Hello and welcome to my first racing dynasty I've done. After wrestling over whether to get F1 2012 or not (I already owned F1 2011), I have decided to just stick with F1 2011. I don't really see any monumental improvements in F1 2012 over F1 2011 and F1 2011 is quite satisfying. Besides, things like scaled tire wear don't seem to exist in F1 2012, which is a big downer for me.
So, anyways, what I have decided to do is to run 20% distance races. Ordinarily, I would run 50% races, but since I am documenting this career, 20% races will allow me to record the entire race and then post it all in one ~20 minute Youtube video, which I think is neat. It also allows me to make one pit stop and I have to use prime and option tires, so there is still a bit of strategy involved.
I am going to race for LOTUS to start things off in career mode. This is one of the lowest teams you can start with in Formula 1. They don't offer the speed to compete with the top, or even middle, of the field and also do not feature KERS on their cars, which hurts us a lot coming off of slower corners. I will be battling it out for 18th-24th place finishes over my first season for the most part and I hope I can do well enough to earn a better ride next year.
I will be the first American to race in Formula 1 since Scott Speed in 2006-2007 (and Mario Andretti before that in 1993). There are some promising American drivers working their way up in F1 developmental series presently in real life, though, so this may not be the case for long.
I am going to be running on Expert difficulty (no assists, sequential manual gearbox, no flashbacks, etc.) with realistic flags, rules, etc. This is the highest the difficulty goes in this game and I've not been all that great at this game in the past, so it should provide a good challenge!
So, anyways, what I have decided to do is to run 20% distance races. Ordinarily, I would run 50% races, but since I am documenting this career, 20% races will allow me to record the entire race and then post it all in one ~20 minute Youtube video, which I think is neat. It also allows me to make one pit stop and I have to use prime and option tires, so there is still a bit of strategy involved.
I am going to race for LOTUS to start things off in career mode. This is one of the lowest teams you can start with in Formula 1. They don't offer the speed to compete with the top, or even middle, of the field and also do not feature KERS on their cars, which hurts us a lot coming off of slower corners. I will be battling it out for 18th-24th place finishes over my first season for the most part and I hope I can do well enough to earn a better ride next year.
I will be the first American to race in Formula 1 since Scott Speed in 2006-2007 (and Mario Andretti before that in 1993). There are some promising American drivers working their way up in F1 developmental series presently in real life, though, so this may not be the case for long.
I am going to be running on Expert difficulty (no assists, sequential manual gearbox, no flashbacks, etc.) with realistic flags, rules, etc. This is the highest the difficulty goes in this game and I've not been all that great at this game in the past, so it should provide a good challenge!
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