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Post by RicardoElfrinko (PC) on Sept 22, 2010 16:42:22 GMT
Is there anyone else planning to buy this game? Here are 2 laps at Spa done by me, after just 15 minutes of trying the game.
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Post by MadMustang (Xbox, Wii,PC) on Sept 22, 2010 19:32:33 GMT
My friend's buying the game once he has his elite (got rid of his old 360) and is lotus a starter F1 team or is it your choice? Even so it looks AWESOME! Madster
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Post by RicardoElfrinko (PC) on Sept 22, 2010 19:53:19 GMT
You can choose between Lotus, HRT and Virgin in the beginning of your career, and I chose Lotus. That's why I raced this Time-Trial run in the Lotus. Just trying to get the feel of the car.
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Post by Jussi on Sept 23, 2010 5:09:47 GMT
...and is lotus a starter F1 team or is it your choice? You can also choose Hispania or Virgin, if you for some odd reason would want to. Jussi
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Post by Jussi on Sept 23, 2010 5:11:17 GMT
...oops, Ricardo already answered the question. Here's another: Can this game be successfully played with keyboard? Jussi
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Post by RicardoElfrinko (PC) on Sept 23, 2010 7:51:36 GMT
I could give it a try, although I'd rather use my G25. -edit- I just tried with keyboard and I could get round Spa pretty easy. I did have all assists on except for braking assist, I want to brake when I want to. I won't recommend cockpit view for keyboard, because when you tap the steering, the ingame wheel goes a complete 90 degrees (or whatever the amount may be) every time you tap. And that's a whole lot of distraction. Otherwise I think with some practice one should do fine. Too bad there isn't a demo to try out at first.
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Post by Jussi on Sept 23, 2010 13:13:28 GMT
-edit- I just tried with keyboard and I could get round Spa pretty easy. I did have all assists on except for braking assist, I want to brake when I want to. That's how I played Shift... ...other assists yes, but brake assist no. Jussi
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Post by RicardoElfrinko (PC) on Sept 24, 2010 11:19:58 GMT
This is how I've got the settings for now. I know I'm kinda a loser playing with the Dynamic Racing Line, but it helps me to get to know the tracks and the braking points. Same goes for the traction control. I just want to know the game first, and later on I'll remove those features, just like I did in Race07 and addons. Eventhough it doesn't feel like GRID, I think that if you have played that game and could control the cars, you could play this game too. The handling doesn't feel that difficult. I did manage to get my first Pole positions and my first Race win.
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Post by Scud (PC) on Sept 24, 2010 15:17:41 GMT
Okay, how realistic is this game? Like how does it size up against a classic like Grand Prix 4? How bad does rain f**k you up, and how do pitstops go and how often do you get mechanical failures and stuff like that? It's been a long time since there was a good F1 sim for PC.
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Post by Jussi on Sept 24, 2010 15:26:03 GMT
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Post by nlane3000 (PC) on Sept 25, 2010 7:08:13 GMT
I have this game and its excellent i have every assist off so no abs or traction or anything its pretty hard, i started with lotus but then went to virgin that car is better for me after a bit of tinkering it runs great now.
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Post by Jussi on Sept 25, 2010 12:05:39 GMT
I have this game and its excellent Hey wow! Now you and Ricardo can start some PBRC's (and invite some other F1 racers over). Jussi
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Post by Scud (PC) on Sept 26, 2010 15:31:17 GMT
I've got some mixed feelings towards this game (and the review answered all my questions, so thanks for that Jussi). On one hand it looks great and I might pick it up somewhere in the future to try it (...) On the other hand I think it's really disgusting - if you really think about it - that the best sim to date dedicated to F1, dates back to 2002. I personally wasn't exactly waiting for GRID with F1 sauce. Sad really that a game like GP4 nowadays will probably never see the light of day, ever.
But again, game looks good and I will try... sometime-ish.
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Post by Jussi on Sept 26, 2010 16:58:18 GMT
(and the review answered all my questions, so thanks for that Jussi). I have the printed (Finnish) version of that magazine. That's how I guessed the review would answer a lot of questions. Jussi
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Post by SPEEDFr3ak on Sept 26, 2010 17:15:28 GMT
I'll buy it as soon as I have the money to!=)
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