It’s insane. It’s literally 4 times more expensive in my country than it was last year. I’m thinking seriously hard about whether it’s worth it all for a new story mode...
@Amarok for where you live maybe. They changed the regional pricing, so it's the exact same price through conversion rates. So it will be more expensive in some areas than it was last year.
Translation: Since EA is a bunch of fucking wankers, they want more money for less content. If you're lucky you might get the updated tracks during the ongoing season.
@Amarok but the prices of things all relate to the local economy. Thats why bussiness DONT have things cost the same all over the world, because whats normal in one country is ridiculously expensive in another. If the average wage is on £5 a day in a country, then paying £50 for a game is ridiculous. Whereas if the average wage is £80 in a country then paying £50 for a game is more acceptable. You sound like you're about 10 years old and have no idea that the world outside of your country even exists.
For me there a no big improvements, adjusting career mode is nice because after 2 or 3 seasons your team gets just way to dominant. But i would have bought this years game if only they got a livery editor in the game and improved my team. I dont want fake drivers beside myself on the grid.
@@areebsiddiqui758 that’s great for PC players. Doesn’t help those of us on console though. Hopefully we aren’t stuck with monochrome car number colors that can’t be edited. Just that small change would be very welcome.
You're not asking for much so I dont understand why the fuck this isn't in the game.. EA bought the license so it's going to get worse with micro transactions and bollocks. New livery? 4,99 New color packs? 2.99 a pop.
@@sulphurous2656 My biggest gripe is the lack of the classic cars, and the fact that EA is screwing up everything they buy, and filling it to the brim with microtransactions.
I own F1 2013, F1 2016 and F1 2020. Cause from one year to another, things don't really change. And it's much cheaper to buy only a few, and buy them when a new F1 is about to get released or has been released (like I did with F1 2020 two weeks ago)
same, for example the F1 2020 is 14.99 dolars in play station store, so yeah the f1 2020 in this price is very good, i prefer to wait to the F1 2022, and see if there are some changes🙏
unless you really want the story mode there really is no point in getting the 2021 game when it barely reflects the reality of the season (tracks that were races on, changes to actual tracks)
Well, there're the new tyre model and damage model. That's good enough for getting the game (though you can argue that the price might still be too high.)
I always wonder who the hell reads through lenghty ingame emails? I mean, most of us don't like reading email in real life, so why are game developers so obsessed with ingame emails which add little to nothing to the atmosphere or the storyline.
Since you get spam called by people in the game I just tune them out and skim read the emails. Ofc they don’t really matter nothing really does. The story mode is just a movie that’s set in stone and you unlock new scene of the movie by playing😂
I do. When you're playing a season/career in these games you develop the car. The emails help alert you to when new upgrades are ready, and also how well the team thinks of you, which helps gain resources against your teammate. You'd know this if you rtfem.
im reading all the emails. If love world building in games and those emails really give me a sense of Aiden being in F1 and things he has to do. Granted some emails are just basic "thanks and grate job" emails but still it is a nice little extra. and tbh I think even if you don't read the mails you do see them and that might also give a sense of "there is more happening"
This is why I buy games like this once every few years. Maybe it's the same as the previous game, but I skipped that one and the two before it so we're good!
0:18 The game engine actually does support VR but it has never been implemented into the actual game as a usable feature 4:45 The ability to save and store full race replays was supposed to be a feature in F1 2020 but this never came to be
Well, sure I might support it but hasn't been implemented yet. So.. basically, it still doesn't have VR and the narrator's point still valid. I could release mastodon albums that's just my drumming.. but haven't talked to the group about it.. (basically the same thing)
@@CreamAle Yeh but the narrator says that the reason for there being no VR is because it uses the same game engine as last year which is not the reason at all. I don't know what the reason is but the same game engine being used in both F1 2020 and F1 2021 is not the reason...
@@AlpakaWhacker right as I said, having the ability to have VR and not having VR literally doesn't make the narrator's point moot. Not everyone cares or understands g-engines but they can understand that "I have VR, game doesn't have VR, I don't want it then"
@@CreamAle Yeh but the point i'm making is, Narrator says that the game engine being the same is why the game doesn't support VR when in actual fact the game engine DOES support VR
@@AlpakaWhackerthe soundtrack in F1 2021 especially the main theme, even rivalling Colorful Dreams Colorful Smiles from Nijigasaki due to how amazing that song is.
Career story modes in sports games generally don't have a lot of options and normally don't take what you do into account in the fixed story. I remember "the Journey" in FIFA, you could score a 100 goals a match but still get dumped out on loan.
It's made primarily for consoles. All console based games are compromised, even "next gen." All people need to do is buy actual computers and stop buying these overpriced toys, but...
Pretty sure that the new tracks that were in f1 2020 were laser scanned. I think developers from codemasters said they wanted to start to do more laser scanned tracks
@@f1jones544 and a lot of people don't like iracing because it's too serious. Assetto Corsa is more in between to two and is on console aswell. Your comment makes you seem like a privileged prick btw.
I don't think so mate. I played it myself and then watched someone play it. The whole goal of going through these senario's feels better when you do it yourself
@@conorfrankland7699 what hole? You mean the thing that happens to your money when you buy something you enjoy and don't mind paying for. The breakingpoint story, now that i finished it, was really well done and haven't had this much fun and haven't been this invested in a racing game story since Need for Speed Most Wanted. And doing the coop carreer is fun as hell to.
Honestly if they could add a complete Career mode, split screen, scenarios, a Story mode, cutscenes and whatnot over "the 2015 engine" I don't see why VR would be such an unreasonable expectation. Also, Codies already announced they won't touch the current tracks. No revised Barcelona, Abu Dhabi or Albert Park.
i wasnt too keen on buying this years game for a start but this solidifies my stance even more.. more so cause of the reason id probs just wait for next year with all the regulation changes.. hopefully much more of a different experience with the new cars and alot more new opportunities to come after they learn from this year
Dont expect it to get better next year. EA can now implement their vision from the start. Welcome to ultimate F1 grid and missing features to bring back later.
@@Bambeakz yeah I was thinking the same thing. F1 2021 is probably 90% a Codemasters production, they would have already started/finished much of the development work when EA acquired them. I fear F1 2022 could be the beginning of the end for the game, and we'll look back on 2019-2021 as the best F1 games ever. Or maybe EA will nail it and release a really enjoyable, innovative game with few bugs and no microtransactions...just like those other games they made.
@@zvexevz honestly, I just want the EA of 2006. Early to mid 2000s EA was when EA were almost god like. Their games were amazing back then and those same games still are. Spore, The Sims 2, The Sims 3, The OG Starwars Battlefront and Battlefront II, NFS Carbon, Skate 1/2/3, F1 2000/2001/2002, NFS Hot Pursuit, NFS Hot Pursuit 2, Simcity 3000, SimCity 4, NFS Underground/2/Rivals, Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2, NFS Most Wanted, Battlefield 2142, Crysis, The Simpsons game, Burnout, Battlefield Bad Company, Tetris, Dead Space, Mirrors Edge, Black, NFS Undercover, Burnout Paradise, Wolfenstein, Command and Conquer: Red Alert 1/2/3, Command and Conquer 1/2/3, Burnout Revenge. This is just a fraction of the games released during that time. But God, for the love of everything holy, MAY WE PLEASE GET 2000s EA BACK. Back then EA cared about the games more than money. Today, EA only cares about money, The Games don't even get a passing thought.
I'd say skipping 2021 and buying 2022 would be a better investment, but considering Codemasters is now under EA, I'm deathly afraid of what changes they'll be implementing. Sure the new regs and the track layout changes of some circuits are intriguing, but we're talking about EA here...
Yeah, just wait for F1 2022, that'll probably be a major change. This game is basically last year's one with Braking point, co op career and a few other new things.
@@GARBO96 That in NO WAY means it is "exactly the same" - it could be but it also could be TOTALLY different as they can easily tune an existing engine. Also what about: - Hardware support on PC? Separate wheels/pedals? - How does the force feedback feel? - AND HOW DOES IT FEEL TO DRIVE? I'm on the fence about it, as I pretty much only race in rFactor 2 these days and I learned NOTHING useful from this "review". Love the channel, HATED this "review".
Didn't mention a LOT of things you would expect, we have no idea from this review how the career has improved, how car upgrades have improved or not, if my team is the same or carries improvements, how the AI reacts on track, literally nothing, absolutely no idea from this review lol just that classic cars are out and if you played F1 2020 you know to expect another F1 game.
Things added: 2 player carreer mode Improved race replays Improved damage model 8 hour story mode "Real Season Start" mode Legendary drivers Improved AI A lot more customisation in everything Things removed: Classic Cars Short layouts of some circuits
I think that honestly it was fine until now, when they "updated" the price. No one asked for this story mode and no one asked for classic cars, traditional career mode and short tracks to be removed. I'll wait until F1 2022 before declaring the series "EA"-fied, though.
Game was bought by EA. Expect content to be cut with items that were originally included in previous game to be Paid for content. Overall, the game quality will drop and even if you buy all the 'in-game' items, you'll still have less of a game than the predecessors. Welcome to EA business model (see Fifa and Madden for more info).
My take on F1 2021: Classic cars are the biggest omission from this game. They simply could have been carried over, since the models are pretty much done already, as they were in F1 2020. The damage model needs to mimic the real F1 cars more. I think it gives more of a challenge to the player, and can give an even more realistic experience than it is now. Instead of releasing an entirely new game, Codemasters should have made this an expansion pack for F1 2020, as it would seem like less of a money grab, and players wouldn’t have to shell out a lot more cash for a “new” game. It’s essentially F1 2015 with the new cars, updated menus, and snazzy features. Feel free to comment whether or not you agree with me. :)
Welcome to EA my friend 🤣. Just look at the fifa career modes n this wil be our future. Theres probs gonna b a F1UT (Ultimate Team) selling cards n wotnot next game thats their priority
@@goonner4056 If that were the case, I’d end up never buying any game from EA again. All they do is take a good franchise, fill it with microtransactions, and take out features we all love.
Don't forget coop career, it's the best. Unlike everyone else I'm really satisfied with this game, although some glitches are annoying. I think on discount, the biggest glitches patched and 3 brand new tracks this is definitely a buy.
@@timvdam Its not like im sore about the game per se. Its the company and therefore the motives now and goin forward i dont like. Hopefully can prove me wrong but something tells me EA will be them usual greedy selfs
I was expecting this game to be just like the 2021 F1 season, a few good/bad changes, but overall the same as last year with hopes of big changes and upgrades for next year
Nah, career mode is the only thing Codies care about, cause it brings them money. They would remove online because league racing and long time fans of the franchise don't matter to them.
Physics plus damage model. They really gotta work on that. But I fear that the license is restricting them for some reason. At least it has been that way before. I really hope they reconsider. It's absolutely ridiculous to drive into someone's car and pretty much have no serious damage.
@@Lunarfox except for the damage model that can't beat PS2 games as shown in the video. Let's face it, any videogame with a yearly release schedule has little time to really innovate, but with EA on board there's no chance they will take a year off to overhaul the engine for the new console gen
Because MyTeam is the only mode I care, that's why F1 2021 is simply a straight upgrade for me personally. I do feel bad for people who wants classic cars and other elements, for them this year's game is literally garbage.
Sorry, but it seems there is a LOT missing in this "review" - what about: - Wheel/pedal support - PC features (Ray Tracing there too???) - What is force feedback support like? And most importantly??? - HOW DOES IT DRIVE? After watching I have NO IDEA if I want to pick this up yet or not, I assume not as I pretty much only race in rFactor 2 now so????
I might be able to give my experience. I got the game today and played it, the pc graphics looked a lot less “plastic” compared to 2020, and the car itself actually looked like it interacted with light. With my wheel (g29) they fixed the pedal problems they had before where it was pretty much impossible to hit 100 percent braking. The force feedback felt similar to 2020 but things like going on the gravel and curbs seem to have a better force feedback and also no longer instantly spins you around. The handling feels much better granted it is harder to drive, and you are actually rewarded for doing things like turning the wheel slowly and as little as possible, and the car no longer under steers like crazy if you over turn the wheel. Overall I would recommend it over 2020 and wouldn’t really call it just a “reskin”. The online multiplayer career which I tried with one of my friends also turned out to be not too bad. It just feels like whoever wrote this video did it before playing the game and comparing the two, but rather just based it on the list of obvious features, and released it on the early released date to farm views.
@@terryqiu17 Thx bro, some of us just care about the handling, yet not mentioned in the vid, also a tip for u, if u dont hit 100% break just increase break saturation, the thing that i hate about f1 2020 was the floaty feeling, but if u say it different i ll buy it, also i like the darker contrast, i really hated how bright it was, cheers m8
@@thugger0055 yeah I used to have the break saturation way up on 2020, but they’ve changed it this year and I’ve been playing on 0 without too much issue. Overall it definitely feels better than the old game in terms of the way the car feels, the menus are practically the same it just depends on wether you have the money to spare I guess.
Sadly, the "Story" mode is the kind of thing we could have expected to come with EA buying the franchise.. I'm not against it but Classic cars were more worth of my money than a story telling mode
In a perfect world we could have gotten both to satisfy a wider audience...but I guess they had to re-negotiate those classic car rights. That said classic cars could be added as microtransactions in the future...a very EA move ^^
Stoked for online 2 player career mode. I’m excited to have something to do on weekends that don’t have F1 races with my friends! Would love a full review video of this mode
@@ThePerfectOwnage That's disappointing to hear. Hopefully, they will quickly release patches to prevent this from happening. 2 player career mode is almost exclusively why I am considering buying the game. I'll probably hold off for a few weeks to watch the reviews and see if Codemasters can improve it.
Honestly, you should be disappointed in this. They make you pay 60 fucking quid for this game and it's missing stuff from past games that they would have little to no trouble adding in to this. It's shocking how unfinished and empty these games are considering how good and most importantly how REFINED (VERY KEY WORD IS REFINED) F1 2010 - F1 2013 was.
Fuck Codemasters , this is their best franchise and look at the state of it. They pumped and dumped their own company with DiRT 5 and Project CARS 3, EA can only be better than codemasters was with their own company.
You obviously don't remember previous F1 games EA did. They were utter crap and we should be worried about EA getting their hands anywhere NEAR F1 2021 and beyond.
@@begonethot4869 ya i didn’t get 2020 so i think i’ll be pretty satisfied with 2021 coming from 2019, besides them removing my favourite feature which is classic cars…
I don't really care too much about classic cars although it was nice to have the choice to just try them out. What I would much rather have would be classic tracks. For example the old Hockenheim GP (2001 and earlier) Track or Indianapolis. I understand its a license thing but I would enjoy it way more then classic cars.
Was already on the fence about this one, seeing that we'll have a big overhaul on the regulations next year. Now with no classic cars I'm definitely skipping this one
Thank you for an in depth preview, I really appreciate it! I remember I bought F1 2020 after not watching F1 since around 2000/2001 era. Man has stuff changed! I got absolutely drowned with information and stuff to do, I just wanted to race and not fiddle with buttons and stuff mid race... :/ it has become so distant from what it was..
In my opinion, F1 2021 has some great improvement and it would have been something I would buy if they did not leave out that much. Braking Point takes me 8h to finish and that's it what the game offers. Sure I'd love to race on 24 race tracks but not with today's F1. F2 is great because it's that competetive and Classic- idk what to say, these cars were beautiful and amazing, everything F1 today is not. Why can't they create another F1 game "F1 Classic" where they put in some legandary tracks, e.g. Hockenheim. Even a modern F1 game would be awesome if these points are inclueded: -F1 from the season -F2 from the season and before -maybe F3 -Classic Cars -24 Tracks -My Team -great damage model -Classic-Championship, like the usual one we have when play career
Probably the most honest review I've seen so far, kudos. For me this is the first time I'll be waiting until it gets discounted. Watching devs treating fans of physical media as lesser value customers whilst the industry literally attempts to kill off high street game retail by incentivising digital products is very disappointing. EA or not, £75 is insanity for a digital product when we at least got a steelbook for the highest-priced pre-order in previous years and this time they've even ditched the classic content too! 18,000 of a made-up currency that isn't even transferable between titles? It's pure corporate greed, plain and simple and I've always loved and defended this series in the past. Underwhelmed and disappointed by this years offering, once those new tracks get released, the inevitable bugs have been ironed out and the price has been lowered I'm sure it'll be worth it, but until then I'll happily play the earlier titles, especially F1 2019 where you could race the 1970s-early 80s classic cars before they were junked!
It’s harsh to say it’s codemasters fault the damage model isn’t like the old days, because the main reason there isn’t as much damage shown anymore is because teams like Ferrari don’t like having their ‘image damaged’ and sometimes pay to make them better than they are, so they don’t like parts with lots of sponsors falling ooff all the time
@@magicmass-d7x they could always add the new cars and drivers in an expansion each year to make money for the update. At least then you get a finished game with the best possible graphics and gameplay.
@@KangaRooTube Exactly, think after 2021. I'll buy every two or three years but see how's goes with 2022. Tbh if you want every bit of everything, ams2 got variety and it's fun tackling around Adelaide with older cars :)
Love myself some rpg elements but im too old to immerse myself in a rookie season year after year. Imagine if we could start our career back in 2010 and play a REAL drivers career.
The only F1 game that pulled that off in some ways was F1 Career Challenge for the PS2/Xbox. It featured a career mode spanning the 99-02 seasons. Game was PRETTY BAD though, unlike the PC counterpart F1 Challenge 99-02, which had four seasons but no career mode.
@@Azorean77 this exactly. Everyone wants to fully wreck their cars but f1 teams and the sponsors don't like to see their shit wrecked. It's simply not possible for codemasters.
So excited for the coop-career 🎉 Sadly the multiplayer will be dead according to this comment section since apparently no one should and will buy it haha
As always people with negative opinions are more loud than the ones with a positive view of the game 😅 I liked f1 2020, and I'm thrilled to play f1 2021 coop career at launch 😊
Ignore these negative nancies. They complain every year a new F1 game comes out and then when it turns out to be great they backtrack. Most can't buy the game themselves and just want to complain. Codies add new features year on year but each time they find one or two things that aren't there and moan about it. Now they're crying about EA when in reality nothing has changed about the game and Codies still have full independence in making it, just with more money now. They could make the best game in existence and these people would still find something to complain about. ignore them and just enjoy your game experience.
Who else like me, play these game since 2015, but never touched or cared about any career or story mode? I just want to experience driving, drama is for real life.
You poor soul. You were just one year off of experiencing the best racing game ever. But f1 2021 isn't as bad as people in the comments are making it out to be.
@@Vok250 go look at Codemasters' other franchises and see how they're doing, they pumped and dumped their own company to the highest bidder , it is not EA you should have distrust in but Codemasters' showed that they no longer have any real intents of making good games anymore. Go look at the dumpster fires that DiRT 5 and Project CARS 3 are in currently, and this was before the EA take over so yeah. It can only get better with EA involved lmao
nice review. And good of you to not burn the game for cutting out some stuff and not taking the story of breaking point to serious. To me Breaking point is one of the most fun story based racing experiences I have had since, I think, Need for Speed Most Wanted. The story takes big inspiration of the Drive To Survive series on Netflix and tbh, I love it. They take all the problems Haas, Ferrari and williams and put them in a really nicely worked out story. The way you go into F1 as Aiden just as you would expect when watching the F2 and F1 as casual spectator. The drama behind the scene is really nice as well. Some people say the characters are really not interesting at all but to me I was in it right away. It was a surprise that Casper was Dutch though XD didn't know that haha. I do feel that this game doesn't need the amount of choices you are referring to. When racing I know there is a lot of stuff that could happen and a lot of ways things can go. But the story of this game is setup up to follow the story of Aiden going into F1. So Codemasters wants to tell you a story, not let you decide what the story will be. Look at The Last of Us as example of no player choice in the story. Linear stories I often enjoy the most, they don't have to overcomplicate things and can just tell you what you need to know and see. Granted that makes replaying the story a lot less fun. But as I stated, this game doesn't need that imo. The story as far as I played is a great way to just enjoy some racing and drive you to the next race. Often with F1 games I was getting bored after doing 3 training sessions, a qualifying, the race and repeat. Not that it is a surprising way to play the game as that is what happens, but this story pulls you in a bit more. I keep wondering "what is happening when I get by Casper?", or, "Will X do this after the race?". Really well done for a first try. The classic cars I respect and love to look at but I never drove those anyways, so don't miss those at all. The short circuit's are not my cup of tea either as I rather drive the full circuit's which is a lot more fun for me. As you said, the opinion of the game will be mostly based on the previous few games and what you liked there that is gone here. On the graphics part, i think there is to much focus on how the game looks. The game already looks fantastic and on the car itself there is little to be improved. The world around the track is also improved a little but when driving at 300 on the straights you don't look much around you except for the track. The VR is fun and all but I think there is a definite decision to not include it yet. Codemasters has said in the past that the game will feature VR in the future but not when. So we just have to wait. All in all I think this game is a really good step up from the last game. The Breaking point story works really well to just have some fun and drama in between the races. The My Team is turned up a little with new options and choices. I'm happy but can understand some might see this differently PS > Pitstops look WAAAAAAAY better now. No more insta 90 degree turns in and out of the pit. that was my biggest complaint. Everything looked so nice and realistic but getting a pitstop looks weird and unpolished
I wish I had seen similar cutscene just over a carrer mode, so that it is not just a movie, but feels like a career. And of course more realistic simulation so it does not feel so arcade. Better sound, (it's nice enough now). MORE customization.
pricing is different in India.. In India last year F1 2020 costed Rs. 1299/-, This year F1 2021 is Rs. 3499/-. More than double.. Not every F1 fan in India can afford this price hike.. Only this channel I guess spoke on this part..
Classic cars an an absolute must in an F1 game. Nobody plays single player, vast majority of players are in online lobbies doing races with different cars, f1,classic,f2 etc.
one thing I think that is overlooked is the extra options on the career mode making it harder or easier to earn resource ponits etc and also safety car chance and reliability. The resource points rate has always made it so easy for you to climb a team from the bottom to the top of f1 in a season which is why I disliked my team mode cause you could reach the top in a season and a half so there is little reason to play after a second season. They are making the game more and more into a sandbox meaning you the player gats to choose how to enjoy the game.
TBH I think they should really focus more on the damage model, handling characteristics and force feedback. I mean it's no secret Verstappen hates how the previous games handled if they could make it more realistic that even Max would play. Not only would it be the best F1 sim by far, it would also be a very marketable.
@@thugger0055 well I would guess it's a marketing thing. A full-on sim might scare newbies away, and not market F1. But with the technologies of today, they could easily make a "pro" setting with sim characteristics for the fans!
I just want a realistic F1 game, where your competitors can crash, engines fail, safety cars come out. Much like the F1 games of 10 + years ago. The new ones look stunning, but the actual racing is so vanilla. Nothing ever happens
Massive F1 fan, and this is the first game I’m skipping. Lazy and lacklustre effort, which is a shame. I hope it doesn’t go the way of many other sports games, the same year on year game with minimum effort (remove and then add back features claiming revolutionary new stuff).
I want to see a historical scenario mode and a management mode where you can manage a team during a season without having to drive the cars yourself. It would be great to manage drivers strategies mid race.
lol. boycotts don't work unless >80% are participating. Unless you're doing this just to make yourself feel better. I'd just wait for a sale personally
Yes they bought Codemasters. but not "out" its stil the same team, just with better financial suport and som help hear and there. They are gonna be an own section unlike: Fifa, madden and NHL
some really cool features have been added, im especially interested in 2 player career since i can now play it with my brother so that will make for an interesting team dynamic
I never got 2020 but am thinking of getting 21 once a few more patches have come out. The one major selling point for me, is the players can now have random failures. It has always bugged me that you can be on, or have the worst team, but your car will never fail and put you out of the race. When it comes to the classic cars, I can go back to 2019.
After hearing that the tracks that aren’t in the game yet are going to be a free update and not a paid dlc I’m buying it I never really raced the old cars anyway and I’ll get as much fun out of it as the past 3 games in the series
I think for Barcelona they could make an update to the track since it's not included in Braking Point story mode, but Yas Marina is, and if they are going to include it, they would have to change the cinematics as well.
I like it, I liked F1 2020 and F1 2021 is an improvement for me because I just play my team career mode. I played braking point, finished it in a couple of days. I liked it for a first try, definitely not perfect though. I’d like to see a continuation and for them to improve it. But I like the improvements to my team career mode and the handling and physics, it makes it more realistic. I don’t particularly care that the rear wing doesn’t fall off because you’re never really in that situation. The damage is pretty good, what I will say is that sometimes damage doesn’t show up on the graph thing and nobody says anything but you can feel something but nothing pops up and your team doesn’t do anything. Or sometimes nothing shows up and you don’t feel anything but your team changes your front wing anyways, ruining your race. There’s definitely some bugs that hopefully will be ironed out and I’d like to see the new tracks put in. I’d also like to see them just add the tracks like Vietnam, China, Mugello, Nurburgring, Hockenheim, Portimao, Imola, Turkey, etc. I know they will add Imola and stuff in a free update but I’d like to just have the others in the game even if you can’t use it in the career mode but just to have them in the game to play in multiplayer matches or single player offline.
I am still playing F1 2018, the only reason I wanna buy this is to have the current grid for career mode, which looks very nice in co-op mod, cause i can't be bothered to mod it anymore like I used to in older titles. Just gonna wait for a proper discount.
Just a thought: As the F1 games have a development cycle of around 2 years, I think it's possible that development of F1 2021 was started with the new regulations in mind. As they got pushed back a year probably most of the work put into F1 2021 maybe was as well. So I'm not really surprised that this game is a gap filler to next years game.
"in accordance with EA's usual pricing strategy" has to be the most polite way I've ever heard that be put! haha ;)
It’s insane. It’s literally 4 times more expensive in my country than it was last year. I’m thinking seriously hard about whether it’s worth it all for a new story mode...
@Amarok for where you live maybe. They changed the regional pricing, so it's the exact same price through conversion rates. So it will be more expensive in some areas than it was last year.
Translation: Since EA is a bunch of fucking wankers, they want more money for less content.
If you're lucky you might get the updated tracks during the ongoing season.
It’s $10 cheaper in Australia compared to last year. $100 instead of $110. $120 for deluxe
@Amarok but the prices of things all relate to the local economy. Thats why bussiness DONT have things cost the same all over the world, because whats normal in one country is ridiculously expensive in another. If the average wage is on £5 a day in a country, then paying £50 for a game is ridiculous. Whereas if the average wage is £80 in a country then paying £50 for a game is more acceptable. You sound like you're about 10 years old and have no idea that the world outside of your country even exists.
Verstappen kicking stuff is missing
BRUHHHHH LOL
Random tyre punctures incoming?
They still have tires exploding when you are a race leader tho
I still think that this championship will be troughn by Max to Lewis, lets give it some time
@@thugger0055Coco Hayashi's kicking also missing.
For me there a no big improvements, adjusting career mode is nice because after 2 or 3 seasons your team gets just way to dominant. But i would have bought this years game if only they got a livery editor in the game and improved my team. I dont want fake drivers beside myself on the grid.
You can mod your livery if you're on pc.
@@areebsiddiqui758 immediately downloading a porsche livery once its available
@@areebsiddiqui758 that’s great for PC players. Doesn’t help those of us on console though. Hopefully we aren’t stuck with monochrome car number colors that can’t be edited. Just that small change would be very welcome.
@@wildewaffle9790 Yeah, here's hoping Codies can give us a livery editor like gran turismo in the future.
You're not asking for much so I dont understand why the fuck this isn't in the game.. EA bought the license so it's going to get worse with micro transactions and bollocks. New livery? 4,99 New color packs? 2.99 a pop.
Everyone: Talking about Breaking Point
Me: Smoother pitstops, yay🥰
Everyone: talking about breaking point
Me: tv tower graphics in offline replays yeh
Breaking Point is a damn red herring to distract people from the fact the game has less content than F1 2020.
@@sulphurous2656 My biggest gripe is the lack of the classic cars, and the fact that EA is screwing up everything they buy, and filling it to the brim with microtransactions.
@@sulphurous2656 it is way better than 2020. ....the damage model and tire physics are huge.
Me at Austria: Still 2015 layout? I mean.. STILL????
I own F1 2013, F1 2016 and F1 2020. Cause from one year to another, things don't really change. And it's much cheaper to buy only a few, and buy them when a new F1 is about to get released or has been released (like I did with F1 2020 two weeks ago)
same here i got 2015 for free a few years ago and i got 2020 really cheap some days ago(and im loving it)
same, for example the F1 2020 is 14.99 dolars in play station store, so yeah the f1 2020 in this price is very good, i prefer to wait to the F1 2022, and see if there are some changes🙏
Smart purchasing model. Also works well with Fifa games.
@@913egokyep. FIFA 98 also worked best.
unless you really want the story mode there really is no point in getting the 2021 game when it barely reflects the reality of the season (tracks that were races on, changes to actual tracks)
Well, there're the new tyre model and damage model. That's good enough for getting the game (though you can argue that the price might still be too high.)
mazepin is in the game! thats a good enough reason to me
@@aarondey4570 they have upped the price of standard edition from £32 to £40 tho, and deluxe from £40 to £50
@@aarondey4570 Thanks for recommendation! Looks interesting. Though I've just got mine on Steam because of discount from previous years' games.
@@accidentian Yea right now its not that cheap but i've gotten other games for really good prices. I got planet coaster for like $5
I always wonder who the hell reads through lenghty ingame emails? I mean, most of us don't like reading email in real life, so why are game developers so obsessed with ingame emails which add little to nothing to the atmosphere or the storyline.
Well weather and thats it i guess
Since you get spam called by people in the game I just tune them out and skim read the emails. Ofc they don’t really matter nothing really does. The story mode is just a movie that’s set in stone and you unlock new scene of the movie by playing😂
I do. When you're playing a season/career in these games you develop the car. The emails help alert you to when new upgrades are ready, and also how well the team thinks of you, which helps gain resources against your teammate. You'd know this if you rtfem.
im reading all the emails.
If love world building in games and those emails really give me a sense of Aiden being in F1 and things he has to do.
Granted some emails are just basic "thanks and grate job" emails but still it is a nice little extra.
and tbh I think even if you don't read the mails you do see them and that might also give a sense of "there is more happening"
I read them all and all the news feeds and socials...
This is why I buy games like this once every few years. Maybe it's the same as the previous game, but I skipped that one and the two before it so we're good!
I skipped F1 2019 , but F1 2021 looks not bad to me , time will tell
I skipped f1 2020 so I'm going straight from 2019 to 21.
same i have f1 2019 but skipped 2020, might consider getting this year's game when its on discount
Which console is better for F1 game.. any preference?
Yea same I have 2018 and 2019 and now gonna buy 2021
0:18 The game engine actually does support VR but it has never been implemented into the actual game as a usable feature
4:45 The ability to save and store full race replays was supposed to be a feature in F1 2020 but this never came to be
Well, sure I might support it but hasn't been implemented yet.
So.. basically, it still doesn't have VR and the narrator's point still valid.
I could release mastodon albums that's just my drumming.. but haven't talked to the group about it.. (basically the same thing)
@@CreamAle Yeh but the narrator says that the reason for there being no VR is because it uses the same game engine as last year which is not the reason at all. I don't know what the reason is but the same game engine being used in both F1 2020 and F1 2021 is not the reason...
@@AlpakaWhacker right as I said, having the ability to have VR and not having VR literally doesn't make the narrator's point moot.
Not everyone cares or understands g-engines but they can understand that "I have VR, game doesn't have VR, I don't want it then"
@@CreamAle Yeh but the point i'm making is, Narrator says that the game engine being the same is why the game doesn't support VR when in actual fact the game engine DOES support VR
@@AlpakaWhackerthe soundtrack in F1 2021 especially the main theme, even rivalling Colorful Dreams Colorful Smiles from Nijigasaki due to how amazing that song is.
Career story modes in sports games generally don't have a lot of options and normally don't take what you do into account in the fixed story. I remember "the Journey" in FIFA, you could score a 100 goals a match but still get dumped out on loan.
F1 2021 sadly still a little above F1 23.
I wish they would copy what iRacing does. Laser scanned tracks and focus on the realism of the car physics and realistic damage
that doesnt sell
It's made primarily for consoles. All console based games are compromised, even "next gen." All people need to do is buy actual computers and stop buying these overpriced toys, but...
Pretty sure that the new tracks that were in f1 2020 were laser scanned. I think developers from codemasters said they wanted to start to do more laser scanned tracks
@@f1jones544 and a lot of people don't like iracing because it's too serious. Assetto Corsa is more in between to two and is on console aswell. Your comment makes you seem like a privileged prick btw.
I’d just love to be able to do my team with two actual drivers instead of having to create a driver.
Wouldn’t that just be “Their Team” mode?
@@Lunarfox no but you become the manager so it is your team still you are not the driver you are the team boss
@@Filthyanimal9or Nijigasaki team.
You might as well just watch the story mode on TH-cam and you would get the same experience
It's cutscenes strung together with some racing laps, worse than I thought it was going to ve
I don't think so mate.
I played it myself and then watched someone play it.
The whole goal of going through these senario's feels better when you do it yourself
@@Controvi Feels better. But does the hole in the wallet feel better
@@conorfrankland7699 what hole? You mean the thing that happens to your money when you buy something you enjoy and don't mind paying for.
The breakingpoint story, now that i finished it, was really well done and haven't had this much fun and haven't been this invested in a racing game story since Need for Speed Most Wanted.
And doing the coop carreer is fun as hell to.
Honestly if they could add a complete Career mode, split screen, scenarios, a Story mode, cutscenes and whatnot over "the 2015 engine" I don't see why VR would be such an unreasonable expectation.
Also, Codies already announced they won't touch the current tracks. No revised Barcelona, Abu Dhabi or Albert Park.
Honestly F1 2006 was one of the best racing game I've played in my life.
i wasnt too keen on buying this years game for a start but this solidifies my stance even more.. more so cause of the reason id probs just wait for next year with all the regulation changes.. hopefully much more of a different experience with the new cars and alot more new opportunities to come after they learn from this year
Dont expect it to get better next year. EA can now implement their vision from the start. Welcome to ultimate F1 grid and missing features to bring back later.
@@Bambeakz yeah I was thinking the same thing. F1 2021 is probably 90% a Codemasters production, they would have already started/finished much of the development work when EA acquired them. I fear F1 2022 could be the beginning of the end for the game, and we'll look back on 2019-2021 as the best F1 games ever. Or maybe EA will nail it and release a really enjoyable, innovative game with few bugs and no microtransactions...just like those other games they made.
@@zvexevz honestly, I just want the EA of 2006. Early to mid 2000s EA was when EA were almost god like. Their games were amazing back then and those same games still are. Spore, The Sims 2, The Sims 3, The OG Starwars Battlefront and Battlefront II, NFS Carbon, Skate 1/2/3, F1 2000/2001/2002, NFS Hot Pursuit, NFS Hot Pursuit 2, Simcity 3000, SimCity 4, NFS Underground/2/Rivals, Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2, NFS Most Wanted, Battlefield 2142, Crysis, The Simpsons game, Burnout, Battlefield Bad Company, Tetris, Dead Space, Mirrors Edge, Black, NFS Undercover, Burnout Paradise, Wolfenstein, Command and Conquer: Red Alert 1/2/3, Command and Conquer 1/2/3, Burnout Revenge.
This is just a fraction of the games released during that time. But God, for the love of everything holy, MAY WE PLEASE GET 2000s EA BACK.
Back then EA cared about the games more than money. Today, EA only cares about money, The Games don't even get a passing thought.
I'd say skipping 2021 and buying 2022 would be a better investment, but considering Codemasters is now under EA, I'm deathly afraid of what changes they'll be implementing. Sure the new regs and the track layout changes of some circuits are intriguing, but we're talking about EA here...
@@frans97 ill still play hundreds of hours so it is worth the money for me.
Seeing that i have to pay over double the price of past F1 games , its going to be a wait for the 70% discount for me
Where are you? Same price in Canada. I haven’t seen an increase.
@@alexamir31 Philippines , its just how EA converts its prices to the Local Currency.
@@778paolo Oh I see. That’s unfortunate.
it cost around $50 in my country
@@778paolo how much does it cost in the Philippines?
I think this video totally missed the aspects of the game that actually matter. Like Coop-season, Carreer-mode and Online.
And most importantly - HOW DOES IT FEEL TO DRIVE?!?!?
@@ross-carlson yea he said that it feels the same to drive unlike what everyone have said
@@ross-carlson "This game makes you FEEL like Verstappen"
@@ross-carlsonThis árcade fans just dont care lol
I really was thinking of buying this game. You saved me. Thanks!
wdym you don't want to buy it?
@@ben10_ yes. I was looking into maybe buying it. But it looks like shit.
Just buy it on discount
@@AH71-m5j its gonna be on discount but you wait 4 or so months and the next game is out already
Yeah, just wait for F1 2022, that'll probably be a major change. This game is basically last year's one with Braking point, co op career and a few other new things.
Great verdict,didn’t even mention physics and car handling.
so far for me id say the handling is very different for me i find the car is almost undrivable
He quite literally said it's built on top of the same engine as last year's game meaning the handling and physics are the exact same
@@GARBO96 That in NO WAY means it is "exactly the same" - it could be but it also could be TOTALLY different as they can easily tune an existing engine. Also what about:
- Hardware support on PC? Separate wheels/pedals?
- How does the force feedback feel?
- AND HOW DOES IT FEEL TO DRIVE?
I'm on the fence about it, as I pretty much only race in rFactor 2 these days and I learned NOTHING useful from this "review". Love the channel, HATED this "review".
Didn't mention a LOT of things you would expect, we have no idea from this review how the career has improved, how car upgrades have improved or not, if my team is the same or carries improvements, how the AI reacts on track, literally nothing, absolutely no idea from this review lol just that classic cars are out and if you played F1 2020 you know to expect another F1 game.
@@ross-carlson its the same whats so hard to understand about it? Nothing was changed about new wheels, New FFB or anything
Things added:
2 player carreer mode
Improved race replays
Improved damage model
8 hour story mode
"Real Season Start" mode
Legendary drivers
Improved AI
A lot more customisation in everything
Things removed:
Classic Cars
Short layouts of some circuits
F1 2021 despite lacking classic cars still 9.3/10.
sounds like it's more of the same with very small increments which is typical for this series. This is turning into the Fifa and Madden of racing.
You can thank Codemasters for that , and this is their best franchise lol
I think that honestly it was fine until now, when they "updated" the price. No one asked for this story mode and no one asked for classic cars, traditional career mode and short tracks to be removed. I'll wait until F1 2022 before declaring the series "EA"-fied, though.
Game was bought by EA. Expect content to be cut with items that were originally included in previous game to be Paid for content. Overall, the game quality will drop and even if you buy all the 'in-game' items, you'll still have less of a game than the predecessors. Welcome to EA business model (see Fifa and Madden for more info).
My take on F1 2021:
Classic cars are the biggest omission from this game. They simply could have been carried over, since the models are pretty much done already, as they were in F1 2020.
The damage model needs to mimic the real F1 cars more. I think it gives more of a challenge to the player, and can give an even more realistic experience than it is now.
Instead of releasing an entirely new game, Codemasters should have made this an expansion pack for F1 2020, as it would seem like less of a money grab, and players wouldn’t have to shell out a lot more cash for a “new” game. It’s essentially F1 2015 with the new cars, updated menus, and snazzy features.
Feel free to comment whether or not you agree with me. :)
Welcome to EA my friend 🤣. Just look at the fifa career modes n this wil be our future. Theres probs gonna b a F1UT (Ultimate Team) selling cards n wotnot next game thats their priority
@@goonner4056 If that were the case, I’d end up never buying any game from EA again. All they do is take a good franchise, fill it with microtransactions, and take out features we all love.
@@prmafrozt2943 yep i share that same disdain for them
Don't forget coop career, it's the best. Unlike everyone else I'm really satisfied with this game, although some glitches are annoying. I think on discount, the biggest glitches patched and 3 brand new tracks this is definitely a buy.
@@timvdam Its not like im sore about the game per se. Its the company and therefore the motives now and goin forward i dont like. Hopefully can prove me wrong but something tells me EA will be them usual greedy selfs
I will play F1 game when they add support for VR.
Literally bought the Deluxe Edition so I could have David Coulthard in my team. We will be called Channel 4 Racing!
Haha, lol
You need Mark Webber as well then :)
Christ, you people really have no better use for £65?
I was expecting this game to be just like the 2021 F1 season, a few good/bad changes, but overall the same as last year with hopes of big changes and upgrades for next year
F1 2021 still 9.4/10 despite no classic cars.
So in a nutshell this is basically "The Sims" of the F1 franchise. Its just a reskin of a previous title with an updated price tag.
Sims, cod batlefield. Basically every big franchise in gaming at this point
@@M3PH11 Agreed. Remasters, reworks etc. Basically riding the nostalgia wave to drive sales.
The Sims is never a reskin of a previous title lol
Have you ever played more than one game of that series?
Now that EA bought Codemasters, expect re-re-re-re-rekins way more often.
You're looking for FIFA rather than sims
2015 best career mode 😤
The newer fans will never understand
@@harbvirbadyal9327 fr
what? I'm new :D but isn't it something gotta do with the engine sounds of those cars ? :)
@@letsseetofindout2560 it didn’t have one lmao
@@letsseetofindout2560 the game all round was really bad and there was no story or career
The history is repeating itself. Next year we are gonna lose career mode.
Nah, career mode is the only thing Codies care about, cause it brings them money. They would remove online because league racing and long time fans of the franchise don't matter to them.
@@pflsorrow7367 I mean EA bought them so they dont have a choice
F1 2015: A PARTER!!!
i have wait to the friday😫
@@GommunityCuidelines ea doesn't make it
Untill physics are improved I feel like I'm pretty much done with the same codemasters release every year.
Agreed buddy, same thing year in year out with the same old glitches that they can never seem to be bothered fixing
Physics plus damage model.
They really gotta work on that. But I fear that the license is restricting them for some reason. At least it has been that way before. I really hope they reconsider. It's absolutely ridiculous to drive into someone's car and pretty much have no serious damage.
@@tantegreta The License is restricting damage.
This game is way too expensive to be a copy paste. I'll only buy an F1 game if there's a huge revamp on physics/graphics. Too bad EA took over.
@@tantegreta yes it is the licensing, the teams and companies don't want to promote their nice race cars getting absolutely destroyed
Human character models still looking like a PS3 game and with the facial animations of Mass Effect Andromeda ^^
@@Lunarfox except for the damage model that can't beat PS2 games as shown in the video.
Let's face it, any videogame with a yearly release schedule has little time to really innovate, but with EA on board there's no chance they will take a year off to overhaul the engine for the new console gen
Because MyTeam is the only mode I care, that's why F1 2021 is simply a straight upgrade for me personally. I do feel bad for people who wants classic cars and other elements, for them this year's game is literally garbage.
I mean if they buy a $60 dollar game every year for classic cars and those small elements, that's on them
Sorry, but it seems there is a LOT missing in this "review" - what about:
- Wheel/pedal support
- PC features (Ray Tracing there too???)
- What is force feedback support like?
And most importantly???
- HOW DOES IT DRIVE?
After watching I have NO IDEA if I want to pick this up yet or not, I assume not as I pretty much only race in rFactor 2 now so????
f1 2021 is NOTHING like rfactor2 f1 2021 feels like 2020 just the rear is a little slidy but it still sucks, yet here I am buying it
I might be able to give my experience. I got the game today and played it, the pc graphics looked a lot less “plastic” compared to 2020, and the car itself actually looked like it interacted with light. With my wheel (g29) they fixed the pedal problems they had before where it was pretty much impossible to hit 100 percent braking. The force feedback felt similar to 2020 but things like going on the gravel and curbs seem to have a better force feedback and also no longer instantly spins you around. The handling feels much better granted it is harder to drive, and you are actually rewarded for doing things like turning the wheel slowly and as little as possible, and the car no longer under steers like crazy if you over turn the wheel. Overall I would recommend it over 2020 and wouldn’t really call it just a “reskin”. The online multiplayer career which I tried with one of my friends also turned out to be not too bad. It just feels like whoever wrote this video did it before playing the game and comparing the two, but rather just based it on the list of obvious features, and released it on the early released date to farm views.
@@terryqiu17 Thx bro, some of us just care about the handling, yet not mentioned in the vid, also a tip for u, if u dont hit 100% break just increase break saturation, the thing that i hate about f1 2020 was the floaty feeling, but if u say it different i ll buy it, also i like the darker contrast, i really hated how bright it was, cheers m8
@@thugger0055 yeah I used to have the break saturation way up on 2020, but they’ve changed it this year and I’ve been playing on 0 without too much issue. Overall it definitely feels better than the old game in terms of the way the car feels, the menus are practically the same it just depends on wether you have the money to spare I guess.
Most honest review I’ve seen on this game so far.
You missed the most important question though: does it have aliens?
Sadly, the "Story" mode is the kind of thing we could have expected to come with EA buying the franchise..
I'm not against it but Classic cars were more worth of my money than a story telling mode
In a perfect world we could have gotten both to satisfy a wider audience...but I guess they had to re-negotiate those classic car rights.
That said classic cars could be added as microtransactions in the future...a very EA move ^^
Thats just not true codemasters started breaking point before ea took over
This was in development way before EA was involved. I hate EA but can people stop blaming them for things they had no part off.
EA partnership was announced months before the release of the 2020 F1 game ! So I still believe they're related to all this
@@arnaudj.5314 Ea didnt influence this game at all they are starting to influence the development of next years game
Stoked for online 2 player career mode. I’m excited to have something to do on weekends that don’t have F1 races with my friends! Would love a full review video of this mode
Too bad it doesn't even work properly. My buddy and I keep getting thrown out of the session.
@@ThePerfectOwnage That's disappointing to hear. Hopefully, they will quickly release patches to prevent this from happening. 2 player career mode is almost exclusively why I am considering buying the game. I'll probably hold off for a few weeks to watch the reviews and see if Codemasters can improve it.
@@ThePerfectOwnageagree
stop buying that game, they should update it
I have no idea why it's this popular, people are absolutely rabid about it
@@DavidGarcia-oi5nt Why are people rabid about any game? Same answer.
@@DavidGarcia-oi5nt same reason FIFA is the same game every year with a some updated graphics. People will buy anyways
Pre ordered mine, stop complaining if you cant even afford it in the first place.
@@xAmiin I agree since I see too more haters than people who like the game.
'Your view of F1 2021 will depend on your view of previous games' ah, so I'm going to be massively disappointed with this then.
Im already infuriated
Honestly, you should be disappointed in this. They make you pay 60 fucking quid for this game and it's missing stuff from past games that they would have little to no trouble adding in to this. It's shocking how unfinished and empty these games are considering how good and most importantly how REFINED (VERY KEY WORD IS REFINED) F1 2010 - F1 2013 was.
Fuck Codemasters , this is their best franchise and look at the state of it. They pumped and dumped their own company with DiRT 5 and Project CARS 3, EA can only be better than codemasters was with their own company.
You obviously don't remember previous F1 games EA did. They were utter crap and we should be worried about EA getting their hands anywhere NEAR F1 2021 and beyond.
@@markc8956 you clearly haven't played f1 challenge then because that game was outstanding (on pc at least)
You saved me 80 bucks, thank you so much for your in depth review
Seems pretty pants, I'll stick with the 2019 game
I'd at least upgrade to 2020 if not 21. Engine sounds and the general feel of the game are so improved in that one
@@begonethot4869 ya i didn’t get 2020 so i think i’ll be pretty satisfied with 2021 coming from 2019, besides them removing my favourite feature which is classic cars…
Meh, no my team for you I guess
Recently bought F1 2020 with a discount, definitely not going to upgrade any time soon
2021 is better by far, don’t let others opinions and pockets influence your decision
I don't really care too much about classic cars although it was nice to have the choice to just try them out. What I would much rather have would be classic tracks. For example the old Hockenheim GP (2001 and earlier) Track or Indianapolis. I understand its a license thing but I would enjoy it way more then classic cars.
Was already on the fence about this one, seeing that we'll have a big overhaul on the regulations next year. Now with no classic cars I'm definitely skipping this one
Thank you for an in depth preview, I really appreciate it! I remember I bought F1 2020 after not watching F1 since around 2000/2001 era. Man has stuff changed! I got absolutely drowned with information and stuff to do, I just wanted to race and not fiddle with buttons and stuff mid race... :/ it has become so distant from what it was..
In my opinion, F1 2021 has some great improvement and it would have been something I would buy if they did not leave out that much.
Braking Point takes me 8h to finish and that's it what the game offers. Sure I'd love to race on 24 race tracks but not with today's F1. F2 is great because it's that competetive and Classic- idk what to say, these cars were beautiful and amazing, everything F1 today is not.
Why can't they create another F1 game "F1 Classic" where they put in some legandary tracks, e.g. Hockenheim. Even a modern F1 game would be awesome if these points are inclueded:
-F1 from the season
-F2 from the season and before
-maybe F3
-Classic Cars
-24 Tracks
-My Team
-great damage model
-Classic-Championship, like the usual one we have when play career
Even Tomori Kusunoki (Setsuna's old VA) also loves F1 2021 as well.
Probably the most honest review I've seen so far, kudos. For me this is the first time I'll be waiting until it gets discounted. Watching devs treating fans of physical media as lesser value customers whilst the industry literally attempts to kill off high street game retail by incentivising digital products is very disappointing. EA or not, £75 is insanity for a digital product when we at least got a steelbook for the highest-priced pre-order in previous years and this time they've even ditched the classic content too! 18,000 of a made-up currency that isn't even transferable between titles? It's pure corporate greed, plain and simple and I've always loved and defended this series in the past. Underwhelmed and disappointed by this years offering, once those new tracks get released, the inevitable bugs have been ironed out and the price has been lowered I'm sure it'll be worth it, but until then I'll happily play the earlier titles, especially F1 2019 where you could race the 1970s-early 80s classic cars before they were junked!
I'm going to stick with F1 2020 until there's a big sale next year.
It’s harsh to say it’s codemasters fault the damage model isn’t like the old days, because the main reason there isn’t as much damage shown anymore is because teams like Ferrari don’t like having their ‘image damaged’ and sometimes pay to make them better than they are, so they don’t like parts with lots of sponsors falling ooff all the time
I agree
Man, before seeing this I was all about to have Vettel as my teammate, but now how can one not select Ayrton Senna as a teammate?
ikr
Senna is one of F1’s gods.
@@liamturner6135 Not one of, Senna is The God IMHO, such a fearless and great driver rip.
@@JustFun598 Yeah I agree and the haters are 10 year olds new to F1
@@JustFun598 so fearless he tried to kill prost in Japan. But i geuss he got karma in Imola
What they need to do is spend 3 or 4 years making the game then update it each year to add the new cars and drivers.
That'll be great but money
@@magicmass-d7x they could always add the new cars and drivers in an expansion each year to make money for the update. At least then you get a finished game with the best possible graphics and gameplay.
But it is EA and they would make more money making a new game each year instead of spending the time to make a proper f1 game that everyone deserves.
@@KangaRooTube Exactly, think after 2021. I'll buy every two or three years but see how's goes with 2022. Tbh if you want every bit of everything, ams2 got variety and it's fun tackling around Adelaide with older cars :)
I'm seeing like pretty much FIFA where it's end up having same issues over and over
Love myself some rpg elements but im too old to immerse myself in a rookie season year after year.
Imagine if we could start our career back in 2010 and play a REAL drivers career.
I’ve always loved this idea, replaying through a decade of F1 history with all the teams, cars, and drivers.
Be a lot of fun, rewriting history.
Its not that easy to get all that licensing you know.
The only F1 game that pulled that off in some ways was F1 Career Challenge for the PS2/Xbox. It featured a career mode spanning the 99-02 seasons. Game was PRETTY BAD though, unlike the PC counterpart F1 Challenge 99-02, which had four seasons but no career mode.
Very good review, thanks! Think I'll stick with F1 2020 until 2022 is out.
The damage modeling is a dealbreaker for me, maybe next year.
It has been massively improved
There’s nothing they can do,this is been mention every season,there’s nothing codemaster can do because of licensing
@@Azorean77 this exactly. Everyone wants to fully wreck their cars but f1 teams and the sponsors don't like to see their shit wrecked. It's simply not possible for codemasters.
I know that this won't be a feature built into the game, but being able to make a custom track based on a real life location would be great.
I ever beaten all 17 Chapters on Braking Point very easily. Regardless of the level.
So excited for the coop-career 🎉
Sadly the multiplayer will be dead according to this comment section since apparently no one should and will buy it haha
As always people with negative opinions are more loud than the ones with a positive view of the game 😅 I liked f1 2020, and I'm thrilled to play f1 2021 coop career at launch 😊
I'm looking forward to Co-op Career, I never play online mode
Ignore these negative nancies. They complain every year a new F1 game comes out and then when it turns out to be great they backtrack. Most can't buy the game themselves and just want to complain. Codies add new features year on year but each time they find one or two things that aren't there and moan about it. Now they're crying about EA when in reality nothing has changed about the game and Codies still have full independence in making it, just with more money now. They could make the best game in existence and these people would still find something to complain about. ignore them and just enjoy your game experience.
Who else like me, play these game since 2015, but never touched or cared about any career or story mode? I just want to experience driving, drama is for real life.
Have they modeled any of the changes to the tracks?
no
Nope. They won't even fix the last chicane at Spa
@@Cecil97 -_- oh joy
@@thelastsurviver_ i wont pay 50 euro for literally same game
I’m really looking forward to it this friday!
Last one I played was F1 2011 for PS3. I have pre-ordered for PS5; I hope I can see an improvement…🧐
You poor soul. You were just one year off of experiencing the best racing game ever. But f1 2021 isn't as bad as people in the comments are making it out to be.
F1 2022 will be the first game developed more or less fully under EA ownership so if there are any changes inbound I imagine it would happen then.
Codemasters was bought out by EA. Don't expect much...
Its just gonna be the same game sold every year for another $60.
you definitely took the codemasters purchase at face value
@@natecarson274 it's foolish to think EA won't get their money grubbing hands involved
@@natecarson274 Look at any other studio EA has purchased over the last 20 years. Why would this be any different?
@@Vok250 go look at Codemasters' other franchises and see how they're doing, they pumped and dumped their own company to the highest bidder , it is not EA you should have distrust in but Codemasters' showed that they no longer have any real intents of making good games anymore. Go look at the dumpster fires that DiRT 5 and Project CARS 3 are in currently, and this was before the EA take over so yeah. It can only get better with EA involved lmao
@@DavidGarcia-oi5nt A match made in heaven
nice review.
And good of you to not burn the game for cutting out some stuff and not taking the story of breaking point to serious.
To me Breaking point is one of the most fun story based racing experiences I have had since, I think, Need for Speed Most Wanted.
The story takes big inspiration of the Drive To Survive series on Netflix and tbh, I love it.
They take all the problems Haas, Ferrari and williams and put them in a really nicely worked out story.
The way you go into F1 as Aiden just as you would expect when watching the F2 and F1 as casual spectator.
The drama behind the scene is really nice as well.
Some people say the characters are really not interesting at all but to me I was in it right away.
It was a surprise that Casper was Dutch though XD didn't know that haha.
I do feel that this game doesn't need the amount of choices you are referring to.
When racing I know there is a lot of stuff that could happen and a lot of ways things can go.
But the story of this game is setup up to follow the story of Aiden going into F1.
So Codemasters wants to tell you a story, not let you decide what the story will be.
Look at The Last of Us as example of no player choice in the story.
Linear stories I often enjoy the most, they don't have to overcomplicate things and can just tell you what you need to know and see.
Granted that makes replaying the story a lot less fun.
But as I stated, this game doesn't need that imo.
The story as far as I played is a great way to just enjoy some racing and drive you to the next race.
Often with F1 games I was getting bored after doing 3 training sessions, a qualifying, the race and repeat.
Not that it is a surprising way to play the game as that is what happens, but this story pulls you in a bit more.
I keep wondering "what is happening when I get by Casper?", or, "Will X do this after the race?".
Really well done for a first try.
The classic cars I respect and love to look at but I never drove those anyways, so don't miss those at all.
The short circuit's are not my cup of tea either as I rather drive the full circuit's which is a lot more fun for me.
As you said, the opinion of the game will be mostly based on the previous few games and what you liked there that is gone here.
On the graphics part, i think there is to much focus on how the game looks.
The game already looks fantastic and on the car itself there is little to be improved.
The world around the track is also improved a little but when driving at 300 on the straights you don't look much around you except for the track.
The VR is fun and all but I think there is a definite decision to not include it yet.
Codemasters has said in the past that the game will feature VR in the future but not when. So we just have to wait.
All in all I think this game is a really good step up from the last game.
The Breaking point story works really well to just have some fun and drama in between the races.
The My Team is turned up a little with new options and choices.
I'm happy but can understand some might see this differently
PS > Pitstops look WAAAAAAAY better now.
No more insta 90 degree turns in and out of the pit.
that was my biggest complaint.
Everything looked so nice and realistic but getting a pitstop looks weird and unpolished
I'd love it if they pushed an update to where the AI can sign the legends. Would be amazing to race against Senna
Setsuna Yuki racing against Ayrton Senna in F1 2021 game is also memorable.
I got an F1 2021 ad whilst watching this
It sucks that you have to wait for additional tracks
It will be a free update.
I wish I had seen similar cutscene just over a carrer mode, so that it is not just a movie, but feels like a career.
And of course more realistic simulation so it does not feel so arcade.
Better sound, (it's nice enough now).
MORE customization.
I have no interest in Braking Point, so I'll be waiting until 2022 with the new cars.
I feel like I want to wait for next year too, but next season may not feature Imola or Portimão :/
pricing is different in India.. In India last year F1 2020 costed Rs. 1299/-, This year F1 2021 is Rs. 3499/-. More than double.. Not every F1 fan in India can afford this price hike.. Only this channel I guess spoke on this part..
I wonder why they do this, even here in Germany you pay the same price for years. About 5305 rs. Of course Rs. 3499 is just ridiculous, it's a shame.
Classic cars an an absolute must in an F1 game. Nobody plays single player, vast majority of players are in online lobbies doing races with different cars, f1,classic,f2 etc.
one thing I think that is overlooked is the extra options on the career mode making it harder or easier to earn resource ponits etc and also safety car chance and reliability. The resource points rate has always made it so easy for you to climb a team from the bottom to the top of f1 in a season which is why I disliked my team mode cause you could reach the top in a season and a half so there is little reason to play after a second season. They are making the game more and more into a sandbox meaning you the player gats to choose how to enjoy the game.
I was already sold when they added the option to turn off interviews in career mode.
We all collectively hate Claire with a passion
Also, nice Kiritsugu pfp
TBH I think they should really focus more on the damage model, handling characteristics and force feedback. I mean it's no secret Verstappen hates how the previous games handled if they could make it more realistic that even Max would play. Not only would it be the best F1 sim by far, it would also be a very marketable.
I dont get why they dont understand that if anyone plays f1, would expect the game to go closer to a sim instead of same shit
@@thugger0055 well I would guess it's a marketing thing. A full-on sim might scare newbies away, and not market F1.
But with the technologies of today, they could easily make a "pro" setting with sim characteristics for the fans!
I really wanted Imola and Portimao just to have a calendar similar to the real one.
imola and portimao are both coming
I just want a realistic F1 game, where your competitors can crash, engines fail, safety cars come out. Much like the F1 games of 10 + years ago. The new ones look stunning, but the actual racing is so vanilla. Nothing ever happens
Massive F1 fan, and this is the first game I’m skipping. Lazy and lacklustre effort, which is a shame. I hope it doesn’t go the way of many other sports games, the same year on year game with minimum effort (remove and then add back features claiming revolutionary new stuff).
They literally added a Story Mode
EA owns it now, it's inevitable. They've learned making good games doesn't sell, making casinos does
@@Shiba9870 it's 8 hours with no replayability and it's cheesy af
Eh F1 2014 was worse
@@redbullsauberpetronas Doesn’t sound like it’s bad. Cheesy doesn’t mean bad and that’s a decent amount of hours for a story mode 🤷♂️.
I want to see a historical scenario mode and a management mode where you can manage a team during a season without having to drive the cars yourself. It would be great to manage drivers strategies mid race.
Yep. Like F1 2013 with classic scenario. Who knows F1 2021 maybe has 1950s to 2000s Braking Point Story Chapters in F1 2021 mod.
Oh, EA bought them out? Thanks for letting me know, that's Codemasters added to the list of companies to avoid.
lol. boycotts don't work unless >80% are participating. Unless you're doing this just to make yourself feel better. I'd just wait for a sale personally
Just buy it on disc second hand so they get no money at all
Were they not already on that list?
@@thelarry383 At least he's sticking to his principles . Fuck EA🎉👍
Yes they bought Codemasters. but not "out" its stil the same team, just with better financial suport and som help hear and there. They are gonna be an own section unlike: Fifa, madden and NHL
some really cool features have been added, im especially interested in 2 player career since i can now play it with my brother so that will make for an interesting team dynamic
Same
The 'humans' are hilarious!
If I were to purchase one of F1 2021, 2020, and 2019 on Steam, which should it be? Suggestions please.
Too expensive. I'll wait until it hits $40 or so for the deluxe version.
I’ll wait even more when it hits 17.99 on the PlayStation store.
I never got 2020 but am thinking of getting 21 once a few more patches have come out. The one major selling point for me, is the players can now have random failures. It has always bugged me that you can be on, or have the worst team, but your car will never fail and put you out of the race. When it comes to the classic cars, I can go back to 2019.
For me all 6 F1 games from F1 2016 to 2021.
I just want a 2007 season🥺
After hearing that the tracks that aren’t in the game yet are going to be a free update and not a paid dlc I’m buying it
I never really raced the old cars anyway and I’ll get as much fun out of it as the past 3 games in the series
I love classic cars and the removal keeps f1 2020 alive.
For content, VR and Cross-play are all I need.
I bought F1 2020 a month ago knowing 2021 was on its way and I can’t say I regret it. I’ll look at 2022 for the new regs and cars
Probably skipping this one
Pls do
Me too, not worth the money literally same game as last year.
@@Arejen03 not even complete calendar ea is so poor
I think for Barcelona they could make an update to the track since it's not included in Braking Point story mode, but Yas Marina is, and if they are going to include it, they would have to change the cinematics as well.
This video made me less exited to play the new game
I’ve really enjoyed and pleased with the steps up from previous games. Some folk just a little too picky and unrealistic with their expectations.
slightly less content?
dude, you get to play career mode with a friend.
I like it, I liked F1 2020 and F1 2021 is an improvement for me because I just play my team career mode. I played braking point, finished it in a couple of days. I liked it for a first try, definitely not perfect though. I’d like to see a continuation and for them to improve it. But I like the improvements to my team career mode and the handling and physics, it makes it more realistic. I don’t particularly care that the rear wing doesn’t fall off because you’re never really in that situation. The damage is pretty good, what I will say is that sometimes damage doesn’t show up on the graph thing and nobody says anything but you can feel something but nothing pops up and your team doesn’t do anything. Or sometimes nothing shows up and you don’t feel anything but your team changes your front wing anyways, ruining your race. There’s definitely some bugs that hopefully will be ironed out and I’d like to see the new tracks put in. I’d also like to see them just add the tracks like Vietnam, China, Mugello, Nurburgring, Hockenheim, Portimao, Imola, Turkey, etc. I know they will add Imola and stuff in a free update but I’d like to just have the others in the game even if you can’t use it in the career mode but just to have them in the game to play in multiplayer matches or single player offline.
2020--------2021 tada upgrade done.
I am still playing F1 2018, the only reason I wanna buy this is to have the current grid for career mode, which looks very nice in co-op mod, cause i can't be bothered to mod it anymore like I used to in older titles. Just gonna wait for a proper discount.
A more expansive game with circuits missing and classic cars removed? Sounds exciting.
I wish you could change the visor color on your helmet
Sounds like the laziest update ever.
As a Portuguese, the Portimao circuit is the reason I will buy this year's game besides the story mode!
Sucks that they removed classic cars!
Watched 30 seconds, NO VR, game the same as last year.
Yep, no buy. I was dumb and bought F1 2020 as it is.
F1 2020 was great with My team, but this year is just more of a continuation just like real life. 2022 will be majorly different with the new regs.
Just a thought: As the F1 games have a development cycle of around 2 years, I think it's possible that development of F1 2021 was started with the new regulations in mind. As they got pushed back a year probably most of the work put into F1 2021 maybe was as well. So I'm not really surprised that this game is a gap filler to next years game.