Let's play F1 2011 on Expert - my career mode seasonF1 2010-2016

[jcm]

Well, neither Vettel nor Webber were in range, so I could only pick Massa, Alonso or Schumacher during the interview - I'm not sure if RB is going to offer me a contract. :/ So for now it's only McLaren and Ferrari.

However, when they say "We have until Brazil", does this mean before or after the race?

I think it means until the end of the season, but to be safe you should chose before the race, as you'd already know about all your contracts by then. It's a bit glitchy though, one time it told me the offer was only good until Singapore, and it expired when I got to Korea.

Red Bull might offer you a contract if your reputation is high enough.

 

[Mr. S]

Well, I'm not getting any reputation since season 3 / race 16 or so, it's capped at 50, I believe.

 

[jcm]

Well, I'm not getting any reputation since season 3 / race 16 or so, it's capped at 50, I believe.

I've never made it past season 3/race5 or so, always get bored of it and restart. You'll probably get a contract from Red Bull if you're at the maximum level.

 

[Mr. S]

Maybe - I'd just like to finish this one for good, so that I'm having 5 years under my belt. I'll probably start another career with Lotus this time, Williams was quite fun but well, not exactly low-end.

 

[Mr. S]

Singapore wasn't much of a success story until now, let's see if I can fix this in the race. Also tried racing with a Ferrari yesterday, not bad, I have to say. Then again, it was Interlagos and that's always been one of my favourite tracks.

 

[jcm]

Since the 1.02 patch I've hardly done any career mode, although I decided to do three more races tonight. My career isn't really intresting enough to deserve a thread so I'll just post a brief summary here.

Force India, Expert AI, All aids off, 20% races, no restarts, no cheating, one terminal crash...

Standing after 7/19 races
1. Me 115points
2. Button 81points
3. Vettel 70points
4. Hamilton 69points
5. Webber 69points
...18. Sutil 0points


My brief race recaps
Australia Q:8 R:5
Malaysia Q:13 R:1
China Q:8 R:1
Turkey Q:24 R:4 (Didn't feel like qualifying)
Spain Q:6 R:2
Monaco Q:1 R:1
Montreal Q:1 R:17 (Crashed out on the last lap, while in first )


My only really intresting race was Monaco.
Monaco Race Report
Qualifying: On my first hotlap of qualifying I set a 1:11.008 In a Force India! I was so amazed, shocked, and impressed with my lap then I completely messed up my next hotlap, so I decided to go into the pits. I didn't even go out again. I was 1.502 seconds faster then second place (Alonso), and 3.658 seconds faster then Sutil.
Race: I decided that the best thing to do would be to drive smooth and get an easy win, so I did. 9.746 seconds ahead of second place (Button) at the end. I got the fastest lap, and lapped 11 cars. Vettel, Alonso, Webber, Massa and Heidfeld all retired early.

 

[gorsad]

Which season you on, if it's your first I bow down to your greatness

 

[jcm]

Which season you on, if it's your first I bow down to your greatness

I'm on my first season of this career. It's also my first on full expert (I used driving line before).

 

[DoomtrainUK]

I cant even drive with that pace on amateur settings this is beast

 

[Mr. S]

I'm on my first season of this career. It's also my first on full expert (I used driving line before).

Still thinking about making it a 5th season in this career or starting a new one, maybe in the Lotus. Singapore sucked anyway. Ferrari might be a great ride...meh, sucks.

Keep going jcm, that's going to be a good achievement if you're making it to the WDC.

 

[jcm]

Still thinking about making it a 5th season in this career or starting a new one, maybe in the Lotus. Singapore sucked anyway. Ferrari might be a great ride...meh, sucks.

Keep going jcm, that's going to be a good achievement if you're making it to the WDC.

I've already got my trophy (I did it on hard without driving line, then again on full expert 3lap races). I did a career in the Lotus twice, before and after the patch. I finished the season around 6th in constructors. Re-signed with Lotus both times and suprise suprise, my car stayed the exact same the next year both times, no Kers, still just as slow. My teammate was driving about 3 seconds faster then before though. Just another glitch in this game that's very annoying.

 

[Mr. S]

Well, uh, I didn't meant achievement like that - just a good thing to have done, y'know.

 

[jcm]

Well, uh, I didn't meant achievement like that - just a good thing to have done, y'know.

Yeah I sort of knew that, but a true acheivement will be doing that on 100% races. That'll be next season hopefully

 

[jcm]

The teachers in British Columbia are currently on strike (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday), which means that I've got lots of time to continue my career with Force India Still on full expert 20% races with those legendary AI

Standing after 11/19 races
1. Me 185points
2. Hamilton 130points
3. Vettel 122points
4. Webber 118points
5. Button 108points
...18. Sutil 0points

Constructors Standings
1. Red Bull 240points
2. McLaren 238points
3. Force India 185points (no contribution from Sutil)
4. Ferrari 177points


My brief race recaps
Australia Q:8 R:5
Malaysia Q:13 R:1
China Q:8 R:1
Turkey Q:24 R:4 (Didn't feel like qualifying)
Spain Q:6 R:2
Monaco Q:1 R:1
Canada Q:1 R:17 (Crashed out on the last lap, while in first )
Valencia Q:1 R:1
United Kingdom Q:14 R:9
Germany Q:6 R:2
Hungary Q:1 R:1

I have no idea what team I want to go to next year though! Do you have any suggestions?

 

[Mr. S]

Well, I like McLaren a lot.

But I guess it's up to your taste, McLaren, Ferrari, RB and Mercedes are quite fast - Schumachers' (or is it "Schumacher's"? It's early in the morning. >_<) car is harder to set up from what I've heard,tho.

 

[Mr. S]

Suzuka report and the (imperfect) video of it is up.

 

[jcm]

Suzuka report and the (imperfect) video of it is up.

Nice 👍 I just finished my co-op career and won both championships That's right, I've got the platinum trophy

 

[Mr. S]

Grats.

 

[jcm]

Did 4 more races in my Force India on expert. Four races to go, and I think I might just win the title! I've hardly spent any time without the driving line on the next four tracks though, so I'm a little scared!

Standing after 15/19 races
1. Me 235points
2. Button 182points
3. Hamilton 164points
Rival 4. Vettel 162points
5. Webber 162points
...18. Sutil 0points


My brief race recaps (20% races)
Australia Q:8 R:5
Malaysia Q:13 R:1
China Q:8 R:1
Turkey Q:24 R:4 (Didn't feel like qualifying)
Spain Q:6 R:2
Monaco Q:1 R:1
Canada Q:1 R:17 (Crashed out on the last lap, while in first )
Valencia Q:1 R:1
United Kingdom Q:14 R:9
Germany Q:6 R:2
Hungary Q:1 R:1
Belgium Q:4 R:24 (I was in first place on the first lap, then I hit an invisible wall at Pouhon )
Italy Q:1 R:1 (No one ever got within DRS distance of me )
Singapore Q:3 R:24 (I was in first, then I crashed. My fault entirely :sad: )
Japan: Q:1 R:1

South Korea: Next Up! (meh, boring)
India: (My teams home race, I'm definately getting the win there).
UAE: (I'm pretty quick there, so nothing to worry about)
Brazil: ( )

 

[Mr. S]

Well, thank heavens - left Korea with 2 very exciting races and 1 rather ok'ish (India) race ahead. Still don't know if I should stay at McLaren or join Ferrari. Those are the only offers I received so far.

 

[jcm]

Well, thank heavens - left Korea with 2 very exciting races and 1 rather ok'ish (India) race ahead. Still don't know if I should stay at McLaren or join Ferrari. Those are the only offers I received so far.

I'd go to Ferrari, just so you can tell Alonso "Senna, is faster, then you"

My career is going okay...
World Championship Clinched! I did it with at my team's home grand prix in India, and my race engineer didn't even tell me . Then after an optinial interview I got an email saying how happy the team was after winning both championships, despite being 121 points back in the contructors . The minor bugs in this game are just hilarious.

I now have to chose between re-signing at Force India, or upgrading to Red Bull. I'm leaning to going to Red Bull doing 100% races and cockpit view on long race weekend, but I might do Force India 100% short race weekend t-cam view. What do you think Senna?


Force India, Expert difficulty, 20% races, Short Race Weekend, Season 1.
Standing after 17/19 races
1. Me 268points
2. Webber 202points
3. Button 200points
4. Hamilton 186points
Rival 5. Vettel 185points
...18. Sutil 0points


My brief race recaps (20% races)
Australia Q:8 R:5
Malaysia Q:13 R:1
China Q:8 R:1
Turkey Q:24 R:4 (Didn't feel like qualifying)
Spain Q:6 R:2
Monaco Q:1 R:1
Canada Q:1 R:17 (Crashed out on the last lap, while in first )
Valencia Q:1 R:1
United Kingdom Q:14 R:9
Germany Q:6 R:2
Hungary Q:1 R:1
Belgium Q:4 R:24 (I was in first place on the first lap, then I hit an invisible wall at Pouhon )
Italy Q:1 R:1 (No one ever got within DRS distance of me )
Singapore Q:3 R:24 (I was in first, then I crashed. My fault entirely :sad: )
Japan: Q:1 R:1
South Korea: Q:14 R:6
India: Q:1 R:1 (Title is clinched at home race )

 

[PAWEL17]

This is exactly why this game needs another higher difficulty setting.

 

[Mr. S]

Indeed - yet, I thought it'd be way harder on Expert. Another easy win and the 5th season is about to commence...probably the last full season for me until F1 2012 hits the shelves.