Yea I hope so, It said in the options that the AI was running on legend and I was able to qualify 4th in a Williams. But I could not keep up in the race.
Steven Hood said it acts the same as hard so hopefully we will see what its made of next week
Any other PC guys have any first impressions?
Cheers Shaun.
Loving it so far, very nice graphics, I get better FPS than I did on 2011, the graphics just look more real somehow. The colours and reflections are much more lifelike and look superb. The tracks just look like they have more life about them, can't put my finger on it. Marshalls are more visible and so on. They have added the antennae to be visible on the noses of the cars which again just gives it a more real life and authentic look (they even wibble around as well). Wet weather is beautiful as well, it was great in 2010 and didn't need changing but 2011 went backwards with it. 2012 seems to have regained its wet beauty. Overall my graphics impressions are very good. I was on high with driver car and track detail set to ultra, shadows to medium and 4xmsaa.
This is a definite and very good improvement over 2011, love how the curbs now bite back like they did in 2010 if you attack them too hard. Unlike 2012 you can attack them and get away with it but you need to use caution. Definitely enjoying the handling feel, I don't have my wheel at the moment so using the 360 controller for windows and it is very good, certainly more pad friendly than 2011. Less twitchy and more feel, good rumble effects too.
AI seem a lot more lifelike. Still a touch slow in certain areas but we have yet to see the hardest difficulty and I feel it is still challenging for me, highest qualifying is 17th and race is 12th so far. Had some good battles with the midfield runners. Been victim of some solid overtakes that show the AI have more balls this time even on this difficulty levels. Been passed into Ascari and Parabolica, and had a great late braking battle with Ricciardo into turn 1, which he won. Enjoyed being overtaken by an aggressive Schumacher, he came down my outside into Ascari, 190mph, DRS open and he squeezed down the small gap I left on my right, very nice. Vergne didn't attempt it when he had the chance to, instead opting to outbrake and go for the inside, dunno if it was just my cars position or if it shows that the drivers do have their real personas reflected in game, i.i. MS being aggressive and Vergne less so. So AI impressions so far are favourable.
Sounds. again, improved greatly, the first time I revved the Mclaren in the YDT the improvement was instantly noticeable.
UI and HUD are both very nice. HUD hasn't changed much from 2011, just tweaked. TV T-Cam makes a nice addition, I didn't think I would use it but I have used it alot, gives a great view just like the TV. You can't look left or right though like you can with the regular T-Cam view. UI is gorgeous, very very slick menus, superb presentation and the cars look ace as a centerpiece in the background.
Overall, I CANT WAIT!
