F1 2017 Ps4

Designers don’t make cars like they used to. Long gone are the days of the ear splitting scream of now 15-year-old F2002 Ferrari – a car that won 15 out of 19 Grand Prix.

The magic of the F1 circus is back on consoles in (mostly) triumphant fashion. It's not just about the eye candy, though, and this is Codemasters'. F1 2020 Revealed, Arrives July 10 for PS4, Xbox One, PC and Stadia. F1 2017 Tips and Tricks F1 2017 6 September 15, 2017 by Calvin Kirstein. Codemasters’ hit game based on the 2017 F1 season has been out a few weeks. F1 2017 impressed us so much that we felt both newcomers and seasoned vets could benefit from a few tidbits on getting the.

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Or the absurdly wide set rear wheels and white/orange livery of McLaren’s season MP4/6, which the late, great Ayrton Senna drove to his third and final World Championship victory. Even more recently, Red Bull’s 2010 season monster, the RB6 – a car nicknamed Luscious Liz. In an eerie callback to Schuey’s early noughties heyday, Vettel claimed pole position in 15 out of that 19 races that year, going on to claim the first of his successive four season wins.F1 2017 lets you step back into the driving seat of these beautiful beasts. To experience how skitty they are at the wheel. To feel the backend wilfully running away from you on the exit of a turn, struggling under the intense torque.

To sit inches from the howling beast of a V12 engine. It’s not something that exists in the line up of 2017 cars – they may be more magical now, technically at least, but they’re less insane to drive; more stable to whizz around on track and, good God, less deafening. Despite that, developer Codemasters’ latest racer still makes modern day racing exciting, too. It is by far the best outing since the studio started working on the Formula One license back in 2010.

Since then, being an F1 fan has been a case of playing yearly incremental updates and witnessing some unfortunate disappointments, but with last year’s the studio turned a corner. F1 2017 is a worthy follow-up that refines and remodels some minor parts of the experience – not to mention adds those beautiful classic cars. The result is a game that not only properly looks the part, but which sells almost every angle of the sport. Barring those still-boring and still-awkward off track paddock sections, of course. While better, those will never compare to racing.

As ever with Codemasters’ F1, the best of it comes out once you submerge yourself in the more indulgent of its simulations. Play only at 25% race distance or above to allow tyre degradation and weather dynamics to properly play out, for example. Switch off as many assists as you can to feel the perilous loss of grip on a worn set of rubber boots, and to increase the need for tyre management as you precisely work the breaks into tight turns.

Remove the on-screen prompts, dials and indicators so it’s just you, the car, and the track – this not only looks better, but pushes you to more regularly interact with your race assistant over the now more comprehensive list of commands. Turn the difficulty up as high as you dare, too. This year, Codemasters does a far better job of balancing challenge levels by introducing a sliding scale rather than pre-set difficulty levels. This means you can notch up the toughness, one point at a time, until you feel comfortable with the AI difficulty being just right for you.

Across the course of an entire championship season it’s great to feel more comfortable in increasing the slider as you progress, only to see how much better you fare now you’ve become more au fait with F1 2017’s complex, nuanced handling model.The changes to handling itself are subtle – only a seasoned fan could pinpoint and vocalise what differences there are from last year’s game. This year, it comes down to a smoothened sense of accessibility while retaining the breakneck pace and enthralling challenge that made the series a success.

Previously, turning off assists like traction control would’ve meant players had a particularly difficult and unpleasant time playing with a controller. That has mostly been addressed.

While having assists off drastically increases difficulty, it never feels impossible or obtuse. A slick track under rainy skies is noticeably more slippy and less predictable than a dry one, but it too is surmountable providing you manage your acceleration and braking. Get everything right and hook corners together in succession and there’s no satisfaction like it. As well as the championship Career mode – which again comes complete with off-track agent nonsense, driver rivalries, and the interactive laptop to access a ton of different extraneous info – F1 2017 adds Invitational events as well as unique Championships. The former are one-off challenges are a great way to introduce players to the new Classic cars throughout their career, without the need for a dedicated mode. It’s a smart way of sidestepping the fact Codemasters couldn’t get access to licenses for classic drivers, neither has it created any of the historic circuits from seasons gone. Some Invitationals are simple timed sessions, while others require you to chase a series of cars and overtake them within a set amount of laps.

It’s simple, but the short sharp bursts feel exciting compared to the longer drag of a standard weekend. While the 2017 season sees no new circuits added to the mix, Codemasters’ has gone all-out on improving the little details in a way that makes revisiting established tracks its own reward. Monte Carlo now looks like the place you would harbour your superyacht; the skyscrapers of Singapore’s Marina Bay night race glitter above the floodlit circuit; a setting sun cascades across the photorealistic asphalt in Bahrain’s early evening desert race; wet weather effects look even more impressive, too, so that hellish gauntlet around Belgium’s infamous Spa Francorchamps feels closer to the spectacle on TV.

Even the white, green and red chicanes of Italy’s iconic Monza circuit pop with a newfound clarity, ditching the muted, washed out tones that seem to have plagued previous F1 efforts. This is the most expensive sport in the world, and it finally looks like it.