Formula 1 game

I have 'expert' difficulty as well, but my game has come from India. Having easily won a race on 'medium', I did round 2 of career mode on hard today. I got to Q3 in the HRT and was 7th on the grid [17th due to a penalty though]. I know there was more pace to be found that could have popped me up a place or two, but I kept invalidating laps for corner cutting, when on a good run.

The game is going mostly well for me, so far. But there are still a few things that bug me. My wheel [Logitech DFP] has an annoying dead zone of about 15 degrees, which I don't suffer with in other games. For some reason, the 'advanced wheel settings' menu is locked so I can't select it. Not sure why though :s I'm sure I could tinker with settings there, if only I could access it.

Secondly, the gear changes are slightly delayed from when I push the flappy paddle. This is a little frustrating as I rev out on occasion because of it.

Finally, the pit-lane procedure is too bare. Having played games like rFactor and Race07, I'm used to completely controlling the car down the pit-lane and pulling into the pit-box myself. It's odd not having to do this.

In conclusion, I find it a thoroughly enjoyable game and one which will award a lot of lifespan. But it doesn't hold a patch on rFactor so far as authentic sim racing experiences go.

---> I did some online racing today. I'm not a fan of the quick sessions. I did two which weren't very enjoyable. Then, I tried to join some proper sessions and the server wouldn't connect for some reason.

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Originally Posted by 52Paddy

The game is going mostly well for me, so far. But there are still a few things that bug me. My wheel [Logitech DFP] has an annoying dead zone of about 15 degrees, which I don't suffer with in other games. For some reason, the 'advanced wheel settings' menu is locked so I can't select it. Not sure why though :s I'm sure I could tinker with settings there, if only I could access it.

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You can access it! When you're in the driving controls menu, it shows options like Keyboard, your wheel name if it's connected, and Custom. Select Custom and then the "Advanced wheel settings" option won't be greyed out anymore. Of course, you'll have to define all the controls for your wheel, but that hardly takes a minute.

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Originally Posted by 52Paddy

Secondly, the gear changes are slightly delayed from when I push the flappy paddle. This is a little frustrating as I rev out on occasion because of it.

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I think the solution for that is to go into My F1 -> Audio -> and change the Audio Drivers option from Rapture to Software.

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Originally Posted by 52Paddy

I did some online racing today. I'm not a fan of the quick sessions. I did two which weren't very enjoyable. Then, I tried to join some proper sessions and the server wouldn't connect for some reason.

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If you're on PC, add me and Bruce. We just had around 7 or 8 absolutely amazing and close races. The more clean racers, the better. My gamertag is CaptainRaiden and Bruce's is BruceD77.

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Originally Posted by X-ecutioner

You can access it! When you're in the driving controls menu, it shows options like Keyboard, your wheel name if it's connected, and Custom. Select Custom and then the "Advanced wheel settings" option won't be greyed out anymore. Of course, you'll have to define all the controls for your wheel, but that hardly takes a minute.

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To be honest, that is what I did but to no avail. Even under custom settings, the menu is greyed out :mark:

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Originally Posted by X-ec

I think the solution for that is to go into My F1 -> Audio -> and change the Audio Drivers option from Rapture to Software.

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Sound. I'll try that :up:

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If you're on PC, add me and Bruce. We just had around 7 or 8 absolutely amazing and close races. The more clean racers, the better. My gamertag is CaptainRaiden and Bruce's is BruceD77.

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Will do. I'm paddy521991.

All set up now - problems solved :up:

Decided to up to 'legend' difficulty in my career and things are looking a bit more real!! I had qualified & finished in the top 10 with Lotus in Bahrain, but in Australia I managed P21 in qualifying. The race was looking better; running 16th and chasing down Buemi before the pitstops, but after that I was making mistakes in an effort to get back to that position and eventually a spin lead to a puncture on the penultimate lap. Scraped home 21st. My team-mate Trulli was a DNF for some reason so not a good day for Lotus!!!

Still, the game gets more enjoyable and challenging now that it seems I've got the difficulty level right.

Yeah you've got to run at the top otherwise it's boring. Only thing I'm having now is I get the Lotus into the points but Chandhok keeps beating me cos he never pits. Bring on the patch...

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Bring on the patch...

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Paddy likes this :up:

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

Decided to up to 'legend' difficulty in my career and things are looking a bit more real!! I had qualified & finished in the top 10 with Lotus in Bahrain, but in Australia I managed P21 in qualifying. The race was looking better; running 16th and chasing down Buemi before the pitstops, but after that I was making mistakes in an effort to get back to that position and eventually a spin lead to a puncture on the penultimate lap. Scraped home 21st. My team-mate Trulli was a DNF for some reason so not a good day for Lotus!!!

Still, the game gets more enjoyable and challenging now that it seems I've got the difficulty level right.

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Yeah you've got to run at the top otherwise it's boring. Only thing I'm having now is I get the Lotus into the points but Chandhok keeps beating me cos he never pits. Bring on the patch...

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I find the game the best when it is most challenging. Managing to scrap for a 9th place finish at Silverstone was really satisfying.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Spinning at Rascasse at Monaco on lap 16 whilst leading the race and watching as the entire field plough into your sorry ass is mentally challenging in the extreme. My back lawn was nearly littered with pieces of Playstation this afternoon. A headache the size of mount vesuvius, a painful thumb and absolutely nothing to show for it. :mad:

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I spun at Monaco on the last corner of the race while in the lead :(

What times do people have on here?

I'm on Xbox 360 with racing wheel... 1:14.2.

I've only ever done 4 or 5 laps but they were in the 1:21s :mark: