EA. Codemasters. Look at this.
https://youtu.be/OQkKIqxPjLE?si=-v-_4cCjc7TcLXhh You worked with him most time on the Game like he stated in some Points of other Videos, hates on your Work and now he says things that can Influence...
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@TrovaMB A very good friend of mine who has been playing F1 games since F1 2012 had that exact feedback. During the beta he repeatedly told us how bad it felt for him on controller and he was contemplating cancelling his preorder but he decided against it.
When the game launched he and I spent a lot of time together working on setups and doing 5 lappers and the more he drove the game the more he began to like the new handling model.
Following the patch he's not liking the way it feels and says he'll probably retire from league racing if it stays how it is.
The reason I mention my friends experience is because I think that it makes a ton of sense and I don't want my feedback to come of as disparaging your experience because I know it's genuine and I know others that felt the same.
With how many changes were brought into the new game I can imagine many long time players initial reactions would be negative because it certainly didn't feel like any other F1 game and so its natural to have disdain given how little time you all got to actually play in the beta you also weren't really given enough time to get a feel for it or, if your initial reaction was very negative, then you may not have even wanted to keep playing.
I also agree that F1 23 felt good but I also judge it relative to what came before it. After struggling through the F1 22 game cycle it was nice to just have a game where you could get traction again.
The suspension kinematics change for F1 24 I think was a needed change since prior games sort of faked all of that stuff and it didn't feel natural at all. We of course were accustomed to it but I think any change that can bring more realism and more depth to the game is a positive.
When the game launched he and I spent a lot of time together working on setups and doing 5 lappers and the more he drove the game the more he began to like the new handling model.
Following the patch he's not liking the way it feels and says he'll probably retire from league racing if it stays how it is.
The reason I mention my friends experience is because I think that it makes a ton of sense and I don't want my feedback to come of as disparaging your experience because I know it's genuine and I know others that felt the same.
With how many changes were brought into the new game I can imagine many long time players initial reactions would be negative because it certainly didn't feel like any other F1 game and so its natural to have disdain given how little time you all got to actually play in the beta you also weren't really given enough time to get a feel for it or, if your initial reaction was very negative, then you may not have even wanted to keep playing.
I also agree that F1 23 felt good but I also judge it relative to what came before it. After struggling through the F1 22 game cycle it was nice to just have a game where you could get traction again.
The suspension kinematics change for F1 24 I think was a needed change since prior games sort of faked all of that stuff and it didn't feel natural at all. We of course were accustomed to it but I think any change that can bring more realism and more depth to the game is a positive.
@shery_a_coleslawgood points, I've been playing since 2019, I eventually could drive 22 ok, but it was definitely a challenge. So you're right in that 23 got a boost based on 22. I drive with zero assists (and cockpit) to improve realism. What struck me about the beta wasn't so much about the handling, but how far off the pace I was from AI or other players. I'm not saying something new, but better setups as a base likely would have helped. I eventually found a setup online that helped and with more time perhaps I could have gotten used to it.
I'm still left thinking about the old saying... If it ain't broke don't fix it.
- @TrovaMB Your point on the default setups Is a crucial thing I believe. The game felt like absolute trash using the default setups even at launch. Given the fact that a significant number of people don't appear to run custom setups it's surprising that they launched with the defaults feeling that bad.
Overall I feel like the game doesn't really do enough to guide players into setup development and it's something that overall harms the user experience.
Building something into career mode whereby as a player progresses through a practice session it would provide setup recommendations that can be applied easily would be a great way to do that and it would give players a feel for which setup changes affect specific parts of the handling.
Of course they also could have just done more work on crafting default setups that didn't feel like trash as well. - @shery_a_coleslaw good point, I do play around with setups, but I've had to research that myself... With the advent of AI coaching it could be a wonderful addition to the practice program.
I've always pre-ordered the game in previous years..
Glad I had tried the beta testing, now I'll wait.
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