F1 2011

[Tathrim]

Originally Posted by jonboy1066

First thing I did before playing was map my buttons to a config that works for me.

(X360)

DRS = Clutch Pedal
Kers = B
Look behind = Y
Cra status = X
Change View = Select
Instant Replay = OFF
Look Left = LSB
Look Right = RSB

Clutch pedal works great for me for DRS (But that's only any good for those of us lucky enough to have a Fanatec set of pedals on the XBox (May help G25/G27 users though


Might rethink my KERS button though as I can't press KERS and Look behing at the same time



Got my copy delivered at luch time yesterday BTW and this is beyond a shadow of doubt THE best racing game I have ever played

Great Force Feedback
Great Effects
Great Handling
Great Graphics
Great online
Great AI
Great Immersion



Just plain damn GREAT!!!

so, what would you say for a controller layout on PC? I'm using the wireless Xbox 360 controller with the PC as I'm moving between housing arrangements every few months, so a wheel is impractical.

EDIT: Not played it, have work, last day of a paid internship today, will be playing it all of next week.

[ECW Dan Selby]

Ok I got this last night. First impressions:

*DRS/KERS is MEGA fun. Takes a moment to get used to, though. Started off at Silverstone in the Red Bull. Using the DRS in Qualy is fun. To answer a question, you can simply just hit Triangle/Y and it'll activate, then de-active under breaking. You can also hit Triangle/Y once again if you wish to de-active the DRS earlier than your breaking zone.

KERS is handy coming out of corners if you make a small error.

*Handling is very different. You can feel the suspension more. You'll be shocked how heavy the car feels at first, then as soon as you use a Red Bull for example, the 'purchase' on the initial turn in in huge. It feels very easy to turn in, and you'll sometimes be punished for over-correcting.

*Some corners that were flat out, now arn't. Blanchimont feels strange. The car skates out slightly round it, as well as the 130R. Make of this what you will.

*Damage is marginally improved, but not worth talking about too much. There's more 'parts' that fly off which is good, but the cars are still far too stiff on impact.

*Split-screen was cool. Me and a friend only did non-AI, but we did wet at Montreal and it worked great. Obviously marginally slower than single player, but still good!

*Graphics have definitely been improved. Just seem less ropey and more crisp.

*Still has the 'freeze' problem. You'll be halfway through a corner and suddenly it'll freeze for half a second, and continue. Very, very frustrating.

Havn't started the career yet, but i'm sure I will tonight.

Any questions, please ask!

Selby

[ECW Dan Selby]

Originally Posted by medius

Its much much easier being just a button press away, its sooooo tempting to pop the wing open as soon as the car is towards the exit kerb, and BANG it bites you by getting properly loose! KERS is good, noticeable change in both speed and engine note.

One big improvement (for me) is your flying lap option in Qually or FP, it starts you off around 3-4 corners from the startline so you can set yourself and the car up more than being launched down the straight.

Damage is great, turn it up to max and bodyparts fly off when you touch someone hard enough. Haven't had a safety car yet though....

They had that in 2010, dude.

DRS is great. They've botched the Eau Rouge bit though. Had a monster accident in a HRT because the DRS didn't automatically close, which I was told it would..?

Selby

[skells22]

has anyone bar me caused a red flag on this game today? (it happen at Monaco before anyone asks that question as Casino Square was blocked and i got it for the xbox 360 this time around)

[ROB IS THE STIG]

Im loving this but the flat out corners are now knowhere near, go try Turkey for example, that Turn 8 4 apex left hander or whatever it is, is miles away from flat out................ keep losing the rear end!!

DRS deactivates with a touch on the brakes or hit the activate button again, if ur just lifting off with it activated its not gonna close

Safety car works great, had that in race 1 @ Melbourne

[mufc6000]

Has anyone found some good wheel settings yet?


I tried with the default settings for the 360 wheel and they did not feel right.

[SennaTheGreat]

Originally Posted by Tathrim

so, what would you say for a controller layout on PC? I'm using the wireless Xbox 360 controller with the PC as I'm moving between housing arrangements every few months, so a wheel is impractical.

EDIT: Not played it, have work, last day of a paid internship today, will be playing it all of next week.

If your using the Xbox 360 pad, try this set up.

A - KERS
B - Gear Up
X - Gear Down
Y - Look Behind
LB - DRS
RB - View Change
Right Stick Button - Car Status

[jonboy1066]

Originally Posted by ROB IS THE STIG

Im loving this but the flat out corners are now knowhere near, go try Turkey for example, that Turn 8 4 apex left hander or whatever it is, is miles away from flat out................ keep losing the rear end!!

Yeah Rob, turns out there's a bit of a glitch in the X360 version which has already been patched in the PS3 version. Our patch is currently awaiting Microsoft approval.

A mate has got the PS3 and X360 version and he says it feels like the 360 version is broken compared to the handling on 360.

To solve the problem for now, put your suspension settings on 11-11. I've done it and can now take turn 10 flat with an exit speed of 169mph where before I could only creep around at 135mph

[Dan Fielden]

Im enjoying it. I have DRS as "R1" and KERS "R2". As mentioned above it was quite hard to get used to but fun once you get it. THeres alot to do in a lap and i find the racing is very fun. In melbourne on my career mode i was in a Force india and pushed as hard as i could to qualify 14th, just ahead of Kobayashi. In the race got up to 9th at the end of the first lap and was trying to catch massa. I went long on the primes and came out just behind Perez with whom i had a battle for the remaining 5 laps.

The AI is alot better however i think the starts are a bit too easy. In a normal GP race ive gone from 24th to 11th - 12th by the end of the first lap and yes it is on Legendary ;-p

[jonboy1066]

Still absolutely loving this, but there's a couple of things stopping me enjoying it to the full.

A bug/glitch/exploit has been found where you tweak your suspension to 11-11 stiffness and anti roll to 1-11 and the car goes like it's on rails gaining about 3 seconds a lap.

Also the Vote to skip session is being abused online;

Example

I was in a quali session with a group of friends and a few strangers last night, one of the strangers crashed and destroyed his car, so he immediately started a vote to end the session. I called to everyone not to vote and luckily no-one did, so this guy hit vote again! I called to him and explained that if we didn't want a qualifying session we wouldn't have had one, and his excuse was "Well I crashed my car and couldn't be bothered to wait for you all to finish" ... How selfish is that? So I explained that his crash was his own fault and the rest of us shouldn't be made to cut our session short just because he "Can't be bothered" ... So he left the lobby ... GOOD RIDDANCE

Then at another session someone else came into the lobby and set a pole time, which wasn't actually that fast, so when he immediately got bumped to 2nd place he started a vote to end session ... again, luckily no-one voted.

But this lead me to thinking what's there to stop sad people coming in to open lobbies in groups of 2 or 3 who go straight out set a time and vote to skip just to nab pole from those of us who are trying to qualify properly?



Those two things have lead to me avoiding the open lobbies online. A patch is in already for Microsoft approval and PS3 has already been patched so I think the 11-11 bug is about to be fixed.

I posted about the "Vote to Skip" 'feature' on Codies forums and it's been picked up by one of the devs, so hopefully that'll be fixed soon.

Once they're fixed I'll look forward to some great online races, but until then I'm really enjoying the Co-op championship and the Career.

[TheKing]

I don't think the patch with Microsoft for approval will fix the 11-11 bug. This patch will contain fixes for bugs found between going 'Gold' and the games release.

Hopefully a following patch will fix all the things that have been found since the games release.

I think the game is great. The AI, whilst not perfect, is vastly improved from last year. They need to be faster in the first corner for example, and AI lapping AI cars can be interesting!

I am playing my career with professional AI difficulty level. I can't get the correct difficulty level at the moment. In qualifying I can be 1.5secs ahead of the field and then come the race they are slightly faster. Then at Monaco I was on pole by 1.5secs and 3secs per lap faster in the race. I turned tyre wear off as at the start of the season the AI's tyres seemed to last a lot longer than mine. I'm unsure of the settings I should use. I want a challenge but I want to be able to pass as well.

I enjoy the Time Attack mode, I think for F1 2012 they should add more of them. I've got all the Gold Medals. I turned the ghost car off but in the wet you can see the spray still! Another little bug.

The bugs that are present however do not spoil the game in my opinion.

9/10 for me.

[nickyf1]

@ Jonboy: Its these ''F1 fans'' that we have now, isn't it! The ones that have gamertags like xxL3W1S H4M1LT0Nxx...

[jonboy1066]

Originally Posted by nickyf1

@ Jonboy: Its these ''F1 fans'' that we have now, isn't it! The ones that have gamertags like xxL3W1S H4M1LT0Nxx...

LOL More is how boring is it getting seeing how many different ways people can call themselves "The Stig"

Sorry Rob I know it's been your name for a long time but it's getting very un-original now that everyone's doin' it!.

[ROB IS THE STIG]

Its ok mate, nothing personal...................

I take absolutely no notice of GT's anyway......

Thx for the PM last night btw Jon

[SennaTheGreat]

How is everyone going in their career mode? I'm getting contract offers from Red Bull, Toro Rosso, HRT, Sauber, Williams & Lotus

[ROB IS THE STIG]

Only just at Monaco atm, been doing custom gp's online

[SennaTheGreat]

Cool Rob. I've not really had a play online with F1 2011 yet. Had a couple of races, that was it lol

[Wild Dog]

I think it's better than last year, but it can still be improved.

I have the game for PS3

[stuart thompson]

Iknow last year someone posted a very useful chart of car set ups, does anyone know of the same for this year as there are a few differences this year.

[ROB IS THE STIG]

Race Deoartment for set ups guys............

[ROB IS THE STIG]

Quick vid i did earlier..........

GERMAN GP OPENING LAPS

[Born Racer]

Enjoying the game a lot but the way penalties are dished out is really poor (worse than in real life!). I got a penalty when someone rashly tried to overtake me far too late and hit my rear wing. I just turned in normally (no - this is not a Felipe Massa situation; believe me) and got a time penalty.

You also get penalties for illegal blocking far too easily when you get caught up in an incident at the start of the race and are forced to slow down.

This makes me think I'm going to have to turn off penalties because it's unreliable enough to easily ruin your championship.

[Wild Dog]

Yep. I have also tried that. Very annoying.

[Born Racer]

Rob Smedley is not Massa's race engineer. I want my money back.

[Born Racer]

Just won by first race on Expert Mode, the Indian Grand Prix. Haven't even tried the other difficulty settings yet. I found I'd suddenly improved a lot when I went back to using the control pad this morning after finding my cheap steering wheel and pedals a challenge last night.