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Oh man this one has so many awesome modes. I mean you got championship season where you play as one of the drivers, and you got pro season which is just that but without assists and also time trial and...

And agh....agh...

Of course there's the career mode right? The thing most play this for is here right?

Agh...

So anyway you have the multiplayer which is dead :D

Yeah...There's not much here, F1 2015 as a whole isn't a bad game per se, it's a good foundation for what an F1 game can be on what was at the time the next gen but that's all it is.

The one thing it does have over the previous games is that nothing is copy pasted from before, everything is completely new, new engine, new character models, new handling, the tracks are all redone...

The game is buggy so its clear they weren't fully aware of how to use the new engine, character models look awful by today's standards but the tracks are alright and it's got the best handling so far, a billion times better than whatever f1 2014 got I mean now THAT is a terrible game.

So terrible they put in the 2014 season into this game as a way to say sorry lol. That's really cool though and I wish it stuck around, having the previous season included too, but yeah that's not very realistic I guess. Side note but in the 2014 mode I like how they put a star next to Jules Bianchi's name as a way to honor him, it's very sweet.

Also this is the first game where each car has the handling characteristics of it's real life counter part, no longer just being a slider from good to bad. So the Mercedes clears the field by a lot, the Williams is a rocketship in a straight line, the Marussia sucks, the Mclaren Honda has the most pathetic top speeds you could think so (40km slower than other cars at monza fucking hell) while also being draggy as hell, etc...

So even with the lack of content and lack of quality in some of it, why did I clock in 35 hours in it?

Cause I like unlocking achievements and I liked the handling enough to do a full season as Bottas in the Williams.

Worth the nothing I payed for it cuz I got it for free a LONG time ago lol, think it was on humble bundle, so yeah as a free game can't say it's not worth it lol.

Anyway F1 2015 is a bit like the season of F1 it's based on, not exactly boring, had a few nice moments but super forgettable as a whole.

F1 2013 is pretty much what you'd expect, F1 2012 but with a bit more and honestly I'm fine with that, mostly because that bit more is brilliant.

The game does settle into familiar territory in many aspects, the career, season challenge, tutorial, scenario mode (previously champions mode) and time trial (not that you can do much with this mode) are all identical pretty much.

As for improvements I like that if you do the tutorial well enough you can start on a top team (Lotus). The handling is once again harder than in the previous one, continuing the trend of still being a bit arcade-y but becoming more and more realistic with each game. At it's best it feels amazing to drive and certainly is the best so far, something to expect from a racing series, the driving always has to get better.

But ok is there anything new here?

Agh there's these classic cars and tracks that nobody really cares about idk i mean who wants that...

So anyway most of my time was spend on those.

Okay I gotta say whoever came up with the idea is an absolute genius, classic cars representing the 80s and 90s era of F1 is amazing, they're so fucking awesome. AND classic tracks too like holy shiiiiiiiiiiit they really went all out. And you got a separate scenario mode for these classic cars AND they got one of the commentators from that era to commentate these scenarios oh man this is a wet dream for anyone who is nerdy about F1's history.

You got the 1986 Lotus driven by Ayrton Senna (the game says it was driven by Mario Andretti though idk what's up with that), Mansel's dominant Williams FW14B from 92, also the Williams of Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve from 96. Schumacher's Ferrari's from 96 and 99. There's some more, wish they got the mclaren mp4/4 driven by Senna and Prost in 1988 which is one of the greatest F1 cars ever, winning all but one race.

I mean it is hard to not notice that it's all Williams, Ferrari and Lotus cars which I assume is in a way perhaps for continuity, seeing these 3 evolve over the 80s and 90s...except Lotus wasn't much of a thing in the 90s so its all Williams and Ferrari cars (no Benettons rip). Also perhaps just licensing.

Still even with that nitpick it's hard to argue against this selection, only one that I say shouldn't be here is the 99 Williams which was a mediocre car that didn't do anything of note really, it was driven by Michael Schumacher's brother so...it's got that...Otherwise it's no different from say this years Alpine, supremely mediocre most of the time with some good results once in a while.

Anyway what about the classic tracks? Well they're pretty much perfect picks, funny seeing Imola being seen as this legendary track that isn't raced anymore now...Well it still wasn't raced this year but it's on the calendar ig.

Brands Hatch, Jerez and Estoril are also here. Brands Hatch and Jerez are fantastic tracks that are so fun to drive, just awesome, Estoril is decent too, love how it looks, very well done but i guess it's a weird pick idk nobody really talks about that track from what I've seen.

You can play on these classic tracks with the 2013 cars too which is awesome and also the 2013 tracks can be driven by the classic tracks which is nice.

This is prb the first F1 game where I didn't spend all my time in the career but instead another mode. I mean yeah career mode is the main mode but fuck those classic cars are fun. It's one addition it has over 2012 but it's such a great addition that I'm keeping this game installed just for them haha.

That's about it, mostly more of the same but slightly better + one amazing addition, another great entry in the series.

I'll be skipping F1 2014 btw, I tried it and it was so bad I unninstalled after 20 mins lol.

Aight this one of the games I own on steam. And also one of the best ones in the series, the best so far actually and not by a bit.

F1 2012 is where the series really came alive and codemasters made the formula (hA) properly work.

There's new modes, the best handling so far, improvements all around, none of the previous ones beat this one at anything really. Except maybe the main menu which has been simplified a lot? If you care...who does tho lol.

Anyway.

The handling finds a nice balance between the overwhelming challenge of F1 2010 and the overwhelming... easiness (if thats a term?) of F1 2011. It is very similar in feeling to 2011 but it feels much better, you spin easier but it's not bullshit like in 2010.

There's a tutorial which is nice and teaches you everything you need to know about F1 to get started. Is it painfully boring for someone who knows how to play these games half decently? Yes, does it matter? Eh.

What about the modes? The standard career is here and mostly unchanged, AI is easier (won the championship with Williams playing on the harder difficulties lmao) and aghhhhhh...more options for starting teams?

Then there's the new stuff, firstly the best addition imo which is the champions mode. This requires a bit of context of the actual sport. 2012 was a very special year for F1, there was tough competition all year and all the front running teams were on it. First 7 races, 7 different winners. A tight championship battle that went to the last race between Sebastian Vettel in the dominant Red Bull and Fernando Alonso in the dogshit Ferrari somehow putting that truck in the championship fight and losing by a few points.

Where does this inspire this champions mode? Well 2012 was also a year with 6 different champions on the grid. A historic grid for sure. So they made a scenario mode around it and it is fantastic. Agh it is perhaps a bit easy but honestly I don't mind. It's a brilliant idea.

You're put in interesting scenarios, you got new tires at the end of the race, make up ground. You gamble and put on full wet tires after a safety car, you find yourself struggling at the start then catching car after car as you're the fastest man on track.

Hamilton put on new tires and is hunting you down while you're on much older tires so you have to defend from him till the end.

And at the end you get a race with all 6 champions at the (at the time) new American track Circuit of the Americas. It's great.

The other new mode is season challenge which is a simplified career where you pick a target, beat them and you steal their seat. You do that 5 times throughout the season, races are shorter here which fits the idea, being more of a quick fire mode.

Besides that only returning features, time trial, time attack (time trial scenarios with medals), co-op career is here tho I think it was in last years game too, havent tried it cuz who tf am I gonna convince to drop 20 bucks on a key for this game lol.

Oh also it's the first game with like...good graphics, first one had decent textures but awful art style, 2nd had better art style but the textures kinda suck. This one's got both colour and decent textures lol.

So yeah, as an F1 game, it's the closest to a whole package that the series has come too so far.