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Still, that such a mode could even exist - and that official drivers can now move between teams - would have been unthinkable a few short years ago, and surely some of that is down to the relative freedom Codemasters now has with the licence. The photo mode is in from the off now, though it does unfortunately seem to have a number of serious bugs.
Something else to work on for the future, perhaps, as it feels undercooked as it is. The cutscenes aren't anyway near as awful as I'd feared, and by the end of the short F2 season I was kind of into this new strand of drama that was being woven into the campaign - so it's a shame that, once you hit F1, it fizzles out and never has the impact initially promised. It's a cute setup, with two rival drivers joining you on your ascent through the ranks.
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You might think it's a lift from FIFA's The Journey which just wrapped up in EA Sport's football series, though if you're a little longer in the tooth you'll spot similarities to Codemasters' own TOCA Race Driver from way back in 2002. There, you have three short races before you're scooted off to F1, and the short section serves more to introduce the story elements that are also new to this year's entry.Īh yes, the story. It's wonderful stuff, and the F2 season does wind its way into the career, even if the implementation isn't quite so impressive. So now F1 2019 is a step closer to being able to claim it simulates every part of the race weekend bar the two hour tailback form the Silverstone car park as everyone heads home. Even better - and again, it's those small details that count - Alex Jacques and the excessively, infectiously energetic Davide Valsecchi take on commentary duties for the series.
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The 2018 season is here in its entirety - with 2019's line-up to follow as a free update - as are all the quirks of the formula, with feature races, sprint races and reverse grids all playing a part.
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The headline addition this year is the inclusion of F2, the feeder series that follows F1 to a number of races on the calendar to provide support and that has, under its various guises, paved the way for the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris to make their way to the top flight. Font fans, rejoice - the official F1 font is now part of the front-end and UI, and it makes a *huge* difference when it comes to authenticity. The human character models still look as dreadful as ever, of course, although F1 2019 does manage to make Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto look even more like Harold Lloyd so I'll take that as a positive. Visuals have been given the slightest of overhauls, though they have a big impact there's now a perceptible haze that hangs over Bahrain as the desert night sets in, you can more readily read the state of a set of tires by looking at their texture as well as feeling the car slip under your fingers and new lighting gives the whole package a lift. This year's entry makes small strides in some areas and large ones in others, though as with the sport itself it's the small details that make the biggest difference. The voice of F1 nerds like myself, basically, and to play F1 2019 is to indulge in a shared passion for the sport. It's a familiar voice, too the one of the avid enthusiast that tunes in to watch every test session, the one that revels in the details of new turning vanes and bargeboards and how upgraded rear wing elements might impact v-max down the long back straight. There have been more than a few blips along the way, but plenty of high points as well - especially in recent years, as the team really began to find its voice. Availability: Out now on PS4, Xbox One and PCĪnd I've followed all of Codemasters' efforts since it acquired the official licence, from the modest beginnings of stopgap offering F1 2009 through to more convincing fare like F1 2013.
And yes, I'm old enough to have been around when Geoff Crammond was still doing his thing (Formula One Grand Prix was such an obsession back in the day I'd write a mini-fanzine reporting on each race in-between the full-length Grand Prix I'd run every Sunday), to have manhandled the Ferrari 312 around the original 8.774 mile Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Grand Prix Legends and to have pumped 20p pieces into Namco's Final Lap. Let's get straight to business, shall we? F1 2019 is the most authentic F1 game I've played. The introduction of F2 and a suite of small improvements elsewhere make for a thrillingly authentic take on motorsport's top-flight.
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