F1 '23 - General Discussion
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The driving has improved hugely in this game, it's actually fun to drive again and gives me that F1 2020 vibe, really nice improvements there. Visually it is as expected, few tweaks, refined slightly, I like the more TV style OSD and the reflections look much nicer.
I won't be buying it yet however, for me, as someone who plays almost exclusively single player career mode, it's just absolutely not worth the price tag. I've gone through the first race weekend of MyTeam and counted 1 difference, that being Natalie Pinkham replacing Will Buxton. It is just 100% the same as '22, '21 and '20, and I cannot drop top price on a game that isn't interested in evolving everything it has to offer. I understand why F1 World exists but it doesn't really do anything for me personally. Also, all the single player modes outside career being tucked away in there is really annoying.
I really hope the team have something up their sleeves for 2024 for career mode to get it moving again, otherwise we will be stuck in that FIFA-esque situation of having the same career mode for 10 years with just roster changes. I stopped buying FIFA because of that.
I won't be buying it yet however, for me, as someone who plays almost exclusively single player career mode, it's just absolutely not worth the price tag. I've gone through the first race weekend of MyTeam and counted 1 difference, that being Natalie Pinkham replacing Will Buxton. It is just 100% the same as '22, '21 and '20, and I cannot drop top price on a game that isn't interested in evolving everything it has to offer. I understand why F1 World exists but it doesn't really do anything for me personally. Also, all the single player modes outside career being tucked away in there is really annoying.
I really hope the team have something up their sleeves for 2024 for career mode to get it moving again, otherwise we will be stuck in that FIFA-esque situation of having the same career mode for 10 years with just roster changes. I stopped buying FIFA because of that.
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Surely worth the asking price alone just for that!
To be honest, in terms of career modes I just want to do the qualifying, race then move onto the next one, I'm never bothered about R&D trees, cut scenes, any of that stuff - get in car and drive it. So I'm quite happy if the driving experience is improved, that's enough for me. I'm happy they've done that. I still found F1 22 enjoyable, the handling didn't render it unplayable or even bad especially if you had the TC on to negate the weird traction etc, but if it's actually fun to drive again that's certainly an improvement.
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I'm surprised how few people are talking about this game. It doesn't even have its own dedicated thread.
I wasn't going to get it because I was disappointed that I could not use my PSVR 2 but learning of the red flags made me want to get it.
I'm thoroughly enjoying it and the grip is just fine and it seems like you can take a little bit of curb when appropriate but if you abuse it you pay the price. I agree with the content creators that it's fair.
I still love PSVR 2 with GT7 but I like having an engineer telling me what's going on in the race and telling me when to pit. I like yellow flag strategy and I can't wait to see what the red flag strategy would be.
It's most definitely immersive and satisfying
I wasn't going to get it because I was disappointed that I could not use my PSVR 2 but learning of the red flags made me want to get it.
I'm thoroughly enjoying it and the grip is just fine and it seems like you can take a little bit of curb when appropriate but if you abuse it you pay the price. I agree with the content creators that it's fair.
I still love PSVR 2 with GT7 but I like having an engineer telling me what's going on in the race and telling me when to pit. I like yellow flag strategy and I can't wait to see what the red flag strategy would be.
It's most definitely immersive and satisfying
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Yeah my early impression is that this is probably the biggest year on year improvement for this series since, I dunno, 18-19? I know part of that's because they dropped the ball slightly with 22, but only partly.
22 was good if you accepted the cars weren't much fun to drive, it was still authentic and challenging. 23 is actually fun to drive just for the sake of driving - there's the difference.
22 was good if you accepted the cars weren't much fun to drive, it was still authentic and challenging. 23 is actually fun to drive just for the sake of driving - there's the difference.
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Starting my 4th career race. I haven’t noticed any bugs other than the odd audio issue with Croft talking instead of Jacques. The default HDR option also makes the menus way too bright on my PC. I had the same problem with 22, so this may be a problem on my end.
35% career races are really nice, that’s the sweet spot for me.
35% career races are really nice, that’s the sweet spot for me.
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Hi, in F1 23 Replays for Ps5 and Xbox SX the cars have no shadows and this results in the cars looking like they are floating on the road. It's a horrible thing.
codemaster will fix this bug??
This is a screenshot of the game in Replay Mode. Where it is perfectly appreciated that the car has no shadow. And it seems to float down the road.. a terrible failure.
codemaster will fix this bug??
This is a screenshot of the game in Replay Mode. Where it is perfectly appreciated that the car has no shadow. And it seems to float down the road.. a terrible failure.
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First impressions:
It's more tedious now to get to single player. You have to go through more menus. At first I thought they removed it but I found it in F1 World.
When I went in to do a single race, it asked me to pick either the World Car or F1 2023. What is the World Car? Is that the one you use if you're doing a career, or can you use it in single player with yourself as a driver?
Visually it's much better than F1 22. The way the cars look and everything in general just looks sharper. Last night I played F1 22 and in the time when they show various cars on the grid right before you start the race, it showed a close up of the Alfa and in the area where the red meets the white, it was so jagged. Same thing on the Alpha Tauri. In F1 23 that's no long there, at least from what I can tell. The colors look so crisp.
There is a lot more grip in F1 23, A LOT MORE. I really feel I can hammer through those medium and high speed turns now. I also don't feel any of those silly little slow speed spinouts are coming. But right now I don't feel much if any improvement in low speed handling in hairpins etc. I ran a race at Abu Dhabi specifically to check if I could feel any improvement and I can't. The car still feels a little sluggish through chicanes. Speaking of Abu Dhabi, I ran a race at 50% length and it never got dark. It just stayed sort of twilight. It's the same way in F1 22. Is the only way to get total darkness you have to run 100% race length?
Why are the Mercedes cars black instead of silver?
I like the visual layout of the new wheel. Now I can see battery deployment easier than before. But I would like to see the proximity arrow moved down a little bit so it's not hiding the +/- display on the wheel when a car is directly behind you. That's where I look so see how I'm doing more than the upper right of the screen.
There's still this annoying thing with the pit stops when you're on automatic. You still get penalized with a long stop because of a late turn in. I'm not asking to make blazing fast stop on automatic but it needs to be right on the average instead of always late.
Tracks:
I think I'm going to love Barcelona. That's the first track I ran on just in time trial and it's so much better now with the chicane gone. It did take me quite a few laps to get a clean one because I kept running wide in either of the last two turns. I'm just not used to being that fast through that area, but I'll figure it out.
Las Vegas is pretty good. In time trial it's daylight but I can't wait to see it at night.
Really disappointed they didn't get the revamped Miami circuit in the game with the new somewhat less rinky dink little chicane under the bridge.
Overall I really like what I've seen so far.
It's more tedious now to get to single player. You have to go through more menus. At first I thought they removed it but I found it in F1 World.
When I went in to do a single race, it asked me to pick either the World Car or F1 2023. What is the World Car? Is that the one you use if you're doing a career, or can you use it in single player with yourself as a driver?
Visually it's much better than F1 22. The way the cars look and everything in general just looks sharper. Last night I played F1 22 and in the time when they show various cars on the grid right before you start the race, it showed a close up of the Alfa and in the area where the red meets the white, it was so jagged. Same thing on the Alpha Tauri. In F1 23 that's no long there, at least from what I can tell. The colors look so crisp.
There is a lot more grip in F1 23, A LOT MORE. I really feel I can hammer through those medium and high speed turns now. I also don't feel any of those silly little slow speed spinouts are coming. But right now I don't feel much if any improvement in low speed handling in hairpins etc. I ran a race at Abu Dhabi specifically to check if I could feel any improvement and I can't. The car still feels a little sluggish through chicanes. Speaking of Abu Dhabi, I ran a race at 50% length and it never got dark. It just stayed sort of twilight. It's the same way in F1 22. Is the only way to get total darkness you have to run 100% race length?
Why are the Mercedes cars black instead of silver?
I like the visual layout of the new wheel. Now I can see battery deployment easier than before. But I would like to see the proximity arrow moved down a little bit so it's not hiding the +/- display on the wheel when a car is directly behind you. That's where I look so see how I'm doing more than the upper right of the screen.
There's still this annoying thing with the pit stops when you're on automatic. You still get penalized with a long stop because of a late turn in. I'm not asking to make blazing fast stop on automatic but it needs to be right on the average instead of always late.
Tracks:
I think I'm going to love Barcelona. That's the first track I ran on just in time trial and it's so much better now with the chicane gone. It did take me quite a few laps to get a clean one because I kept running wide in either of the last two turns. I'm just not used to being that fast through that area, but I'll figure it out.
Las Vegas is pretty good. In time trial it's daylight but I can't wait to see it at night.
Really disappointed they didn't get the revamped Miami circuit in the game with the new somewhat less rinky dink little chicane under the bridge.
Overall I really like what I've seen so far.
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I really don't get what they've tried to do with Braking Point 2 but what a flop. It's as if the only feedback they heard from the first attempt was better cutscenes please because nothing else is improved so far.
The story is still too light, vague and doesn't have consequences related to the actual F1 teams or drivers. The interactivity is still minimal and the in race challenges are easy, dull and often just random and given without story context. "Finish in the points" okay but why did I start out of the points? No one curr.
I don't know man...
This is not the interactive Drive to Survive we were all told was the inspiration, it's honestly closer to TOCA 3 and while back in the day I loved that... we've moved on slightly since.
Like the first one, I'm done with it after the opening chapters, it's clear it has little else to offer. It's a shame because the spark of an idea is there but I can't see it ever being brought to life properly.
The story is still too light, vague and doesn't have consequences related to the actual F1 teams or drivers. The interactivity is still minimal and the in race challenges are easy, dull and often just random and given without story context. "Finish in the points" okay but why did I start out of the points? No one curr.
I don't know man...
This is not the interactive Drive to Survive we were all told was the inspiration, it's honestly closer to TOCA 3 and while back in the day I loved that... we've moved on slightly since.
Like the first one, I'm done with it after the opening chapters, it's clear it has little else to offer. It's a shame because the spark of an idea is there but I can't see it ever being brought to life properly.
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This game is simply sublime. If anyone is on the fence I recommend they just get it because it's the best F1 game since 2020 that I've played.
I experienced two red flags in Australia, which was phenomenal. That's basically why I decided to try the game.
Anyway, I need help:
I finished the race 10th but was credited for a 6th place finish. I looked under race incidents and didn't see that anybody was penalized for anything so I'm not sure what happened.
How did I jump 4 spots? Is that a bug? Did something strange happen during the red flags that I missed? There was nothing listed under race incidents 🤷
I experienced two red flags in Australia, which was phenomenal. That's basically why I decided to try the game.
Anyway, I need help:
I finished the race 10th but was credited for a 6th place finish. I looked under race incidents and didn't see that anybody was penalized for anything so I'm not sure what happened.
How did I jump 4 spots? Is that a bug? Did something strange happen during the red flags that I missed? There was nothing listed under race incidents 🤷
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