F1 2012

[Trace17]

Do NOT buy the game if you like to...

-have more than 1 practice session (fp1 and fp2 removed from game)
-play a full season in grand prix mode as your favorite driver instead of a fictional driver
-play a full season with under 25% race distance. Yep, they axed that too. But you can do a half season at 10%!
-have scaled tyre wear at lower race distances.

I'm really pissed at codemasters for removing things like this. Between ths and grid 2 having cockpit cam removed, I'm done buying their games.

[David LFC]

I picked up the game today done my first 100% race , the tire wear is good i managed to do a two stopper while other's around me done 3 stops. AI on legend is much harder this year my first Quali i was 20th few tenths off my team mate Kovalainen

The first lap the AI are much quicker the defend a lot better and they do make mistakes seen Massa go wide hit the wall and broke his front wing , enjoying the game so far anyone else pick it up letus know what you think

[ps3bd_owner]

Played the demo, liked it but Formula One isn't really my type of driving game.

I'm more into Race Driver GRID online gaming and crash for the laughs of ruining others' online experience (plus getting called names 'cos that's what happens to trolls lol).

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by Trace17

Do NOT buy the game if you like to...

-have more than 1 practice session (fp1 and fp2 removed from game)
-play a full season in grand prix mode as your favorite driver instead of a fictional driver
-play a full season with under 25% race distance. Yep, they axed that too. But you can do a half season at 10%!
-have scaled tyre wear at lower race distances.

I'm really pissed at codemasters for removing things like this. Between ths and grid 2 having cockpit cam removed, I'm done buying their games.

Good info. I played the demo and I liked it, but I'll probably wait on the 2013 release of the game to see if they get enough feedback about removing these issues that they put them back in.

The laps I did at Monza were good fun, I enjoyed using KERS and DRS and I like the overall feel of the game. Haven't decided whether to cancel my pre-order yet but I'm leaning towards waiting now. Canada is Sep 30th so I need to cancel today or tomorrow.

I have the 2010 and 2006 versions of the PS3 game so those should tide me over for now.

EDIT - just found out my buddy who I go to Montreal for the race each year already picked up the game, so I'll leave my pre-order intact for now. Out in stores already here, so perhaps it's just Amazon Canada that has their dates botched.

[Trace17]

They also removed the ability to do a custom online season with points too I think. So if you and 4 buddies wanted to do a 5-race season and have it do championship-style point scoring, well, from my understanding, they took that out of F1 2012.

They have taken a LOT out of this game, without every asking the community what they wanted. And ON TOP of all that, what they DID give us is a pretty broken game. A friend of mine has had rain in every single race in his career so far, even bahrain (no pun intended lol). I've read some people having engines blow up every single race.

And then check this out. That chicane at the end of Sector 3 in Catalunya? Nahhh, don't need it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU01KD31du8

Some say "well the game can't be perfect". But if it worked in F1 2011 why is it broken now?

Oh and the corner cutting penalties in Austin are a JOKE. You can go off-roading in Sector 1 with no penalty and then breathe on a kerb in T17 Sector 3 and get invalidated time.

Code "masters" hahaha

[dobyblue]

That's pathetic. I hope they address this quickly, how do things like that get past testing?