Codemasters Pushing The Boundaries With F1 2012

Codemasters Pushing The Boundaries With F1 2012

Going to great lengths to bring F1 to life!

Written by KeithBGray on 01 September 12 at 19:42

Codemasters has unveiled its third instalment of developer diary entries for soon-to-be-released racing simulator, F1 2012.

One of the biggest selling points for the recent reboot of the F1 franchise has been the intention to recreate a racing experience that is as close to reality as possible. The new trailer highlights that the talented team are looking to "break new boundaries" to try and "match real life". F1 2012 will benefit from improvements in the dynamic weather system and audio enhancements, as well as taking inspiration from the TV coverage of several aspects of the current season's races.


For those who don't have access to the trailer, the two quotes below should provide a brief explanation of the main points.

Firstly, Paul Jeal, Game Director for F1 2012 focuses on the weather developments:
The whole weather scenario system has really been refined this year... You’ll get weather fronts come in now and it could be raining at one section of the track but dry on another. So you get those moments where you’re not sure which tyres to be on and that really mixes up the racingIn addition, Creative Director Stephen Hood explains how the cars are created so accurately:
Significant work has gone into the physics model, particularly the suspension, which has a real sea change on the feel of the car... You can really attack the track. It’s those extra elements that make you feel like a real FORMULA ONE driver... If you want that FORMULA ONE experience, the stuff we’ve been doing in 2012 has moved on a whole new generation nowIt may just be coincidence, but does this weekend seem to be the perfect time to release a bunch of new screenshots and a 'Hot Laps' video featuring Belgium's legendary Spa circuit? Guess what?

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Is a demo what you need to convince you to part with your hard-earned cash? If so, you don't have long to try it, as F1 2012 is scheduled for release on September 18th and 21st in North America and Europe respectively.
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Looks great !!
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Cant wait
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Shame UK players without Sky can only play the BBC Edition which only contains 40% of some of the races and you have to play it at inconvenient times. :(
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It'll be brilliant, just as the previous two were. Still, I shall wait for a deal to come my way. Won't be day 1 this year.
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NLi10 said:Shame UK players without Sky can only play the BBC Edition which only contains 40% of some of the races and you have to play it at inconvenient times. :(They show all of the races, just some half of them are highlight reels. Or, if you use common sense you can watch all of the races live, half on BBC, and the rest streamed on the wonderful Internet (EPL Site have nice streams of all the Sky races, I use that, **** paying Sky, unfortunately, there is no way to replace the moron presenters on the Sky coverage)

The Game

Visually it looks dreadful in places, yet sublime in others. Rain drops on the camera look very nice. Handling, ignored everything they said, won't be anywhere near sim levels so is therefore of no interest to me. Audio improvements are welcome. New menu, looks very slick indeed, but not a fan at all. Replays couldn't give a shit about. Walking past displays and having to do a double take? I call bullshit.

All in all, will be getting it, even though the differences between 2011 and 2012 seem to be minimal, I'm an F1 nut, must get my latest fix.
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NLi10 said:Shame UK players without Sky can only play the BBC Edition which only contains 40% of some of the races and you have to play it at inconvenient times. :(Oh, well done you. *Upvotes*
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Bet it's got some surprise game killing bugs like he last two.
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I'd like to see the co-op improved to the extent that it would be great to have more than 2 players on it. There's a group of 4 or 5 of us who often play in private lobby with ai and always say it be nice to do a proper season where we can all play together rather than just having to pair off in separate lobbies in order to do co-op champs. Like the look of the new us circuit and cannot wait to play champions mode, all in all very excited for the 2012 iteration. Go Kimi!!
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I want Codies to do a new Touring Car game and use World Touring Car Championship on PS1 as their inspiration for everything...that's still my favourite racing game ever!
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@ Apexios All true about a game. I bet real F1 car isnt that easy and boring to drive like in their game. Im glad they releasing demo this time around - thats the way to go if your trying to sell almost identical looking game. I skiped 2011 version and still have plenty to do at 2010 so if demo wont be meaningly different handling wise than 2010 I will skip that too.
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Nice, but I just don`t play ~Year~ games
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If Kimi wins the championship I'll play this game!!
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Probably won't get this one as I've already got 2010 and 2011. Don't see enough changes to warrant buying it.
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Looks amazing, seems like a solid first-ever F1 game purchase for me
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HowManyBullets said:If Kimi wins the championship I'll play this game!!So i guess you wont be playing this game then lol
eels in 2012
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I'm no racing person, but this looks great!
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Anyone recommend these games? Not too big on sim racing so wasn't sure what this is like.
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NLi10 said:Shame UK players without Sky can only play the BBC Edition which only contains 40% of some of the races and you have to play it at inconvenient times. :(40% is more than enough. The 'sport' of F1 stopped being interesting about 15 years ago.