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I got the game as present for XMAS. I played it since then.

I was experiencing HUGE Performance issues within the game making it nearly not playable. Several times per lap the game got frozen for lets say enough time to get irretated and influencing the gaming experience... I thought first it has to do with my pc, tried to lower the graphic Settings... no success. right now (2:00 am) I was playing it again with one of the most challenging track for the graphic and cpu engine(Singapur). and there are no freezes ... I tried it afterwards also with Monaco were I experienced a LOT of freezing periods.... everything clear, real gaming experience :-) (I realized already the HUGE amount of data which are exchanged from my PC to somewhere else (uploaded data), which stopped after killing the steam Agent ...)

This means only following for me: The game is interacting HEAVILY in the Background with the game Servers through the internet. And when there is a lot of load on the Servers it affects the "standalone" game heavily!!

This is not what I expect from a game which costs 40 €.

Either it is playable standalone or the Background Servers have to be strong enough to cover the load.

I bought/received the game series since its "go live" back in 2009!??? (I guess). If there is no Change this will be the last release I will own (I don't speak about the numerous BUGS still in the game after 6 month of release (eg. steering Settings are not saved, game results are presented as "AUSGESCHIEDEN"))

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Welcome to the club. Look on the bright side, at least you didn't pay for the game. I'm on PS4 which seems to be the most playable version but still not fully acceptable. 

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Ah, the joys of PC Gaming...I went over to consoles many moons ago. Constant issues spoil the whole idea of realism :(

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I don't understand why people bother buying it this far from release. I mean really! If you spent money on a game that consistently gets poor reviews and has so many issue across all platforms, shouldn't you realise the risk you are running buying this rubbish?

Or is it a case of "I didn't bother reading a single review about this 'game'" (term used loosely of cause)?

Or do people read the reviews or watch the plethora of YouTube videos out there and simply assume everyone is wrong and you'll trust codemasters anyway?

Directly to the OP, if you don't like the game, tell others so they don't waste their money too!

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BrooksGP said:
I don't understand why people bother buying it this far from release. I mean really! If you spent money on a game that consistently gets poor reviews and has so many issue across all platforms, shouldn't you realise the risk you are running buying this rubbish?

Or is it a case of "I didn't bother reading a single review about this 'game'" (term used loosely of cause)?

Or do people read the reviews or watch the plethora of YouTube videos out there and simply assume everyone is wrong and you'll trust codemasters anyway?

Directly to the OP, if you don't like the game, tell others so they don't waste their money too!
wat,your alittle backwards,Thats when you do buy it. After the price and patches have dropped. You certainly don't buy games close to release because its full price and you have to wait for patches.

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kevinkirk said:
BrooksGP said:
I don't understand why people bother buying it this far from release. I mean really! If you spent money on a game that consistently gets poor reviews and has so many issue across all platforms, shouldn't you realise the risk you are running buying this rubbish?

Or is it a case of "I didn't bother reading a single review about this 'game'" (term used loosely of cause)?

Or do people read the reviews or watch the plethora of YouTube videos out there and simply assume everyone is wrong and you'll trust codemasters anyway?

Directly to the OP, if you don't like the game, tell others so they don't waste their money too!
wat,your alittle backwards,Thats when you do buy it. After the price and patches have dropped. You certainly don't buy games close to release because its full price and you have to wait for patches.
Not unless you are part of an online community of racers and everyone is upgrading at once. If you are just a casual player who at best likes to have a run around online once in a while, then yeah... maybe.

Also if you read the OPs first post. The game is still €40! Which is still a lot of money for something like this.

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coolieboy said:
The game isn't bad. It's just missing far too many features to make it playable in the long run. 
To be perfectly honest, the features that are there also have many flaws, even after 11 patches on PC. In fact the problem which is the subject of this thread was exacerbated by the last one.

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Not unless you are part of an online community of racers and everyone is upgrading at once. If you are just a casual player who at best likes to have a run around online once in a while, then yeah... maybe.

Also if you read the OPs first post. The game is still €40! Which is still a lot of money for something like this.
 lol, well a league that upgrades at release is doing the same thing as a league that waits until the patches. The only difference is the time they choose to do it.

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if you're going to complain about performance you could at least mention the specs of your PC first and foremost

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kevinkirk said:

Not unless you are part of an online community of racers and everyone is upgrading at once. If you are just a casual player who at best likes to have a run around online once in a while, then yeah... maybe.

Also if you read the OPs first post. The game is still €40! Which is still a lot of money for something like this.
 lol, well a league that upgrades at release is doing the same thing as a league that waits until the patches. The only difference is the time they choose to do it.
Please keep up, your argument was about the cost difference between a pre release or new release vs a few months later. And buying later being cheaper in your argument.

As I said, it's almost the same price now as it was at pre release and early release...

So in view of your latest "point", if my mates upgraded early vs later the price is still the same.

In backing up my original question then, why do people buy these types of games at full price or 'as close as makes no difference', when reviews consistently show the game is messed up months after launch? It's not like it's a cheap gamble...

Kev, just a tip, when you make an argument point please remember what they teach you in school, stay on topic.

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BrooksGP said:
kevinkirk said:

Not unless you are part of an online community of racers and everyone is upgrading at once. If you are just a casual player who at best likes to have a run around online once in a while, then yeah... maybe.

Also if you read the OPs first post. The game is still €40! Which is still a lot of money for something like this.
 lol, well a league that upgrades at release is doing the same thing as a league that waits until the patches. The only difference is the time they choose to do it.
Please keep up, your argument was about the cost difference between a pre release or new release vs a few months later. And buying later being cheaper in your argument.

As I said, it's almost the same price now as it was at pre release and early release...

So in view of your latest "point", if my mates upgraded early vs later the price is still the same.

In backing up my original question then, why do people buy these types of games at full price or 'as close as makes no difference', when reviews consistently show the game is messed up months after launch? It's not like it's a cheap gamble...

Kev, just a tip, when you make an argument point please remember what they teach you in school, stay on topic.
Because "people buy these types of games at full price or 'as close as makes no difference', when reviews consistently show the game is messed up months after launch." What incentive does CM have to perform?

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hobbsy777 said:
BrooksGP said:
kevinkirk said:

Not unless you are part of an online community of racers and everyone is upgrading at once. If you are just a casual player who at best likes to have a run around online once in a while, then yeah... maybe.

Also if you read the OPs first post. The game is still €40! Which is still a lot of money for something like this.
 lol, well a league that upgrades at release is doing the same thing as a league that waits until the patches. The only difference is the time they choose to do it.
Please keep up, your argument was about the cost difference between a pre release or new release vs a few months later. And buying later being cheaper in your argument.

As I said, it's almost the same price now as it was at pre release and early release...

So in view of your latest "point", if my mates upgraded early vs later the price is still the same.

In backing up my original question then, why do people buy these types of games at full price or 'as close as makes no difference', when reviews consistently show the game is messed up months after launch? It's not like it's a cheap gamble...

Kev, just a tip, when you make an argument point please remember what they teach you in school, stay on topic.
Because "people buy these types of games at full price or 'as close as makes no difference', when reviews consistently show the game is messed up months after launch." What incentive does CM have to perform?
A working game?

In all seriousness. My initial response was asking 'why would people buy it after months of bad reviews etc.'  Not what incentive does CM have to perform to make people buy the game months later.

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BrooksGP said:
BrooksGP said:
kevinkirk said:

Not unless you are part of an online community of racers and everyone is upgrading at once. If you are just a casual player who at best likes to have a run around online once in a while, then yeah... maybe.

Also if you read the OPs first post. The game is still €40! Which is still a lot of money for something like this.
 lol, well a league that upgrades at release is doing the same thing as a league that waits until the patches. The only difference is the time they choose to do it.
Please keep up, your argument was about the cost difference between a pre release or new release vs a few months later. And buying later being cheaper in your argument.

As I said, it's almost the same price now as it was at pre release and early release...

So in view of your latest "point", if my mates upgraded early vs later the price is still the same.

In backing up my original question then, why do people buy these types of games at full price or 'as close as makes no difference', when reviews consistently show the game is messed up months after launch? It's not like it's a cheap gamble...

Kev, just a tip, when you make an argument point please remember what they teach you in school, stay on topic.
Because "people buy these types of games at full price or 'as close as makes no difference', when reviews consistently show the game is messed up months after launch." What incentive does CM have to perform?
A working game?

In all seriousness. My initial response was asking 'why would people buy it after months of bad reviews etc.'  Not what incentive does CM have to perform to make people buy the game months later.
Should have edited your post that I was quoting. I was actually only responding to your question as to why people buy it after months of bad reviews, followed by my personal frustration with the consequences.

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you couldn't understand why people buy games so far from release.... I made a point of its better to wait until price drops (which it very much has) and after some kind of patch. ...You made the point of you have to buy it at release because everyone in a league updates at the same time.....I made a point of having the league update later rather than sooner isn't any different, its the same process so that isn't a reason why you must buy at release..... Then you typed some B.S about the price doesn't drop and patches doesn't work.

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I don't know which country you're from Kevin, but the price of F1 2015 is almost identical today as it was at release it had dropped a few times by like 15% for one day (hardly worth buying at that discount). And are you trying to say that this game after it's 6 or so patches is perfectly playable in multiplayer? 

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BrooksGP said:
I don't know which country you're from Kevin, but the price of F1 2015 is almost identical today as it was at release it had dropped a few times by like 15% for one day (hardly worth buying at that discount). And are you trying to say that this game after it's 6 or so patches is perfectly playable in multiplayer? 

 I'm saying good patches or broke patches, playable or not playable. The lower the price, the less you get ripped off.   Amazon has the game for 34 dollars used, or 39 dollars new xbox one. Ebay has it for 29 dollars new. Game stop has it for 19 dollars new. Wallmart has it for 36 dollars new. How are we having a failure to communicate in a conversation about saving money on a broke,bare bones game that started out costing at least 59 dollars?  19 dollars at gamestop is over half the freaking price guy. Why is this the only freaking racing forum in gaming were you have to debate something like saving over half the cost on a game that I new was broken at release, you knew was broken at release, everybody knew  was broken at release? Dammit, its like we have to communicate with people that are playing Mario cart instead of a licenced F1 game. The game is broken, the people that play it are broken. The forum is broken, The facebook page is broken, the logic and reasoning of the F1 game buyers is broken, The real F1 series is broken, The FOM is broken, the races and tracks are broken, The drivers that drive the cars are broken, just wad everything f1 up and throw it away.

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Ahh, you've identified the problem with our debate. You're American! You guys get huge discounts on games that quite simply the rest of the world don't receive according to your prices.
In Aus, it's $80 on Steam
$88 at Big W
$99.95 at EB Games
$79 at JB Hi Fi
$49 - $80 'new' on eBay
We don't have Amazon...
And according to the OP, it's worth €40 which is $63 AUD or $44 US.
All a far cry from your $39 down to $19!!

Please be aware that the rest of the world is not the same as where you live, thankfully. What is available to you is NOT the same as others.

For many other countries (I've checked before we started this discussion), the game is simply not worth what we are being asked to pay.

Hence my initial question...

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BrooksGP said:
Ahh, you've identified the problem with our debate. You're American! You guys get huge discounts on games that quite simply the rest of the world don't receive according to your prices.
In Aus, it's $80 on Steam
$88 at Big W
$99.95 at EB Games
$79 at JB Hi Fi
$49 - $80 'new' on eBay
We don't have Amazon...
And according to the OP, it's worth €40 which is $63 AUD or $44 US.
All a far cry from your $39 down to $19!!

Please be aware that the rest of the world is not the same as where you live, thankfully. What is available to you is NOT the same as others.

For many other countries (I've checked before we started this discussion), the game is simply not worth what we are being asked to pay.

Hence my initial question...
When applying pure mathematics to your post, it looks perfectly logical. However there is one major flaw in your argument.

I live North of the border from my American brothers & sisters and am very familiar with the benefits/disadvantages when comparison shopping with the US of A, in fact the present situation of world oil prices and stock market declines is giving the CAN$ an absolute pounding against the greenback. Consequently a 50$US game is absolutely no deal for me.

Lucky b*ggers eh? Well not necessarily. For starters, if you just take the average salary of a middle class Brit, add to that the British social benefits that the average American would die for and the picture for them, is not as rosy as you paint it. Things are cheaper there yes, but they also have a lot of things to pay for out of sometimes less than excellent pay, that the average Brit (and Canuck) get for free and take for granted. There is much I know about that beautiful country (England), my roots are there and my wife & I have family over there.

Everybody's currency is looking shaky against the US$ right now, that's  just the way it is in world finance. It's going to be a rocky ride, but things will change again. We do agree on one thing though. This game sure ain't worth the money.

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BrooksGP said:
Ahh, you've identified the problem with our debate. You're American! You guys get huge discounts on games that quite simply the rest of the world don't receive according to your prices.
In Aus, it's $80 on Steam
$88 at Big W
$99.95 at EB Games
$79 at JB Hi Fi
$49 - $80 'new' on eBay
We don't have Amazon...
And according to the OP, it's worth €40 which is $63 AUD or $44 US.
All a far cry from your $39 down to $19!!

Please be aware that the rest of the world is not the same as where you live, thankfully. What is available to you is NOT the same as others.

For many other countries (I've checked before we started this discussion), the game is simply not worth what we are being asked to pay.

Hence my initial question...
  Look, I know we are in the same boat here. You even have to pay more than me to be in that boat. I also may have taken other comments I have read from other people on here out on you. The game we both use as a hobby is in bad shape. The level this game should be at isn't even on the radar of the people making it and its bringing the players to their wits end. I apologize about my out burst. 

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Thanks Kevin and Hobbsy, I'm very much enjoying our respective thoughts about worth vs value! No need to apologise Kevin, I appreciate many of the points you make, and find your point of view valuable even if or when it differs to mine (I know I'm wrong more times than I'd care admit ;) ). There's no point in taking forum comments personally in the grand scheme of things IMHO). That's just part and parcel of life. Personally I think hearing out a persons position is fundamentally more important than talking solely about fact.

Hobbsy, wondering about your point regarding average salary etc... I agree, but isn't there an extra significant variable in there? 'Cost of living' for the same or similar living standards? Correct me if I'm flat out wrong!!! I know from my friends in Canada, England, Hong Kong, China (where I work for most months a year), Macau, USA and obviously Australia that the cost of living for the average middle class person varies wildly! Just as much if not more than the average income. Note Canada and Australia's $ has always been pretty closely matched but from what I can tell from my Canadian friends, the cost of living is about 3/4 that of Australians. The US has about 3/4 the average wage but about 1/2 the avg cost of living. No real idea though about the health care cost vs insurance costs in the USA. But England... Yes the £ is far higher than most currencies, but the cost of living especially in places like London are insane. Not necessarily for food and consumables but for Housing costs and rates etc is like 2 times more than Aus.

And the comparisons are endless I guess... But the one thing that remains for me at least is "worth vs value", namely the value (cost) of CMs F1 games especially 2015 vs is actually worth (quality of the games). This is what makes me so irate about the lack of development and condition F1 2015 (in particular) came out as, plus it's current condition not reflecting it's monetary value (rrp). And yet CM are waxing lyrically about the next installment... Making their offerings decrease in 'worth' due to their current offering dragging it down and it's state of play!

Before there was the ability to patch games seemingly at will because of whatever reason, developers seemed far more likely to iron most of the bugs before it is released into the hands of the consumer. If there was a need to update or fix something, the patch was generally only needed once or at worst 3 times. Of they couldn't fix it outlets stopped offering it for sale.

Oh and Hobbsy, just wanna say "thanks for standing your ground and giving really good feedback to the CM reps (even when they have ignored your questions/concerns in the past), your presence and consistency has been appreciated by others of us here on CM forum land"!

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