Same here. I'll at least wait to see how the game is received on here and other places before purchasing. Coming off of PCARS it all looks a bit arcadey, for lack of a better word. The physics seem underwhelming, and the graphics and texture work look a bit flat and bland. This makes the tracks and environments look unrealistically clean. Not a fan of the hands going through the chassis in cockpit cam either. Unacceptable really in this day and age, as is having no safety car option.
Yeah it shocked me when I saw it. Can't believe it'll be in the retail version !
I heard about the no SC, is it confirmed ? That game feels like a downgrade in many areas. Graphics are cool but if it's at the cost of one half of the game I don't know...
I am going to give it a few months too. PCars and DriveClub will keep me busy racing for a long time yet so there is no urge to get F1 2015 yet.
In fact I will try it but if it has the same handling model as their previous F1 games I will not buy another. I last bought a Codemasters racer in 2011 as they went downhill. I am not willing to spend €65 on a game I may not enjoy.
It's a shame that none of you look at the bigger picture. Too many people are assuming too many things about this game. The Codemasters forums are a joke, people wanna know why Codemasters aren't talking to them anymore and telling them what is and isn't in the game or conversing on the forum with their queries and answering questions. Well the answer is the people themselves, everyone treats CM like absolute turds and expect everything that they think they deserve.
To all those who haven't read about this game in depth, haven't opened up and looked at the bigger picture and haven't read the small slivers of information we do have, here is a sum up, not all of it official, but all of it confirmed one way or another:
- Brand new game engine. As in, built from the ground up, every single asset remodelled, every car, every track, every crew member, every tree. All new, don't believe me? Look at comparison videos, and maybe start believing that they aren't going to blatantly lie to us when they say it.
- As a side effect of a brand new engine, we get brand new physics, not improved physics from the last game, brand new physics rebuilt from the ground up. People complaining about it not being a sim, get with the times, COdemasters are a business, it still has to sell enough to pay for the license. FIA and FOM will no doubt only allow them the license if the game can actually sell. That said, it is still the most advanced physics engine they have made for an F1 game yet. That doesn't mean it will be the best ever, just the best they have made.
- Lack of career mode, yes, that sucks a bit, but again, brand new engine. Codemasters are building a foundation here, build a game that works, that is what Lee Mather has been saying, they want to get the basics right. For this reason, also expect no safety car, no red flags and no formation laps. Too many variables that will ruin a first pass on a new engine. The championship mode however will work and will be fun, and they have still managed to give us some much requested features. Podium sequences, grid build up, parc ferme scenes, interviews and broadcast presentation and TV replays.
- I mentioned him just now, but Lee Mather took over Mr Hood who lead the previous games. It was clear in my opinion that Codemasters were not happy with the fan reaction to the games and knew it needed a direction change.
- To all those saying pCars will tide you over, that's great and I hope you enjoy it. It has a career mode, which is good, it is however completely broken. Also not actually that much fun in the Formula A cars. My opinion.
- Finally, no, this will not be the best game in the world, nor will it be the most revolutionary, but it will be solid and is going to give Codemasters an excellent foundation to push on with their next/current generation plans. F1 2015 is the beginning of a new chapter, with new design leads, new teams, a new engine and new physics and in the next few years we will see this come to fruition. It's just a shame some people won't support them and help them get there by pre judging the game by being misinformed.
