F1 2012 Confirmed Features & FAQ's

This is for upcoming and confirmed features that will be in F1 2012 game I'II start off with this

- Race Distances - 3 Lap, 5 Lap, 25%, 50% & 100%

- Brake Bias

- Brake bias adjustment onboard

- Abu Dhabi Young Driver's Test

- You can choose between 6 teams to start your career... (instead of just 5,)

- You can choose: HRT, Marussia, Caterham, Force India, STR... 6th Willams

- Better Graphics for ps3 users

- Better framerate and improved graphic's for PS3 user's as stated in a insidesim racing interview

- Improved weather System

- Localized weather system

- Remodeled and improved AI

- AI not to use assits and are able to change their fuel mix within a race

- Advanced dirt pickup when driving off racing line

- New T-Cams and Replay angles

- Improved physics for pad users

- Circuit Of The Americas, Bahrain and Hockenheimring

- Advanced fuel Management - Advanced Fuel Management means there making tweaks on fuel load at the begining of the race and how you manage fuel when running low in the race or behind the Safety Car

- New/improved rival mode

- New rival mode when competing against team mates

- Penalty for crossing pit exit line when rejoining the track

- Parc Ferme

- Parc ferme conditions once finished qualifying

- Improved Audio

- Improved Engine Audio for all cars

- Changes to the traction control system

- Slight changes to TC system and bigger change to assist balance in all game modes in terms of laptime not much about 0.3-0.5 slower a lap

Feel free to ask us any questions or add to this topic...

Is there no 75% races?

Nice to see those thing, cheers for the update man

Correct, No 75% Race Distance this year

Moody i hope your up for 100% races next season then!

Cheers Cookster, I will Add More when I find Out,

SO far I can tell you this.

There is NO warm up lap.
There is NO frontwing angle change when in the pits.

There looks like a Future D/Load package with this RacingNET thing codemanster are bringing out, Competitions etc will be ran there from Codemasters, for example , Texas Weekend Realtime will have a Competition Knockout Type over that weekend at texas, Setting a Qually time and Racing Net will choose top runners etc..

Fuel Load Strategy meens you can over fill your car a litlle to run a rich mix all the way etc..


We await 3 Secrets that they (CM) have kept underwraps.. but I will announce ASAP.

cheers
ADMIN

More mechanical failures would be good. Plus if you run out of fuel, it means you run out totally!! Vibrating flat spots for couple of laps if you have a major lock up. These would be good, but can't wait anyway, can only be better than this pile of shit we've been playing for the last ten months . I STILL FOOKIN HATE IT.

I think they should include occasional pit mistakes such as wheels not going on properly, would be annoying in race but a cool addition

Hope it only happens to your car m8!

Can't really fault them for what their doing with the game this year.

Hope you mean F1 2012.

trust me I could've done with a couple of pit issues for the rest of the pack tonight. Unfortunately my pits stops were perfect I just had failure of ability out on track

I can't recall what game it was now. I think 24 Hour LeMans on PS2. But it had a mini game on the pit stops. A meter would fill then drop. You had to hit the button when the meter was in the sweet spot. Too early or too late and the pit crew would struggle getting a wheel on. You could turn it off and it would be random. Most people hated it. I liked it better than just random. But I was pretty good at it.

Random things happening in the game can be frustrating. It's hard enough without your wheel randomly falling off.

Im pretty sure there is also a 60% and/or 65% race distance. (cant remember which one).

Victor Bolea ‏@BoleaF1_18
@T4RG4 Can you Tell me if the cars will be really equitable in online mode at F1 2012?

Steve Hood ‏@T4RG4
@BoleaF1_18 One final test to do but I think cars can again be Equal, yes.

From Steve's Twitter, What do you guys think of this? Will it just be the same as last year? Or finally EQUAL?

The only thing that dissapointed me here is the word "Again" as if its going to be same as last year...

A friend has just got back from doing his work experience from Codemasters. He said the amount of people getting behind it was immense - non stop working on the game.
All these features look quite good I have to say but my friend had a quick run on the game whilst he was there saying that the online lag was horrendous. Hopefully this is fixed for the game as lag is the biggest problem i'd say especially in league races. They should also balance out the difference in setup too so that its the gamer that makes the difference. 21st September is the date being whispered around. Actually cannot wait!

On Amazon it says the date of release is the 21st September so I would have thought that would be pretty reliable... F1 2012

Also if you want to get it Pre-Ordered to get it on Release day. Get on that link and order it now!

yeh i got it from shop2.net it says the same

The last two were released the weekend of the Singapore GP and as that's the same date, it's a definite! Thank you to the place near me who'll have it in on the Wednesday

Looked through some Tweets from Andy Gray Twitter (Communications Manager at Codemasters) and here is what I got...

- No online free trial mode lobby (Which sounds to me like a lobby you can run around in non stop).
- They have concentrated on online connections.
- If you illegally overtake someone you wont be penalised straight away. You will have the chance to let them back through straight away.
- They may potentially add the 30%, 40% & 75& in a patch (Don't know why they aren't putting it straight in?)

Update on more info for the new game.


Answers to Tweet's

Yes there will be Red Flags During Race Situations.

No Classic F1 Downloads but its possible for later D/load.

No you cant change sponsors but we have increased helmet options.

The Penalty system is a massive improvement.

Equal mode has had big changes im sure ppl will notice the difference we have made.

Blue flagged cars will change to blue on the map.

park fer-may is in the new game.

The safety car will be out more in 2012.




Dev2 Diary out next week.
As soon as i find out more i will get it up on here

cheers
ADMIN

Admin wrote:

park fer-may is in the new game.

So, this guy is american i supose... if you are working on a Forumula One game you should at least know something about the sport's terminology

parc fermé it's French

LoL dizzy, I refuse to speak or type french lolol.

The Setup system is the same as 2011.

PRO League Manager wrote:The Setup system is the same as 2011.

crappie crap crap crapper and more crap.

the system sucks ass, its to unclear what effects has witch changes and beside, they'd bether take a look at the setup system used in games like formula one championship edition, or GT5

dizzymind wrote:

PRO League Manager wrote:The Setup system is the same as 2011.

crappie crap crap crapper and more crap.

the system sucks ass, its to unclear what effects has witch changes and beside, they'd bether take a look at the setup system used in games like formula one championship edition, or GT5

I'm ok with the current setup options. What I hope they change is the way setup effects are different depending on what track you're on. I.E. 11 downforce at Melbourne isn't the same as 11 downforce at Monaco. It should be the same car for every track.

I also hope the difference between high and low downforce is less drastic. Mostly less downforce when set to 11.

thanks very much for the info. sounds great. does that mean the pro leagues will run full distance ?? are online lobbies still limited to 16 do we know ??

Pro League 1 is going to run full distance, Im not sure about the rest. Yes, I believe lobbies are still 16 player

@T4RG4
F1 VIDEO NEWS: The first #F12012 video will be released on Monday at 10am (UK time). It's worth the wait IMHO.

Whether i'll get into trouble for saying this i don't know, but somebody has leaked the Monday video out onto Youtube.. for all those who are interested, don't bother. I would wait for ACTUAL gameplay from Gamescom as the trailer is F1 2011 with just the 2012 cars, there's nothing that special about it.

6 minutes 25.. new interview and gameplay footage but it's only about a minute long.

I'm going to be screwed if I'm in the Merc again

http://community.codemasters.com/t5/F1-2012-General-Discussion/Some-impressions-of-F1-2012-from-a-play-test-at-Codemasters-last/m-p/25250/message-uid/25250#U25250

From what i've read so far, PS3 and X360 are identical.. the AI is miles better, more punishment for going off line (ie Hungary) and off track, low speed cornering is alot tougher but high speed cornering is much easier, lap times ARE realistic to this years real life cars and finally, one pet peeve of mine that's been eradicated.. shifting down, you have to shift down alot more naturally in this years game, no more engine squealing!

Enjoy.

Pretty sure on full sim mode engine wear and gearbox wear will prevent the over revving you wud see going on, hope you can blow yr engine up during a race this time :-)

A demo of the game is getting released on the 14th September a week before the game come's out.

AI Drivers are said to have their own personalities. for example, if Hamilton or maldonado is behind, they are going to be more agressive than others. also if you're behind shumi, he is going to be a lot better at defending than others. Perez better on tyre managment ETC. you get the idea

They had the personalities last year but not as detailed i think, i know this because Kobayashi loved to do his banzai moves on me every chance he got videos look good though, that cvg one needs to be better quality though, looks awful in places! xD

So it wasnt just me he had a grudge with lol. He drive like a touring car racer everytime i was behind or alongside him lost count the amount of times he crashed into me

On that last video by bradchick the guy using the screen on the left in the background is awful, can't keep it out of the gravel

Pits stop

shows illegal overtake time system. AI making mistakes, and loads more. Steven hood driving and comentary

Illegal overtake looks very dodgey. He overtook a Sauber at Eau Rouge and then it basically stopped his car and that made him like 2 seconds behind after being like 0.2 seconds behind him orginally.
Hope they sort that!

it's better than getting a drive-through penalty for it. the reason he lost so much time was because he didn't slow immediately. big thanks for the vids chickie. looking awesome

I do hope the finished game doesnt have the Ai's taking their time to gain their position back like we just saw with Kobayashi cause that was really slow, id expect that on amateur not professional level!