F1 2021 Hands-On Previews and Videos - Gameplay, Career Mode and More

[Steve_OS]

F1 2021 hands-on previews and videos have arrived today from a few sites and content creators....

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[Ronoko]

Looks good for now, but I still worry about the future with EA publishing it.

[KSUowls]

Absolutely loved this franchise since I first bought into it for the 2019 game. The in game races felt so amazing, and there was enough of a career mode to keep me interested.

I really like the change to the R&D system. It seems more like an actual R&D system instead of an RPG skill system, even if it's only in appearance.

New practice sessions might be nice. I actually liked the old way as it always forced me to get acclimated to the track. I can understand them wanting to streamline it a bit though.

Looking for more information on the My Team mode. The career modes in 2019 & 2020 were decent, but they are also kind of shallow.

[itsmb8]

Ben Daly (Tiametmarduk) posted a career mode episode which pointed out that we now have settings for resource point rates and human mechanical failures.

Those two features alone make this game a must buy for me. Those were SORELY needed.

Ill wait until I get a PC built so I can buy it on PC, but I will 100% buy this game. Looks fantastic.

[icebucket]

yes they put custom options* to resource and money things so now just every option low so its more grinding yes yes yeeesss.

[R9NALD9]

Not too hyped about the added customization but it is a nice to have.

Glad they got rid of the foggy appearance and graphics are improved but not as much as I would've liked.

Biggest question for me at this stage is AI logic surrounding strategies.* In their games up to now if you manage to qualify in the top 10 during Q2 with medium tyres you really need to screw up hard to not win the race as the AI all start off on softs and botch their strategies.* Logic needs massive improvement in all facets of pit strategies and even more so during safety car periods and during dry-wet or wet-dry races.

Hate it when I stay out during a race waiting for the rain before pitting for inters or wets just for the AI to blindly follow their pit strategy, pitting for softs/mediums or hards and then 3 laps later having to come in for inters or wets basically giving the player 30 odd seconds for free on the AI.