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Posted on 17 September 11 at 12:17 |
Meet the safety car
The fourth developer diary for F1 2011 introduces players to a new addition to the game - the safety car. Safety cars have their purpose in Formula 1. They're brought out under conditions where normal racing is too hazardous; typical situations include an obstruction on the track, normally caused by an accident, or weather conditions making the track conditions treacherous. For those who are feeling more sadistic, they can also be used to cause complete and utter chaos at the start of a race if they unexpectedly fail to return to the pits.
As well as the safety car, Chief Game Designer Stephen Hood talks players through the new 2011 rules that have been implemented into the game too. The Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) stores battery power under braking so that players can receive an acceleration boost when launching out of corners. The Drag Reduction System (DRS) means that players can change the position of the rear wing to reduce the drag values on the car, adding acceleration for overtaking in specified zones around each circuit. The new Pirelli tyres have also been added.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9QU1f1fmeU
The previous developer diary detailed the Co-op Championship mode, with the one before that discussing improvements to the AI and car handling. The first developer diary served as a general introduction.
F1 2011 is due to be released on September 20th in North America, September 22nd in Australia, and September 23rd in Europe.
Credit goes to LesserHuman for this story |
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Posted on 17 September 11 at 12:27 |
| This is the shit! |
MY TA interview -http://www.trueachievements.com/forum/viewthread.aspx?threadid=941741&anchor=946755 |
Last post: 21 Feb at 02:37
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Posted on 17 September 11 at 12:34 |
Amazing features. Wasnt interested until these last few episodes.
Wonder how many people are gonna hit something warming up their tires???? And dont lie.... |
Last post: 13 Feb at 20:18
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Posted on 17 September 11 at 13:08 |
| Sweet !!!! Can't wait . |
Last post: 20 Apr at 04:07
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Posted on 17 September 11 at 14:41 |
| Wondering how much control the player will have with the safety car out. Are you expected to be able to keep pace by not overtaking another racer or is there something in place to prevent this from happening? There's just so many different things that can happen with the safety car out that I can only wonder how they'll be able to work it |
Last post: 30 Apr at 18:42
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Posted on 17 September 11 at 15:16 |
Looks amazing!
Unfornately, the game will be released just in October 5th here. |
First brazilian to do 200/200 on Trials HD. |
Last post: 27 Nov 12 at 23:39
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Posted on 17 September 11 at 15:24 |
This will be awesome and make things even more realistic!  |
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Posted on 17 September 11 at 16:46 |
| this looks so amazing, i can't wait for it |
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Posted on 17 September 11 at 17:51 |
| I may pick this one up |
Last post: 21 May at 19:25
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Posted on 17 September 11 at 18:34 |
| This looks better and better with these dev diaries. Going from possible rental to strong rental / possible purchase. |
Last post: 19 Apr at 16:45
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Posted on 17 September 11 at 21:34 |
| I dont have any doubt that i'm going to buy this game, mainly because i love racing games, and this one its looking much better than the first one. |
Last post: 26 May 12 at 23:36
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Posted on 18 September 11 at 19:43 |
| Finally a F1 game that features the safety car! I've been waiting for a game like this for ages, the 4 main differences this time should make this game a whole lot better than the last one. I'll definitely be picking this up shortly. |
Last post: 20 Sep 11 at 15:27
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Posted on 20 September 11 at 13:49 |
| Sweet !!!!! unce unce yeah |
Last post: 19 May 12 at 00:36
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Posted on 20 September 11 at 20:42 |
I still have to get the one from last year.
Wonder what kind of different improvements we can really expect in this one, seems pretty alike to me. |
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Posted on 20 September 11 at 22:00 |
| Never really got into these games but that video was pretty badass |