F1 2010 Impressions (PS3, 360, PC)

[OpusX910]

You click the D-Pad to change your tire options before your next stop ( its down i believe ), right will change your front wing's position and up will change your throttle mapping.

[lnin0]

Quote: Originally Posted by OpusX910

You click the D-Pad to change your tire options before your next stop ( its down i believe ), right will change your front wing's position and up will change your throttle mapping.

Yep. You can also set your race strategy from the garage before the race. It can be found under the Tire screen to the left of your car. There you say what tires you want and what laps to come in. Then if you want to go off strategy during the race you use the d-pad to request tires and the pit-in button [red bracket appears above car hud] to ready your team.

The d-pad also allows you to change the wing position twice a lap (regulation). It takes a while to get used to but once you know the clicks it is pretty easy and "-" wing gives you a pretty good boost on a long straight.

I am not sure the engine option is available in career until you have unlocked it through R&D.

[DarthRambo]

Quote: Originally Posted by OpusX910

You click the D-Pad to change your tire options before your next stop ( its down i believe ), right will change your front wing's position and up will change your throttle mapping.

Oooh! I knew wat the wing did but guess I didn think to check the tyre thing on there. Thanks a million! They need a tutorial on the game for things lik this, cu the book tells you nothing! Usually a new game has a tutorial I thought?? Thanks again bro!

[randombrother]

Now wouldn't it had been better just to have typed "Anyone knows how to change tires during a race" Instead of.....

Quote: Originally Posted by Trinity120

Anyway to change type od tires you use during the race??? I go in the pits to change from intermediate to prime tyres, and i see no option!! I assume this is a huge bug in the game, if so any workarounds?? I noticed on the race Im on now around lap 8 or so the AI begins to pit to put on prime tyres as the track is drying out from the light rain. I go in to do the same, and like i said I have no option. Only thing I can think of is restart the race, set the pit strategy to com/e in on lap 8 for prime tyres. Pray it doesnt start raining again or I;m screwed! Maybe set a strategy for intermediates again at lap 40 or so(56 lap race) just in case?? For now, and it SUCKS but the workaround is race a race in the rain, and remember what lap it stops raining at and AI begins to change tyres. Keep racing, and if it starts raining again etc and AI changes tyres back, write down the lap # again. Do this until you finish the race. Then! RESTART the race again, setting pit strategies to change to the different types of tyres as needed Cuz I found out by restarting over and over, it wil stop raining at the same time each time. If you do this, then just pray you dont wreck and have to come in or it will remember ur strategy and replacen tyres for u when u dont want them. Also, hopefull you don't have to change back in forth more than 3 times as u only get to set 3 pit strategies. There HAS to be a ptch for this ASAP!! The game is virtually unplayable and broken when you're racing in the rain and have to change tyres during the race to compensate for weather changes. If I am missing something(like the fact I CAN change tyres manually), let me know. Otherwise, I don't see how. Also, if anyone knows of any other way to workaround this, plz lemme know! But for now, what I'm going to have to do for this next race is what i explained. I'll for now just race with Intermediate, tyres tho wityh strategy set to change to prime tyres at lap 8 with the rest of the field. I haven't gotten any further than that in this race. I'll stick with prime for race of the race if I can(crossing fingers). But if it rains again and I see the AI changing back to Intermediate I'll have to remember the lap #, start all over and set another strategy to go back to intermediate tyres at the lap. Hope all this makes sense! But it's the only way I see to workaround it right now. This is all career mode btw, race #3

Quote: Originally Posted by Trinity120

Oooh! I knew wat the wing did but guess I didn think to check the tyre thing on there. Thanks a million! They need a tutorial on the game for things lik this, cu the book tells you nothing! Usually a new game has a tutorial I thought?? Thanks again bro!

Actually this information IS in the book.

[catcatch22]

I love this game. Glad I did not listen to the complainers about the bugs.

[T3B0W]

Quote: Originally Posted by catcatch22

I love this game. Glad I did not listen to the complainers about the bugs.

So you will love it more when it's patched

The "complainers" are just wanting a product that lives up to the pre release billing. Nothing more. The "complainers" are likely to be F1 enthusiasts who cannot look past some of the bugs that detract from the game. They, we, aren't haters, we just want Code Masters to deliver on their promise to F1 fans.

[djep]

Quote: Originally Posted by T3B0W

So you will love it more when it's patched The "complainers" are just wanting a product that lives up to the pre release billing. Nothing more. The "complainers" are likely to be F1 enthusiasts who cannot look past some of the bugs that detract from the game. They, we, aren't haters, we just want Code Masters to deliver on their promise to F1 fans.

I'm an avid F1 fan and I feel like they've delivered on what was promised. Of course I want the bugs to be patched as well but some of the complainers (not you, per se) have gone so far to cry fraud, refer to codemasters as liars. Design-wise...I can't think of one area where CM didn't deliver as promised. If the complaints are about the bugs, they've been addressed and they are working on a patch.

This is the most authentic F1 experience I've ever encountered. Bugs or no bugs I can't think of a better F1 game to date. Perhaps some people are expecting GP4 for consoles but that game sold like crap. With the money CM shelled out for this license they need a product that appeals to a wider audience than GP4 ever did. Just the nature of the beast.

Codemasters official forums for the game are an absolute sh*tshow. Some overexuberant complainers with their false claims of fake AI gets the whole place in a frenzy and now I've got to go 4 pages in just to find some useful information on a game that I'm enjoying more than any so far this year. I expected some complaints from F1 diehards because the sport is so technical and complex but the complaining has gone too far.

[OpusX910]

Quote: Originally Posted by catcatch22

I love this game. Glad I did not listen to the complainers about the bugs.

Well the bugs are a little frustrating.....a lot frustrating if you play full race weekends and spend a lot of time tuning your car and fighting to have a good race, to have a bug screw your entire weekend.

But i'm with ya, i still love this game....its a very good base for an F1 game, I love playing it and can't wait to see what they do with the title in the years to come