F1 2010 Impressions (PS3, 360, PC)

[RunN1st]

PC Version:

I'm having fun with it so far! I did some Time Trials with assist turned on at the Australia track and wound up in the 100 rankings. Came back and did some with all aids turned off and only managed a 300's ranking. I'm enjoying turning laps and downloading the online faster laps to see where I am in comparison.

I also did some online with 4 other guys and we had 2 fun filled races (no AI), all aids off, 10%, and no collisions. I noticed some online warping/lag though but didn't hamper us since collisions were off.

This title won't replace my other sims in any way but it's tons of fun!

One more thing, I was getting bad stuttering after about 4 laps at some tracks. However, I found a fix at the CM F1 forums that eliminates it by modifying the replay file to read only to keep it from tying up my hdd with replays.

[JRod]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bahnzo

With all the bugs present in the game, it's another example of a publisher clearly not testing a game before it was released. Not having a demo should have been our first clue. There's no way that some (if not most) of these bugs were not known before the release. Just another publisher pushing out a game when it's not done, and planing on patching it at a later date (if it sells well enough).

That's not it. More likely it's they have a ship date and they have meet deadlines and there's no way to kills all the bugs before the "going gold" date. I'm not defending them but all these games have release schedules and they have to meet them. And pushing them back weeks or months probably would hurt the game more than help it.

[cfiore]

So over on the CM forums I read about somebody adjusting their front wing on the straightaway, I looked through the manual and found no mention of this at all?? Is there a way to adjust your front wing? Is it the d-pad? On PS3 btw.

They are also saying the ai is not affected by a full fuel loads or fuel loads period. Anyone have any more info on these two things? Thanks!

[Kully]

Quote: Originally Posted by cfiore

So over on the CM forums I read about somebody adjusting their front wing on the straightaway, I looked through the manual and found no mention of this at all?? Is there a way to adjust your front wing? Is it the d-pad? On PS3 btw. They are also saying the ai is not affected by a full fuel loads or fuel loads period. Anyone have any more info on these two things? Thanks!

Yes you use the d-pad. Press the dpad once to see the options (one is wing, one is tires/pit strategy, and the other is engine). Press the dpad key again for the option you want and press it again to adjust from there.

From this menu you can also change your tires for when you pit, put the engine to cruise if they tell you it's overheating, and adjust the wings.

[Chaos81]

Quote: Originally Posted by Behindshadows

Can someone confirm if this is just PS3/360 issue?

It's not just a PS3/360 issue. I've seen most of the big bugs so far. Some many times. Play enough and I'm sure you'll see them.

Quote: Originally Posted by leger433

Well I just had a pretty bad bug. My career save file is corrupt

Yeah, I've had that happen twice so far. I've started keeping two copies of my save file (On PC) just in case something happens.

Quote: Originally Posted by OpusX910

Anyone else experiencing severe AI rubberbanding??

Yes. And you what the terrible part about it is?

"Nope, we don't use the rubber band system because I really dislike it"

http://community.codemasters.com/for...ml#post6110947


I still enjoy racing, but man is it frustrating.

[Bahnzo]

Quote: Originally Posted by JRod

That's not it. More likely it's they have a ship date and they have meet deadlines and there's no way to kills all the bugs before the "going gold" date. I'm not defending them but all these games have release schedules and they have to meet them. And pushing them back weeks or months probably would hurt the game more than help it.

Yeah, but I'm also tired of the "gotta hit our release date" excuse as well. I like that consoles can be patched, but companies are now relying on this too much and it's killing the quality of games. Publishers now know they can release games that aren't finished and get away with it by promising to patch it later. And then, if the game sells well enough, they might actually do that.

[Kully]

Quote: Originally Posted by leger433

Well I just had a pretty bad bug. My career save file is corrupt. I have to start over. Luckily I was only two races into my career. I heard it may have something to do with the R&D objectives or autosave from the Codemasters Forum. In the short term (before the inevitable patch) I suggest that no one completes the R&D objectives and turn the autosave feature off.

Read the same thing and had the same issue. I turned off autosave, but I'll keep doing the R and D stuff to see if that fixes it.

Had a couple of the bugs listed in here pop up for me too. The tire on my Lotus keeps exploding

Reminds me of this video:


He got a puncture at the very beginning of the race

Still having a blast with the game despite not touching online yet.

[ExtremeGamer]

It's starting to wear thin for me. For one, I absolutely suck at the game, just can't get anything going and can't seem to remotely finish strong. I don't know what it is either, I'm starting to wonder if it's the full tank thing compared to other cars not being full on gas.

I'm just frustrated right now with the game.