Codemasters' F1 game not out till 2010

By Ellie Gibson Published 23 April, 2009

The PC, PS3 and 360 versions, anyway.

Codemasters has revealed the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of its new Formula 1 game won't be out till next year.

However the Wii and PSP versions, which are being developed by Sumo Digital, will be released before the end of 2009.

Speaking to IGN brand manager Paul Walters said, "The scale of development that was required for the next-gen projects, especially with something like Formula 1, to it do it on such a massive high def scale requires a lot more development time than less powerful platforms like the PSP and Wii." So there you go.

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  • DFawkes #1 3 years ago

    I've been disappointed with Codemasters output recently. Not that they're bad, just an A-Z list of things that disappoint me, in game form.

    Hopefully this won't have some American doing the voiceover at least.

  • metallicorphan #2 3 years ago

    ...dumbasses

    by the time this is out,sponsers,drivers and teams will be all in different places etc,making the game old as soon as it comes out

    but thank god Codemasters are doing it,and not SONY after their joke of a game

  • Darren #3 3 years ago

    DiRT and GRID were fun, addictive racing games so I have high hopes for F1 even if it is going to be more of a simulation. Hopefully the game will also include an arcade mode too for those that just want to dive straight in and race without having to master the handling. I enjoyed the F1 game on the PS3 with its brilliant sense of speed but that's probably because these games are rare these days.

  • samaran #4 3 years ago

    i am actually all about a sumo-developed PSP F1 game, probably more so than the 'proper' versions

  • Eraysor #5 3 years ago

    They better update the teams and drivers to the 2010 season then, or it'll be really annoying.

  • DFawkes #6 3 years ago

    I'm sure they'll just make the games structure, handling models etc ready to port in the new teams next season. Hopefully they'll have a mode where you can race the real times of the race.

  • MrChuckles #7 3 years ago

    Is this going to be the first F1 game ever on an xbox?

  • Rodchenko #8 3 years ago

    and not SONY after their joke of a game

    What you are on about. F1CE was easily among the top F1 games on any platform. Codies on the other hand have apparently still not realized that cars do NOT pivot around the center.

  • seasidebaz #9 3 years ago

    Let's hope this isn't an online game. It'll either be a full grid of Brawn GP cars or an empty grid of nobody after all the ragequitting because they didn't get to "be" Jensen Button.

  • El-Dev #10 3 years ago

    F1:CE was a great game, I've a sneaking suspicion the PS3 will get a shit port of a shit game.

    Wish Sony would make a newer version of CE.

  • oreillymj #11 3 years ago

    The only thing missing from Sony's game was the Spa track, which they weren't allowed to add because it wasn't on the F1 calendar at the time.

    It's easily the best track in F1. Would have loved to have "driven" it in the active suspension Williams.

    The SPA track in Grid isn't bad.

  • Eraysor #12 3 years ago

    Spa wasn't in Sony's game? Ouch. It's GRID's best track by miles.

  • BBIAJ #13 3 years ago

    @ MrChuckles:

    On 360, yes. On X-Box, no. EA had F1 games out on the original 'box.

  • metalangel #14 3 years ago

    Codebastards are probably reeling from shock that, unlike in their racing games of the past, real drivers aren't sacked from their team for failing to earn points in every race.

  • Jonny5Alive7 #15 3 years ago

    Very disappointed, this is the game I've been looking forwards to this year. Hopefully it will be great though, I think it could be awesome over Xbox Live.

  • BBIAJ #16 3 years ago

    @ Darren:

    I'm pretty sure that Codemasters have already said that their F1 game will appeal to both the casual and the hardcore.

  • effinjamie #17 3 years ago

    F1 Championship Edition on the PS3 is a fantastic game, and the one title that makes me use my PS3 on a regular basis. It has an arcade mode, a quick race mode a full career mode where you start as a rookie driver, online what more do you want?,

  • GamesConnoisseur #18 3 years ago

    F1 Licence holder would want their licence to be seen by as many gamers as possible, so I m glad that this is not tied to PS3 exclusivity anymore. Still F1CE on PS3 was a good game though.

    Codemasters know we dont want them to crash and burn the series, I m sure they will want to do a good job, some of their games are excellent.

    The truth is as ever will be found in the pudding... we ll see and eventually know.

  • jeebthegreat #19 3 years ago

    @effinjamie split screen would've been nice :) still a stunner of a title though, just miss playing two player with my brother. Them were the days

  • effinjamie #20 3 years ago

    no splitscreen is a charge that could be leveled at most games nowadays though, it's all about online

  • jeebthegreat #21 3 years ago

    that's the real shame of it all though, online's great, but nothing beats sitting on the couch next to a buddy and getting your game on. i've always enjoyed split screen gaming more, especially in racing games. probs one of the only things that keeps me playing forza 2!

  • Jonny5Alive7 #22 3 years ago

    I'd like online split screen to be honest, so two of you can compete over Xbox live on the same telly.

  • jeebthegreat #23 3 years ago

    @Jonny5Alive7 i like that idea! it's a shame that's all it will ever probably be though :( grid would have been so much better with splitscreen online

  • metalangel #24 3 years ago

    Yeah, in 2010 F1 will just be Ferrari, Brawn and McLaren's lawyers arguing over diffusers and tape recordings and stuff. No actual races will occur. Lewis Hamilton will have done an OJ Simpson on his girlfriend, gained 150lbs and now drives a van for DHL. Jensen Button will be driving touring cars. Other motor sports will finally get media coverage, with disenfranchised F1 fans discovering how interesting superbikes, GT and world rally are.
    Edited by 1 at 24/04/09 @ 00:47

  • gingerlink #25 3 years ago

    lola ought to be back in 2010

    and possibly an American team with a female driver who's actually doing quite well in indycar/NASCAR (can't remember)...

    EDIT: Indycar...
    Edited by 1 at 24/04/09 @ 07:56

  • spammage #26 3 years ago

    She will be fine so long as no reversing or parallel parking is required.......

  • BadBoyBonner #27 3 years ago

    Finally got on to the F3000 cars in Race Pro Professional setting on Career mode racing round Monza - can't imagine the Codies game will be much more realistic than that - awesome on cockpit view, 50" plasma, Forcefeedback and 6.1 surround.

  • superdelphinus #28 3 years ago

    the racing games they've made before have been pretty bubblegum tbf

  • espibara #29 3 years ago

    2010 what teh F***

    goes out and rebuys F1 for the PS3

  • DanC89 #30 3 years ago

    Apparently it is the 2009 teams v_v

  • BadBoyBonner #31 3 years ago

    I think most just feel aggrieved that Codies are clearly trying to make the most profitable driving games rather than a fantastic simulation.

    Surely the best thing to do then is to try catch them all - and actually offer a non-pivot turning based mode for on-line racing as a professional mode or something?


  • SniperZoz #32 3 years ago

    ... too much waiting .... they should have shelved fuel (for a while at least) as soon as they got the f1 licence .... there hasn't been a good f1 game in ages ... let's see what codemasters can do ... but my feeling is this is going to be a souped up arcade game = not what f1 games should be!!

  • XBoxDragon #33 3 years ago

    FUEL is only published by them, so not sure what shelving it would achieve in getting F1 out faster?

  • SomaticSense #34 3 years ago

    "by the time this is out,sponsers,drivers and teams will be all in different places etc,making the game old as soon as it comes out "

    By their very nature though, it's impossible for licensed racing games to be both sims AND accurate to the current season. It takes a lot of time to get the physics of each car exactly right or even nearly right, and as F1 is such a fast moving sport with regards to development speed and sponsor changes it'll be impossible for Codies to get it deadly accurate.

    It'll either be a rushed arcadey game released in the spring/summer of 2010, with almost up to date stats and other gumpf, or if it has a simulation approach it'll be released in the Nov/Dec time with the drivers/sponsors/teams/cars of the winter testing the year before, or even delayed til early 2011 in time for the next season.

    "Finally got on to the F3000 cars in Race Pro Professional setting on Career mode racing round Monza - can't imagine the Codies game will be much more realistic than that - awesome on cockpit view, 50" plasma, Forcefeedback and 6.1 surround. "

    That game has some serious problems, but it also has some massive positives as well. The F3000 cars being one of the big positives, the main one being the perfect handling model.

    Give Simbin the F1 license, a huge stack of development cash, and allow them time to polish the game engine and have every feature fully working to the best of their potential (*ahem*broken qualifying times*ahem*), and it would really be a fantastic thing to behold.

    Still sceptical over Codies dedication to developing an F1 game for the fans, and not the profits though. DiRT and GRID were both decent games, but were catering far too much for the casual non-racing fan, not for the type of person who actually takes an interest in fuel loads and tyre compounds, both of which are integral to motorsport and particularly F1. They are fully capable though, as evidenced by the earlier TOCA games and to some degree the first three Race Driver games. It's all about what their current view on what a racing game should be and what an F1 game should be.
    Edited by 2 at 26/04/09 @ 17:05

  • ManicMiner #35 3 years ago

    LOL. The way things are going at the moment there might not be a Formula One as we know it!! Gotta spare a thought for the programmers. When do you start programming the game engine when the rules, cars or teams have not been set for the 2010 season? Difficult job.

  • barley85 #36 2 years ago

    surely there will be updates on the psn or xbox live to keep the game up to date therfore why can't they release the game sooner so we have got a decent f1 game to play till the new f1 season get's underway. if the teams and sponsors have changed by then release an update. Wheres the problem with that

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