FAQ: LEE F1 2011

[GarethM]

Played about 15 mins so far. It already feels better than 2010 and its pretty cool having DRS and Kers available. It now also down changes when braking in automatic mode which makes it a lot nicer during braking. I'll be playing it fully tomorrow

Good to hear a bit of a positive comparison to 2010. Have you got it on PS3 mate? You noticed any frame rate issues?

 

[Krispwee]

PC so no frame rate issues. Not going to do much of the career until my Steam version has unlocked.

 

[Damo_Sport]

Game currently giving 20 pounds trade in for f1,2010

 

[dunganick]

Received the game this morning. Happened to have a day off work today so i've had a quick go with it. Pretty impressed. Handling is 100% better than last year, although it does feel a bit imprecise - but i think thats only my lack of experience with a wheel and how easy these cars are to drive on the edge. I have had a go with a Mclarren in grand prix and now a Lotus in Career and its like night and day. The lotus just slides everywhere, very hard to drive fast. The tyres also work very well to effect how the car drives.

The graphics are not all that, not a vast improvement on the previous game imho, a few bits of the game have juddered for me (ps3) but nothing thats really bothered me yet. The loading times are longer, but not that bad really.

Really enjoying it, haven't tried it with a pad yet. Wheel is too much fun, although still locking brakes far too much - wish the brake pedal had force feed back!

 

[Silent_Scone]

I chose the lotus in career, with most of the assists off it's going to take getting used to! Good to know the faster teams appear to be so

Played a couple of practices this morning and took awhile to manage a couple of decentish laps (with the 360 controller) but everything about 2011 seems to be better. Codemasters have always been good at menu systems and not alienating the player. Look forward to playing it more. Graphics aren't as pretty as I thought they'd be on first impression though. (PC)

 

[Goodj]

is the tuning system a bit more advanced now?

It wasn't that long ago that wing settings were high, medium or low.

I could envisage Raikkonen at the time. "I have not enough front grip, wing needs medium setting"

 

[crazycup]

Game currently giving 20 pounds trade in for f1,2010

Xbox only guys, ps3 is a tenner

 

[dunganick]

is the tuning system a bit more advanced now?

It wasn't that long ago that wing settings were high, medium or low.

I could envisage Raikkonen at the time. "I have not enough front grip, wing needs medium setting"

Nope, and i don't think it needs to be. The game isn't a sim, its somewhere between. There is all the adjustment you need in it. And the standard car is a lot closer to the right setup now i feel.

 

[LIL B]

Too much adjustment is not a good thing, they had it perfect with F1 2010, nothing more than 3-4 tenths per lap with or without a setup.

 

[Ja5on]

my PS3 copy arrived this morning.

Liking it so far, feels very different to 2010. And yes in a good way imo.

More opinion later

 

[canky]

Graphics on ps3 are shockingly bad. Maybe im used to gt5 standards. The judder reminds me off watching a blu ray for instance with a tv without 100hz. Wishing i got this on pc now. The gameplay is fine and same as last year but seems fun. Shame there is no graphics like on the tv for the
Rev counter and such. I just need to forget the graphics and get stuck in cus the playability is really good


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[Ja5on]

Id almost go as far to say its harder than 2010. Or maybe its becasue im not used to it.

The GRX I reckon are a bit crisper than 2010but the frame drop sometimes can be annoying

 

[STRBramley]

After starting the career I'm really starting to enjoy it. Finished 12th with Lotus which was really hard!

 

[Craigus]

The thing I didn't like with 2010, was unless you were in the super difficult mode, you could qualify on pole easily in an HRT.

But, if you had it on super difficult mode, I was about 2 seconds off the back marker every time, and it wasn't because I was bad at the game. There was no in between, where you would actually be if you were in a worse team, if you know what I mean.

 

[dunganick]

This game is better for that. I'm playing on Hard - so 2nd from hardest setting. And its pretty difficult purely from a driving point of view. I struggle to qualify above the 'new teams'. I can banzai the first corner and get up to 7th or 8th, but i just can't drive at their pace in a Lotus. The last race i ended up 18th and was pretty pleased really.

The marbles on the outside of the track are a right pain!

I'm sure it will get easier with practice, but at the moment its quite challenging and i've still got traction control set to medium!

 

[Nick172Cup]

The thing I didn't like with 2010, was unless you were in the super difficult mode, you could qualify on pole easily in an HRT.

But, if you had it on super difficult mode, I was about 2 seconds off the back marker every time, and it wasn't because I was bad at the game. There was no in between, where you would actually be if you were in a worse team, if you know what I mean.

I agree with the first bit however even on the hardest setting I can still the odd podium in a season.

I'm looking forward to the drs/kers, one thing I hope it has is different pit strategies. Would be good to have different teams use 2/3/4 pit strategies.

 

[Krispwee]

Couple of things pissing me off.

Punctures - Once again happen far too often. This just isn't realistic when you look at F1.
Pit Stops - If you come in to the pits together you seem to always come out behind the guy you went in with. That's really f**king annoying.

It's also still to easy on Hard and the jump to expert is too big.

 

[Ja5on]

assist on or off?

controller or wheel?

 

[GarethM]

Hopefully they'll release a patch again for the punctures, I hated that in F1 2010. Are there any pit stop issues with queing or not being released?

 

[dunganick]

I've had one puncture in 4 or 5 hours of playing when i had run off into the gravel lots. Seems fine to me.

 

[canky]

The penalties sometimes to harsh when it says ilegal blocking when u have spun on the track cant get round it sometimes. Any1 managed to leave pits at spa without hitting the wall lol

Online is fun some good racers but then some people just love playing bumper cars


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[Matthew]

So what are people thinking, better than 2010?

Any bugs cropped up? Proper split times on this one?

 

[dunganick]

Better than 2011 imho.

Bugs i've found - sometimes the game freezes at the end of a session on the timing screen. You get a penalty for spinning and stopping on the racing line far too easily.

 

[smallbaws]

Is it worth buying for PC ?

 

[STRBramley]

Is it worth buying for PC ?

Yes. I'm on the 4th race in career mode and I'm really enjoying it. I'm using the 360 controller on the PC and it works perfectly.

 

[GarethM]

Had my first play on this tonight, only had 45 mins or so. I was surprised at the graphics being so poor on the PS3, the colouring looks worse than 2010. More cartoon like, definitely a bit of a disappointment. Gameplay though is so much improved. You can really attack the curbs and the tyres play a far more important role, also the amount of throttle you can use out of the corners is really good and have to be patient. Is taking a while to remember to use KERS and DRS too. I can see me enjoying this more than 2010, and will give it a few hours tomorrow night.

 

[nebraska182]

Just did a 20% full wet race at Singapore in my career - can someone tell me why not one AI pitted all race??

 

[Matthew]

Just did a 20% full wet race at Singapore in my career - can someone tell me why not one AI pitted all race??

Oh not that again?!?

 

[.Simon]

Just did a 20% full wet race at Singapore in my career - can someone tell me why not one AI pitted all race??

Would they need too? They don't need to change tyre type?

 

[nebraska182]

Would they need too? They don't need to change tyre type?

Is that why? I thought pit stops were mandotary in all races...

 

[Silent_Scone]

I'm s**t at it I've got ABS on - hard difficulty and traction control set to medium, starting to get the hang of it now with the 360 pad, though

 

[Mark J]

Just did a 20% full wet race at Singapore in my career - can someone tell me why not one AI pitted all race??

You only need to pit in a fully dry race.

 

[Christopher]

Just did a 20% full wet race at Singapore in my career - can someone tell me why not one AI pitted all race??

They don't need to.

 

[Damo_Sport]

Is that why? I thought pit stops were mandotary in all races...

No ya dont, i did sepang yesterday in career on 20% and no one pitted in the rain and neither did i.. tyres held out so had no worries

 

[Matthew]

What's people's opinions on the graphics, on xbox?

Better than PS3?

 

[Goodj]

PS3 has greater potential for graphics, but because it takes a vast amount of effort to exploit it, it'll be on par with Xbox only.

 

[sneeks]

I'm away so cannot play this yet but I'm concerned with all the reports of shoddy fps and graphics on the PS3 version. I may return it unopened for the 360 version but then I lose the use of my G25 wheel.

 

[Chapppers11]

What do I click to start a co-op season with my flat mate over a Local connection through the router?

 

[GarethM]

Have you used your VIP pass thing?

 

[RDH]

Guna go and pick this up inabit, use up some Blockbuster credit...