Likes and Dislikes of F1 2011

[mawgui]

Likes:

Handling
DRS & KERS
Weather effects
AI

Dislikes:

Unable to use Quick Car setup on race day. Works fine on the other sessions (is this a bug?). *Note I use quick car setup as a base and then tweak my car based on the track I am on.

Music - For me F1 in general is about poise & grace and the music in F1 2010 demonstrated that. Just enough electronic sound coupled with a good orchestral track. In F1 2011 it's has a more Rock/Electronic sound to it, and I feel some of the grace has been lost. Plus after a win, the music seems weak and doesn't seem to fit the moment, especially after a hard earned win.

Pit crew chief: In F1 2010 he went crazy after a win. In F1 2011 there is no energy now. "Hey, where are the Lox for my cream cheese? Oh, by the way, Brilliant, Brilliant, Pole and the Win." No exclamation point just a period, no emotion.

Interview: After a win in F1 2010 you entered a room full of press and sat at the head of the desk with 2nd and 3rd place drivers at your flanks. In F1 2011 it's just a guy and a camera, very anti-climatic. I have only raced a couple of tracks so far, does this interview type change later in the season?

Before you flame me, understand that I love F1 2011, and I know it is a different game. I just hope that some of those features can be brought back in F1 2012.

*Possible Bug - Racing on Shanghai, when a loud pop burst from my speakers, and all of the sound dropped in volume almost 80%. Close out of the program, played a music file and the volume was at the level that it was before. Rapture related? Fatal1ty Sound Blaster X-fi platinum edition PCIe
*I am going to try my Razer Megalodon head phones and try to replicate the issue.

[boerenlater]

Is the safety car in it?
If so; how does it exactly work?

[Cyborgmatt]

Unable to use Quick Car setup on race day. Works fine on the other sessions (is this a bug?). *Note I use quick car setup as a base and then tweak my car based on the track I am on.
In F1 your setup is locked after qualifying, what ever setup you use to qualify with you're stuck with for the race.

[geos]

Unable to use Quick Car setup on race day. Works fine on the other sessions (is this a bug?). *Note I use quick car setup as a base and then tweak my car based on the track I am on.

In real life you are not allowed to change the car's setup after qualifying. Now i didn't hear anything from the developers that they implemented this, but they might be sticking to the sport's rules here, which is good really..

edit: seems like guy before me beat me to it ;)

[RivaGe]

Huge dislikes: awful damage system and 24 drivers finishing every race again

[skoops]

Any news on the pit lane bug? Does your lollypop man actually let you the pit box? ,for me that was the most annoying bug in 2010.

[kyleh613]

Is the safety car in it?
If so; how does it exactly work?

The Safety Car works, so long as none of the A.I. or players in a multiplayer race, screw up. If someone spins out, then everyone behind him is forced to stop, you can't go around the spun car. It's a really bad bug that needs to be fixed.

Any news on the pit lane bug? Does your lollypop man actually let you the pit box? ,for me that was the most annoying bug in 2010.

Yes, the pit lane finally works. This alone makes F1 2011 a lot better.

[mawgui]

In real life you are not allowed to change the car's setup after qualifying. Now i didn't hear anything from the developers that they implemented this, but they might be sticking to the sport's rules here, which is good really..

edit: seems like guy before me beat me to it ;)

As far as the quick setup not being available on race day: I was able to tweak all of the settings for my car manually; so now I am back to thinking it may be some kind of bug. Plus, being locked into a setup on race day after qualifying does make much sense to me. Suppose it is just partly cloudy with 20% chance of rain, and the track is dry so I use the fastest setup I have. Then on Race day it is pouring rain, and I am then locked into a fast/dry setup? In that scenario I want to be able to use quick setup to change to wet/intermediate and tweak from there. I could save custom setups of course, but I prefer a quick setup first,then manual refinement, as opposed to using stored setups.