Essentially the things you do-and should-take for granted in any annualised sports franchise are here, smiling politely.
Austria and Russia are present and correct on the calendar. Tires are more robust, as in the real sport. They also feel underpowered, which is of course accurate if underwhelming to actually play. So in the name of authenticity, cars do sound like 200mph vacuum cleaners now and a Mercedes one-two is as assured as day turning to night. There’s little incentive to play the game for over an hour, because everything’s handed to you on a plate.Īs if it even needs mentioning, all the cars and tracks from the current season are present and correct (albeit with a modified version of the hooch-promoting Williams livery). Think back to F1 2010, with its interactive press conferences and emphasis on ‘being the driver.’ Codemasters has made an about-turn on that creative direction and that leaves F1 2014 without a sense of career progression. Well, we could just select a minnow team ourselves of course, but it’d feel a bit hollow knowing Toto Wolff and Christian Horner were just as happy for you to sign on the dotted line for them. This game’s very first job, then, is to allay your concerns that it’s little more than a dancing monkey to hold your attention until the proper game is ready. The obvious conclusion to jump to is that F1 2014’s limited by its concessions to dusty old consoles, and that like the leaden Ferrari and McLaren of ’09 it hasn’t been given the time or resources to make meaningful changes. Earlier in the year its developer Codemasters announced it was working on two F1 titles-one for old-gen consoles and PC, and a later revamped game for newer hardware. 2009 rolls in, and both teams are floundering while the likes of Brawn GP and its blown rear diffuser blitz past.į1 2014 is very much the floundering old guard in what I’m only now revealing as an indulgent opening analogy. While other teams cease development of their current car and instead look ahead to next season and its significant rule changes, these two teams are forced to bring package updates to every remaining race of this season in a bid to secure the driver’s championship for Massa or Hamilton.
Autumn of 2008: Ferrari and McLaren are locked in a championship battle that will go right down to the wire.
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