If you love cars then F1 is the best thing you can imagine. It's top-notch technologies, brilliant drivers and glamourous places from around the globe. If you pack it into this awesome Codemasters game, then you get what's best out there for racing. If you want to drift, take corner at 240 mph or jump bridges this game is not for you. If you are looking for something fun but sim-oriented, then F1 2011 is the game you should get. DRS (drag reduction system), KERS (Kinectic energy recovery system) and short life Pirelli tires! Everything is there.
There another little goody you want to get; a wireless force feedback racing wheel. Otherwise you won't be able to get anything out of this game. F1 is about precision and finesse not power and brutality. Therefore, a standard controller or pad is definitely not appropriate or recommended.
Good job Cody. Now I hope you guys will come out with DLC to maintain the fun and excitement.
On second thought (second review):
This game is still awesome and especially in comparison with the 2010 edition. Everything is much better but I have to downgrade it a bit after few hours spent lapping around the world. There are some unfortunate flaws that none of the reviews (Gamespot, IGN,...) have mentioned :
1- while driving at slower pace during a race week-end you can get penalized because the AI is not smart enough to drive by your car. He got stuck behind you. You need to drive off track to avoid any penalties (5 grid spot at least)
2- There is nothing happening in between two races or qualification session. Your racing engineer is silent, no interview, no news and not even weather report giving you forecast on when the rain will come. You can get out on track and it starts raining. No warning from your team nor from your engineer.
3- difficult to track gaps between two cars unless you go into the a mode called "Director mode". Basically it captures all the event that are happening on the track.
4- Even on the 4 out of 5 level of difficulty the AI still brake too early and allow easy passing
5- During qualification the AI stays on the race line even if they just got out of the pit. They'll jeopardize your lap easily if you catch them at the wrong place (like on a slow corner).
6- I did one full race (awesome) WE but after qualifying 2nd after Q3, my car had an engine failure. The HUD or UI did not show it, nor did my engineer tell me that I had an major technical issue.
Bottom line is, I had to find out by myself after losing 0.5s per sector and looking back to see a huge smoke coming out of my car. How can the AI or a game miss that!!! Major malfunctionnnnnnnn!
So in summary AI is not as smart as one would have expected and very few things help you figuring out what is happening around you (crucial info not communicated by your team or on screen display). Good news is a patch can easily fix that.
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| You'll need one of this gear to play F1 2011. I have one... |
Yet F1 2011 is still the best racing and F1 game out there...but with a lot of unpleasant flaws.
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