F1 2009 by Codemasters: first video
Codemasters have released the first video of their forthcoming Formula 1 game “F1 2009″ for the Nintendo Wii.
They have also confirmed that the version of the game sold for the Nintendo Wii will come with a special F1 steering wheel-style adaptor for the controller. There are no new details on the Sony PSP version.
It’s good to know a new official F1 game is finally on its way – the last such game featured the 2006 season. I’d rather see what a version for PC, Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 would look like – i.e., something with a bit more processing punch than a Wii. We’ll hopefully get to see that version of the game in 2010.
Are you planning to buy F1 2009 for the Wii?
Press release
F1 2009, the official game of the 2009 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™, is set to deliver an even more authentic experience for gamers as Codemasters® today announced that a limited edition Race Wheel accessory, styled after the steering wheel of a FORMULA ONE car, will ship with the Wii™ edition in select territories†.
Images released today show the F1 2009 bundle box and the exclusive white Race Wheel, which the Wii Remote slots into, enabling players to steer FORMULA ONE cars in the game like their heroes. The news comes ahead of the 2009 FORMULA 1 TELEFÓNICA GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE in Valencia this coming weekend (August 23rd) and the circuit is featured in the first F1 2009 gameplay video released today. Packed with race action from the Valencia street circuit, playable for the first time in F1 2009 complete with unique swing bridge, the Valencia video is available from www.formula1-game.com.
F1 2009 will offer a fully authentic FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP experience with all the teams, drivers, cars and tracks from the enthralling 2009 season. Due for release this autumn, F1 2009 on the Wii version will set new standards for racing immersion and authenticity while remaining accessible for the entire family and the PSP version will allow fans the opportunity to enjoy the world’s most thrilling and glamorous sport on the move.
† Race Wheel to be available with F1 2009 at launch except in North America and Japan.
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jochenrindt said on 19th August 2009, 11:40
Total Gash!
If you want F1 simulation R-Factor beats this hands down on all fronts…
mp4-19b said on 19th August 2009, 11:48
& look at the pitcrew graphics. total letdown. gp3 was way better. & yes, look no further than rfactor.
Dom said on 19th August 2009, 11:48
Im trying to work out….
Is this really the Wii at its graphical limits or it is really just rather under developed?? :-s
mp4-19b said on 19th August 2009, 12:04
games are usually underdeveloped. for example during the collaborative years of ea sports & isi, isi had every resource to make f1c as grand as rfactor, but they choose not to. since then they’ve moved on & created rfactor. but i must say i find rfactor almost perfect. what else do u need?
1. superb graphics, that allows 3 types of texturing , even if u have a low end spec the game wont suffer
2. AI is a good as any other simulation game
3. moddability
4. tweaking is so simple, majority of the engine program, suspension,aero, tyres are written in simple notepad.txt format. so easy to tweak
5. wonderful physics, just try out ctdp 06 & fsone 08. blissful
6. supports external plugins, like tv style, live timing, data aquisitionetc
7. is fully compatible with motec, its a dream come true for true racers. u can analyze ur lap times, tweak setup, its really technical, u need to have some good knowledge of vehicle dynamics.
8. multiplayer over lan & internet is wonderful
9. unlimited mods, name it, u get it. rfactorcentral is the bible for rfacfanatics
10. its free, if you kknow from where to download :)
rfactor rulez!!!
Phil said on 19th August 2009, 13:14
Sorry, but the AI in rFactor is horrendous and redinitely its worst point. Hopefully rFactor 2 will remedy that.
Try racing on an oval to see what I mean, no overtaking, no slipstreaming – they all go at the same speed and if you have a low-downforce setup you’ll be lapping them within a minute.
mp4-19b said on 19th August 2009, 13:22
you can overcome that problem by assigning the AI’s the same setup as your car. its a small modification. problem is, by default the AI’s are given a default setup(medium downforce), you can easily override it by assigning them a low down force setp, all it takes is a bit of changes in your .plr file, i’ve done it & it works fine.
MN said on 19th August 2009, 14:15
The game can’t be moddable otherwise Codemasters will have to make a complete new engine for the game.
http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=340638
Read this. This will give you an insight of what to expect in 2010.
mp4-19b said on 19th August 2009, 15:13
If a game isn’t moddable, then it isn’t worth buying. great games are usually modabble, look at all those great f1 games gp3,gp4,f1c,rfactor all of them were moddable & had a cult following. what the fun in racing around in the same cars on the same tracks without making any modifications to it? actually game modding is very interesting & i feel every game should offer that little bit more freedom to the user to play around with. unfortunately CM have chosen not to. Tell me why is gp4 & f1c games that came out in 2002 are still being used?? i think codemasters are committing a big mistake here. even if the xbox,ps3 & pc versions have extraordinary graphics,physics etc it might not stand the test of time. Just waiting for gp4 & f1c to be open-sourced :) That would wipe out codemasters f1.
stjoslin said on 19th August 2009, 17:10
Yeah and where are the people that made GP4???? Hardly still banging out GP5 and GP6 are they, because they don’t make any money from it.
For a business model and that has the official authorisation making it “moddable” would mean the F1 franchise is worth only a fraction to FOM and Codemasters, because it would only be worth purchasing once becuase the community would produce it for free going forward.
Anyway, some people prefer to just pick up a game and play it for 10 mins and then put it down, and not have to be need deep in set ups, or have the technical understanding and confidence that rFactor requires.
Please just because you have your opinion about rFactor and moddable games for hardcore sim fans, don’t think for a minute that everyone wants rFactor besides there is an option out there, buy F1 2009/2010 from codemasters…. or don’t!
You have rFactor anyway – and it its so great why bother critising everything else.
mp4-19b said on 19th August 2009, 11:53
for all the hype that surrounded this game, its a total letdown.even the steering wheel graphics are not properly replicated & they choose the wrong circuit to advertise this game. they should have done a video of monaco or spa. i would never buy such a game.
Robert McKay said on 19th August 2009, 12:21
You’d never buy such a game because they used Valencia for the trailer?
Being serious I have to say that it doesn’t graphically look spectacular – but we don’t know how it PLAYS yet.
TommyB said on 19th August 2009, 13:40
We do know how it’ll play. It’ll be easy and fun for anyone to pick up and play and more complex for my hardcore F1 fans.
Rfactor is loads better so if you want an amazing racing game just get that, if you want a fun F1 game to play with family and friends get this on the wii
Luke said on 19th August 2009, 11:55
Wow, that looks well poor! Lets hope the PS3, 360 and PC versions look better! I imagine it *could* be fun on the Wii tho (like Mario Kart, but without the chucking bombs and stuff)
mp4-19b said on 19th August 2009, 12:22
also noticed that the mirrors are not functional!!
TommyB said on 19th August 2009, 13:43
MP4-19B – did you really expect this game to be a serious and proper racing game? Its the wii for goodness sake :P
This’ll be a fun game to play but it won’t be for the hardcore F1 fans – if people care taht much theyd buy rfactor which is just the best game ever
Brawn said on 19th August 2009, 12:18
Im amazed people are so shocked about this video. Of corse its rubbish… its for the wii… maybe it will be fun to play u never know. But for most of us, we will have to wait for the playstation or xbox version.
Lockie said on 19th August 2009, 12:25
Dont have to wait for the codemasters 2010 edition, this is already better i think !! f1rl 2009 rules!
Lockie said on 19th August 2009, 12:25
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9600/64903347.jpg
mp4-19b said on 19th August 2009, 12:50
wait till fsone 09 comes out, it’ll make codemasters f1 look like a DOS game. Seriously i cannot believe that all these people are unaware of rfactor.
here are few renders of the fsone 09(W.I.P) mod for rfactor.
1)mclaren
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q249/firstsaint/ham2.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q249/firstsaint/ham3.jpg
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q249/firstsaint/ham1.jpg
mp4-19b said on 19th August 2009, 12:50
2)toyota
http://www.virtualr.net/wp-content/gallery/1682/tf093.jpg
http://www.virtualr.net/wp-content/gallery/1682/tf095.jpg
http://www.virtualr.net/wp-content/gallery/1682/tf096.jpg
mp4-19b said on 19th August 2009, 12:51
3)STR4
http://www.virtualr.net/wp-content/gallery/1817/str09-1.jpg
http://www.virtualr.net/wp-content/gallery/1817/str09-4.jpg
http://www.virtualr.net/wp-content/gallery/1817/str09-2.jpg
Jesper said on 19th August 2009, 12:26
Well… I’ll wait for a proper version before I come with any verdict.
If you own a console I have to say that NFS Shift actually looks promising. They say that it will be a simulation compared to other NFS titles. Looks really nice, at least: http://www.shift.needforspeed.com/uk
Ned Flanders said on 19th August 2009, 12:27
Why is the entire video set in Valencia? You’d think they’d want to show off a few other circuits as well.
If there are 13 teams on the grid next year (though I’m sceptical about this), F1 2010 will have 26 car grids. That might be a challenge for the developers- I can’t think of any other game with that many cars at once. Gran Turismo can only manage 6!
mp4-19b said on 19th August 2009, 12:32
in rfactor 1991 mod you have 18 teams, making it 36 cars on the grid.
Random Chimp said on 19th August 2009, 12:48
You weren’t involved in developing rFactor by any chance were you?
TommyB said on 19th August 2009, 13:44
why don’t you just go and play rfactor then :P
TommyB said on 19th August 2009, 13:44
There won’t be an F1 2010. F1 2009 will come out on XBox and PS3 next year
MN said on 19th August 2009, 14:13
Wrong.
TommyB said on 19th August 2009, 14:22
I thought F1 2009 was coming out next year on xbox and ps3? Or are they going to make a 2010 one?
stjoslin said on 19th August 2009, 16:20
That’s right, they are going straight to 2010.
Lenny said on 19th August 2009, 12:32
Speaking of racing simulators, Gran Turismo 5 is playable at Gamescon in Cologne.
Looks like we’re getting around 1000 cars, more than 60 tracks, damage effects, online, and this headtracking function with the Playstation Eye so you can look into a corner :).
They had it up on the Jap website but they took it down and all the European websites are offline!
Anyone else a GT fan or a PS3 owner?
pSynrg said on 19th August 2009, 13:35
Ever think it will get released before the PS4?
Ned Flanders said on 19th August 2009, 14:12
Apparently it’s being advertised for sale for the end of September. I can’t wait… I think it’s the first PS3 game which I’ll buy as soon as it’s released, even if it’ll cost me about £45. Will it include any F1 cars?
Lenny said on 19th August 2009, 14:57
I don’t think so Ned, there was an F2007 in Prolouge. There will be NASCAR, JGTC and WRC though.
ajokay said on 19th August 2009, 19:52
If GT5 is released before the end of September, I shall eat every hat in thw world.
mp4-19b said on 19th August 2009, 13:06
these renders are really spectacular(fsone 09) rfactor
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7179/mp4224.jpg
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/1827/sinttulo1rgj.jpg
http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/588/mp4223.jpg
Patrickl said on 19th August 2009, 23:41
The 2009 cars are beautiful huh? ;)
Tom M said on 19th August 2009, 13:28
Grand Prix 4
nuff said :)
John H said on 19th August 2009, 13:40
Indeed
Austin said on 19th August 2009, 17:43
I’m still playing that game, its getting very dated now, but just can’t resist tinkering with the setup one last time. :)
pSynrg said on 19th August 2009, 13:35
This will be crap. It will be like having a ‘Formula 1′ edition of your average city car – let’s say Mercedes A Class MCL Special (1.7 diesel) and expecting it to handle like Lewis’s.
It’ll look pretty on 360 & PS3 – maybe also PC? But it’ll play like top trumps.
You want realistic racing? Try iRacing.com. The ultimate online simulation (by the guys that gave us Grand Prix Legends). It pee’s all over everything else, 360, PS3 & PC included…
I gotta say it again – this will be PANTS!
TommyB said on 19th August 2009, 13:37
Why is everyone comparing this to RFactor. I play rfactor and its the best game out there by a country mile.
This is a wii game it’s designed so anyone can play. I’ll be able to play this with family and friends which is exactly what its trying to do.
Rfactor is SO hard to start with and impossible if you don’t have an amazing race wheel. This game simply isn’t trying to be like it so you can’t compare
stjoslin said on 19th August 2009, 16:37
I completely agree TommyB, I think some people think that the F1 game should just be for die hard racing game specialists. If they can wait a little longer they will get the proper version next year.
And you know what? No one is forcing them to buy this game, if rFactor is go good why do they care even about a Wii game??
TommyB said on 19th August 2009, 23:11
I will be able to play the game with my mates and family and thats exactly what you expect with the wii version.
Comparing it to rfactor is a joke. Its an amazing game but its not for everyone – playing online is too hard because whoever has the best car setup and wheel are the best and some people just aren’t into going that much into it
Jonathan said on 19th August 2009, 21:49
If you want to make rFactor easily playable with a keyboard, do the following:
- buy the maximum traction control upgrade for your car.
- use autogears.
- play around with the steering, accelerator and brake sensitivity until it suits you.
It’s not a big problem… it adds 1 or 2 seconds to your laptime, that’s all. This can be compensated for by turning down the AI strength to 95% or so.
John H said on 19th August 2009, 13:39
Looks very arcade. Why have we gone backwards from GP4?
Dissapointed.
TommyB said on 19th August 2009, 14:23
Its probably just the arcade mode. The old f1 games had an arcade and sim mode. Its only one video of a few cars going round. Can’t really say too much about it