![]() ![]() As it turns out, though, there is a very good reason to pick up this year’s title My Team. Were that the case there would have been no reason to pick up this year’s title. Now all of the above applies to last year’s edition of the game, with relatively minor enhancements to the career mode for 2020 being close to the sum of an otherwise roster update experience. The sensation of speed is there, and that’s a visual treat in itself, but this isn’t the game that you’ll want a rich photo mode for. While you can argue that F1 2020 is too fast to really care about the scenery anyway (and the vehicles aren’t of the same aesthetic quality as cars in other racing games), the presentational elements of F1 2020 come across as a little too functional for their own good. The recently-released Assetto Corsa Competizione, for example, is a feast for the eyes. I know it’s a superficial thing to complain about, but racing games have developed a fine tradition of “car porn”, showing off the machines on the track in the best possible light at all times. Throw in the vintage races and other novelties, and F1 2020 is a truly comprehensive effort. With there being more variety in tracks and conditions for F1 than ever – night races and street races included – the game ends up having more content than you’d expect in any other racing title. Most other racing games only have a fraction of this number, but the developers couldn’t get away with lopping off events arbitrarily, so they’ve been forced to include the entire season. Speaking of tracks, one of the greatest features of F1 is the number of different tracks there are to race on. ![]() It’s a long, meandering career thanks to the number of events, each split over a number of “days” worth of driving, and the process of being promoted from F2 to F1, but it’s rewarding to see yourself up on the podium when you do get there. ![]() Rather than simply endlessly looping around a course to learn it, there are all these basic little minigames you can play through – for example, driving through a series of gates on the track to “learn the curves” which, if completed properly, give you bonuses on race day. What’s great about the way career mode is organised is that there the developers really work hard to make the practice and qualifying sessions worthwhile. The mastery curve for it, however, is a very, very long.Ĭareer will get you up to speed, though, and F1 2020 does have a good career mode that allows you to journey all the way from being a rookie in F2 through to leading the pack in the main show. F1 is more accessible in getting you on to the track quickly. Don’t pay close attention to the masses of data available on your car and its condition (while still driving around at over 200 km/h) and you’re likely to make strategic mistakes that will cost you at the end. Make mistakes and the tyres will wear faster. Lose control even slightly and your race will be over. In comparison to some of the other racing games out there, F1 2020 is more forgiving the physics engine and handling is more “arcade-like” and while I’ve never driven an F1 car I do imagine that that would be the case with the real vehicles too.īut also in comparison to some racing games out there, F1 is brutally unforgiving. After all, at the kinds of speeds involved, being out by fractions can result in lost places. F1 2020 nails the need for speed, turning racing into an exercise of near twitch control, and really demanding that you master racing lines. These vehicles are exclusively built around that, and any video game that feels in any way pedestrian will fail to capture the spirit of F1. ![]() When you think about F1, the sheer sensation of speed is more important than anything else. F1 2020 is the best effort to hit that brief to date. Over a number of years now, Codemasters has steadily built the F1 series into a top-flight racing game contender, and one of the few in the genre that manages to straddle the line between a serious simulation for fans of the sport, and something accessible to help the sport find new fans. ![]()
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