F1 2010: parere di un iRacing driver

[VELOCIPEDE]

Hey chaps

I picked up my F1 2010 review code (PC) on Friday, and sunk about 5

hours into it yesterday. I can't go into too much detail for risk of

breaking the embargo, but I can make a few general points:

1.) Eye watering visuals. Without doubt the sexiest racing game I've

ever seen. I'm running all settings maxed, 1920 x 1080 with 4XAA, on

my i5@3.8GHz, GTX 470 and 8GB DDR3, and it run super smoothly. The

rain effects are sublime, but the real star of the show are the

tracks. There's just so much stuff in the background that I'm often

distracted by the view.

2.) Handling is not as hardcore as iRacing. While the cars have a

propensity to spin if you apply too much gas coming out of a corner,

they don't appear to mind if you drive them across the grass at 150km/

h. I've lost count of the number of times I've cut a corner, with

hardly any slowdown as a result. The force feedback also isn't quite

as lovely as iRacing - it is good, but iRacing's bumps and steering

feel more realistic.

3.) Car damage is quite forgiving. At times it feels almost like

bumper cars - I'll often make contact with other vehicles, rubbing

tires, with no penalty. I've got damage cranked to full, and full race

penalties enabled. I'm more often given a penalty by the stewards than

seeing any physical damage.

4.) The sound engine is superb. The screaming whine of the F1 engines

are captured beautifully, as is the trackside ambiance.

5.) The AI is brutally hard. I've set it to amateur, and have come

last in every race so far. It's quite strange - while the handling

seems easy when set to full real, the AI is still hard when set to its

most basic.

6.) Overall the game is fantastic fun. While hardcore simmers may

dislike the ability to drive over grass and bump and grind with other

cars, most racers will love the way the game makes you feel like an F1

driver, piloting a rocket ship on wheels.

I can't say too much more, but I thought it'd be best to get people's

expectations in line with the final product. The game is 95% there as

a hardcore sim - it just needs the off-road and contact behaviour to

be tweaked to make it perfect for iRacing fans. Hopefully this will be

moddable by the community, or perhaps Codies could be persuaded to

release a "Hardcore mode" as DLC that is much more punishing in this

regard.

Enough talk from me - got to write for the rest of today so I can play

more tonight

[Guest David Stefanini]

mmm...niente male allora...cacchio però...i danni...speravo in dei danni migliori...per il discorso erba...si, è vero...però...ci si potrebbe anche (letteralmente) "passare sopra"...Mi fa piacere sentire che l'intelligenza artificiale sia molto dura da battere...

...Credo che questo F1 2010 sarà un gioco grandioso, e ci porterà a provare, secondo me, (e credo che i programmatori/sviluppatori ne abbiano in qualche modo preso ispirazione) le "sensazioni" che provavamo/proviamo nel giocare a GP4-GP3-GP2, ossia un gioco non 100% simulativo ma decisamente appagante ed immersivo quando giocato...

Edited September 12, 2010 by David Stefanini