![]() As my career is taking place over at the McLaren garage, you get to drive in 4 iconic McLaren cars.ġ988 McLaren MP4/4 – as driven by Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna during the 1988 Formula 1™ season. Moving away from career mode for a minute will give you time to appreciate another great addition to F1 2017, Classic Cars! With 12 classic cars ranging from the 1988 McLaren MP4/4 to the 2010 Red Bull Racing RB6 they all feel different and they definitely sound different. Its one of the better additions to F1 2017. However, develop that certain part of the skill tree and soon you will have engines that can run for miles and miles. So as you can imagine driving as the McLaren team I constantly get dropped to the back of the pack with poor reliability. Feel free to change a gear box, but be warned that if you use more than your allocated 4 you will start to get grid penalties. F1 2017 gives you much more control over the engine management, with you having to actually balance the engine units and gearbox allowances throughout the season. ![]() The research section of the career has been given an overhaul as well, and a new skill tree type system has been implemented this year. If you put your nose down the inside you can assure that you wont get it taken off by the AI not knowing that you are there. Setting the AI to a hard difficulty definitely makes them more racey, but they are also fair. ![]() It all plays out perfectly, from getting lap times, to AI drivers moving out of your way if you are on a hot lap, everything feels as it should. Once you have gone through the practice sessions and head to qualifying, there isn’t much to differ from F1 2016. Fuel Management – getting to you lift and coast to try and save as much fuel as possible, and then finally the programe that gives you 5 laps to set blistering lap times all within a set delta time. As with last year, you have the Tyre Management, Acclimatisation as well as the fastest Lap programmes, but this year you have a couple of new ones added to the mix. Now we get to the actual racing, as per last year you have a number of practice programmes that you can take part in to earn resource and development points. Getting weather information, lap times, distances to opponents and many more snippets of information all to you while you are streaking around the track. He is your angel on your shoulder while driving your car. Once you are sat inside your car Jeff comes on the radio and introduces himself. I mean if it isn’t broken why fix it? Clicking through a few options takes you to the first session of F1 2017, Practice! I mean why wouldn’t you? After meeting your agent you are then sat down in the paddock at a desk similar to the last years iteration and with a laptop in front of you. I opted for McLaren as my team, with Alonso as my team mate. Pick who you want as your team mate and then head out onto the first race in Australia. Pick a team to race for, each with their own objectives for the coming season and seasons down the road. ![]() Heading into the career mode, you are greeted with the same kind of setup as last year. Then you have the multiplayer section, giving you access to races, championships, as well as allowing you to setup a custom championship and take on your friends and AI at the same time. However, with this being a review copy and nobody else having the game, this section wasn’t working and couldn’t be tested. There was one new addition and that was Events, these are custom events that have been uploaded for you to take part in and record your best score. Scrolling from left to right you can start your career, take part in a single grand prix event as well as time trial. Starting up the game for the first time you are greeted with a familiar looking menu setup if you have played the previous iteration of the game. Eau Rouge never looks so scary! GameplayĪs with last years game, F1 2017 brings controls that are responsive, light and rewarding when you hit that apex perfectly. Bringing new features, better visuals (most of the time) and great control. I reckon Ricciardo just let out some gas and is loving it! With new regulations, new cars, new drivers, Codemasters have once again absolutely smashed it out of the Red Bull Ring with this game. Why nobody else is smiling will be a mystery forever. The new box art features some new drivers on the grid as well as the biggest smile from Daniel Ricciardo you will ever see. With Codemasters returning to form last year with F1 2016, it left me wondering “How can they make this better?” Well with F1 2017 they seem to have been able to do just that!
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