F1 2015 F1 2015 The Game Released

[Bram Hengeveld]

Just a little while ago Steam unlocked F1 2015 and the annual Formula 1 game is now released in Europe for Windows PC players.

North American's have to be a little more patient and wait for 11 more days until the game releases on the 21st of July 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam for PC. (Update: Seems that Americans are getting lucky with a Steam release today as well.)

The central game mode this year is the all-new Championship Season, which according to the developers promises to deliver the most immersive F1 experience yet, thanks to an all-new ‘broadcast presentation’ style that recreates the unique race day atmosphere of a Grand Prix.

The upcoming weekend will be used by thousands of race fans to enjoy the first moments in the game and below you find some handy links and tips to enhance your experience!

F1 2015 Mods and Modding
Our active community modders have already started working to find out whether F1 2015 is moddable. It has a new file system using an unfamiliar file format, possibly encrypted. If and when mods become available for PC users, please feel free to visit our download section to get your hands on them..

Got questions? Want to start your own modding career? Make sure to visit the F1 2015 modding forums and check out the sticky threads for more information.

Real racers, race online
RaceDepartment hosts a couple of long running online F1 series for PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4. This great group of organizers and racers are ready to welcome new- and old-comers to their various series. Sign-ups have already started so hurry up and check them out here. Of course everybody is invited to setup daily casual events in the same forum when you aren't interested in racing just for the points but are looking for a more social type of racing.

Let us help you with F1 car setups
RaceDepartment is keeping up with an annual tradition: Since 2010 we have provided a free to use service to the Codemasters community by providing top notch racing setups for the year Formula 1 sim.

If setting up your car is not something you are accustomed to, let us help you out. Here are some useful links that have helped hundreds of thousands of players during the last five years.

Setups
Setups for all F1 cars on all tracks under all conditions
F1 2015 Setups
F1 2014 Setups
F1 2013 Setups
F1 2012 Setups
F1 2011 Setups
F1 2010 Setups

Setups Directory
Handy one page overview of all setups.
F1 2015 Directory
F1 2014 Directory
F1 2013 Directory
F1 2012 Directory

Setup Guide
A handy guide guide explaining the basics of setting up a virtual racing car can be downloaded here

F1 2015 Photos and Videos
Are you an ambitious YouTuber or photographer looking for an audience? Make sure to check out RaceTube and submit your stunning video and photo productions.

 

[jimortality]

Yes BUT not full price

I never pay full price lol, either cd keys or whatever other sites have it cheap.

 

[Steve William]

unplayable on triple screens , its shocking .

I just want to know if there is any frame drops on a single monitor ?

 

[CC]

I just want to know if there is any frame drops on a single monitor ?

btk getting 7fps some tracks

 

[jimortality]

Its funny so far 2015 is running far better on my computer than 2014 did.

On my tx wheel, I like 60% force feedback on the driver, 270° DOR and 80/80/60 in game settings for force feedback, 0 on all advanced wheel settings.

btk getting 7fps some tracks

I've got an hour before I finish my nightshift so I need to know whether it's worth it but not at 7fps lol

 

[btk150]

btk getting 7fps some tracks

Already fixed that, only needed to update my driver

 

[Steve William]

btk getting 7fps some tracks

Could it be because of you graphics card!! maybe!!
7 fps is seriously messed up

 

[jimortality]

Could it be because of you graphics card!! maybe!!
7 fps is seriously messed up

He's sorted it now

 

[Steve William]

Already fixed that, only needed to update my driver

I just saw your comment, glad you fixed it, can you report back if fps drops when there alot of cars crashing...

 

[btk150]

I just saw your comment, glad you fixed it, can you report back if fps drops when there alot of cars crashing...

I have done only one race, but looked fine

 

[Steve William]

I have done only one race, but looked fine

I just want to know if its happening on pc (maybe not) just like on ps4, there a noticeable frame drop.

 

[SimRacer925]

Well, the game looks nice but it crashed very often for me. Every benchmark run results in a crash to desktop immediately after crossing the finish line.
Someone else with this problem?

Also, someone already has good FFB settings for CSW v2 ?

 

[CC]

Well, the game looks nice but it crashed very often for me. Every benchmark run results in a crash to desktop immediately after crossing the finish line.
Someone else with this problem?

Also, someone already has good FFB settings for CSW v2 ?

Yes crashed on benchmark to me too twice lol , but running 5760x1080 so thought it might be that has the game is unplayable at the minute .

 

[vee10]

Benchmark crashed.

Graphics are like vaseline smeared on the screen. Very disappointed so far with the looks. It looks better in the opening movie credits.

Issues with wheel detection.

Happy days.

 

[jimortality]

Benchmark crashed.

Graphics are like vaseline smeared on the screen. Very disappointed so far with the looks. It looks better in the opening movie credits.

Issues with wheel detection.

Happy days.

Looks like I'm giving this a miss then.

 

[CC]

Looks like I'm giving this a miss then.

I should have really but iI have all 5 games just wanted to see how it handled but bought 2 copies lol and they changed everything from .pssg to .erp with crazy compression very doubtful there will be any mods available for this game .

 

[Leonardo Chaves]

First, the bugs.
Running the benchmark test crashes my game back to desktop.
After i quit i get a F1 2015.exe crash, F1 2015 has stopped working (no kidding... i told it too).
When you pause the game in time trial the wheel stops working after you un-pause it for 5 seconds (like they are having the countdown before handing over the controls to you again).

I've never seen such infestation in the first couple of hours of gameplay.

Second the graphics, i don't like them, very blurry, dull colors... and weirdly enough i don't see a gamma setting in game so i can change that, game looks washed out imo.

On to physics and FFB, big improvement, like really big improvement, the cars move around more both on entry and on exit and they do so naturally unlike 2014 where you had to guess rather than feel the behaviour of the car.
I still haven't started fiddling with the setup, but it looks like it could be a lot of fun.
Weird that there's no brake options in the setup screen, but the in car change seems a lot more powerfull so i can see the why.

FFB is much improved as well, though my G27 had a huuuge deadzone on default settings which i think should be addressed so G27 owners don't have to run FFB at 110%.
Also the wheel was originally recognized as G29 (????) but it's just one click to change it.

AI seems racier, can't say much at this point.

 

[CC]

Benchmark crashed.

Graphics are like vaseline smeared on the screen. Very disappointed so far with the looks. It looks better in the opening movie credits.

Issues with wheel detection.

Happy days.

My pedals have stoped working since I installed this game earlier in the night

 

[Rickne]

1080p here. looks great

 

[Kevin Scholefield]

<mod edit: we don't do piracy around here, neither should you. Bye bye>

 

[CC]

First, the bugs.
Running the benchmark test crashes my game back to desktop.
After i quit i get a F1 2015.exe crash, F1 2015 has stopped working (no kidding... i told it too).
When you pause the game in time trial the wheel stops working after you un-pause it for 5 seconds (like they are having the countdown before handing over the controls to you again).

I've never seen such infestation in the first couple of hours of gameplay.

Second the graphics, i don't like them, very blurry, dull colors... and weirdly enough i don't see a gamma setting in game so i can change that, game looks washed out imo.

On to physics and FFB, big improvement, like really big improvement, the cars move around more both on entry and on exit and they do so naturally unlike 2014 where you had to guess rather than feel the behaviour of the car.
I still haven't started fiddling with the setup, but it looks like it could be a lot of fun.
Weird that there's no brake options in the setup screen, but the in car change seems a lot more powerfull so i can see the why.

FFB is much improved as well, though my G27 had a huuuge deadzone on default settings which i think should be addressed so G27 owners don't have to run FFB at 110%.
Also the wheel was originally recognized as G29 (????) but it's just one click to change it.

AI seems racier, can't say much at this point.

I had it show my fanatec clubsport v1 , but ingame it would not turn or move anything , no gears nothing at all , but under the clubsport v1 , you can not alter anything at all , so had to make custom settings , which was a nightmare then my pedals stopped working well just the break pedal , gone in assetto corsa and now no break at all with nothing , tried intsalling the drivers again and it crashes the software , so stuffed my setup at this point