F1 2014's October 17th release date is exactly 8 weeks forth from today. With that in mind, Codemasters has moved from words to video lately as it tries to build on player anticipation through a demonstration of the sights and sounds of this unusual Formula One season. F1 2014 - Now with Wings Heading into the twelfth round of this year's Formula One championship at … [Read more...]
Video Retrospective: F1 2012 vs F1 2013 Brazil
Leading up to the release of F1 2014, we have added to our recent videos for Codemasters' F1 series today with a direct side-by-side comparison. As you'll see below, the venue is São Paulo's Autódromo José Carlos Pace - more colloquially known as the Interlagos Circuit! Jenson Button's McLaren MP4-27 and MP4-28 feature here for F1 2012 and F1 2013 and we are again using the … [Read more...]
GRID Autosport: The Tracks and Cars
Hot on the heels of GRID: Autosport's near-to-release announcement and early video footage, the first details of content have now come through. Beginning with the tracks, there's an alluring list comprising of some 22 locations and as they currently stand, a total of 115 configurations across those regions. To add some perspective to those figures, Codemasters has said that … [Read more...]
F1 2013: The Consoles Get A Plaster
Codemasters' Community Manager made a forum post last weekend to announce that the first F1 2013 update had been submitted for each of the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions. Along with the relevant revisions of the first four of the PC's current five patches, there was news of “a few” console-specific changes to come. Unfortunately, there were no details given back then but the list of … [Read more...]
F1 2013 Three Patches Good?
Only five days behind its second patch for F1 2013, Codemasters has released and described Patch 3 for the PC. As the list of changes clearly shows, there's no sign of the longest-living or most irritating 'features' being eliminated yet. However, I suppose that every step is progress and if they are ever to be fixed, some of the series' most persistent problems could be in … [Read more...]
MotoGP 13 All-Formats Update Version 1.2
With the news published on its Facebook page, Milestone has now released another patch to its official MotoGP game of this year. Taking MotoGP 13 to v1.2, the latest revision is ready for players of all hardware formats – Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Sony's PlayStation Vita! Steam versions will update on signing in and a patch file is available on various sites for retail and other … [Read more...]
F1 2013 Patch 2 Arrives, Price Drops
Right on the one-week point since the first update, F1 2013 has had a follow-up patch applied through Steam this afternoon. I'll stop the startwatch! At a smidgen under 45MB, the points addressed by Codemasters today are listed below. PC FPS Issues: We’ve made further improvements to the PC FPS issue whereby higher specification PCs had a considerable lap time … [Read more...]
F1 2013 – Classics Content Out Now
Codemasters has released F1 2013's extra 'Classic' content as planned for all formats. The cars, drivers and tracks once included only in the Classic Edition of this year's official F1 game are now available in two optional packs. On Steam, £6.49 buys either of the 1990s packs – the F1 Classics: 1990s Pack or the Classic Tracks Pack. Select drivers... The '90s Car Pack includes … [Read more...]
F1 2013 Patch 1 Hits the Tarmac
Appreciably ahead of what we'd been led to expect, this year's addition to Codemasters' F1 stable received its first set of changes late on Thursday. Adding to the pleasant surprise, the adaptations relate to in-game play as well as an initial round of much-needed fixes to some key problems. As I repeatedly described last year with F1 2012, it's worth highlighting that … [Read more...]
Thrustmaster teasing Xbox 360 wheel for Gamescon?
Since the demise of Microsoft's own Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel, the choices for anyone looking to move away from a pad towards the finer control and immersion of a good feedback steering wheel set-up have been limited. Seriously limited. As the PlayStation 3 maintained a compatibility with a healthy range of wheels available for the PC such as those from Thrustmaster and … [Read more...]
First patch released for F1 2011, with second on the way
Having revealed how much we loved F1 2011, it's nice to know Codemasters are again working hard on patches and bug fixes to keep improving the experience. The first patch for F1 2011 has now been released for PS3, Xbox 360, Steam and GFWL, and there are standalone downloads for the retail disc PC versions. So soon after release, the first patch is to update refinements and … [Read more...]
F1 2011 review 9/10
First of all, an apology. This review is late in comparison to a lot of other sites around and there are two main reasons for this: Firstly, we didn’t get a preview copy of the game, and second, it has taken a while to get used to. I didn’t want to rush out a review until I had the chance to play the game properly - I wanted to be able to say what it’s really like and to do … [Read more...]