The F1 World surprised me. I don’t think I have ever, ever in my life written a favorable post about F1 Life, but in this F1 World overhauled form it looks in fact pretty neat. Still not my jam, and supercars are still so unpalatable it irks, but if I were a betting man, I’d say the feature will produce reasonably good numbers.More importantly, it could reveal itself as a good bridge between single player-exclusive users and online modes, with how much of a soft online interactivity those events and other modes seem to offer.

@Liaveal Hmm... I'm all for Career and My Team getting a revamp. They're in a sore need of one, that's for sure.But F1 World seems to have a random, RNG "loot" system. You complete a challenge and will be rewarded a random upgrade – a new FW? a new floor? a new engineer? Apart from the color coded rarity of the rewards, you'll only know what you got when you open it.That's unfit for career modes, in my opinion.

I have zero interest in Braking Point but the second part of that trailer gets a big thumbs up from me 🙂. Lots of interesting looking new elements there IMHO.@mariohomoh I just rewatched the trailer to check and nothing in it makes me think anything will be random. What I expect to happen will be that players complete challenges etc to earn Tech Points that they can choose to spend how they wish on different upgrades. This would mirror a similar system in EA PGA Tour, which also has a system of daily, weekly and seasonal tournaments that I was very much reminded of when listening to the trailer.

@TotosHeadphones wrote:@Ultrasonic_77I find this utterly disappointing. If I'm honest, I'm still trying to decipher it and how it all impacts on the single player experience. The fact that we have yet to hear anything considerable about My Team (what is the career mode?) is particularly jarringGoing by past years my reading would be to expect no changes to the career modes from this year. On that aspect right now I'm hoping that 2-player career will still be in the game for those who want it but there's been no mention anywhere I've seen? This was raised in another thread so I've asked to see if we can get any clarification but I'm not certain this will come given how info. about new games tends to be restricted.My enthusiasm stems from how frankly pathetic the online experience has been for new players in recent years. There finally seems to have been effort put into this area that I do think should help with the longevity of interest in the game, both within the year-long game-cycle and longer term. That doesn't mean I'm at all sure I'm going to like all of it from a personal perspective but looking at the bigger picture here. Also, talk of new online modes/mechanics doesn't tell us anything about online gameplay performance.

@Ultrasonic_77 @ We discussed this a month ago whenthis piece came out:[...] a new car upgrade system that sees players earn parts to change their vehicle’s attributes. These upgrades, Insider Gaming sources say, can be earned through challenges and by winning races and meeting win conditions. [...] If you happen to get parts you don’t want to use, you can salvage them for extra money or expertiseThis suggests a RNG reward system.I may be too fast on the trigger though and putting too much weight on their interpretation of whatever scoop they had at the time though. Will be glad to be wrong in this one.

@mariohomoh wrote:We discussed this a month ago when this piece came out:[...] a new car upgrade system that sees players earn parts to change their vehicle’s attributes. These upgrades, Insider Gaming sources say, can be earned through challenges and by winning races and meeting win conditions. [...] If you happen to get parts you don’t want to use, you can salvage them for extra money or expertiseThis suggests a RNG reward system.I may be too fast on the trigger though and putting too much weight on their interpretation of whatever scoop they had at the time though. Will be glad to be wrong in this one.In EA PGA Tour there are Tournaments and other game elements where you know in advance what the rewards for completing them are, and which can include a type of in-game upgrade called 'specs'. These can rapidly become a complete waste of time as the player earns or buys better ones in other ways. It's possible that the 'parts' described above operate via a similar mechanic. You could equally be right that there is a RNG element but as of right now my guess remains that this wont be the case. Even if there is all the new stuff added should still go a long way to help reinvigorate the franchise I hope, and encourage new players to spend time on the game.

F1 23 | Braking Point 2 & F1 World Official Deep Dive

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Liaveal
Rising Veteran
2 years ago
I'm just here hoping that the upgrade system in F1 World is also used in the career modes as it looks interesting. I'll be very disappointed if F1 World gets this great looking system but My Team/Driver Career is the same as the previous games.
mariohomoh
Hero (Retired)
2 years ago
@Liaveal Hmm... I'm all for Career and My Team getting a revamp. They're in a sore need of one, that's for sure.

But F1 World seems to have a random, RNG "loot" system. You complete a challenge and will be rewarded a random upgrade – a new FW? a new floor? a new engineer? Apart from the color coded rarity of the rewards, you'll only know what you got when you open it.

That's unfit for career modes, in my opinion.
Ultrasonic_77
Hero
2 years ago
I have zero interest in Braking Point but the second part of that trailer gets a big thumbs up from me 🙂. Lots of interesting looking new elements there IMHO.
@mariohomoh I just rewatched the trailer to check and nothing in it makes me think anything will be random. What I expect to happen will be that players complete challenges etc to earn Tech Points that they can choose to spend how they wish on different upgrades. This would mirror a similar system in EA PGA Tour, which also has a system of daily, weekly and seasonal tournaments that I was very much reminded of when listening to the trailer.
mariohomoh
Hero (Retired)
2 years ago
@Ultrasonic_77 @ We discussed this a month ago whenthis piece came out:
[...] a new car upgrade system that sees players earn parts to change their vehicle’s attributes.

These upgrades, Insider Gaming sources say, can be earned through challenges and by winning races and meeting win conditions.

[...] If you happen to get parts you don’t want to use, you can salvage them for extra money or expertise
This suggests a RNG reward system.
I may be too fast on the trigger though and putting too much weight on their interpretation of whatever scoop they had at the time though. Will be glad to be wrong in this one.
Ultrasonic_77
Hero
2 years ago
@mariohomoh wrote:
We discussed this a month ago when this piece came out:
[...] a new car upgrade system that sees players earn parts to change their vehicle’s attributes.

These upgrades, Insider Gaming sources say, can be earned through challenges and by winning races and meeting win conditions.

[...] If you happen to get parts you don’t want to use, you can salvage them for extra money or expertise
This suggests a RNG reward system.
I may be too fast on the trigger though and putting too much weight on their interpretation of whatever scoop they had at the time though. Will be glad to be wrong in this one.
In EA PGA Tour there are Tournaments and other game elements where you know in advance what the rewards for completing them are, and which can include a type of in-game upgrade called 'specs'. These can rapidly become a complete waste of time as the player earns or buys better ones in other ways. It's possible that the 'parts' described above operate via a similar mechanic. You could equally be right that there is a RNG element but as of right now my guess remains that this wont be the case. Even if there is all the new stuff added should still go a long way to help reinvigorate the franchise I hope, and encourage new players to spend time on the game.
BadMayh3m
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
Hate to say this but I predict a MAJOR update within the 1st Month.
Hope I'm wrong!
Ultrasonic_77
Hero
2 years ago
@BadMayh3m wrote:
Hate to say this but I predict a MAJOR update within the 1st Month.
Hope I'm wrong!
Not sure what you mean?
Ultrasonic_77
Hero
2 years ago
Thinking about F1 World and Online Multiplayer, one aspect I realise I have questions/concerns over is how/if the assist system may integrate into this.
Neomo
Rising Adventurer
2 years ago
Damn what a trash. So we can expect zero driver career improvements bcs of fancy shiny cutscenes.
Ultrasonic_77
Hero
2 years ago
@Neomo wrote:
Damn what a trash. So we can expect zero driver career improvements bcs of fancy shiny cutscenes.
There are BIG functional changes through the F1 World elements but my guess is that you'll be right right that driver career will basically be identical to this year.