[brandon27]

I'm not a huge F1 fan either, but I've enjoyed the games in this series. I love road racing.

I turned the traction control off, and woah... what a difference. Didn't take much to snap myself loose. I left the AI on easy so I could adapt myself to no traction control. My practice session was a nightmare until I found the sweet spot on the triggers for acceleration. I was just doing a quick, one shot qualifying run, I managed to take the pole. Again, keep in mind, EASY AI. Race day came... it was rainy. OMG... what a disaster, I was nowhere near prepared for that. haha It was fun though. The AI, raced me tough, even on easy. They sure weren't just getting out of my way. They kept it close, were pretty aggressive actually, but being on easy, they were still easy to get by simply because of the speed difference. I fell back from a spin, and slide off track, ended up finishing 5th though.

I raced next at Monza. I left the AI easy again, I'm struggling without the TC. I was sliding all over at the start. Found myself in 5th quickly. Worked my way back up. Had a nice battle with Hamilton to take back the lead. I was pretty happy with what I saw from the AI, seeing that it was on easy.

I'll keep upping it as the night wears on and I get used to it.

Something feels weird to me with the driving model. Could be because I'm used to playing Forza Horizon 2, and Forza 6 though. I'm not a hardcore sim racing fan like some, so I'm probably not the best to try and explain the driving feel to you, especially since I'm using a controller, but I can say, it's very manageable with a controller. Also, I think there's different control settings for controllers, versus wheels in the menus. It's got a solid feel to it.

Up next... a trip to Sochi to check out the Russian GP