F1 2015 F1 2015 The Game Released

Bram Hengeveld · Jul 10, 2015

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.

Rickne · Jul 11, 2015

interesting bug here . I drove up the main straight in a champ race in Oz . Just passing pit exit my car braked to a halt then started reversing . Then i was black flagged! These are getting better lol.

vlasovas · Jul 11, 2015

cr3ativ3 said:
Hello old friend, I'm glad you're back !!!! I wish you and your family health and happiness!!! P.S. Just what I got engaged ))))

Hello Friend! desire all is well with you there!

Rado Kingo · Jul 11, 2015

I LOVE F1 BUT...

Andrew Ford · Jul 11, 2015

This game is an absolute disgrace . Loads of nice features but ..its bugged as hell. So bugged it's laughable . Ai randomly crash into back of you ...The game just randomly crashes. Awful and worst yet. Hopefully a patch will come but really , I'm shocked this hasn't been tested . It's more buggy than f1 2012.

Rickne · Jul 11, 2015

some of the bugs listed in their little 7mb patch were absolutely amateur. Really shocking stuff.

remydeleeuw · Jul 11, 2015

After I qualified 6th i am on the grid and i can change the tyres i want to start on. Seems not right to me

Graham Laing · Jul 11, 2015

Have you got Parc Ferme rules switched off? ........ perhaps it might be that.

Yup, I know that Parc Ferme settings shouldn't effect this, but hey you never know when it come to games

remydeleeuw · Jul 11, 2015

Graham Laing said:
Have you got Parc Ferme rules switched off? ........ perhaps it might be that.

Yup, I know that Parc Ferme settings shouldn't effect this, but hey you never know when it come to games

Nope parc ferme is on.
I like to keep it real

Rickne · Jul 12, 2015

billymitchell · Jul 12, 2015

I've been crash free so far and performance is decent, but I'll need SLI support in order to push 120fps/120Hz.

My CSWv1 and CSPv2 worked with a custom controller setup but the pedals had the deadspot issue. Doesn't matter now because after a couple game restarts the game now refuses to let me select custom controls, it force loads the CSW default controls. So I had to plug the pedals into the wheel (instead of directly into the comp) and now the pedals are very responsive. I also edited the action_map_preset_win.xml file to change the default buttons to what I want.

I've tried three different cars on three different tracks, and my biggest complaint is the braking bias which is only changeable on track between Front, Balanced, and Rear, but I cannot get my selection to stick.

Is there some special combo of buttons to select a different brake bias and have it stick on track?

remydeleeuw · Jul 12, 2015

Did codemasters remove the safety car?

Jake Fangio · Jul 12, 2015

the_ozz_man said:
But that was half the fun mate driving the manor and woring up the grid gave the game a replay value

You can still do that can't you.just start your career with manor.

Jake Fangio · Jul 12, 2015

From a PERSONAL point of view i'm loving it.The handling is much improved and the FFB is much more subtle and I can feel the slip angle,braking and overstear through my G27.I couldnt give a toss that I don't get too see my name in the game.I don't watch the cutscenes or read those annoying emails.I just try to drive as fast as I can and enjoy it for what it is.
But i'm not so pigheaded and ignorant to see how people are getting vexed about the missing features.But from a personal perspective i'm enjoying it

Blkout · Jul 12, 2015

Rado Kingo said:
I know but......The game crashes more than Maldonado
- A Steam reviewer. LOL

Its a funny comment but the game has never crashed once for me while playing. It does have a weird error after I exit the game but that will be resolved soon I suppose.

remydeleeuw · Jul 12, 2015

Blkout said:
Its a funny comment but the game has never crashed once for me while playing. It does have a weird error after I exit the game but that will be resolved soon I suppose.

Yeah THE error that says that it isn't installed correctly. Same here

Johnny Russian · Jul 12, 2015

I bought this game over the weekend, played for about an hour and requested a refund from Steam. it's an absolute mess, the worst of the lot they've ever released. bugs everywhere, the graphics are really poor (very cartoony, stupid motion blur), and the damn cars still float above the track!

just take a look at this bug list on the CM forums, it's absolutely astonishing. it's very clear this game was rushed out: http://forums.codemasters.com/discu...ests-list-to-help-codemasters-fix-that-faster

Blkout · Jul 12, 2015

remydeleeuw said:
Yeah THE error that says that it isn't installed correctly. Same here

Well, it shows a crash exe popup first, then I get Steam error saying its trying to restart the app but can't, however it never affects anything other than I have to close the pop-ups manually.

Johnny Russian said:
I bought this game over the weekend, played for about an hour and requested a refund from Steam. it's an absolute mess, the worst of the lot they've ever released. bugs everywhere, the graphics are really poor (very cartoony, stupid motion blur), and the damn cars still float above the track!

just take a look at this bug list on the CM forums, it's absolutely astonishing. it's very clear this game was rushed out: http://forums.codemasters.com/discussion/7915/f1-2015-official-bugs-glitchs-and-requests-list-to-help-codemasters-fix-that-faster

Huge list for sure, but about 80% of them I've never encountered so who knows.

Jake Fangio · Jul 12, 2015

I must say I've been racing all afternoon, and haven't noticed any bugs.It must be down to something on all the different PC's.I'm pretty much a moob with pc gaming,maybe because mines a dedicated gaming PC it's not picked up any crap along the way.Or maybe I know absolutely Jack ****.Probably the latter lol.

ParkYongLee · Jul 12, 2015

The ironic thing is, many of those bugs could be fixed by the community if CM wouldn't have decided to use their ERPK encrypter. When looking at bugs like no tyres ... man we fixed that already back in F1 2013 with custom highlods and carlodsettings (well, a custom highlod mod could start to create this bug if there were some parameters not correctly adjusted).