F1 2020 REVIEW SERIES
Rather than simply endlessly looping around a course to learn it, there are all these basic little minigames you can play through – for example, driving through a series of gates on the track to “learn the curves” which, if completed properly, give you bonuses on race day. What’s great about the way career mode is organised is that there the developers really work hard to make the practice and qualifying sessions worthwhile. The mastery curve for it, however, is a very, very long.Ĭareer will get you up to speed, though, and F1 2020 does have a good career mode that allows you to journey all the way from being a rookie in F2 through to leading the pack in the main show. F1 is more accessible in getting you on to the track quickly. Don’t pay close attention to the masses of data available on your car and its condition (while still driving around at over 200 km/h) and you’re likely to make strategic mistakes that will cost you at the end. Make mistakes and the tyres will wear faster. Lose control even slightly and your race will be over. In comparison to some of the other racing games out there, F1 2020 is more forgiving the physics engine and handling is more “arcade-like” and while I’ve never driven an F1 car I do imagine that that would be the case with the real vehicles too.īut also in comparison to some racing games out there, F1 is brutally unforgiving. After all, at the kinds of speeds involved, being out by fractions can result in lost places. F1 2020 nails the need for speed, turning racing into an exercise of near twitch control, and really demanding that you master racing lines. These vehicles are exclusively built around that, and any video game that feels in any way pedestrian will fail to capture the spirit of F1. When you think about F1, the sheer sensation of speed is more important than anything else. F1 2020 is the best effort to hit that brief to date.
Over a number of years now, Codemasters has steadily built the F1 series into a top-flight racing game contender, and one of the few in the genre that manages to straddle the line between a serious simulation for fans of the sport, and something accessible to help the sport find new fans.
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