This my own opinion about the game (The final release version)
The game is not completed, its full off bugs and it feels rushed, But if you are baying it you cant hold it on anyone since the devs are saying its a WORK IN PROGRESS
I was expecting more but they did not deliver and i truly think this a huge set back for the series
Some info i collected for you guys
The BAD
-Most cars have the same steering wheels, which only shows the gear your on
-Some cars only have one Rear view mirror (EX: Ferrari on right side only)
-Some cars are extremely over powered unlike real life (EX: Ferrari)
-ERS, is not working in the game yet (Codemasters said that its delivered auto, but i honestly didn't/couldn't see when its applied!)
-No real life branding on some cars (EX: Martini branding and the red stripe on the Williams are not there) Codemasters had to remove all alcohol advertising!
-No Young Driver Test, you only have a one quick test (3 or 5 laps around Monza, very easy to beat)
-No classic content in F1 2014
-No helmet camera
-No DRS indicator is shown in cockpit view infect almost nothing important showing on cockpit view
(There is a green button on the steering wheel that suppose to indicate DRS but its not working on my end) you can only hear a bip in DRS zones.
-No formation laps
-You cant control the car when pitting
-Fuel management is very easy (The fuel seems to take 2.5 laps to reduce that +1 fuel you get on the start on Rich setting and it regenerate really fast on lean settings) Yes we all know the new V6 is fuel friendlier than before but in this game its not right.
-Tire management is very easy (There was only one thing i liked about F1 2013 tire management, but in the new game you can abuse the tires)
-You cant take more than +1 lap fuel with you even on cautious strategy
-You cant change the gear box settings! (F1 2014 rules says that cannot change gear box setting only on Australia, and one more final time in Spa) But in this game you only get in the Quick setup the option to choose between Dry option or Wet option, if you move it to Dry it will give higher gear box ratio and if you move it to Wet it will give you lower gear box ratio) BUT this option is meant for wins setups, if you choose setup for a wet conditions it will raise the wins more aerodynamics .
-Same graphics, Some changes on a few tracks
-Same old animations (Codemasters said that there is new animations BUT there is nothing new)
-All teams are unlocked from the start so you can shoos any car in carrier mode right from the start (it took some of the fan away from the game, you start in slow team but you have to prove your self for faster teams...Not in 2014!)
-the game Still cant do any loading while Auto-saving
-Some Steering wheels are buggy or not working (Cannot confirm yet but i saw some posts about steering wheels being buggy! )
-The sounds are annoying (other cars, People sheering, Tires sounds) after a while you will find your self going to the audio option and reducing some sound. and there nothing similar to real life about it.
-Penalties and warnings, lol they are still the worst, now there is some corners you cut w/out any penalties and some other corners you cant even touch the apex or you will get a penalty
-Dry or Wet conditions are almost the same, nothing sim about it
There is too many things but im honestly tired ....
The GOOD
-New cars with New engines
-New physics
-New Tracks (We all know the new tracks )
-New AI... not too different but they are a bit aware sometimes too aggressive, but they are fun
-New Game Pad settings (0% Dead Zone, And the made it feel better and there no twitching using joysticks, you can even get good times using game pads, in other words they re-worked the settings from the start)
-New challenges and time attacks
-New driver evaluation system (Honestly i didn't see any difference) maybe in Challenge season but its messed up, when i played through it i used the Cathrem, the first race i finished 7th on Legend , the next race i finished in 1st place with 6 seconds ahead of everyone.
Well that's about it really nothing new the game is basically Work in progress which could mean that they are working on next gen or they are going bust... or they just didnt care any more!
And unfortunately the game is still arcady more than a sim and still have the same exact texture as F1 2013, i believe this whole thing could have just been a DLC for less than 10$
So is it worth buying
yes and no, yes because we all are F1 fans and will end up buying it any way for mods, because mods are everything when it comes to this series, but i dont think the game is worth 49.99$ on steam and around 40$ for consoles, at least not for now, maybe if they fix all issues and release free DLCs...
This my own opinion about the game so you can have a different opinion its totally fine
The game is not completed, its full off bugs and it feels rushed, But if you are baying it you cant hold it on anyone since the devs are saying its a WORK IN PROGRESS
I was expecting more but they did not deliver and i truly think this a huge set back for the series
Some info i collected for you guys
The BAD
-Most cars have the same steering wheels, which only shows the gear your on
-Some cars only have one Rear view mirror (EX: Ferrari on right side only)
-Some cars are extremely over powered unlike real life (EX: Ferrari)
-ERS, is not working in the game yet (Codemasters said that its delivered auto, but i honestly didn't/couldn't see when its applied!)
-No real life branding on some cars (EX: Martini branding and the red stripe on the Williams are not there) Codemasters had to remove all alcohol advertising!
-No Young Driver Test, you only have a one quick test (3 or 5 laps around Monza, very easy to beat)
-No classic content in F1 2014
-No helmet camera
-No DRS indicator is shown in cockpit view infect almost nothing important showing on cockpit view
(There is a green button on the steering wheel that suppose to indicate DRS but its not working on my end) you can only hear a bip in DRS zones.
-No formation laps
-You cant control the car when pitting
-Fuel management is very easy (The fuel seems to take 2.5 laps to reduce that +1 fuel you get on the start on Rich setting and it regenerate really fast on lean settings) Yes we all know the new V6 is fuel friendlier than before but in this game its not right.
-Tire management is very easy (There was only one thing i liked about F1 2013 tire management, but in the new game you can abuse the tires)
-You cant take more than +1 lap fuel with you even on cautious strategy
-You cant change the gear box settings! (F1 2014 rules says that cannot change gear box setting only on Australia, and one more final time in Spa) But in this game you only get in the Quick setup the option to choose between Dry option or Wet option, if you move it to Dry it will give higher gear box ratio and if you move it to Wet it will give you lower gear box ratio) BUT this option is meant for wins setups, if you choose setup for a wet conditions it will raise the wins more aerodynamics .
-Same graphics, Some changes on a few tracks
-Same old animations (Codemasters said that there is new animations BUT there is nothing new)
-All teams are unlocked from the start so you can shoos any car in carrier mode right from the start (it took some of the fan away from the game, you start in slow team but you have to prove your self for faster teams...Not in 2014!)
-the game Still cant do any loading while Auto-saving
-Some Steering wheels are buggy or not working (Cannot confirm yet but i saw some posts about steering wheels being buggy! )
-The sounds are annoying (other cars, People sheering, Tires sounds) after a while you will find your self going to the audio option and reducing some sound. and there nothing similar to real life about it.
-Penalties and warnings, lol they are still the worst, now there is some corners you cut w/out any penalties and some other corners you cant even touch the apex or you will get a penalty
-Dry or Wet conditions are almost the same, nothing sim about it
There is too many things but im honestly tired ....
The GOOD
-New cars with New engines
-New physics
-New Tracks (We all know the new tracks )
-New AI... not too different but they are a bit aware sometimes too aggressive, but they are fun
-New Game Pad settings (0% Dead Zone, And the made it feel better and there no twitching using joysticks, you can even get good times using game pads, in other words they re-worked the settings from the start)
-New challenges and time attacks
-New driver evaluation system (Honestly i didn't see any difference) maybe in Challenge season but its messed up, when i played through it i used the Cathrem, the first race i finished 7th on Legend , the next race i finished in 1st place with 6 seconds ahead of everyone.
Well that's about it really nothing new the game is basically Work in progress which could mean that they are working on next gen or they are going bust... or they just didnt care any more!
And unfortunately the game is still arcady more than a sim and still have the same exact texture as F1 2013, i believe this whole thing could have just been a DLC for less than 10$
So is it worth buying
yes and no, yes because we all are F1 fans and will end up buying it any way for mods, because mods are everything when it comes to this series, but i dont think the game is worth 49.99$ on steam and around 40$ for consoles, at least not for now, maybe if they fix all issues and release free DLCs...
This my own opinion about the game so you can have a different opinion its totally fine
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