Comments on: F1 2009 by Codemasters: first video

By: newdecade

newdecade — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:49:06 +0000

99, BAR in the background

By: Salty

Salty — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:41:13 +0000

I was a huge fan of the Geoff Crammond F1 games and happily modded away til the bitter end. The physics detailing were years ahead of anything else and surely provided the impetus for rFactor (sorry mp4-19b, but Geoff was better first!).

Was a PC head for many years, but always pushed my machine for F1 and Flight Sims (remember X-plane anyone?). But when Sony won the bidding war for F1 and the PS3 finally launched, I was sold. So now drive my coffee table round the lounge to F1 Champ from Liverpool Soft.

Really wasn’t sure at first, but with a good wheel/pedal setup and a rather fun big TV, have got some damn good racing in.

Was sad to see the franchise leave Liverpool, but Codemasters have been generally excellent in producing top end racing games – TOCA & TOCA2 being a good case in point. Yes, I know they have produced pure gamer orientated titles, but there IS a market for those products too.

I for one am intrigued by the end result. I don’t expect the Wii version to be representative of the highend console release, so am unfazed by the rather worrying 15fps Wii pre-release vid. But hells, Wii fans are allowed to enjoy some racing fun too…

Best racing game ever? GP4.
Should have been best racing game ever? LeMans 24heurs.
Worst F1 sim? Monaco F1 Racing.

By: Mark Hitchcock

Mark Hitchcock — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:44:42 +0000

The only reason this was largely aimed at you is because you’re the one going on about rfactor…
It’s not like I’m randomly attacking you.

By: James_mc

James_mc — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:52:41 +0000

Going by their car for most of the year, the game’s going to be guff!

By: James_mc

James_mc — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:51:28 +0000

So we get weapons…

By: TommyB

TommyB — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:45:11 +0000

They will. It’ll be the same control methods as mario kart.

“Multiple control setups: Five fully customisable control schemes, including Wii Wheel and Logitech steering wheel support.”

By: graham228221

graham228221 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:14:32 +0000

I think this won’t be representative of the Xbox, PC and Playstation versions. Those will be based on the same “Neon/Ego” game engine as the Colin Mcrae:DIRT and Race Driver:GRID games.

“Ego” was never developed for the Wii, so presumably they had to start from scratch as this game looks appalling compared to GRID!

Just the squared off corners are making me a bit sick, without mentioned the hideously simplefied physics =/

luckily though, I think the Xbox and PS3 releases will be much much much better!

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:26:27 +0000

Reminds me of the F1 game on the original Playstation *yawn*

By: G Hall

G Hall — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:45:15 +0000

Wii and PSP… are you kidding me? PSP.. fine.. it’s a handheld… but will the Wii have enough power for a real immersive experience? Will the game engine be able to do proper reproduction? I highly doubt it.

For the most part F1 fans are real fans. They want as close to a replicated experience as possible. I don’t think a casual gaming console like the Wii can do that, nor will the casual gaming market uptake a game like this en masse.

On the flip side, I guess I can sort of see why however, casual gamers are the fastest growing market right now. They probably want to capitalize on it, which is a business and $$ driven decision. THere is probably a technical reason since developing for the PSP and Wii was probably a much simpler proposition than the PS3, and done in order to bring the game to market under time and budget constraints.

I personally think this is a bad move on codemaster’s part, even thought I can understand why they did it. I will keep playing the 2006 game on my PS3 with my G25 wheel setup until it comes out and I am possibly proven wrong.

By: mp4-19b

mp4-19b — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:35:23 +0000

when you take a dig at someone, there is no stopping you hitch