F1 2016 Codemasters F1 2016 Released

[Chris]

Featuring all the official drivers, teams and tracks from the 2016 Formula One season, the release day for Codemasters latest Formula One iteration is finally here.

Making it's return to the series is the Safety Car, along with the newly implemented Virtual Safety Car (VSC) and a host of new and improved features such as manual starts and formation laps. Players will be able to create their own character, personalise their own helmet and choose a racing number for their career.

F1 2016 is the official video game of the 2016 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™ and features the full 2016 season calendar of 21 tracks, including the brand new Baku circuit in Azerbaijan, and the full roster of 22 drivers and 11 teams, including the new Haas F1 Team.

Many fans believe this to be the true successor to the original F1 2010 game with a greater focus on "Living the Life", as players will have to deal with media commitments, driver contracts and emails. In addition to these welcome improvements comes far more engaging practice sessions as drivers will need to complete programs and goals for the Free Practice sessions which are vital for the team's Research and Development program.
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F1 2016 is available for PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4 here

Do you own F1 2016? What are your impressions so far? Let us know!

 

[Tim.E]

That moment when you have to wait for the local retailers to open....

 

[Tr3voRR]

Would someone know how to go deeper in gamepad controller options for the steering ? somewhere in the game folder please ?

 

[Helmut Skrdla]

ERS... what ERS?
No mention of it at all. No keys to bind to the function as it doesn't exist...
They've had it on previous games so why is it not present here? No engine management at all.

That's unexpected... at least some "Max power" setting or such would have been nice.

 

[Alex Townsend]

It was a bit odd. Mapped my DRS to left side button, went looking for the ERS deployment and... nada
I didn't expect them to go the full system route that Kunos took as that's quite in depth. But just one button for the ERS deployment surely they could have implemented this?
It also brings us to the question of where the missing 160bhp is... lol

 

[Helmut Skrdla]

They could have done it like in 2010 the engine mapping (high normal low) with a fictional/set amount of recharge per lap that equalizes "normal" usage but charges when at low and depletes when at high...

It's a tactical aspect that, after what we saw with Kunos, will be hard to ignore missing.

 

[kamackeris]

What's the ai like? Do they race each other? Defend properly? Overtake in the slipstream?

Really on the fence whether to buy this.... Wish there was a demo! I miss the days of gp4 and playing out seasons like I used to as a kid! Shame you can't save replays that's a bit pants

 

[Alex Townsend]

AI seem to be ok. They battle each other and on my limited play time they did take calculated lunges up the inside of corners. I was having wheel issues so had trouble hitting the apex on my first time out though...

 

[kamackeris]

Anyone play this with the t300? Any wheel issues?

 

[Alex Townsend]

I had wheel issues with my Fanatec CSW V1 but I've just read the wheel setup help on this forum and looks like I'll need to set my wheel profile up to 360 and saturation slider back to zero to test it again

 

[Mantas Jokubauskas]

Aww, my game is still downloading... Will be interested to see has the game changed from the last Closed Beta.
Oh and also yeah, game is Denuvo protected. (At least Closed Beta was )

 

[kamackeris]

couldn't help myself and have bought it......

 

[Mantas Jokubauskas]

Oh and additional bonus - since some console guys already got it before official release (some stores released early), one man has worked with the new camera settings for OFFSET T-CAM to make it more realistic: http://forums.codemasters.com/discussion/44002/real-life-onboards-version-1 Maybe it will be useful for some

 

[Beikirch]

Hi Guys
Is there a Demo available ?

 

[Georgescu Iulian]

Any G27 users can play this game with the wheel?

 

[Rodent]

Anyone play this with the t300? Any wheel issues?

Seems alright, haven't dialed in FFB to where I want it yet but it's quite a bit better then 2015. No issues so far.

 

[Vangelis Parginos]

Any G27 users can play this game with the wheel?

Yes, it works like all the previous releases.

 

[shimon.ifraimov]

Any G27 users can play this game with the wheel?

works for me but don't expect anything special ffb wise , very crapy ffb.

 

[Helmut Skrdla]

Appears from some videos you can see your own car in the mirrors. Small detail, but something I'm missing from a lot of openwheel sims. Tracks look very much unchanged though, mostly as I remember them from 2010 candidate...

 

[Ville-Samuli Mutanen]

The first official F1 title I'm interested. Still waiting for reviews and info about controller support (OSW & amount of simultaneous controllers) and triple screen support before I hit the store.

 

[Brian Himmelman]

At last. A solid F1 title from Codemasters. Like others, I'm very pleasantly surprised thus far. Running it on PC with three monitors and although triple screen isn't properly supported, the ability to position all your screen info in the middle monitor is a very welcome feature (maybe it was in 2015, but I ran out of patience quickly with that beta test). Rewarding to drive with my G27 and the Time Trial mode is huge multiplayer fun - and that's coming from a single player fanatic! Biggest criticisms to date are that you still can't save replays, which is a huge shame because they do look great, plus there's still the slim lap percentage choices. I also spotted that the mirror view at Baku isn't right at all, but to be fair the quality of the mirror view is much better than before and you can even adjust the angle! All in all I reckon there are hundreds of hours of fun in F1 2016. Builds on the solid Codies comeback with Dirt Rally. At last the development team is really listening to the community, rather than the old modus operandi of the previous incumbents who pretended to listen and went on to produce yet another inept arcade game. I think this title is going to turn more than a few heads in the sim community. Not perfect, of course, but a very powerful statement of intent from the developer.

Agree this game is very well done !!