F1 Fanatic

Morning All,

Very basic question from someone very new to driving games – which colour indicates the braking zones for cornering in this game? In Forza 3, it was along the lines of “yellow – maintain current speed”, “red – brake hard”. Going into F1 2010 for the first time yesterday I’m finding that braking on the red line seems way too late for making most of the corners. Should I be slowing down when the line changes to yellow instead?

I’ve tried without the line on, but as I barely know any of the tracks from a ‘driving simulation’ point of view and sadly don’t have hours of free time to learn them, I’m sticking with this assist until I’m barely competent!

yeah, as ned says there are certain corners that the red line is too long for (like the mini straight in catalunya that I can’t remember the name of) and some that it isn’t long enough for – like going into the last section at silverstone.

Its dynamic though and as far as I know adapts to what your car should be able to do. its useful! I’m using it on corners only while I try to learn all the tracks. Its been a long time since i’ve played an F1 game!

I use it exclusively for guidance when learning the circuit. On the approach to some turns, braking on the start of the red lines is far too early, on others it’s far too late. Most obvious example of the latter for me was Turn 9 at Istanbul Park. If you stand on the brakes right before the driving line assist turns yellow, you can take turn 9 and 10 on full throttle and usually gain upwards of a second on the AI between turn 8 and 12.

I also don’t think it alters depending on tire choice, downforce level of the car or anything like that.

it’s better without that driving line, it helps you form and individualize your driving style (it’s a lot more rewarding in actual sims, actually)

I myself will be playing on medium but the one difference being i will turn the racing line off.