F1 The Game (Codemasters)

[Bram Hengeveld]

Then i should stop drinking beer in the morning

[Not_Lifting_off]

If codies get it anywhere near the crammond gp\2\3\4 series then there onto a winner in my eyes, best formula 1 series of games ever and still looking great today, only thing it lacked was decent online code. Theres no reason they cant make a good sim that will appeal to the masses, they have the experience and expertise there is no doubt about it, saying that the only codies racer i really rated was toca2 in the late 90`s

Only tried trd3 since then and that game had so much potential but got wasted trying to do too much, take half the cars out and concentrate on the other half it could have been a seriously good game but kinda got caught in the middle, if they are doing an f1 game and only have to concentrate on one formula then there is every chance that they will produce an absolutely storming game!

[Daniel Pettit]

Originally Posted by Not_Lifting_off

If codies get it anywhere near the crammond gp\2\3\4 series then.....

....I will eat my G25! ... I will even let the Race Department members vote on which sauce and garnish to put with it too

I fear it will be just as 'mass market' as the sony versions just multiformat

[Bram Hengeveld]

I vote for ketchup to go with it

[Jens Hoeppner]

Originally Posted by Bram Hengeveld

I vote for ketchup to go with it

but plz only "Heinz" :drunk:

[Sascha Henken]

I only know one good game that was released by Codemasters and that was Operation Flashpoint which was and still is IMHO a very good FPS with really good AI and rocks in COOP mode.

I doubt that Codemasters will not focus on simulation that much for us simracers. The F1 is a big merchandise and I think you can only the most out of it, if it stays a plain console arcade game. It´s like EA´s NASCAR titles now. They focus since NASCAR Sim Racing only on Console product now. So it´s all about money. But I would be very surprised if i´m wrong with my doubts on Codemasters. So lets wait and wait and wait and wait........ :bike:

[Bradley Wint]

Good news for us F1 sim fans. Gavin “Uncle Chewy” Raeburn, Codemasters’ GRID Executive Producer has stated that their upcoming title “F1 2009″ will be a full out sim, rather than being an arcade style game. He went on about how it will feature full out physics, rules and regulations but still was a bit iffy about which side it would take (sim or arcade). He also mentioned it having an arcade function. Here is a little quote from the Codemasters forum.

“Right, I haven’t read every post in this thread, but I get the jist and just to stop you all from panicking too much… GRID and DiRT are aimed at an arcade audience and they do that very well. F1 has different requirements and will get a completely different treatment from our in-house team, including full on sim options, physics, rules and regs etc. We will also have arcade requirements catered for as well. How this will be split we do not know yet, but split it will be.”

Source: Codemasters Forums

[Bram Hengeveld]

That is good news Braddor. Thanks for posting!!

[Alexander Akhmatov]

Very good news! I hope it's true.

[Sascha Henken]

Sorry, Codemasters and Simulation? I simply can´t believe that! I don´t even think that Codemasters will get indepth telemetry data and secrets from F1 teams to develop an F1 simulation. I am sceptical on this project what they try to claim. Codemasters can babble many things day in day out but when the game gets RTM, the truth will be definately somewhat different

[Andy Marsden]

I'm still going to wait and see, just because someone important at Codies says it will be sim doesn't mean it definately will be imho.

[Michael Herrmann]

its cody!!! they dont have any clue about sims it will be probaly so much sim as race driver 3 was

[Bradley Wint]

Originally Posted by Sascha Henken

Sorry, Codemasters and Simulation? I simply can´t believe that! I don´t even think that Codemasters will get indepth telemetry data and secrets from F1 teams to develop an F1 simulation. I am sceptical on this project what they try to claim. Codemasters can babble many things day in day out but when the game gets RTM, the truth will be definately somewhat different

People are laughing at them because what they may call a sim, might just be a more professional arcade game for us...so don't get your hopes too high yet. We will see

[Gareth Hughes]

Its a sim, a sim of an arcade game im sure. Saying that, i've been playing Grid lateley, its hugely entertaining, but i still need the sim of Race07 to feel quality car handling. Though saying that even Race 07 is arcadish, no doubt dumbed down a bit for the console players, what with no pitstops, no decent length races etc...
GTR2 style sim needs to come back, with recordable telemetry..

[Gareth Hickling]

Didnt you know? We now have pitstops, stop go's ect in Race 07 since the last patch!

[Gareth Hughes]

Damn, lol, i'll get myself back on it then cheers )

[Cully]

LOL codemasters and sim in the one sentence.

[Yves Larose]

codemaster says its gonna be sim.....can i laugh ? they also said they will use the engines from dirt and grid, i've played grid and well it sucks sim wise. in my opinion the moment your talking to make a game for the console and the pc you can take the sim out of the picture. Xbox had announced GP4 and it never came to life simply cause a sim wouldn't be popular on the console, people don't want a racing sim on the console they want arcade games and tuning games. thats my opinion

[Ryan Callan]

I wouldn't say that console users only want arcade games (although a large portion do, being of a younger demographic), look at the popularity of Forza. I know it's not a sim like the games this site plays BUT it's pretty sim-like compared to NFS.

And yes, the F1 game Codies are doing will suck. Dirt was fun, but GRID was plain awful. If they are using the same physics engine as those games, it defo won't be a sim. Will look pretty though!

[Bram Hengeveld]

And yes, the F1 game Codies are doing will suck.

So you have played the game already somewhere to entitle that opinion ?

[Jamie Mac]

Yeah, I'm not that excited about this game either. I will wait and see but, personally I don't even find full-arcade games very fun.

DiRT I only played once or twice, but the fact I could stop the car from 150km/h in about 10m made me laugh. Grid was fun for about 4 hours or so but then I got bored.

One of the main things though, is that I found Grid didnt have very good steering wheel support. If you don't have good wheel support then the physics could be 100% accurate, but it will still feel like rubbish.

[Bram Hengeveld]

I really liked the career and ranking mode in codemasters games. When you are not involved in leagues or club races the rankings challenge you to improve your skills

[Ryan Callan]

Originally Posted by Bram Hengeveld

So you have played the game already somewhere to entitle that opinion ?

Yup, the game is sat next to my crystal ball and weegie board

[Péter Bártfai]

I hope they'll make it good! What I'm worry about are the requiements! Imagine a game with Simbin's physics and Grid's graphics...

[Panos Vlassopoulos]

Originally Posted by Péter Bártfai

... Imagine a game with Simbin's physics and Grid's graphics...

From your mouth to the God's ear!!!!!
Or should i say , From your keyboard to the developers screen!!!