F1 2015 Available Today For Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC

[thegut]

Been logging a good bit of hours on the ps4. So far I've been having a blast. The lack of features is not a big deal for me, however a career mode that lasted more than one season would have been great. On the track the game plays great. Cars are responsive. The sense of speed is great and the race engineer providing updates is very immersive. My only complaint so far would be the AI. While beside you the AI are great at either attempting the pass or backing off based off the situation. However when trailing directly behind your car they are too slow responding to deceleration. I've had extreme bumps from behind that don't make sense unless the AI is unaware of me. My teammates seem to be the worse at it then anybody. I'm at the point of just trying to spin Raikkonen of the start because I know he will eventually do the same to me at some critical point in the race. Plus the pit strategy does not seem to concern teammates. Far too often we pit at the exact same time which is strategically stupid in F1.

All in all I'm having a blast. Unless it's an arcade racer I typically don't care about having a ton of game modes. The AI is great for the most part however with some tweaking to pit strategy and AI braking response while trailing I see myself enjoying this for a long while.

Edit: A career mode that lasted several seasons with changes in car engines and aerodynamics would go a long way with encouraging people to play with other teams other than Mercedes, Williams, or Ferrari. While technically accurate with Mercedes domination the past two years there is little incentive to play a struggling team like McLaren without the hope of R&D development making them a contender again like in the past. Basically if you are content with no podiums an entire season with no chance of that ever improving there is zero incentive to play as anyone other than the big three.

[chunt04]

Quote: Originally Posted by berad88

I have this game on xbox one and I absolutely love driving the car. I use no assists and am using a wheel. It is so fun to drive. I have not done much actual racing yet. Just practice laps on different tracks and I have not had issues with bugs so far. The little bit of racing I did do seemed much improved over previous versions. True the game has less features than previous versions but this really is a good base for them to build upon. This is not a game you can judge until you get yourself behind the wheel and I consider it a must have for any F1 fan like myself.

What's your gamertag? Let's get some racing in sometime

[djep]

I was initially bummed about the missing career mode but once i heard that my fanatec csr was being supported I just couldn't resist.

The lack of modes is disappointing but I'm much more confused about why they chose to limit your options within those modes. In order to run full qualifying in championship season you will need to do 100% races.

The driving feels good but wheel users will be disappointed with the force feedback.

The AI is the best in the series. You can really go wheel to wheel with them into corners and they hold their lines well while giving you enough room too. It is great stuff and, to me, worth the price of admission alone.

The damage modeling is much more detailed and it is much easier to get spun out by opponents this year. You will need to be much more careful going into turn 1 so moving up the field by nudging cars out of the way on the opening lap is not as effective.
I've never used the flashback feature in the previous titles but you will need it if you do longer races. Lapped cars don't know they are lapped and will race you through every corner. I've had three races where the race leader (AI controlled race leader) was taken out by a backmarker and I was caught in the madness. There are no blue flags anywhere to be seen so hopefully codemasters can get this fixed.

Overall I'm enjoying the game a lot. It's helping me cope with the pain of what patch 1.07 has done to Witcher 3.







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[Rules]

Finally got my internet up and going. I will load up the game on my PS4 this evening. Great updates from everyone here, keep them coming!

[brandon27]

Quote: Originally Posted by djep

I was initially bummed about the missing career mode but once i heard that my fanatec csr was being supported I just couldn't resist. The lack of modes is disappointing but I'm much more confused about why they chose to limit your options within those modes. In order to run full qualifying in championship season you will need to do 100% races. The driving feels good but wheel users will be disappointed with the force feedback. The AI is the best in the series. You can really go wheel to wheel with them into corners and they hold their lines well while giving you enough room too. It is great stuff and, to me, worth the price of admission alone. The damage modeling is much more detailed and it is much easier to get spun out by opponents this year. You will need to be much more careful going into turn 1 so moving up the field by nudging cars out of the way on the opening lap is not as effective. I've never used the flashback feature in the previous titles but you will need it if you do longer races. Lapped cars don't know they are lapped and will race you through every corner. I've had three races where the race leader (AI controlled race leader) was taken out by a backmarker and I was caught in the madness. There are no blue flags anywhere to be seen so hopefully codemasters can get this fixed. Overall I'm enjoying the game a lot. It's helping me cope with the pain of what patch 1.07 has done to Witcher 3. Sent from my LGLS991 using Tapatalk

I don't agree with this. Maybe it's an issue for the AI leader and AI lapped cars, I havent experienced that yet, but I've been in the lead, coming up on lapped cars, there's definitely blue flags and lights along side the track waving, or flashing. The AI cars I'm about to lap usually also move out of the preferred line. Not as much in the corners, but in prime passing area's they sure have been for me.

One things I'm a bit tired of... Mercedes finishing 1, 2 almost every single race unless I get my nose in there, but they they just go 2, 3. I know they're strong, but a little variance would be nice.

[djep]

I've yet to lead any laps but I've come across lapped traffic and they have either raced me down long straights all the way through the next turn or they will brake hard mid corner on the racing line.

On the replays I'm watching a lapped backmarker squeeze Hamilton's Mercedes to the wall on that long straight in Melbourne right before the quick left-right heading into sector 3.

Blue flags may be in but, in my experience, are not properly obeyed by the AI. I'm only a few races in but not seeing it at all. Glad you're having better luck with the backmarkers. Nico Rosberg could've used some last night trying to get around Kobayashi in my race.

Those Mercedes one-twos are getting boring in real F1 but I love the fact that Mercedes is as dominant in the game as in reality.

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[brandon27]

Came up to Singapore... Night.. RAIN. My god did it look awesome. My god did I ever destroy my car.

[Lieutenant Dan]

I like the game so far but I have a question about the audio.

The cars don't scream like I am used to hearing in prior ft games or even Project Cars. Did the engine specs change?