F1 2010 Formula One 2010 (Codemasters)

[Bram Hengeveld]

As seen on autosport.com - F1 News: New computer game deal for F1:

Formula One is to have its first official computer game in more than two years next season following the capture of a new official licencing deal with British gaming company Codemasters, autosport.com can reveal.
With Sony having published the most recent official F1 game last summer, based on the 2006 season and available only on PlayStation consoles, Codemasters' deal will see F1 return to a multiformat platform for the first time in many years.
The game is set to be available on all major home consoles, as well as handheld and PC gaming formats.
After weeks of discussion between Codemasters and Formula One Administration, it is anticipated that the company will produce the first game next year, based on the 2009 F1 season. This will be the first game that Lewis Hamilton will appear in.
Rod Cousens, chief executive officers of Codemasters, said: "Formula One is ambitious in expanding its reach with more circuits planned beyond recent additions in the Middle East and China. It is also ambitious in expanding its reach via technology.
"The digital communities that computer and video gaming creates will play a key role in further growing the F1 audience and connecting them globally.
"As a world-leading creator of driving games, this alliance with F1 is the jewel in Codemasters' racing crown and creates an undisputed segment champion."
Chris Deering, chairman of Codemasters, added: "Codemasters' success and recent innovations in the racing game space makes the company more than appropriately tuned for the challenge.
"The combination of F1's new momentum of expansion and Codemasters' contemporary technology and past experience is the breaking of a new dawn for the sport, on the track and on the HD game screen."
Codemasters Studios has already begun preparations for the major task of creating the new game, by strengthening their team with personnel from the now defunct Sega Racing Studio.
There are 350 people working on the project, which will be based on the EGO Engine that Codemasters has put to good use on the Colin McRae: DIRT and soon-to-be-released Race Driver: GRID titles.

 

[Péter Bártfai]

At least for F1 they don't have to give the cars much more grip to satisfy arcade racers. So maybe it'll be a good one

 

[Rami Lauttanen]

the physics arent gonna be sim like they'll be like Dirt2 and if hardcore sim racers dont like it then hopefully they wont buy it cos then we wont be able to see their moaning

Oh, ok . I Wasn't moaning about it and how do you know what game's physics are. Have you tested the game, are you Codemasters beta tester??
By physics i meant if they are like in Grid, then you can have it and hear me moan, but otherwise i'll have fun with it.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

I consider myself a simmer and i absolutely love DIRT2 because its an awesome game. A real complete package that tries to satisfy all kind of gamers. If F1 2010 is even half as good it will be an immediate buy!

 

[MS7XWDC]

F1 2010 Screen shots:

CM:

"
Hi everyone,

It’s been a while since we announced we had secured the rights to the Formula One licence and much has changed since that original announcement, both internally and within the world of F1. The project team has grown and now fills Codemasters Studios in Birmingham (as well as keeping many busy at our Warwickshire HQ studios), features have been locked down and development is making great progress. In the real-world F1 had KERS, then it didn’t, the points system changed, refuelling is no longer allowed, several manufactures have left the sport, whilst new independent teams are preparing for their first season in F1. Oh and you might have heard that a certain multiple World Champion has returned from retirement. The 2010 season certainly looks like it could be the most spectacular for years and we cannot wait to deliver our take on this fascinating sport, not to mention reinvigorate Formula One videogames.

Now the first race is almost upon us, we felt the time was right to give you an overview of what we’ve been up to as well as taking this opportunity to clear up a few points and features.

First and foremost it’s worth noting that F1 2010 is not based on F1 2009 (Wii/PSP) the development has been completely separate and as such the feature set of F1 2010 will be very different.

Early on in development we identified all the key areas that we needed to make shine, building upon and enhancing aspects of the EGO racing technology and extracting the most interesting elements of F1 not previously utilised in games.

Number one on that list was the car physics system, which is being re-engineered from the ground up for F1 2010. Several key areas have been rewritten, enabling us to have a detailed simulation of how an F1 car feels on track. Whilst we have made several major steps forward with this, we will continue to build upon this new foundation into 2011 and beyond!

The next big feature was to write a comprehensive weather system, which is now nearing completion. This is something we’re very proud of, and you’ll see why in the near future. Needless to say this plays a big part in both player and AI strategies, as well as changing the handling characteristics of the car considerably.

Another big area of focus has been on the Pit Stops, which we don’t feel have ever been done justice in racing games. These are a pivotal moments of a race and integral to the F1 experience. Our take centres on the drivers perspective, rather than button bashing, and the vast majority of this system is now integrated and refinement work is underway.

We’ve also had to progress our damage modelling up to another level, again building on the tech established in both DIRT and GRID, but enhanced to match the unique make-up and composition of a Formula One car.

All this coupled with a fresh design, taking into account many of the ideas and suggestions on this forum, has allowed us to create what we hope will the greatest F1 racing game experience ever. We are not just delivering the same feature set seen in many previous Formula One games. It’s important that we deliver something new and exciting, however this does not mean we’re losing sight of what F1 means to purist racing gamers.

We will go into much more detail about all of the above features in the coming weeks and months as well as several other aspects of the game which we’re sure will really capture your imagination.

There is of course much debate on what is needed to create the ultimate F1 game and as importantly, how to present this to the player and put them right into the world of F1. Checking in on the forums has been and continues to be an essential part of this process. Both the Senior Producer and Chief Game Designer regularly check the forums and every suggestion and opinion posted is read and considered. It’s worth mentioning the fact both of these guys will not have the time to engage with the forum all the time (there’s a game to finish after all), but we’ll certainly try to come on and answer questions when we can!

Keep an eye out for the Chief Game Designers private twitter feed (http://twitter.com/T4RG4), it might give you an insight into where the game is on any given day. Information on this will be given out at a later date.

We’ve seen lots of discussion around what may or may not be in the game. As ever there were far too many features than we have the time to implement and do justice for the 2010 game, so this is a good opportunity to clear up a few points:

• Laser Scanned Track Data – Considered early on in the project we assessed for our needs and decided against its inclusion in favour of other features. Our track creation pipeline has been further developed and we’re now capable of producing extremely authentic environments, track surfaces included, without the need for this data.
• Safety Car – A common forum request but investigation proved, surprisingly, that this actually offers very little in terms of enjoyable game experience in comparison to other game elements we’ll reveal later. Once you find out what we spent the time on instead we’re sure you’ll agree that this was the right decision!
• Formation Lap – Currently not part of the plan, for the same reasons as safety car. This is not to say we won’t look to add a little of what the formation lap provides!
• A Feeder Series – We’re at full-stretch creating an engaging Formula One experience. Including a feeder series is not part of the deal we have and code support alone would take too much away from the main game to prove worthwhile in 2010.
• Split Screen – Some of you will have noticed this is not present in any recent Codemasters racing titles. Early on we established the huge amount of resources this feature would consume and, after weighing against our need to move the series in an original direction, made the tough decision that F1 2010 would not be the project to return Split Screen. We have included an interesting local multiplayer mode in its place and an extensive online multiplayer mode.

We will be working with F1 beyond this year’s game and so may well reconsider some points, as well as looking at new additional content for 2011, during a second round of concepting. As a result they are most definitely not ruled out.

Of course we would love to include everything but, for obvious reasons, we cannot. It’s important that when we include a feature, we spend the required time to make it just right. The 2010 game attempts to re-establish F1 games and its safe to say this title is stretching a highly capable team, across both Birmingham and Southam studios, right through to launch.

If you have any burning questions or comments, be sure to post them on this thread and, along with Helios, we’ll try our best to answer where possible. We look forward to meeting some of you at the ‘F1 2010 Revealed’ event in London on March the 17th.

Thank you for your ongoing feedback and support,

Codemasters Formula One Development Team"

 

[Omer Said]

interesting local multiplayer mode

This makes me crazily wonder. Perhaps a Hotseat feature like the old Geoff Crammond Games ?

And i'm also happy that they did'nt waste so much time on Safety Car and Formation Lap. Both are not so necessary and i can't understand why the most people wants them primarily. Physics, Damage, ai, track models, strong and smooth online play and a deep career mode must come first imo.

 

[Ivo Simons]

F1 2010 Video Thread

First gameplay.

http://www.racedepartment.com/content/286-f1-2010-game-first-gameplay-interview.html

 

[John Bergqvist]

First gameplay.

http://www.racedepartment.com/content/286-f1-2010-game-first-gameplay-interview.html

Well they have someone who's worked on the Grand Prix Series by Geoff Crammond. Well that makes me feel a little better. :smile: Shame there won't be any mechanical failures in-race though.
Also I hope somebody makes a mod to turn the blur down a little bit. Still, looks like i might have to get a new pc hehe. I like the idea of an engineer helping you through setups, (Although its not new, a basic version of this appeared in F106 + F1CE) makes the practice sessions more worthwhile, rather than tinkering about with settings which your not sure what they do haha. There was quite a bit of crew activity from what i saw, which is a nice feature. Looking forward to it overall, although the lack of mechanical failures is disappointing.

 

[Chris Hendrich]

Codemasters: F1 2010 game

A bit off topic, but since we race f1 I thought it might be fitting. They had a pressconference for the new f1 game.
Looks to be awesome! They have blisters, marbles, weather,developing new parts , and the track will be green on friday practice and getting more grippy over the weekend. Can't wait.

for info :
https://twitter.com/KenMullen

 

[Eric. K]

Who makes it?

 

[Tom Watts]

codemasters with an adapted engine from grid so each car handles better and different

 

[ufunacaoenn]

WITH the help of Brawn's former test driver/reserv driver.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

The average gamer is not interested in mechanical failures. And to be honest i am not too fuzzed either to break a wishbone on Monza in the last lap of a full race distance Grand Prix either :thumbup:

 

[Ross Balfour]

I think the MMG mod still looks better IMO. However the weather system look stunning, I really hope those shots aren't edited in someway like Simbin's for Race On because theres no real point in that

@Bram: I'm an average gamer and I am interested in mechanical failures, its what makes it realistic!

 

[Omer Said]

Oh the lack of mechanical failures even makes me ( below average gamer ) sad. This is one of the most basic things in F1. Very ununderstundable

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

@Bram: I'm an average gamer and I am interested in mechanical failures, its what makes it realistic!

Average gamers don't like realism , only simracers. Most people like to enjoy a quick race on a console between coming home and diner, most of them even offline.

 

[Ivo Simons]

I heard 13 drivers online will be the max also.
Don't know for sure if it' also on the PC the max.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Dedicated server supported?

Does anybody know if you can setup your own dedicated server?

 

[Ivo Simons]

Some ingame screens

And some real gameplay. Scroll down to the bottom.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/03/17/f1-2010-first-play/

 

[GAIAjohan]

The [lap 1/3] doesn't make me happy.. I hope it does also include full race distances..

 

[Philip Antonia]

The pitstop and rain are excellent:thumbup:.