Comments on: “F1 2009″ by Codemasters (Sony PSP)

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:04:01 +0000

Folks, if you want experience sliding or drifting. You need to study hard and remember the track. Every corner has a braking point. You need to brake at the same spot every time you take that corner. Otherwise you can never keep the car on track.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:47:29 +0000

I have got the psp version. This F1 2009 game’s handling is too difficult to control to put in consecutive good lap time. You also have to remember the next corner and the racing line as well. In the career mode, I tried normal and hard mode. In the normal mode,I can get a pole easily with 1 sec to spare from Austrilian lapped 1m28s will be good enough. During the race, I can pull out 1 or 2 sec a lap if my lap time is below 1m29. It is too difficult to keep the consistency. In full lenght race, i made a few errors and cut thru few corners that led to couple of driver thru penalties. And i still managed to take the chequered flag easily. There is not much challenge so i restart with hard mode again. But in expert mode, 1m28s can only gaurantee you to Q3. In order to take the pole, you need to beat 1m27s something. It is very challenging but i don’t think there is anyone to be able to take a podium with the psp. There is no chance you can keep this kind of lap time for the whole race.
And for the car setup, i have no idea how to do it and don’t bother to do it. Overall it is a good game but there is much more to improve. In terms of difficulties, i hope codemaster can add one level between normal and hard. In this version, normal is easy and hard mode is impossible to win.

By: asj

asj — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:18:33 +0000

The previous F1 2006 was good except it took an hour plus to set up a car to make it to a race in championship / career mode. So it was letting down the whole point of gameplay.

The previous F1 2005 game was ok as well but the car simulations were not as good as F1 2006.

Now Codemasters have developed F1 2009 for PSP and its got one big flaw. The cars are seemingly drifting/sliding all over the place, you just cannot play this game. I do not know what codemasters think this is meant to be but its simply not anything I can use for more than 2 minutes.

It might start up quicker and there is no prolonged car setup nonsense as in F1 2006 but whats the point of the game if the car simulation is so bad.

I might be wrong – maybe this is meant to be realistic, in that case no one can is ever going to be able to play the game.

By: 406notacceptable

406notacceptable — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:17:49 +0000

If you want a cheap formula 1 game option you will buy it on a console. since the only way to play Rfactor to a decent quality would set you back about £200 for a decent graphics card another £100+ for a wheel to play it properly.

Nonsense. You can play RFactor on full details at 1600×1050 running at 70+ fps with 30 cars on screen on a 4670, a £50 graphics card. A basic wheel will set you back £30/40.

You could get a PC for £300 with a monitor and buy a £50 card. Or you can get a Wii for £150 and buy a 20″ TV for it for another £200. Shockingly, thats the same price…

Plus you’re getting an actual simulator. Not a faux sim like this, Dirt, or GT. Yes, the AI does suck at the moment.

I’ve got GT on my PSP and it moves so slow it feels like you are driving at 40mph not 140mph. Plus you can simply cut every corner by driving on the grass, which seems to give just as good grip as the road.

By: wen

wen — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:01:37 +0000

If I never played granturismo on the psp, I would have thought this game was a good effort. But Gran Turismo’s graphics are way better and the controls are more refined. Physics are also better on gt, so my first impressions on this game wasn’t that good.

By: Icthyes

Icthyes — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:21:07 +0000

Looks pretty decent for a PSP game, wish I still had mine!

By: Bigbadderboom

Bigbadderboom — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:09 +0000

R u serious, the grid was the most awful driving game, and the biggest let down in gaming for years. The games you list are not for racing enthusiasts, they are for casual gamers with little appetite for real simulation or even real racing. Forza 3 is the best out there at the moment. I am praying that codemasters sort out the console versions with f1 2010, but from what i’ve heard we are going to see a redressed grid.

By: Gman

Gman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:02:45 +0000

Are the new games available here in the USA? Because I have yet to find an electronics retailer selling them.

If they aren’t for sale here, then Bernie and all these fans who complain that Americans don’t like F1 have nothing to complain about- how do they expect people to develop interests in the sport when the game is kept away from the world’s biggest consumer market?

By: Bilstar

Bilstar — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:03:56 +0000

Given Codemasters’ past record which includes Grid and Colin Mcrae Rally which became the Dirt series, there is no reason to believe that 2010 will be anything other than excellent. To many, possibly the best f1 game ever made from a gaming mechanic point of view. As people above have said though, the level of simulation they use will very probably be considerably less than any of the Crammond creations. Probably. Judging by Grid and Dirt tho, I would wager they will be a hell of an experience. No one makes racing games like Codemasters. Should be truly, truly spectacular.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:07:35 +0000

great PSP game really :p

By: PeriSoft

PeriSoft — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:11:51 +0000

I wouldn’t be terribly excited about anything in the mold of the most recent Crammond work – anyone who was using sprites and writing cycle-dependent timing code in 2002 needs to be hauled out back and shot.

If you want a serious simulation, look to iRacing. I’d rather run an SCCA spec racer at Limerock in iRacing than a badly-modeled F1 car at Silverstone in the flavor-of-the-month console arcade racer.

Forza3 is a pretty good compromise between the two, though.

By: Hallard

Hallard — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:56:05 +0000

Im a huge fan of both the Forza and Gran Turismo game series. I havent yet played Forza 3, but GT5 Prologue is excellent, and you can unlock the Ferrari F2007 in it. GT5 prologue has incredible graphics, running at 60fps in 1080p, and very good gameplay. I would say buy Forza 3, since its out now, and the full-fledged GT5 game is not releasing until March (at least).

By: Hallard

Hallard — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:51:15 +0000

Im hoping its at least as good as Dirt 2. I just finished that game and although it definitely isnt a Sim, its very well done and a lot of fun to play.

By: Hallard

Hallard — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:49:39 +0000

I read a while ago that Kazunori Yamauchi (of polyphony digital, creators of the gran turismo series) was going to make an F1 game. I know codemasters has the license for a while, but that sounds promising to me.

By: BT52/B

BT52/B — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:51:08 +0000

Only in the videogame can anyone overtake in Valencia lol

By: eWoo

eWoo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:14:40 +0000

Indeed. I still need to get a PS3, just so I can get F1 2010. The only other alternative for an F1 gaming fix for me is F1 06 on the PS2.

By: Noelinho

Noelinho — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:11:25 +0000

Although I’ve not played it, I’d take a good stab at Gran Turismo 5. Forza 3 seems to be pretty popular too, but I know very little about that game.

By: Noelinho

Noelinho — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:10:33 +0000

I think I’ll wait until the proper version next year.

By: cmarle

cmarle — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:29:10 +0000

You say it’s not very realistic. How does it compare to Gran Turismo on PSP? Is it in the same league?

What is the best racing simulator on a game console? I’m looking for one.

By: aguy

aguy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:35:26 +0000

Thanks 4 da review keith, i wasn’t sure about buying it cause i have the 2006 but after this i will definitely get it, just waiting for the 25, lol.