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F1 2012 is a video game developed by Codemasters. It is based on the
2012 Formula One season, and is the sequel to F1 2010 and F1 2011. It is
the fourth Formula One game developed by the Codemasters studios after
the company renewed its licence to develop the official games of the
series. It was announced on March 18, 2012,[3] co-inciding with the
first race of the 2012 season. The game was released on 18 September
2012 in North America, 20 September 2012 in Australia and 21 September
2012 in Europe. It uses the EGO Engine.
The Mac OS X version of the game was released by Feral Interactive on
December 20, 2012.The game features all twelve teams and twenty-four
drivers competing in the 2012 season (except for mid-season changes), as
well as the twenty circuits and Grands Prix — including the brand new
Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas — included in the championship.
The game also features a brand-new "Young Driver Test" mode, a tutorial
mode designed to introduce new players to the handling characteristics
of Formula One cars as a prologue to the career mode. As a
demonstration, Codemasters approached several drivers — including
Mercedes test driver Sam Bird[5] and GP2 Series driver Stefano Coletti
at the real-life Young Driver Tests (for drivers who have never started a
Grand Prix) in Abu Dhabi in November 2011, and asked them to drive the
Yas Marina Circuit in F1 2012 instead of using the team simulators they
would traditionally use to learn the circuit. All of the drivers who
played the game reported that the game was realistic enough for them to
learn the circuit to the point where they were confident enough to set
competitive lap times.
The game also presents a new main menu, with Codemasters saying it is
now easier to navigate around the video game. The sound system has been
modified, and players can now hear other cars around them.
Right from the off, F1 2012 does a great job of getting newcomers
straight into the action. You begin your career in F1 at the young
drivers test in Abu Dhabi. This short tutorial introduces you to the
fundamentals of the sport and the underlying mechanics of each race.
Tasks include brief challenges around accelerating and cornering, and
short videos explaining when to use the car's KERS boost button and drag
reduction system, which are crucial to any F1 race. You need to
complete the tutorial to play Career mode, but it's smart enough and
short enough not to irritate seasoned racers, while also acting as a
crucial stepping stone for newcomers--something that was sorely lacking
from previous games in the series.
Once you complete the test and the game opens up, there are a range of
modes for you to play through that are much more varied than in previous
Formula One games. The first of those is Season Challenge, which lets
you enjoy the excitement of an F1 season without the longer time
investment of Career mode. You compete against various rivals over 10
Grand Prix weekends; if you place above your rival in the best of three
races, you're immediately offered a contract by his team. Race weekends
in Season Challenge are short affairs consisting of five-lap races,
preceded by another addition to the series: one-shot qualification. Here
you have a single opportunity to set a lap time, accompanied by the
ghost cars of your closest rivals.
The 2012 Formula One season is the first to feature six previous world
champions, and F1 2012 has celebrated this with a new mode. Champions
mode pits you against Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton,
Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso, and Michael Schumacher in unique race
scenarios, culminating in a seven-car race at the soon-to-be-unveiled
Circuit of the Americas. These scenarios include fending off an
aggressive Hamilton in the Brazilian rain, and attempting to catch up to
and overtake a struggling Raikkonen with a fresh set of tyres. Though
short, each scenario is well presented and challenging. However, if you
prefer working against the clock, you can dive into the returning Time
Trial mode or race ghost cars.
The broader range of game modes is a welcome addition, but they've come
at a cost: Grand Prix mode has been stripped out. This disappointing cut
means you can no longer step into the shoes of your favourite F1 racer,
so full seasons can only be played with your custom character in Career
mode. That leaves Quick Race as the only place where you can still play
as one of this season's 24 drivers.
Speaking of Career mode, it returns in largely the same form as in
previous years. You begin as part of a low-level team and move up the F1
ladder by meeting different sets of objectives. As you improve your
standing during the season, competing teams offer you contracts that
give you access to better cars, and loftier goals. Race weekends consist
of a single practise session, three stages of qualification, and a
race. However, if you're not in the mood for a full weekend, you can
choose to omit practise or reduce qualification to a single stage or
one-shot, which is a nice addition.
Purists may be irked by the lack of second and third practise sessions
this time around, but their omission helps keep long weekends engaging.
Optional research and development tests occur at a number of practise
sessions during the season. These are longer and more challenging than
in last year's game, but successful completion is rewarded with
improvements to your car's setup. With Champions mode fulfilling your
short-race needs, gone are the three-lap races of F1 2011; the minimum
allowed in Career mode this year is 25 percent of the full distance.
There's more variety in F1 2012's replay cameras.
Other, subtle changes to Career mode make it more focused than it was
last year. Gone are the parc ferme interviews and first-person
navigation, instead replaced by glossy menus that show important
information up front. Unfortunately, the interface still lacks the
personality of its Dirt siblings, and the familiar in-game emails and
paper clippings do little to add to the authenticity. As a result, the
career feels less like a globetrotting pageant of speed and more like a
series of loosely connected race weekends. But while F1 2012's
presentation fails to replicate the spectacle that surrounds the sport,
thankfully the same cannot be said of the on-track action.
Racing in F1 2012 is thrilling regardless of where you are on the track.
Fighting for position is better than ever, and improved AI ensures that
close encounters with other drivers are rarely as problematic as in
previous games. In fact, getting caught in a pack of cars is a delight,
and the satisfaction of finding gaps to sneak through as cars weave
around the track in front of you keeps you coming back for more.
Replay flashbacks allow you to make up for those frustrating lapses in concentration.
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Managing your fuel and tyres is crucial to a successful race strategy,
and F1 2012 does a great job of communicating this to you during the
race. Setting the fuel to a rich mix may help you gain that extra speed
for an overtake, but you may not have enough gas to cross the chequered
flag. Knowing when you should push to overtake and when you should
defend your position is key. If you go full throttle or brake too hard
into corners, your tyres' rubber wears away faster, forcing you to lose
grip with the track. Though tyre wear isn't as unforgiving as what we've
seen in this year's real-life season, it's still important to keep an
eye on their performance. Timing your pit stops is key, and your
engineer suggests pit times based on tyre wear, fuel, the condition of
your front wing, and weather. However, if you think you know something
he doesn't, you're free to pit whenever you please. Thankfully, pitting
is now automatic once you enter the lane, though you have to be careful
not to cross the pit lane exit line as you reenter the track.
A new dynamic weather system allows for different weather on different
areas of the track, so it's important that you listen to your engineer
to ensure you don't get caught out wearing the wrong rubbers at the
wrong time. An improved suspension system helps to alleviate the often
wild cornering of F1 2011 too, making throwing yourself around corners a
pleasure--finding the limit of your car's ability and reacting to it
once you've pushed it too far is all part of the challenge.
Any closer and they'd be carpooling.
Improved visuals and new lighting effects augment the authenticity of
the driving experience. Shadows are more defined, the amount of water on
the track is easily readable, and your car's bodywork shimmers in the
sunlight like never before. Plus, a new offset camera view and more
variety in replay angles add to the authenticity. While the graphics
have seen only a slight improvement over last year's major graphics
overhaul, the audio has had a more substantial upgrade. Wind roars past
on the straights, the sound of groaning engines bounces around Monaco's
structures, and the howl of rivals can be heard as they push their KERS
boost button and packs of hard-braking cars shriek across the landscape.
The improved audio is not just for show, either; the sounds of nearby
shunts and your car bottoming out allow you to react to race situations
faster, and more successfully.
If taking in all the action is having a negative effect on your racing,
a broad range of driving assists are at your disposal. ABS, braking
assists, and a dynamic racing line help ease your vehicle around the
track, while flashback replays are available for those unrecoverable
mistakes. Rules and flags are more forgiving this year too. Illegal
overtakes now offer a short window for you to hand the place back, and
automatic slowdown on runoff areas means you're less likely to cut
corners this time around. Buried in the race selection screens are
detailed hot-lap tips for each circuit, courtesy of former driver and
Sky Sports analyst Anthony Davidson. They're well worth watching, once
you find them.
Whether or not you get the most out of F1 2012's multiplayer depends on whom you're playing with.
Dirty tyres affect performance.
F1 2012 finally delivers on the promise of the first two Formula One
games. Season Challenge and Champions mode allow you to play in short
bursts, while Career mode has enough depth to keep you busy for some
time. More importantly, the tools are now in place to allow newcomers to
get to grips with what can be a rather complex sport. And though the
presentation could do with some refining, F1 2012 pulls through where it
matters: on the track. Races are satisfying from start to finish, and
battling with rivals and the limits of your car is a constant challenge.
This year's Formula One season has been one of the most exciting in
recent memory, and F1 2012 captures that competitive spirit in a way the
series never has before. There's no question this is the series' most
realistic representation of the sport yet, one that will please fans and
newcomers alike.
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