F1 2018 Review: Perhaps One of the Best Racers Ever

[timmg]

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Just picked this game up on sale on the X1X $35.00. Excellent game. Second race of the season I was fighting to catch Hamilton all race for first place but just couldn’t feel him in. Then with two laps to go his car started smoking and he pulled over , out of the race. Got my first win.

Where did u buy it??


nevermind I got it

[Hunkerdown]

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On sale on psn. Hmmmmm. Very tempting.

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[Lieutenant Dan]

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On sale on psn. Hmmmmm. Very tempting.

PSN: GRINGOyGUAVA
YouTube: Hunkerdown

Careful..it'll make you a fan!

[chunt04]

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On sale on psn. Hmmmmm. Very tempting.

PSN: GRINGOyGUAVA
YouTube: Hunkerdown

It’s absolutely worth it. I bought it on sale on Xbox and it’s worth every penny


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[GoDucks1224]

F1 2018 Review: Perhaps One of the Best Racers Ever

Just an FYI to anyone on the fence: it’s currently 50% off on Xbox until November 26th as part of their two week long ‘Black Friday’ sale. $30.

[JMD]

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On sale now with PS+ for $14.99 3/15 through 3/29

[Lieutenant Dan]

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On sale now with PS+ for $14.99 3/15 through 3/29

Steam too, if you fancy it for your PC like I did, so bought it again (have it on XoneX).

[RNunez187]

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It's part of Game Pass also currently

[asvpxhughuet]

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It's part of Game Pass also currently

Thanks for the notice man, just downloaded it and raring to go! Excited for the Aus GP today so it got me in the F1 mood.

[GaloVingador]

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I like this game but I think I just suck at it.

It's not actually sucking what worries me though, but finding a fair difficulty level.

I jumped into Brazil to see how quick I was compared to the AI because I know this track with my eyes closed. I was quickly putting laps that would get me about even with AI at 80%. Then I started my career and I was almost 2 seconds off the pace in Australia, it didn't matter how much I practiced. Had to turn it down to 60%. Same for Bahrain. Now at China still at 60, comparing my times with teammate I think I'm much faster than I should (would probably have to put AI close to 70 to make it even).

The problem is I don't even know if this is just me being absolutely horrible in some tracks and quite better in others or if this is the AI being all over the place depending on the track.

Are most of you guys playing on a fixed difficulty level? If this is the case, is the AI performance consistent from track to track? Right now it feels like I should be kinda guessing the difficulty on a track-by-track basis, which would honestly be a pain.

[brandon27]

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I like this game but I think I just suck at it.

It's not actually sucking what worries me though, but finding a fair difficulty level.

I jumped into Brazil to see how quick I was compared to the AI because I know this track with my eyes closed. I was quickly putting laps that would get me about even with AI at 80%. Then I started my career and I was almost 2 seconds off the pace in Australia, it didn't matter how much I practiced. Had to turn it down to 60%. Same for Bahrain. Now at China still at 60, comparing my times with teammate I think I'm much faster than I should (would probably have to put AI close to 70 to make it even).

The problem is I don't even know if this is just me being absolutely horrible in some tracks and quite better in others or if this is the AI being all over the place depending on the track.

Are most of you guys playing on a fixed difficulty level? If this is the case, is the AI performance consistent from track to track? Right now it feels like I should be kinda guessing the difficulty on a track-by-track basis, which would honestly be a pain.

Remember though... when you're playing this game the top tier team cars are faster and handle better than your lower tier teams. This effect, in my experience is magnified when you flip into career mode. Not only are the teams & their car performance different, but you're now also bringing your departmental upgrades into the equation. As you earn resource points and spend them on upgrades, you'll notice your team, car, handling and speed getting better, meaning your laptimes also getting better, all while the AI teams may rise and fall as well.

Maybe that's a bit of what you're experiencing too. Especially if you start your career with a lower tier team such as... Williams, or Sauber. etc. etc. I'm in year 3 of my career and my Renault's are the most powerful cars in the game. Id blow by everyone at the AI level I was always accustomed to. However, if I signed my next contract with Force India who's the lowest ranked, I'd probably struggle at my current career difficulty setting because those Renaults would blow me away.

Even playing outside of career this effect would be noticeable if you're using different teams for different races.

That being said... it's very possible that some of what you're experiencing is due to your talent level. Some tracks I own. Some tracks own me. (I'm looking at you Monaco, Japan, Marina Bay to name a few) . There's some tracks as well that I' may not hit everything in sight, but I've just got to take it slower in some sections because I havent perfected them yet. Others, like Canada, Russia, Monza, Mexico I'll dominate.

The AI settings are a bit elusive, but there's alot of things that can contribute to that. You'll always have places you're better at than others, but the key is finding that sweet spot that keeps you and your car in a place relative to their performance IMO. What I mean by that is if you set your career AI difficulty to the point where you're winning by 5 seconds in 5 lap races while driving for the worst team, You've done it wrong IMO. To each their own though. I do find though that the AI seems tougher in qualifying, than they are during the races.

To me, it's about finding that balance that works for you. Want to dominate every weekend no matter your team, go for it. Want to struggle as a back marker while you build up RP to transform your team to a power house, have at it. I find the system is good because it's on a 1-100 scale you can fine tune it. Your talent level itself though will play into it. With my AI in career, I smoked the field in Russia, I finished P8 though at Spa, I'm just not as good there. Again, my Renault's are the class of the field, and I struggled to take a 8th.

Also, keep in mind if you're comparing your times, to your teammates times in practice sessions within Career, you might be out running wide open hot laps, while your teammate could be out there running laps to test tire wear, or fuel consumption, or race pace. You'll see those times fluctuate through the practice sessions based on what the AI is accomplishing.

Also, don't forget tire types. If you're running a hard compound, and your teammate is running something softer, they're likely to be faster than you, and vice versa.

IMO the best way to set the AI is based on your race pace, and desired race length.

[itsmb8]

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Remember though... when you're playing this game the top tier team cars are faster and handle better than your lower tier teams. This effect, in my experience is magnified when you flip into career mode. Not only are the teams & their car performance different, but you're now also bringing your departmental upgrades into the equation. As you earn resource points and spend them on upgrades, you'll notice your team, car, handling and speed getting better, meaning your laptimes also getting better, all while the AI teams may rise and fall as well.

Maybe that's a bit of what you're experiencing too. Especially if you start your career with a lower tier team such as... Williams, or Sauber. etc. etc. I'm in year 3 of my career and my Renault's are the most powerful cars in the game. Id blow by everyone at the AI level I was always accustomed to. However, if I signed my next contract with Force India who's the lowest ranked, I'd probably struggle at my current career difficulty setting because those Renaults would blow me away.

Even playing outside of career this effect would be noticeable if you're using different teams for different races.

That being said... it's very possible that some of what you're experiencing is due to your talent level. Some tracks I own. Some tracks own me. (I'm looking at you Monaco, Japan, Marina Bay to name a few) . There's some tracks as well that I' may not hit everything in sight, but I've just got to take it slower in some sections because I havent perfected them yet. Others, like Canada, Russia, Monza, Mexico I'll dominate.

The AI settings are a bit elusive, but there's alot of things that can contribute to that. You'll always have places you're better at than others, but the key is finding that sweet spot that keeps you and your car in a place relative to their performance IMO. What I mean by that is if you set your career AI difficulty to the point where you're winning by 5 seconds in 5 lap races while driving for the worst team, You've done it wrong IMO. To each their own though. I do find though that the AI seems tougher in qualifying, than they are during the races.

To me, it's about finding that balance that works for you. Want to dominate every weekend no matter your team, go for it. Want to struggle as a back marker while you build up RP to transform your team to a power house, have at it. I find the system is good because it's on a 1-100 scale you can fine tune it. Your talent level itself though will play into it. With my AI in career, I smoked the field in Russia, I finished P8 though at Spa, I'm just not as good there. Again, my Renault's are the class of the field, and I struggled to take a 8th.


Also, keep in mind if you're comparing your times, to your teammates times in practice sessions within Career, you might be out running wide open hot laps, while your teammate could be out there running laps to test tire wear, or fuel consumption, or race pace. You'll see those times fluctuate through the practice sessions based on what the AI is accomplishing.



Also, don't forget tire types. If you're running a hard compound, and your teammate is running something softer, they're likely to be faster than you, and vice versa.



IMO the best way to set the AI is based on your race pace, and desired race length.

I've always thought the best way to set AI level was run a qualifying session in grand prix mode with all cars as the 2010 Red Bull and use whatever level got you closest to the best AI car?

[GaloVingador]

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I've always thought the best way to set AI level was run a qualifying session in grand prix mode with all cars as the 2010 Red Bull and use whatever level got you closest to the best AI car?

I'm using qualifying sessions as my baseline and trying to match my teammate. The method itself seems fine, the problem is I get wildly different results depending on the track I choose for it. In Australia or Bahrain, I'm competitive against 60-65% AI, while in China now that I practiced more I had to bring AI close to 80, wtf. And I'm not even familiar with this track.

[GoDucks1224]

Re: F1 2018 Review: Perhaps One of the Best Racers Ever

I'm using qualifying sessions as my baseline and trying to match my teammate. The method itself seems fine, the problem is I get wildly different results depending on the track I choose for it. In Australia or Bahrain, I'm competitive against 60-65% AI, while in China now that I practiced more I had to bring AI close to 90, wtf. And I'm not even that familiar with this track.

I find the most enjoyable careers are the ones where you start as a bottom 3 team with the difficulty on 100. You should lose. A lot. But after one season I’ll usually jump to a mid pack team and work on really bringing that team toward the top with upgrades.

[GaloVingador]

Re: F1 2018 Review: Perhaps One of the Best Racers Ever

Remember though... when you're playing this game the top tier team cars are faster and handle better than your lower tier teams. This effect, in my experience is magnified when you flip into career mode. Not only are the teams & their car performance different, but you're now also bringing your departmental upgrades into the equation. As you earn resource points and spend them on upgrades, you'll notice your team, car, handling and speed getting better, meaning your laptimes also getting better, all while the AI teams may rise and fall as well.

Maybe that's a bit of what you're experiencing too. Especially if you start your career with a lower tier team such as... Williams, or Sauber. etc. etc. I'm in year 3 of my career and my Renault's are the most powerful cars in the game. Id blow by everyone at the AI level I was always accustomed to. However, if I signed my next contract with Force India who's the lowest ranked, I'd probably struggle at my current career difficulty setting because those Renaults would blow me away.

Even playing outside of career this effect would be noticeable if you're using different teams for different races.

That being said... it's very possible that some of what you're experiencing is due to your talent level. Some tracks I own. Some tracks own me. (I'm looking at you Monaco, Japan, Marina Bay to name a few) . There's some tracks as well that I' may not hit everything in sight, but I've just got to take it slower in some sections because I havent perfected them yet. Others, like Canada, Russia, Monza, Mexico I'll dominate.

The AI settings are a bit elusive, but there's alot of things that can contribute to that. You'll always have places you're better at than others, but the key is finding that sweet spot that keeps you and your car in a place relative to their performance IMO. What I mean by that is if you set your career AI difficulty to the point where you're winning by 5 seconds in 5 lap races while driving for the worst team, You've done it wrong IMO. To each their own though. I do find though that the AI seems tougher in qualifying, than they are during the races.

To me, it's about finding that balance that works for you. Want to dominate every weekend no matter your team, go for it. Want to struggle as a back marker while you build up RP to transform your team to a power house, have at it. I find the system is good because it's on a 1-100 scale you can fine tune it. Your talent level itself though will play into it. With my AI in career, I smoked the field in Russia, I finished P8 though at Spa, I'm just not as good there. Again, my Renault's are the class of the field, and I struggled to take a 8th.

Also, keep in mind if you're comparing your times, to your teammates times in practice sessions within Career, you might be out running wide open hot laps, while your teammate could be out there running laps to test tire wear, or fuel consumption, or race pace. You'll see those times fluctuate through the practice sessions based on what the AI is accomplishing.

Also, don't forget tire types. If you're running a hard compound, and your teammate is running something softer, they're likely to be faster than you, and vice versa.

IMO the best way to set the AI is based on your race pace, and desired race length.

There's a lot of good information in this post, but most of it doesn't apply to my case. I'm at the start of season 1, no big developments on R&D. I'm taking quali times as my baseline so it's always the softest tires with the quickest laps possible. I'm on a Red Bull with Verstappen as my teammate and I'm trying to make things so my lap times are more or less as quick as his. I can achieve this perfectly in a single track but then it all falls apart in the next weekend.

I know my personal talent in a track compared to the other is playing a big role in this, but it's hard for me to believe I would be matching my teammate's times in Bahrain then I'd be suddenly more than 2 secons quicker in China without any differences in AI driving performance, that's too big of a gap. But I don't know...