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The game as reached another level this year,  but there are still things has to change to be the best racing game.

You will find my ideas of improvement below. ⬇️

I know that all these things can't be added in F1 2018 but I think it is possible to include them in the next games. 

I think you have to get closer to  Project Cars (simulation, graphics, POV), GT sport (sponsors system) and FIFA (mode career & driver personalisation)

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• Reinsert the Young Driver Test, maybe to be 3th driver (F1 2004 - F1 2006);
• I think Codies should include the true dashboard on the steering wheel wich you can switch screen with the differents informations of your cars (fuel, PU level, Tires temperature, Delta, SC delta,...) like does Project Cars;
• I play in cockpit cam and I notice  some improvements you can add: inclinaison of the head in the corners, vibration, light halo due by the sun,... A true view from the inside helmet (again like Project Cars) should be included. I insist on this point, that brings some credibility on this view! 
• I think that we should have less visibility when it rains, more drops on the visor (see what they did in F1 Championship Edition). In the first games, when we moved on closer to the car in front of us, our vision became much more blurry. It is necessary to reinsert that. More sprays, increased the opacity would be needed as we get closer to the car which precedes us. In reality, drivers see almost nothing. It would be great to reach a similar result;
• Like Project Cars, we have to be able to move on the wheel and hands in the game (by an option) for gamers who play in cockpit with the wheel (like me);
•Training program: Like F1 2006, add a training program in addition to the R&D on each GP weekend to help to find the best setup for your car on each circuit ;
• More realistic damages effects. More spectacular puncture effects (explosion, delamination,...). Rear wing damages when there is a collision at the rear of the car (seems indestructible);

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  • A more realist smoke when the PU blown up (add flames if possible). Marshalls to push a the car  when it retires (like Grand Prix 3), and who clean debris on the track after a crash (if possible);
    • They should add a face custome, it would make a more realist career mode. A more elaborate customisation of helmet, more choices of color or even create a way to import a personal design. And sponsors on the helmet!
    • More Sparks like GT sport.
    • Leg protection / driver leg padding in the cockpit. There are in the F2002/2004, why not in the actual cars ?
    • Like football games do with shoes brand, we have to be able to choose/be sponsorised by a brand of helmet (bell, shuberth, arai,...);
    • In F1 2017 you add the true F1 intro and the circuit map. For F1 2018 you should add the true grid presentation. Same infographics as TV (drivers classement, lap,...) like MotoGP game;
    • Historic helmets (Schumacher, Senna, Prost, G.Villeneuve,...) that we can buy with our career mode points like FIFA games. We should also use for our driver in career mode;
    • More historic cars (Benetton B194, Ferrari 126 C2, Williams FW16, Ferrari F2000,...) and historic circuits (Imola, Nürburgring, Magny-Cours, Istanbul, Estoril,...);
    • Re-do a competition to create an helmet design;
    • I notice that since F1 2015, the steering wheel of Sauber is really very small compared with the reality;
    • I noticed some errors at Spa-Francorchamps (because it is my favourite circuit) In the kemmel straight, the budding sides must to be wider, they are still too small. At the exit of the T9 (Combes), the curbs must be longer. The exit of the T10 is good now but the T11 is still too close from the track regard to the reality. It is necessary to move back the wall. The same thing for the T16, the wall at the exit is too close. Add the green tarred part just before Blanchimont.

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The game as reached another level this year,  but there are still things has to change to be the best racing game.

You will find my ideas of improvement below. ⬇️

I know that all these things can't be added in F1 2018 but I think it is possible to include them in the next games. 

I think you have to get closer to  Project Cars (simulation, graphics, POV), GT sport (sponsors system) and FIFA (mode career & driver personalisation)
The game has reached new level of being broken plus Codies are very active on the forums aswell this year
In case you didn't know there are atleast 5 different threads about f12018

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Project cars, no, they cant go anywhere near that and expect the same numbers, this year may have bugs, but Project cars will kill it. As for the rest, i agree 

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As a button box user, I'd like to be able to program pitstop tire changes to keys. It's too hard to use the MFD or voice to do this. The last time I tried to talk to Geoff over the mic, it took me four times for him to "get" that "intermediates"  are not the same as "mediums." I'd like to be able to program a button to turn on and off the driver names appearing above the cars. When the cars are far ahead and I can't see their detail, it would be nice to pop up the names at will rather than having it on all the time or off all the time.

I would like a "damage reduced on first lap" setting. I find the AI are really unpredictable on the first lap (especially the first corner) and often the safest thing to do is just let them pass. I find it almost impossible to avoid wing damage on the first lap.

I would like the game to keep track of race info so I can go back and review previous races. Once you've finished a race and gone back to the trailer, you can never (as far as I can tell) look at the race results again. They could be a downloadable CSV file...anything.

I'd like more customization of what Geoff says and when. I drive cockpit and use no HUD (just the MFD). I'd like to get my lap time every time I cross the finish line, for example. 

I'd like the game to work in virtual reality.

I'm tired of the rivalry thing. I know there has to be a way to gain resource points, but the rivalry irritates me for some unknown reason.

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Few things I would like to see:

1. I almost always have an issue when I pit that the team pitting behind or in front on the pit lane comes in at the same time and I always get held up from being released. Maybe make it to where your team maybe has an idea when the other cars are pitting? I'm aware rival teams don't share that type of info but I imagine you could get a good idea in real life or the game. 

2. I've been passed under the virtual safety car a few times and the other driver was able to keep the position rather than giving it back. 

3. I can't stand the rivalry system. I'll be the first to admit that aiming for a target time isn't my strong suit. I do well when I'm chasing or being chased. Because of this my qualifying and fastest lap of the race is almost never up to par with my rival. No matter how much better I do in the race it does me hardly any good as far as that goes. I end up losing. I got paired with Hulkenburg twice in my first season. I lost both times but I had 87 points on the season to his 44. 

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I would like to see team bosses and drivers doing voice over in Career Mode. For example, when I joined a new team, I want Emma to introduce me to team boss and my teammates. I think it will make Carrer Mode more lively.

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