If you already have F1 2010 there's no real reason to recommend F1 Championship Edition.JohnnyDelRay said:Thanks for input, hope I don't go too far off-topic. Might wait for a bit more fan feedback in that case, because I love F1 as well and don't want to go for the wrong one just yet. One of my friends said I should just go for F1 Championship Edition instead, I think I only tried that once in a demo with a controller, seemed nice graphics and effects but don't know about the driving much. I Love F1 as well, just hope one of them is the solid, tight, game I'm looking for with all the tracks and car setup, moreso than graphics and presentation, can play GT5 for that, at least on PS3.srm79 said:Sorry for the consecutive post, but I'm too damn melted to feck about with edits...JohnnyDelRay said:I'd like to get F1 2012, played F1 2010 for quite a while but held of on F1 2011 because of the reported bugginess/framerate issues on PS3, anyone know if this has been fixed? Maybe I should just get F1 2012
F1 2012 looks pretty good, but I am going to wait until it's released and the fan feedback starts to paint a clearer picture. F1 2011 was much better after the patch (although not without some pretty big flaws) but some of the display issues never went away for some apparently - something to do with certain types of TV or somesuch. Codies are bigging it up obviously, and it does look like the business but once bitten, twice shy and all that. If the AI and penalty/safety car system are still broken, then I'm not going near it. Probably. Maybe. But I do love F1...dammit!
For a start, it's so old that Michael Schumacher wins lots of races, and there are recognisable fag ads on the cars (albeit the "sanitised" European versions)!
Because of it's age, the rules are just different enough to confuse the hell out of someone depending on how long they've followed the sport. To anyone who is new to F1, the idea of tactical refuelling during a Grand Prix or running only one type of tyre for the entire weekend will be things they won't know a great deal about. And the scoring system will seem a little weird too.
Lastly, the weather engine is broken. Actually it's an AI flaw, but you can't win a dry/wet or a wet/dry race (or any combination thereof). You can win a dry race and you can win a wet race, but if you have dynamic weather on and the conditions change then you're stuffed. The AI is able to adjust it's wing angle to change the downforce levels during a pit stop. Unfortunately, the devs forgot to give the player the same ability. Basically as soon as the weather changes, the AI will adjust their setup to suit the conditions. The player will be stuck with the "wrong" setup, and you can basically forget any result.