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Let's not start bashing other people in this topic shall we... (Though if we continue on this topic, I think most people agree 2015 was the worst in the series (we don't count the 2009 one) - 2016 was decent, 2017 was very good and 2018 was also very good, though all the games were plagued with bugs and glitches, more or less. When the games worked, they were great fun to play.)

@Faya maybe a bit too big of a question, but when selecting people for the beta, could you also email those who wanted to get in but didn't get an invitation? Would hopefully reduce questions like "how do I know I was selected or not for the Beta" in the future whenever the Beta starts. Just a suggestion. 🙂

I guess you could potentially map "ERS increase" and "ERS decrease" buttons to the right stick left/right? Could be a potential solution. You won't be able to look left/right when driving though.

..what's wrong with playing rf2 on a pad? I do it sometimes, and it's fun with the right settings. Especially fun with that great FFB...

Signed up also - I still want to help making the game even more fun, even though I might not be 100% on the good side with Codemasters... 😄 Jokes aside, good luck everyone! Also, I want to thank Codemasters for again giving us the opportunity to participate and try and help making the game as good as possible.

Also, guys, we just got news, let's not rush them with our questions yet... 😄 Hopefully in the next 2 weeks we will get more details about the game, because what we got here is pretty limited (Driver/Car Customization, "BASE" car for Multiplayer, F2 *wink wink*).

I'm cautiously optimistic about this one. Looks great for the moment. (Also, this confirms a decent amount of leaks that happened about half a year ago. Interesting.)

Some nice concepts drawn out there. 🙂 Since the season has started already I doubt any of these changes make into the game (or maybe it's already in the game, we don't know), but all that would still be nice.

^It should be equal at most. But to answer the question - yes, wheel seems like a faster option mostly, but there are decent gamepad players out there.

There might be something seriously wrong going on with this game regarding optimization, especially for Laptops - I have 1050Ti in my Laptop, and on 1080p Low settings I get barely 40 FPS... Just for comparison, F1 2017-F1 2018 runs on High Preset 1080p on pretty much stable 60 FPS. And yes, I checked, it runs on the external GPU (Nvidia).

It's that time of the year already. Haha. With the new season starting in just over 2 weeks, can we expect any news about the next game soon? Plus, hopefully Beta testing will continue on.

I know, I know... Still, was worth a shot. #ITried

Well yeah, I'm now checking and F1 2018 game was originally announced mid-May and Beta was announced mid-April. F1 2017 was announced again mid-May, though Beta was announced way earlier - early February. That's why I'm just asking, should we expect any news any time soon, or "lips are sealed" (a.k.a. rare to no communication until announcement) again?

Steam version. Not sure if this was already reported, but while in Replay Mode, Heli cam, if I select Co-Driver calls to be Off, Co-Driver talks, but if I selected it to On, then the Co-Driver shuts up. Strange one. 😄 Also, I personally think AI are a bit too... "packed"? Drove the 16km course on New Zealand on 50 difficulty, had a puncture, just to find out I finished 19th (since 20th already DNF after stage 1 lol) and a whole minute and a bit behind P18, who finished about 1:30 behind P1. After 16km. That seems unrealistic to me, especially on low difficulty. (And I think same differences happen in smaller stages?) What I'm trying to say is that I feel like there should be more time variations between AI on lower difficulties, especially after Long stages. Another thing - game optimization. For comparison, F1 2017 and F1 2018 runs on my Laptop on High settings without problems on 60 FPS; this game on Low game preset barely stands at around 40 FPS on the same laptop. I mean... The ****? (and yes, it does run on the Nvidia GPU) And of course, FFB is weak, even on my gamepad (Xbox One Wireless Gamepad). Feels like the FFB needs more oomph, more power to the vibration itself, alongside with more details of the FFB (probably because I'm just now used to the rFactor 2 FFB, which is amazing).

Ironically, "qatestbranch" on SteamDB just got updated yesterday, so maybe an update is on the way..?

It is known in this game that doing Race Strategy programme breaks the fuel load for races (or was it Fuel Saving programme?). This bug was even back with launch version 1.04, and, apparently, it wasn't fixed.