F1® 24 Official Gameplay Deep Dive

@NuvolarixHmm.. i hate to be this person but im not very optimistic about the career mode changes..

The most promising thing seems to be the changes to the contract system..

Driver ratings are just some weird way of leveling your recognition by using a metric of how you fare in the races - looks like - also still no race pace for ratings it seems🙄

Recognition is just the new acclaim which is now supposed to be vital for everything you want to do, so perform well and everything will go well in time..

Especially those new perks just look like a new presentation of old, the same old bonuses you get in a slightly different way but basically - play the game and you will unlock them in time unless you perform horribly wrong..

Specialists seem very low depth to me, like its really just a different cover of the same old bonuses just like the "simultaneous upgrades perk" its the upgrade time reduced and possible the upgrade costs reduced? Cant currently imagine them making the PU components actually cost money as they didnt say a single word about the cost cap so money wont play a role..

Rivalries? Yeah no, very loud noises for another "here you got some acclaim" unless there is far more to it then is known yet, nothing deep, nothing special besides tracking the progress between 2 drivers and getting a "recognition" reward for it.. meh

Not gonna mention accolades😂

And last but well last.. The mid race objectives.. Burn some fuel.. Oh dear🙄 so your target can be burning fuel/ruining your engine by overrevving.. I hope the other objectives are better..

I know i sound horribly pessimistic, its just that a rework of career mode had so much potential, there were so many good suggestions, many worked out ideas from all around and yet to me it feels like a new cover for the same old basics and mechanics.. except for maybe contracts but we will see how much depth these things actually have and how much the gameplay differs from the old mechanics

@Meza994 maybe it’s just me getting old and forgetful after 3 whole years of 0 Career Mode 🥳

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@Meza994 wrote:
Anyway i do see however with the basis of the new contract system the opportunity to build on it for future titles, give it more depth, expand on it, the longer you take those secret meetings the better your contract can get with more intricate bonuses but even higher risk to get caught and possibly lose it all in the end due to asking too much? There are so many ways to use such a system, global recognition could be influenced by how loyal you are, changing teams a lot breaking multi year contracts after the first year? Teams will approach you much more carefully, stuff like that!

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This here probably my main issue with it.

They've wasted their "all-new career mode..." bullet with what boils down to a new coat of paint and a conservative new mechanic.

I believe the R&D upgrades will render you a broken car on Season 3 onwards, again - just as it's been the case for the past how many titles now? Four?

I did like the buffed up icons roster though. Senna, Schumacher, Hunt, Hakkinen etc. But I'm not reassured it won't be more of the same messy unbalanced experience though.

I don't like shelling out 60-70 bucks a year for the evergreen promise of a "basis for a good title down the road". 

Creatvie team to dev team -  “we need a fresh coat of….DRAMA!!”

@mariohomoh Call me Naive but the new R&D scenario's such as "High Inflation", "Chip Shortage", "Minor Upgrades Only", "Balancing Out the Field" would seem to make it much harder to max out and break the car by season 3. Chip Shortage in particular seems rough as it limits you to 1 upgrade per month, so probably 10 for a season. Presuming regulation resets are still a thing you could lose a good chunk of your R&D.

The video never showed what effect "Balancing out the Field" has, but I assume it acts as some sort of soft reset with the intention of rebalancing and extending career saves. But like I said maybe I'm just being optimistically naive.