The world of F1 racing is fast paced with little to no room for errors. This isn’t a world where rubbin’ is racin’, but a world where contact leads to damage to your very fragile and expensive ride and touching wheels with another open-wheel race car may lead to you going airborne. Either way, it will probably mean the end to your practice session or race weekend, and that’s never a good thing. While the F1 racing series isn’t as popular here in the US as it is in Europe, it still has a large following.
Developer Codemasters has a pretty good racing pedigree when it comes to video games with the likes of the Dirt series and the Grid series. They released F1 2015 last year to decent reviews, but were lacking a few bells and whistles to really make the game feel complete. Most reviewers felt that the foundation was there for a great game, but the developer stopped short of delivering it. Enter F1 2016.
On to the Races
For those of you that are just here for racing, you’ll probably want to jump in to a quick race and get busy. There are 21 different tracks to choose from including the newest Grand Prix track, Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Every track is recreated in stunning detail and really almost make you feel like you’re there. The only thing missing from the Circuit of the Americas in Austin is the Texas heat and humidity, and even in October, you can still feel it.
Once you have your track selected, you can then choos...