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Pardon me if this has already been created. I searched, but I couldn’t find it. This thread basically does exactly what it says on the tin: what new features would you like to see Codemasters introduce for F1 2012?

Here’s one of mine: Legendary Achievements

Playing DIRT 3 – particularly online – I picked up on two things very quickly: the achievements weren’t very challenging, and the rewards were very easy to earn. Any idiot (and I ran into a fair few of them, some of them who even ran into me on purpose) could get them. So I think that Codemasters could address this in a way that players could really show off their talent online.

I call them “Legendary Achievements”, an extra set of thirty-two acheivements that can only be unlocked in hardcore mode – full-length races, expert AI, proper tyre and fuel simulations, full weather and so on. Each achievement reflects the exploits of a real-life World Champion, and successfully completing it unlocks that driver’s helmet design, which you can use online. Of course, it’s not going to be a walk in the park – hardcore mode is just the beginning of it. For example, to unlock Ayrton Senna’s helmet, the player will need to qualify on pole eight for eight consecutive races, thereby equalling Senna’s record. To unlock Prost’s, the player will need to win the World Championship without winning a race, reflecting Prost’s tendency to do exactly what was required of him to secure the title. To unlock Michael Schumacher’s 1994-2006 helmet, the player must win the World Championship before 70% of the season has been completed, mirroring Schumacher’s 2002 title, when he won the championship after 11 of 17 races (roughly 64% of the season). To unlock Jenson Button’s yellow and black JB helmet that he wore in 2009, the player will have to complete the season without doing any research and development, since Button drove the Brawn BGP-001 in every practice session, qualifying session and race of the 2009 season (most drivers switch a chassis several times in the season). The idea is that there are thirty-two extremely difficult challenges for the player to complete in hardcore mode, with the rewards serving as a badge of honour so that other players know just how good you are. Hopefully, this will also stretch out the lifetime of the game as players will need several seasons (but not thirty-two) to unlock all of the helmets.

Anyway, what kind of new features would you like to see in the game?

I see no need to close this thread. That thread was created to discuss the launch date of F1 2012. If it was used for a wish list – and I know I used it for that purpose – then it was used incorrectly. This thread is much clearer in its intend and purpose.

Agree with MG. Codemasters needs to make sure they’ve fixed any bugs prior to release, and also give us a proper replay system. It defies belief that for the past two games we’ve been unable to save replays, either on or offline.

I don’t really care for the “Young Driver mode” (or whatever it is)- I just want a more polished game that works like it should.

@PM

Yes it might be useful to certain people, but I can’t help thinking it’s just something else to distract Codemasters from getting what they already have right. Both of the previous games were riddled with bugs, and two games in we still don’t have a proper replay system. The “live the life” element of Career mode still isn’t quite right, and as MG said, neither is the online multiplayer. I’d much rather see Codemasters working on fixing this than adding new stuff, which inevitably they won’t get right at first anyway.

If they’re going to work on new things, how about a proper damage system? At the moment damage is limited to to knocking a front wing off, which is ridiculous. I know this is at least partly because of various licencing issues with FOM, but surely Codemasters can do better. You can bash wheels with another car as much as you want, and there isn’t even proper collision simulation, let along damage simulation.

Brilliant idea @prisoner-monkeys – absolutely brilliant. Love it.

Other than that; I’d love visible upgrades, though it’s not likely to appear. I’d love to actually be able to give technical feedback – tell the team, “i want the car to have less drag at the rear,” or “it needs better low speed traction,” or “it needs a stronger front under braking,” so you can actually affect what kind of upgrade path your car takes.

I’d also love the ability to save replays – and also a pole lap onboard vid a la FOM.

I’d love to have the option to choose a current driver’s helmet too!

they need to improve the safety car situation, the AI rarely collide with each other so it makes the SC a completely useless feature anyway, they say red flags featured in F1 2011, well I never saw it again as the AI just dont crash.
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@nemo87 – But that just makes the game too easy. The idea behind career mode is that you work your way up from the back of the grid to the front. Stating career mode in the best car just wipes out 75% of the game. Especially since most of the content between F1 2011 and F1 2012 will be the same. After all, what is really new for 2012? The addition of the Circuit of the Americas, Hockenheim and Bahrain, and the rule changes banning off-throttle blown diffusers are it, really. The core gameplay mechanics don’t change.

Perhaps the career mode could instead have a carry-over that gives you a few extra options but without unlocking everything from the start. The Gran Turismo games did this, giving players the ability to transfer a save from a previous game over. They would then clear most of the licence tests and have 100,000 in the bank so that they could get straight into the gameplay. F1 2012 could do something similar by giving the player access to more teams at the start (ie, Toro Rosso and Williams in addition to Caterham, Marussia and HRT), and/or by making the team objectives easier to complete so that experienced players can move up the grid a little faster than they would normally.