It’s a simple thing, but I did enjoy creating my own genuine profile too – pick a face, a helmet and even your own racing number for your career – a real personal touch. I noticed a very strong in-team rivalry in the rounds I played, with my team not only setting me objectives for the weekend balanced against my team-mate, but a sliding scale of feedback to see how you were tracking. They say the career path now expands over 10 years, I got a couple of races into my first season – but I’m sure it’s a wild ride with contract negotiations and lots of drama. So as a driver you’re getting more than just graphics of timing, and in-car garage and track views. Returning to something from a couple of seasons ago, the game once again features a paddock environment. The preview I got to run was focussed mainly on the new career mode and for good reason, it’s really one of two key improvements to the game. My F1 Playseat and Logitech G29 wheel – I don’t drive with my thumbs ok! I was fortunate enough to hook a limited demo version of the game up at home to my rather elaborate racing sim setup. In all the pre-release announcements it has seemed there is a desire to build a deeper experience, but also bring even more realism to the game. Make no mistakes about it, F1™ 2016 is the official video-game of the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship™, I mean look at all those ™ symbols right?įor many years Codemasters have incrementally and often in large leaps of technology, improved this game and perhaps the real challenge each year is to make it more engaging, make it better, and not just update the tracks, teams and drivers from the previous years.Ģ016 is a big update, lots of new drivers and teams, and even recent enough to have Max Verstappen driving for Red Bull and poor Danny Kvyat back in the Torro Rosso.

Having had a preview of the game and some of the new features, let me tell you – you won’t be disappointed. August 19 cannot come soon enough, that’s the date that this year’s instalment of Codemasters now classic and industry leading racing simulator F1 2016 comes out.

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