Just got back from the UK and my F1 2011 preview!F1 2010-2016 

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One word.... Amazing! You can pretty much say the CM developers frequent their forums and listen to us gamers because they hit the nail on the head with this one! This was definitely NOT just a driver and car update of the old game. I'm still at the airport so I'm currently on my phone. I plan on writing some more when I get to a proper computer. I don't have any pictures to share either as they took our cameras and phones away from us before the event started.

First off I'd say the main thing CM worked on for 2011 was the handling. This was the biggest feature they pushed at the event and what they were most proud of. He came right out saying it's no more uncontrollable overstear or just tapping the brake to stop it either. He also said as an F1 game they want to make it as realistic as possible. They were proud of the new handling and had all the right to be too. We got quite a bit of time on the game and you could easily notice the great improvement.

The graphics have been greatly enhanced as well. The colors are more vibrant and clear. We only got to experience 2 tracks, Melbourne and Istanbul. Both of these had great frame rate and I never noticed a single drop. This was quite impressive as the final build is not even done yet.

A.I. has been completely reworked and improved now too. Much more difficult on the harder levels. Oh and you can now put some a.i. in your multiplayer races to spice it up some more; online or off. I thought that was really cool.

Split screen, DRS, Kers all there of course.

I asked the developer straight on about a safety car. Unfortunately I didn't get a straight answer. Basically he said they are working on it but it will only be in there if they can get it to work perfectly with the a.i. I'm pretty sure it'll be in there as some of the other guys at CM told me it was. They weren't developers though. I'm thinking also they may want to wait till E3 to confirm it.

Anyways, feel free to ask me anything. I plan on writing some more, but my thumbs are hurting. Cheers!

Oh yeah... Online co-op career too!
 
Awesome. Thanks so much for the info. Can't wait to read your next post.
 
Thanks for the feedback. However CM were equally as enthusiastic about the handling model for 2010. Now all of a sudden they are "most proud" of the improvements they made? After the shoddy release of 2010 I will definitely wait a couple of weeks for unbiased user feedback no matter how glowing the previews get.

Any mention of telemetry, in any form, being included? What about sector times being recorded/accessible during testing?

Oh yeah, what questions did you end up posing?
 
Well right now, the best you have is one user's feedback. And that seemed very positive... You seem to be forgetting F1 2010 was a first attempt and, while flawed, was an excellent game.
 
I'd say CM knew exactly where their shortcomings were when it came to their handling model and it seems that's what they went after in fixing. I'll admit I'm not a high end sim racer. I don't have a PC for iRacing, rFactor, etc... But I do like my racing games to feel realistic. CM plainly said they are striving for the most realistic experience for their handling which only leaves room for improvement. And improvement they definitely had!
 
F1 fan
Well right now, the best you have is one user's feedback. And that seemed very positive... You seem to be forgetting F1 2010 was a first attempt and, while flawed, was an excellent game.
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Excelent yes... except for the handling (physics really put me off), the terrible FFB, a few bugs and on the PS3 version the cars were floating in some parts of some tracks in the replays...
But other than that it was very good - the best dynamic weather Ive experienced, very good graphics, very good career mode, beautifull modeling of cars and tracks...
 
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F1 fan
Well right now, the best you have is one user's feedback. And that seemed very positive... You seem to be forgetting F1 2010 was a first attempt and, while flawed, was an excellent game.
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As a game I agree it had its merits, but a release with all the flaws and bugs that F1 2010 shipped with just simply cannot be described as all around "excellent." I'm as happy as anyone to finally have a console based F1 game to play, but that doesn't mean I automatically give CM a pass on some misleading, to put it kindly, marketing claims relative to last year's efforts.

Yes it was a 1st attempt at F1. However they have a long history of making racing games. Which is one of the major reasons why they were so confident the EGO engine would work just marvelously with F1, even with an aggressive development schedule and in contrast to the many people who questioned if that same engine was really up to the exacting demands of a F1 simulation. Obviously now CM agrees with that 2010 had several/many weaknesses in regards to the sim department.

We'll see how it actually turns out come September, but I have every reason to be cautious this time around.
 
Sounds really awesome. Can't wait!

Did you ask about where there would marbles on the console version of the game as this year the marbles are really clear on track compared to last year. Would be a nice touch if they did. :)
 
I believe they said there would be marbles. They broke us up into groups for the q&a sessions so I didn't get to hear all the questions everyone asked. Again, I'm not certain on this one as it was mentioned to me by someone who said they heard someone else asked the question.
 
I wouldnt go into much detail if I was you because of the NDA
 
tribolik
Excelent yes... except for the handling (physics really put me off), the terrible FFB, a few bugs and on the PS3 version the cars were floating in some parts of some tracks in the replays...
But other than that it was very good - the best dynamic weather Ive experienced, very good graphics, very good career mode, beautifull modeling of cars and tracks...
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I actually liked the handling. I haven't used my wheel for F1 2010 (or GT5)as it has been in storage a loooooong time. The bugs were annoying, but given that I don't have internet at home (currently on travels) I couldn't download DLC or patches for any of my games, so I'm used to flaws. The (far too often) punctures were really annoying, but I got used to it. The replays were kindof poor to be honest, but normally I only used them to analyze my performance, so I watched from the onboard shots. Not a deal breaker. Was just happy to have a good F1 game.
 
F1 fan
I actually liked the handling. I haven't used my wheel for F1 2010 (or GT5)as it has been in storage a loooooong time. The bugs were annoying, but given that I don't have internet at home (currently on travels) I couldn't download DLC or patches for any of my games, so I'm used to flaws. The (far too often) punctures were really annoying, but I got used to it. The replays were kindof poor to be honest, but normally I only used them to analyze my performance, so I watched from the onboard shots. Not a deal breaker. Was just happy to have a good F1 game.
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Did they say if there will be tyre flat spotting or mechanical faliures at all?
 
I'll buy it when its released:tup:

I can't get enough of F1 (good) games :)
 
F1 fan
I actually liked the handling. I haven't used my wheel for F1 2010 (or GT5)as it has been in storage a loooooong time. The bugs were annoying, but given that I don't have internet at home (currently on travels) I couldn't download DLC or patches for any of my games, so I'm used to flaws. The (far too often) punctures were really annoying, but I got used to it. The replays were kindof poor to be honest, but normally I only used them to analyze my performance, so I watched from the onboard shots. Not a deal breaker. Was just happy to have a good F1 game.
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The game was relly good 👍, dont get me wrong but the funny thing is that IMO the FFB was much better before the patch... in fact I think they ruinned it in the patch...👎
 
Man this sounds very promising! Great news man, thanks for posting

I'm super excited about online co-op during a season
 
This sounds fantastic! I've already pre-ordered my copy so counting down the days until September. Still playing through F1 2010, its easily keeping GT5 in its case at the moment (big fan of all motorsports, but F1 is my absolute favourite).

All of the additions sound great, are you able to say how DRS and KERS are utilised? I am imagining they are controlled by the D-Pad instead of the now redundant front wing adjustments...

Would also be keen to find out about extent of car / tyre damage and mechanical failures. That is part of the F1 excitement for me, teams working all hours through a night to get a car ready to race after a massive crash, or a big name starting at the back following an engine change... 24 cars finishing every race takes all of that action away, more so than the missing safety car.

Well done on winning this opportunity again Wills, very jealous at having to wait for any peak at even a screenshot!
 
Are you allowed to notify us of which questions you asked?
 
Wills, is the HUD different to F1 2010's? Does it have a throttle gauge for example?
 
F1 fan
Well right now, the best you have is one user's feedback. And that seemed very positive... You seem to be forgetting F1 2010 was a first attempt and, while flawed, was an excellent game.
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This. The fact it was a first year game and IMO, was better then what Sony could do after a decade (altough it was an early PS3 game, where they couldn't take advantage of everything, because it's unknown on the new console) is saying something very good. I have high hopes for 2011 and 2012 at that.
 
wills2084
Anyways, feel free to ask me anything. I plan on writing some more, but my thumbs are hurting. Cheers!
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So any reason why are questions are apparently being ignored?
 
Maybe because of the NDA he signed at the meeting... and that he forgot about when he opened the thread...
 
If true that's fine. However why not simply state as such? One of my questions directly related to that potential. And there's nothing against a NDA to publicly state "I can't comment due to a NDA I signed." Or if he is uncomfortable with that admission for whatever reason, "sorry guys, at this time I can't go into any further details."
 
Yeah its been the NDA thing. I was excited and at the airport when I first wrote this up and forgot all about that....:scared: Not sure if CM would say anything. This is the only forum I wrote anything in anyways. CM did say they don't mind us talking about the handling. Also, they mentioned we could talk more after the first part of June. This is when they are going to making a lot of official announcements. I think at E3. Sorry guys :ouch:
 
That's perfectly fine. Thanks for the explanation.
 
I would not be impress by FPS, it's only a 2 track demo, so it will be smooth as silk.

After the sham F1 2010 and BS payed reviews that mention nothing of the glitchfest the game was I will not even consider f1 2011 until I see honest peoples reactions of it. I will not fall under any marketing pre-released hype.
 
Caliper
I would not be impress by FPS, it's only a 2 track demo, so it will be smooth as silk.

After the sham F1 2010 and BS payed reviews that mention nothing of the glitchfest the game was I will not even consider f1 2011 until I see honest peoples reactions of it. I will not fall under any marketing pre-released hype.
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Well, I don't think that is entirely fair. Although I do agree the majority of the "main stream" (god we have to use that term now, puke) gaming sites completely failed in their responsibility to delve sufficiently deep into the game and thus failed to inform their readers of the problems it had. I also feel pretty comfortable in assuming it wasn't intentional. I mean for every 100 gamers, maybe 2 or 3 of them are legitimately skilled sim racing fans. There's plenty who "like" sim racers, but then you watch them drive and you realize w/o most of the aids they are utter pants at turning and braking a race car much less have any real knowledge of the more technical aspects of racing.

So no doubt CM's marketing dollars helped put many reviewers into a positive mindset prior to their playing F1 2010, but the main reason we didn't hear about any of the bad stuff is because the reviewers simply didn't know any better. To be blunt, but I don't mean this rudely at all, they are just ignorant as racers about the more subtle issues the rest of us pretty quickly figured out.

Just the way it is, but you are quite right to wait this next time for a couple of weeks until those who know what the 'ell they are talking about give their insights.
 
Thank you so much for posting this. I have gotten my self back into f1 2010, so i am excited for 11.
 
Shaggy Alonso
Wills, is the HUD different to F1 2010's? Does it have a throttle gauge for example?
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Interesting that one.

Watching the qualifying yesterday. David coulthard mentioned how in a real formula one car the throttle pedal has only about 40 to 50 mm of travel.
They mentioned it was more like an on off switch to be honest.
That's why the necessity to have a double clutch for starting.

Now if the could turn my paddle shifters into a double clutch for take offs hmm.
 
Pics or it din't happen :p

But yeah at E3 they will show it. Hope it is good.
 
kimi123
Pics or it din't happen :p

But yeah at E3 they will show it. Hope it is good.
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Can't wait for E3... Isn't E3 normally around the 14th of May? The wait is killing me.
 
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