Codemater's Formula 1 2010 Game rating

If you are buying it for the racing, rather dont waste your money. Download it from torrents. If you are more interested in the role-playing, then buy it.

The game is flawed in many ways. The most obvious way is that the times the AI set are false. They are generated. For example, if you start your lap along side lewis hamilton (next to him) and you finish the lap well ahead of him, he somehow sets a 4 second faster lap than you. so even though you overtook him in the lap and finished the lap well ahead, he set a faster lap than you by a large margin, which defies all logic.

The system code-masters use for this is also very flawed. They use a GTA type spawning system. So when you are not close to or cannot see the AI drivers, they are removed completely from the track. When you get close, the AI are spawned on track. While they are not on the track driving, the game generates fake times for them.

Overall, I'm very disappointed. This is not a racing game. This is a time trial game. Download it, dont pay for it. They lied throughout the marketing phase and thus dont deserve your money.

Get rFactor instead. The real F1 teams use rfactor as their "simulator" - a testament to how realistic it is. There is a nice and friendly south african online racing community for it as well.

Just make sure you have money left for GT5. Nothing will beat GT5.
 
Nothing will beat GT5? I don't know, I have played a few PC sims like GTR2 and I still don't see anything on console (I have FM3, which is the best racer on console, atm) close to it as far as realism goes. Better graphics and other features not used by sim fanatics, sure. But send me an email when everything else surpasses PC sims in that area.
 
inferno said:
The most obvious way is that the times the AI set are false. They are generated. For example, if you start your lap along side lewis hamilton (next to him) and you finish the lap well ahead of him, he somehow sets a 4 second faster lap than you. so even though you overtook him in the lap and finished the lap well ahead, he set a faster lap than you by a large margin, which defies all logic.
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That's because the AI drivers don't have fuel simulation enabled. Disable it in your options and try again. :)

Yes the game does have a lot bugs, and lots of people have highly criticized the game because of all of these niggles, but for me, I just enjoy it for what it is. In my opinion it does set the atmosphere perfectly for an F1 game, and lets be honest, there hasn't really been a lot of decent F1 games on the PC in recent years. But to each his own, you'll either love the game or hate it.
 
StoneCold said:
That's because the AI drivers don't have fuel simulation enabled. Disable it in your options and try again. :)

Yes the game does have a lot bugs, and lots of people have highly criticized the game because of all of these niggles, but for me, I just enjoy it for what it is. In my opinion it does set the atmosphere perfectly for an F1 game, and lets be honest, there hasn't really been a lot of decent F1 games on the PC in recent years. But to each his own, you'll either love the game or hate it.
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That's not the issue. The issue is that the AI cars are not actually racing against you. One of the dev's has already admitted on twitter that qualifying is completely BS and in days to come he'll be forced to admit that races are the same. They've completely conned the F1/racing community and now its clear to see why no demo was released. I'm absolutely shocked that they thought they could get away with this. The sad thing is that this could have been an amazing game. There are some bugs and the like but they could have been fixed. But this problem is so fundamental and a core part of the game that it won't be addressed until at least the next version of the game.

You can read all about it here.

http://community.codemasters.com/forum/f1-2010-game-1316/431006-confirmed-race-ai-phoney.html
 
AI cars have been cheating for years in one way or the other in probably every racing game ever released.

Race against humans, gives it a whole new experience, like any other genre.
 
Well for those still keen to play and race, drop your game tag here so we can add then to xbox live:
Mine is worfza

For those who are on steam there is also a F1 2010 SA group.
 
Got it over the weekend on Xbox, i must admit i quite enjoy it. It's been a while since i played and F1 game, my favourite was F1 97. Some of the courses are very challenging, i'm struggling to get good times at Monaco currently, damn roads are just too narrow!! ;)
 
Doxide said:
Got it over the weekend on Xbox, i must admit i quite enjoy it. It's been a while since i played and F1 game, my favourite was F1 97. Some of the courses are very challenging, i'm struggling to get good times at Monaco currently, damn roads are just too narrow!! ;)
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Where did you buy the game from?
I ordered mine(from kalahari.net) and will only receive it on Friday at the earliest. If not Friday, only next week :(
 
Sharks fan said:
Where did you buy the game from?
I ordered mine(from kalahari.net) and will only receive it on Friday at the earliest. If not Friday, only next week :(
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Cancelled my pre-order from kalahari.net, cause i picked up the game @ games extreme.

Can't wait to test F1 2010 tonite! It's gonna be 1 late nite hehehe
 
Think I might just pop into BTGames on the way home this evening....
 
dazzazzad said:
That's not the issue. The issue is that the AI cars are not actually racing against you. One of the dev's has already admitted on twitter that qualifying is completely BS and in days to come he'll be forced to admit that races are the same. They've completely conned the F1/racing community and now its clear to see why no demo was released. I'm absolutely shocked that they thought they could get away with this. The sad thing is that this could have been an amazing game. There are some bugs and the like but they could have been fixed. But this problem is so fundamental and a core part of the game that it won't be addressed until at least the next version of the game.

You can read all about it here.

http://community.codemasters.com/forum/f1-2010-game-1316/431006-confirmed-race-ai-phoney.html
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EPIC FAIL

Rather stick with GP4 and the 2010 mod
 
Alan said:
EPIC FAIL

Rather stick with GP4 and the 2010 mod
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Errrr....no. GP4 was great in it's time. I played it for years both single player and league. However, to play GP4 and ignore RFactor is like flogging a dead horse.

F1 2010 is nice. Fancy graphics, special effects etc. However, don't get it if you are into sims and demand realism and accuracy. For what it is, it's brilliant. Pity that Codemasters didn't bother to tell us this from the beginning. So much for Anthony Davidson...
 
I disagree vinodh, while it's not AS simmy as Forza 2, in my opinion it's far superior to Forza 3 in the sense that you don't bounce off imaginary barriers. Also, when I steer the car, it *actually* goes around the corner (most of the time).
I'm no expert racer, but I demand a certain degree of challenge from a game. I think the options they give you to adjust the difficulty is extensive enough to cater to the majority of racers. Playing on easy to get my bearings lasted a full minute, and now I'm running a custom difficulty akin to my Forza 3 setup (admittedly, with more assists, but that just proves my point.)

As for the AI, I find them acceptable. I finish more or less where my Lotus would finish, Hamilton drives as poorly in the game as he does in reality...I'm happy :)
Maybe I'm just easy to please, given that I bought Forza 3 and expected exactly what you seemed to from this game. There was a disappointment for me, and I felt insulted that those developers thought throwing many cars at the consumer made up for crappy AI and lousy invisible barriers (very arcade-y game in my opinion).

So, maybe my point of view is skewed by that, but overall, I'm happier racing F1 2010.

Only one concern - I can't find any downloads or reference to the game on Xbox LIVE. I'm concerned we'll not get any updates or support...
 
Forza3 = arcade? ooooooooookay...

Thanks for mentioning this thread on the official forums, dazzazzad, I think I'll steer clear of this one, if you'll excuse the pathetic pun.
 
lol, Forza 3 is the only sim on consoles right now, calling it arcady is accurate, because only true sims are on the PC. No one wants to accept this it seems. Like the ignorant PS3-ONLY owners who never really played a proper PC racer, saying GT5 will be the best racing game ever. Ridiculous. You might as well call Killzone 2 the greatest FPS ever.

I'd say Forza 3 is more sim than arcade, but even a little arcadeness stops it from being in a true "simulator" state.
 
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