F1 2012 F1 2012 The Game: Latest News & Discussion

[Bram Hengeveld]

Please use this central sticky thread for posting the latest news about F1 2012 - The Game. Comments and discussions are very welcome as long as they are on topic.

Breaking news stories about the game will also be posted on our news section of the site

 

[Markus Neumann]

I think I'm going to write a script to back up save games each time the game is being started for 2012. Just to be sure on that.

Using backups makes no difference for me. It still bugs out

 

[Tom]

Using backups makes no difference for me. It still bugs out

Happened to me as well. It worked when I pressed ENTER on my keyboard but when I quit, restarted the game and used my wheel it crashed again. :/

 

[STiRacer305]

I just hope all the screw-ups that are in the 2011 game gone. We all know how much of a p.i.t.a. it is to deal with glitches and I hope they are at a minimal.

 

[Deleted member 90535]

http://www.racedepartment.com/2012/09/f1-2012-the-game-demo-dates/

Demo is going to be released 11.09

 

[Victor Ivanov]

Oh boy oh boy oh boy!
PC via Steam – 11/09/12
(dance) 4 daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaays 4

 

[Zoltan Hadadi]

Hehe Victor you are really excited about this game. Nice to see it. I hope we are going to play the demo till the release of the game. (because it will be that good)

 

[Victor Ivanov]

Hehe Victor you are really excited about this game. Nice to see it. I hope we are going to play the demo till the release of the game. (because it will be that good)

I think once I receive my DVD I might stop playing all other games I remember how excited I was a year ago and how much fun the races were. Full club races and even with reserves We haven't seen any club race in PC section last month

 

[William Levesque]

Is it me or does the cars still react as if they have an Open Diff ?

 

[JvMr]

Hi guys.

I'm not very familiar with the title, but is it possible (or has been in earlier versions already) to disable the virtual wheel or make it static without hands in this series?

I'm going to see how the demo is.

 

[Sasha Jednak]

Hi guys.

I'm not very familiar with the title, but is it possible (or has been in earlier versions already) to disable the virtual wheel or make it static without hands in this series?

I'm going to see how the demo is.

On ultra low graphic settings wheel is static with no hands. I think there is no option to just disable wheel movement.

 

[Timberr]

What's this I'm reading. Codemasters say there's no Season Championship in the game anymore where you can drive a full season as one of the 24 drivers? What rubbish is this. Definitely not picking up the game now if this is true.

 

[Alberto Casado]

What's this I'm reading. Codemasters say there's no Season Championship in the game anymore where you can drive a full season as one of the 24 drivers? What rubbish is this. Definitely not picking up the game now if this is true.

Way to fix the savegame issue just stop needing them.

Nah, I don't think so, it is too much even for CM to do that.

 

[Ho3n3r]

I just hope all the screw-ups that are in the 2011 game gone. We all know how much of a p.i.t.a. it is to deal with glitches and I hope they are at a minimal.

Agreed. F1 2011 would have been a success to me had the bloody SAVE feature just worked! In fact, that's the only reason I can think of that I haven't played it as often as I really would've liked to...

 

[iammx]

According to someone on the Codemasters forum who has a preview code for PC and the save game bug is still there. :\

http://community.codemasters.com/t5/F1-2012-General-Discussion/Corrupt-saves/m-p/54804#U54804

 

[JvMr]

Didn't have earlier titles, what kind of bug is it actually? Some way around it?

 

[David O'Reilly]

I have to say that I hold concerns for this game.
I have loved 2011, I know its not RFactor (which I also own and play), but you can cuase oversteer/understeer and have some great racing. The physics while nerfed a bit are there or at least seem to be.
With in mind all the comments about understeer I watched the guys Darin and Sean at Inside SimRacing do a couple of laps each at Austin (its on youtube).
Each of them improved a lot over 3 laps but despite running very wide and getting brake markers wrong, line wrong and ending off the track, not once was there a throttle oversteer moment. Not one little correction. Now maybe these boys race with TCS on full but to me the rear end seemed permanently planted, pinned to the floor in fact. So much so that it made me think of those big bugs they have on display at Museums where their backside is pinned to the cardboard.
If its true then the understeer is needed or its going to be on rails isnt it. Maybe its just the rear thats on rails?
I hope not and feel a bit silly writing all this without even playing it.
I fear that some compromises have been made to land the controller using "gaming market".
For me physics beats graphics and "new features"
Hope I'm wrong but Ill only change if its a better driving experience..

 

[James Maskell]

I have to say that I hold concerns for this game.
I have loved 2011, I know its not RFactor (which I also own and play), but you can cuase oversteer/understeer and have some great racing. The physics while nerfed a bit are there or at least seem to be.
With in mind all the comments about understeer I watched the guys Darin and Sean at Inside SimRacing do a couple of laps each at Austin (its on youtube).
Each of them improved a lot over 3 laps but despite running very wide and getting brake markers wrong, line wrong and ending off the track, not once was there a throttle oversteer moment. Not one little correction. Now maybe these boys race with TCS on full but to me the rear end seemed permanently planted, pinned to the floor in fact. So much so that it made me think of those big bugs they have on display at Museums where their backside is pinned to the cardboard.
If its true then the understeer is needed or its going to be on rails isnt it. Maybe its just the rear thats on rails?
I hope not and feel a bit silly writing all this without even playing it.
I fear that some compromises have been made to land the controller using "gaming market".
For me physics beats graphics and "new features"
Hope I'm wrong but Ill only change if its a better driving experience..

If you go into the videos thread and watch my video of my ydt lap. You will see when i come out of the last corner the car kicks out cause i was on full power too fast. Its there its just that i feel you really have to actually be over the limit to really get the car to slide. But it will do it.

 

[Roy Sutton]

In my video you see me come out of the 1st chicane at Monza and i spin loosing a place to Alonso. I have got the rear to slid a lot, in the full version the driver aids might be much more challenging to have turned off than they are in the demo. Time will tell, but i do like the feel of 2012 so far, just the steering is the annoying part.

 

[Kevin Cordice]

For me I still think the game graphics are still looking to cartoon-ish as for a 2012 title, maybe just maybe if the F1 2012 game had a graphic's look as P CAR I would be a bit more attracted but never the less it does have my attention.

 

[troy_e]

For me I still think the game graphics are still looking to cartoon-ish as for a 2012 title, maybe just maybe if the F1 2012 game had a graphic's look as P CAR I would be a bit more attracted but never the less it does have my attention.

Sorry for my ignorance. What is P CAR?