F1 2017 F1 2017 Classic Cars: the Final Reveal - McLaren

[Paul Jeffrey]

Codemasters have revealed the final cars due to form the new 'Classic Content' in F1 2017 - Welcome McLaren...

Joining the 4 Ferraris, 2 Williams a Red Bull and a Renault come 4 iconic McLaren cars from the history of the team. Responsible for World Championships in the hands of drivers like Ayrton Senna, Mika Hakkinen and Lewis Hamilton, the McLaren cars are sure to be a fairly major draw to the classics portion of the title.

So, which cars from the Woking team are included I hear you say? Well, let's take a look shall we?

1988 McLaren MP4/4

As driven by Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna during the 1988 Formula 1™ season. The Honda-powered MP4/4 is one of the most iconic and dominant Formula One cars ever built, winning all but one race (15 out of 16) and claiming all but one pole position in the 1988 season. It was the car that powered Senna to his first world championship title.

1991 McLaren MP4/6

During the 1991 season, this was driven by the then reigning World Champion Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger, and was considered by some to be the most competitive car ever at the time, taking eight wins and ten pole positions, and scored 148 points, with Senna winning his third and final world championship title.

1998 McLaren MP4-13

In the 1998 F1™ season the MP4-13 was driven by Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard and again proved to be the dominant car of the season, with Häkkinen winning his first Drivers’ Championship, and McLaren’s securing their first constructor’s title since 1991.

2008 McLaren MP4-23

The MP4-23 was driven by Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen in the 2008 season, and is notable for being the car in which Hamilton won his first World Drivers’ Championship in dramatic fashion at the Brazilian Grand Prix by overtaking Toyota’s Timo Glock on the final corner of the final lap of the final grand prix of the season, to claim the required 5th-place finish and win the Drivers’ title by a single point from Ferrari’s Felipe Massa, and become at the time the youngest driver ever to win the title.

To mark the occasion, check out the new McLaren Classic Content trailer below:

The full classic content list can be seen below:

• 1988 McLaren MP4/4
• 1991 McLaren MP4/6
• 1992 Williams FW14B
• 1995 Ferrari 412 T2
• 1996 Williams FW18
• 1998 McLaren MP4-13
• 2002 Ferrari F2002
• 2004 Ferrari F2004
• 2006 Renault R26
• 2007 Ferrari F2007
• 2008 McLaren MP4-23
• 2010 Red Bull Racing RB6

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Pleased with the final list of historic cars in F1 2017? Would you like to have seen something from an earlier generation included? Which is your favourite from the list? Let us know in the comments section below!

 

[Should Be There]

Why no cars from the lesser teams like Minardi, Arrows, Tyrell etc.

Seems like the only got cars from teams on the current grid, I reckon there's a direct correlation there.

 

[TheSourceOfTheNile]

One day we will see the Tyrell P34 six wheel beast in some game. For now, I'll just have to suffice with the rFactor mod.

 

[vladimirjeger]

Maybe the 88 or 92 cars are "Classics", or the 96 Williams...but the rest? Nope. Nopey Nopey Nope.
But this was a series that thought it OK not to have H pattern shifting for the 70s and 80s cars in the last iteration of Classic F1 Content. Most of those noughts cars are just horrible, and calling them classic is just offensive.

Maybe they are not classics, or you won't call them that, but there are many of us who want to drive those cars. So, yeah, I don't care what they call them as long as I am able to drive them

 

[darioqw]

For my lack in that list the BMW SAUBER F1.08

 

[darioqw]

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[aka2k]

Good Lord, that's one washout classic list. Except for a few picks, all the rest is just a little older. Hardly classics.

Someone should have told Codemasters that true classics are around 70's and 80's. The 90's are acceptable too, but from 2000's and up - it's just laziness.

 

[philome]

Mp4_23 gray color instead of chrome .... codemasters are not even able to make cars correct pitiful

 

[vladimirjeger]

Mp4_23 gray color instead of chrome .... codemasters are not even able to make cars correct pitiful

It's just the lighting from that angle. It's chrome

 

[ears]

Is it me, or is Codies' MP4-23 a sandy brown colour?

IIRC the F2008 spent more time in the sand traps in 2008 than the MP4/23.

 

[Eric Rowland]

going by the list, the only people who are interested in the game are the 18-35 niche.......

 

[Andy_J]

Easy choice for me. The 14b. The most beautiful F1 car ever made. IMO.

And how the colour schemes were so much better than modern times.

 

[darkelf1]

Play all these mods in AC.........

 

[Andy_J]

Play all these mods in AC.........

Yes.........I suppose you can.
But I like the full F1 experience and only one game series can do that right now.

 

[Aki Korhonen]

where is jordan 1991?
The cars of the 2000s are not classical

 

[Aki Korhonen]

Good Lord, that's one washout classic list. Except for a few picks, all the rest is just a little older. Hardly classics.

Someone should have told Codemasters that true classics are around 70's and 80's. The 90's are acceptable too, but from 2000's and up - it's just laziness.

yep. maybe they cant do physics right. 1991 mclaren and 92 williams are the only classic here

 

[Aki Korhonen]

Play all these mods in AC.........

yes by your self if you add ai its like destruction derby

 

[M² Designworks | Maxwellus]

I swear to god, the first day of F1 2017 is just gonna be me fixing tobacco liveries...

 

[Coffer]

Good Lord, that's one washout classic list. Except for a few picks, all the rest is just a little older. Hardly classics.

Someone should have told Codemasters that true classics are around 70's and 80's. The 90's are acceptable too, but from 2000's and up - it's just laziness.

Hardly - if anything it's good that they're finally going with something they can more readily model (as the data regarding those cars is much more easily accessible and they're easier to model in general, and the 80s cars were especially mediocre in the 2013 game), and the sport was no good in the 70s anyway. The 80s I can give you, but there's more value in modelling the F2004 than something like the BT52 (which they wouldn't be able to license anyway), especially if you want people to actually race these cars and not just struggle to keep them on the road. Not that the likes of the BT52 are in AC anyway - it's just the boring old 98T for the most part.

 

[Sean]

One day we will see the Tyrell P34 six wheel beast in some game. For now, I'll just have to suffice with the rFactor mod.

bet it's still better than that CM can do?

 

[TheSourceOfTheNile]

bet it's still better than that CM can do?

The quality of the physics is good in rFactor and RF2, but it's still a bit lacking. The point of the P34 was to add an extra set of wheels for more grip at the cost of faster tire wear due to the smaller front wheel size. The quality on the mesh is a bit dated by now, though, and it doesn't have the Monaco livery that the car is famous for included. I like the Codemasters physics, gameplay, and AI, but it is a bit unrealistic and arcade-like. Not enough to put me off of enjoying their games but, I don't like the complete lack of realism on their older cars. They always handled like they weren't weighty enough to be real and were way to quick around the track. It would like spark something in the modding community if it were in the game, and would possibly even be seen in other games such as Assetto Corsa.