advocating arcade style at all, just that perfect realism shouldn't be the goal either.
 
Williams put regular joes into their sim at their headquarters in a Philips competition and they did quite well. Granted, they had PC sim racing experience (iracing i think), so their brains already knew how to read a screens pixel shift to let them know that the car was in yaw (the real williams f1 sim is static).

Arcade games are fun if you want to pick up, play for a few, then put down, but arcade racing games lack depth imo. The beauty of a simulator is the depth, you can keep on driving, and keep on getting quicker.

pez
 
alexpez
Arcade games are fun if you want to pick up, play for a few, then put down, but arcade racing games lack depth imo. The beauty of a simulator is the depth, you can keep on driving, and keep on getting quicker.

pez
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I think this game will have enough depth for that. Maybe it hasn't got as much setup possibilities as let's say GT but to be really good at it you really have to put in time I guess. They said this game will be for both audiences, arcade options so that everyone can play it and also more in-depth for the simmers. And I think they got a right compromise for that from the footage I've seen so far and what I heard. Also, this game will probably have the most complicated weather system ever made in a racing game and that has alot of depth also with drying lines etc. I'm really looking forward to it. And it's a big plus for me that Anthony davidson helps out with development, he knows things a programmer wouldn't know or a F1 viewer. That says alot about the authenticity IMO. There won't be a commentator, your engineer is the only one you'll hear and it's rumored that the voice sounds alot like Rob Smedley's. I have full trust thatwith this game I can have alot of fun online and offline. I'm gonna get it when it launches. The only problem I have then is time, haha.
 
Having spent yesterday with the PR manager for F1, he was very positive about it (and not in your typical PR way.). Davidson is there every week and the project is quite big (250 people or so), their HQ has all the promo material up and whilst there they went to have a look at the latest dev diary. We talked about F1CE and he said this will knock it's socks off. I can also confirm that it has no chance at being delayed for its September release.
 
Sureboss
Having spent yesterday with the PR manager for F1, he was very positive about it (and not in your typical PR way.). Davidson is there every week and the project is quite big (250 people or so), their HQ has all the promo material up and whilst there they went to have a look at the latest dev diary. We talked about F1CE and he said this will knock it's socks off. I can also confirm that it has no chance at being delayed for its September release.
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Really? Well maybe all my unspoken optimism won't turn out so misplaced afterall. Maybe. There's still a part of me that is prepared for a significant, if not huge, let down.
 

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