jasonthebadger wrote:
I bought it yesterday ( PC ), It's quite good.
I definitely like the new upgrade system, It adds so much more to the game having more development areas.
Same goes with added practice objectives, Fuel saving is easy to learn but difficult to master.
The feel of the new cars is excellent IMO, The only niggle I'd have is that the cars feel a little understeery into the corners, although that could be because of the wider tyres.
The classic cars are fun, but difficult to drive, Stepping down from a 2017 McLaren and hopping into the 2006 Renault is a challenge, It feels 100% different and I found myself struggling to get used to it. I'd love to have a short practice session before actually racing the older cars, just to get a feel for it.
I've started my career mode racing for McLaren and it's not gonna be an easy one!
I'm up to round 3 and I'm already on my second ICE and probably going to have to change the Turbo before qualifying, I've just done a durability upgrade on the ICE, but I still can't see me only using four ( in total ) for the rest of the season.
The AI is strange. To figure out my skill level relative to the AI, I ran a few qualifying sessions on single race mode until I could qualify around 18th.
Then I started my career mode on that difficulty and qualified 19th in Melbourne, I finished the race 4th. The AI's single lap pace is good, but their race pace is so much slower than mine. So I've upped the difficulty now to try and even it out a bit.
Graphically, It's very similar to 2016. Slight improvements in some areas, Although I feel that some areas ( background blur being one ) are actually a step backwards.
I also don't like how the pre-session animations ( drivers sitting in their cars, getting interviewed etc ) are largely unchanged, there's a couple of new ones but mostly they've re-used the 2016 ones.
It's a solid game and the pros definitely outweigh the cons.
I'd give it a 8/10!
I didn't buy the '16 game as was too involved in GT6. But I've been buying previous F1 games & surely feel an improvement.
THe career mode is the biggest draw, apart from getting to drive the classic cars. Not driven 1 yet but their presence adds so much novelty to the game.
Small upgrades such as distance to DRS activation zone, Delta time etc. are such good add-ons to the game. I've not started on the career as I'm trying to get used to the handling of the cars. I'm doing Time-Trials which should also be done by others. Your time will be entered / set against other racers from around the world. For eg; You're doing a lap around Australia. After You set a decent lap (say 1:31:654), the next lap time set by anyone around the world would become Your target with the ghost of that player's car visible. This is really cool.
I'm playing on PS4 but still using the controller which now has a built-in speaker & also has a port for attaching a hands free to it.
Really digging the experience.