It just depends on your taste. It's obvious that I am talking from a hardcore sim point of view. I want to be able to walk into McLaren's Technology Centre and drive their sim. For most, this would be "boring" or too hard. For others, it would be a dream come true. Pedro gets PAYED to do that stuff.

NFS Shift and this F1 game will be fun for alot of people. If you like games on the fun side, it will be right up your alley. NFS Shift brings it slightly closer to sim part, but even that has alienated alot of fans.. the ones who want to drive on the streets with neons. It's hard to please everyone isn't it?


Good for you. But I don't share your hope. I know that I am right, and I wasn't just going off the video(s) of the game. But what the developers themselves said, when asked questions (during the interviews) during the videos. It was obvious the market that this game is aimed at. And who can blame them, it's how they need to make money. If people don't buy their game, they fail, lose money and can go out of business. It's closer to a sim then previous games and there is a market for that. The guys that want a sim type driving experience that is also fun, where you don't need to be a race engineer to setup the car and get lap time out of it.

The true sims will never make good sales because there isn't a strong enough market for it. The budgets are very low, and you get 1 title every 4-5 years if you are lucky. If it's released every year, it's not a sim. Sad but true.


I have no doubt that you will enjoy the "game" very much. Especially with the aids turned on.

yeah sure. you all hate it but will be buying the game when it comes out! the wii f1 2009 comes out very soon, I read october! and it comes with a small f1 steering wheel for the controller but no room for the motion plus in the steering wheel so I guess it won't support the motion plus.

and sorry but gran turismo sucks big time compared to forza3.

Hi Lewis,

I can't care less what games you like or not and to your last comment I shrug and accept your opinion. Your bait for console/game wars won't work since I'm not into those.

What comes on predicted failure of F1 2009 game, it looks out worse than mid nineties PS1 Formula One game (at least it had Murray Walker). Cars are swerving on track like there would be full grid of drunken Jacques Villeneuves in GP2 race. Also if their major target audience is hand held consoles and underpowered Wii, that doesn't promise much good. I'm very afraid game will be less realistic than Outrun Arcade...

look more like concept art to me than c3d's

Looks like they've cocked up the steering, look how much of the inside wheel you can see, way too much angle.

Looks like they've cocked up the steering, look how much of the inside wheel you can see, way too much angle.

Its a game for the Wii and PSP, its going to be greatly limited in its realism, graphics, physics.

Definitely the first PC game I will be buying in a loooong time. (chuckle chuckle)



PS the screen shots show alot of jaggies, not pretty at all. I hope the PC version comes out soon so it can be adjusted to look better. Even better I hope the after market community slash open the game crack it , tweak it an mod it so then it will be loads better!

The Wii version doesn't look good. If PS3 isn't much better, then I think I'll be sticking right with GP4!

Villes,

Much of what you write is either completely wrong, doubtful but debatable or simply your opinions that you're passing off as fact.

The fact is there is not a simulation on any console.

The fact is no one is playing GT5 on PS3 for at least a year.

I just got a review copy of NFS:shift. I can't stop laughing. EA took GTR and they ruined it.




Starting at the back of a grid and passing 12-14 cars is not a simulation of anything.

Suzuka Trailer up, Central pivot handling For the lose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUaDbW0pr4Y

I swear that the graphics for the last game on PSP were better than that.

Suzuka Trailer up, Central pivot handling For the lose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUaDbW0pr4Y

Realism factoid:-

No ING sponsored F1 car ever raced at Suzuka......

Interlagos trailer for the game now up on Youtube (featuring a certain Mr Croft and Mr Davidson).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L0QR06MDoU

That looks disastrous.

It is for the wii, jesus.

The Wii is not made for graphics but for fun non serious games. The PS3 and XBOX360 have more more computing power so I'd expect the graphics to be much better. As a side issue, how do people get GP4 work with Vista?

I hear the wii has twice as powerful system as the PS2

Not sure if thats true but nonetheless the Ps3 is probably 10 times as powerful as the PS2.

Villes is right, most games suck. I stopped playing 10 years ago nearly, I popped in here to have a squiz some 8 years later and STILL the same problems are happening. GT whatever is delayed (well what a shock), racing games continue to be dumbed down, AI's are awful, graphics continue t improve at the expense of playability.

GT3 was the last straw for me ..... just AWFUL gaming in every sense.

Not sure if thats true but nonetheless the Ps3 is probably 10 times as powerful as the PS2.

yeah but Syngamer at the Codemasters forum told me it was twice the better!

GT3 was worse than GT2 for you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w_jKctrgJE looks ok !

Looks better then hoped for.

Wow you had low expectations.