Perhaps not GT5 good, but that's expected.

Codemasters has also definitely dealt with the issue where its physics engine made cars feel like they were rotating around their center points rather than from the front wheels. It's quite playable with the controller, but you need a wheel to get the most out of the game. If I've learned anything in my week or so with the title, it's that I'm getting old and my reflexes aren't what they used to be. AdvertisementĪs with last year's game, F1 2011 isn't particularly easy, especially once you turn off the driving aids.

Finally, there's also multiplayer, with up to 16 players and eight AI cars making up full grids of 24 cars. Alternatively, you can just select individual races, which minimizes the loading screens and RPG-like elements in favor of just letting you drive. In career mode you also get to be interviewed by Autosport and BBC Radio 5 Live journalist David Croft, check your e-mail for sponsor offers, and choose your helmet paintjob from a range of options. There's a career mode, where you start at the back of the grid in one of the underfunded teams and, after proving yourself, you can progress to the front of the pack, landing a drive with Ferrari, Red Bull, or McLaren. F1 2011 is abiding by the maxim of not fixing things that aren't broken, and the gameplay is pretty much the same as before. The F1 franchise had been missing from our consoles for a few years, reappearing properly last year with, you guessed it, F1 2010, which brought HD to F1 a year before the series actually broadcast in high definition. Codemasters' F1 game lets you live out the life of a virtual F1 driver, complete with being able to answer somewhat inane press questions with the obligatory ' for sure.' The cars are lightweight, high powered monsters, designed in-house by each team. Formula 1 is often referred to as the pinnacle of motorsport, and this year's championship is 19 races long, starting with Australia back in March and finishing in Brazil at the end of November. This year's installment of the official Formula 1 racing game, Codemaster's F1 2011 has just arrived.

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