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Why I would be cancelling my preorder for F1 2015

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It appears that this game will not be carrying a career mode. 

F1 2015 would specifically be available to play as locked F1 players and set scenarios. It doesn't even seem like the there is any season continuity. 

I spent hours and hours playing F1 2012 and 2013 in the career mode. It seems the best thing for me to do would be to continue playing them and using the mods to change drivers per season. 

Most sim games have this feature and it is basic in thought and a feature where most drivers spend most of their time in game. I am surprised CM excluded it for this release. 

So I will be calling amazon and telling them to cancel my preorder. 

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bhaskar21 said:
It appears that this game will not be carrying a career mode. 

F1 2015 would specifically be available to play as locked F1 players and set scenarios. It doesn't even seem like the there is any season continuity. 

I spent hours and hours playing F1 2012 and 2013 in the career mode. It seems the best thing for me to do would be to continue playing them and using the mods to change drivers per season. 

Most sim games have this feature and it is basic in thought and a feature where most drivers spend most of their time in game. I am surprised CM excluded it for this release. 

So I will be calling amazon and telling them to cancel my preorder. 
None of us have actually been able to truly sort that decision, and you definitely won't be the only person not buying because of it.

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Why join a games forum just to let them know you wont be buying the game?Don't buy it and move on if you don't like it.

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kevinkirk said:

Why join a games forum just to let them know you wont be buying the game?Don't buy it and move on if you don't like it.

Because as a consumer he's entitled to tell the people producing the games why he doesn't think they're worth his money. Codemasters lost a sale and they should know why.

What would be more effective a 10% loss in sales and no one saying anything. Or a 10% loss in sales and hundreds of people complaining about the lack of career mode.

This series is in a downwards spiral and Codemasters need to listen to what their customers want rather than telling us what we want.

For years one of the most demanded features is a formation lap.

Gather round Children, Uncle Codemasters has brought you....Pro Season Mode!
Oh...? Does the game have all 3 practice sessions?
Yes but only if you play pro season mode. So if you're not good you're only allowed 1 practice session.
Oh, has career mode been improved?
Career mode?
...

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kevinkirk said:

Why join a games forum just to let them know you wont be buying the game?Don't buy it and move on if you don't like it.

Because I have bought all previous CM games and was part of the old forums. I want to make sure CM knows why I won't be buying F1 2015.

i remember the thrill of racing hard and waiting for a contract from a top team. There are no team switches at all, no season progression, no R&D.... This is the mode that I spent hours on and I would want my voice to be heard to tell CM that this feature is essential and the game isn't worth buying without it. 


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bhaskar21 said:
kevinkirk said:

Why join a games forum just to let them know you wont be buying the game?Don't buy it and move on if you don't like it.

Because I have bought all previous CM games and was part of the old forums. I want to make sure CM knows why I won't be buying F1 2015.

i remember the thrill of racing hard and waiting for a contract from a top team. There are no team switches at all, no season progression, no R&D.... This is the mode that I spent hours on and I would want my voice to be heard to tell CM that this feature is essential and the game isn't worth buying without it. 


Agreed that's the main reason I'm staying away from it too.

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Find it difficult to understand the issues with career mode.

Personally it does not matter to me, but a lot of people seem to care. I suggest a poll to give clear feedback.

I can understand why it wasn't included, because when you see the new broadcast style with the grid position, drivers faces, podiums etc my guess is they decided it was easier to leave it out than to do something to allow you to enter your own name and mabe even photo. But the outcry over missing it out seems so large that CM really probably need to think about patching it at a later stage. I think out of all the stuff mentioned on here it seems to be the thing that comes up the most.

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dirt3joe said:
Find it difficult to understand the issues with career mode.

Personally it does not matter to me, but a lot of people seem to care. I suggest a poll to give clear feedback.

I can understand why it wasn't included, because when you see the new broadcast style with the grid position, drivers faces, podiums etc my guess is they decided it was easier to leave it out than to do something to allow you to enter your own name and mabe even photo. But the outcry over missing it out seems so large that CM really probably need to think about patching it at a later stage. I think out of all the stuff mentioned on here it seems to be the thing that comes up the most.

Personlly career mode I think would be to big a thing to patch in tbh. But hopefully this outcry for leaving it out of this years game will make them think of reinstating it for 2016. Or at least make them think twice about this decision because that's one of the main reasons why I loved playing this series of games too.

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Not to mention that it is hardly impossible to create a game character (literally thousands of games have done it) and to have 300-500 possibilities of names so even yours is not in the list, you can choose something that sounds somewhat similar.

Smells like laziness to me.  

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You stick around and you come here because you will be buy them game.If not,you guys have to be the first gamers that hang around on a game forum of a game the don't even like or want to buy. 

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kevinkirk said:

You stick around and you come here because you will be buy them game.If not,you guys have to be the first gamers that hang around on a game forum of a game the don't even like or want to buy. 

no I think it's a case of we want to buy it the reason threads like this are around at the moment is because CM aren't giving us a good enough reason to do so.

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Judging by just their marketing department,and only their marketing department.I don't think codemasters cares if anyone buys their game.

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I'm not ready for precomander F12015 for simple reasons.

First Codemasers did no arguments are set to sell only the argument of the news release gen advanced.

For years we demand improvements in the different versions of games but are ignored without explanation plosibles only the eternal exuser FOM are advanced for applications but not really explain why.

All improvements are ignored to cite one example, the multi party does not have even the 20 cars which is really patetique, on older versions of the game Codemasters advancing limitation as 360 and PS3 consoles lacked power and memory and now what will they invent excuses. .. FOM shall place their 20 car on the track?

I'm not talking about the game that specifications are always absent and has 16 days of the launch games are pure speculation apart from youtuber videos are completely absent in side of Codemasters, I do not even talk about this forum is filled complaints and criticism on the games and that I stress is still in Beta for ages.

here is a small part of the reasons for which I do not a hundred to Codemasers-not because I did not think to give promises but because I do not believe any more.

Falcon444

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kevinkirk said:

You stick around and you come here because you will be buy them game.If not,you guys have to be the first gamers that hang around on a game forum of a game the don't even like or want to buy. 

How dense are you? I actively play F1 2013 and F1 2014... I used to come to the forums all the time. And hell yes I will keep coming back and requesting they add a career mode. 

If you have such a huge problem with people requesting an addition of a career mode on the official forums then please feel free to ignore these posts. 

What are you doing on this forum? The game isn't out yet and obviously you don't feel like requesting for features should be allowed. What are you doing here? 

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bhaskar21 said:
It appears that this game will not be carrying a career mode. 

F1 2015 would specifically be available to play as locked F1 players and set scenarios. It doesn't even seem like the there is any season continuity. 

I spent hours and hours playing F1 2012 and 2013 in the career mode. It seems the best thing for me to do would be to continue playing them and using the mods to change drivers per season. 

Most sim games have this feature and it is basic in thought and a feature where most drivers spend most of their time in game. I am surprised CM excluded it for this release. 

So I will be calling amazon and telling them to cancel my preorder. 
How could you want just to see your name on the top left in a race when in the new career mode (championship season mode) you have podium animations and interviews returning. You won't even see you name on the car or drivers suit in the old f1 games, buy f1 2015, you won't regret it 

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bhaskar21 said:
kevinkirk said:

You stick around and you come here because you will be buy them game.If not,you guys have to be the first gamers that hang around on a game forum of a game the don't even like or want to buy. 

How dense are you? I actively play F1 2013 and F1 2014... I used to come to the forums all the time. And hell yes I will keep coming back and requesting they add a career mode. 

If you have such a huge problem with people requesting an addition of a career mode on the official forums then please feel free to ignore these posts. 

What are you doing on this forum? The game isn't out yet and obviously you don't feel like requesting for features should be allowed. What are you doing here? 
 Fair enough.Please understand I thought everyone understood this is just a play by codemasters to one day/year sell a game by marketing the return of career mode.Thus making this years game set in stone. 

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kevinkirk said:

You stick around and you come here because you will be buy them game.If not,you guys have to be the first gamers that hang around on a game forum of a game the don't even like or want to buy. 

First time on the internet?

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kevinkirk said:

You stick around and you come here because you will be buy them game.If not,you guys have to be the first gamers that hang around on a game forum of a game the don't even like or want to buy. 

First time on the internet?
Must be :p

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kevinkirk said:

You stick around and you come here because you will be buy them game.If not,you guys have to be the first gamers that hang around on a game forum of a game the don't even like or want to buy. 

First time on the internet?
at that moment I posted that  is when it dawned on me people don't realize this is going to play out with marketing of the return of career mode in a future game..
  

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kevinkirk said:

Judging by just their marketing department,and only their marketing department.I don't think codemasters cares if anyone buys their game.

I have a theory that Codemasters marketing department is spearheaded by a gibbon. 

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kevinkirk said:

Judging by just their marketing department,and only their marketing department.I don't think codemasters cares if anyone buys their game.

I have a theory that Codemasters marketing department is spearheaded by a gibbon. 
I have a feeling that CM intentionally omitted the career mode this year so that they can show an increase in sales next year when the add it back again.  They can show the FOM that sales increased and get the license renewed. 

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kevinkirk said:
kevinkirk said:

You stick around and you come here because you will be buy them game.If not,you guys have to be the first gamers that hang around on a game forum of a game the don't even like or want to buy. 

First time on the internet?
at that moment I posted that  is when it dawned on me people don't realize this is going to play out with marketing of the return of career mode in a future game..
  
I'd be 99% certain people understand that is the case but we are trying to tell them how important it is for career to be in F1 2015, even some half-assed patch/dlc since they said about having updates after the games release.

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coolieboy said:
kevinkirk said:

Judging by just their marketing department,and only their marketing department.I don't think codemasters cares if anyone buys their game.

I have a theory that Codemasters marketing department is spearheaded by a gibbon. 
I have a feeling that CM intentionally omitted the career mode this year so that they can show an increase in sales next year when the add it back again.  They can show the FOM that sales increased and get the license renewed. 
And I have a feeling that your brain is made of soft wood!

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I agree, surely the most enjoyable part of a racing game is coming up through the ranks of a career mode. Just cancelled mine with Amazon, glad I read the post

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I Cannot Cancel Mine Via Game As I Done A Guest Checkout, I'm Waiting Until It Gets Delivered, Not Going To Open It, Check Youtube For Reviews And General Gameplay And Then Make My Decision On Whether To Send It Back. I'm Abit Fed Up Of Companies Seeming To Release A Half Arsed Game And Demand Full Price, Stupidly I Was Another Consumer Who Fell For That Trick.

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