F1 2011 How much f1 2011 is a simulation in percentage terms?

[Mike85]

Please write an opinion about f1 2011 and explain why so many people call it arcade! thanx!

 

[taz1004]

I don't think your questions are appropriate for this thread but anyway, here's what I think.
1) I haven't been hit from behind yet.
2) Yes
3) Haven't seen AI with failures and I don't believe they're effected by fuel load. There are some mods that claim it increases AI mech failures however.
4) Not in my opinion.
5) Yes
6) They qual but get in the way too.
7) Really?
8) ???
9) Top 5 championship or a race? At hardest difficulty, top 5 championship may be difficult if you don't exploit the spring bug.
10) AI lap times or yours? On some tracks maybe but generally... I don't think so.
11) Never tried that.

 

[taz1004]

Oh please. You really think that? Have you ever driven ANY form of race car?

100% arcade, and a great one at that.

Please read all the followup posts as it explains what I was comparing it to. Really don't want to repeat myself for a sentence kept being taken out of context.

 

[sethisuwan]

now lets compare f1 2011 codemasters with say, ferrari's simulator that alonso and massa use, ok.

in f1 2011 the driving bit i think is mostly simulation. i.e., your car, your car's aerodynamics, engine, tire grip, weather, road surface, driving style, mechanical setups, etc., etc.. i think if codemasters wanted to make a 100% pure simulation as the ones at ferrari, i'm sure they could. of course, without the g-force hydraulic systems and surround view, etc.

but perhaps, i say perhaps the only reason why codemasters might want to sacrifice some amount of simulation accuracy is probably only down to 1) to offer better graphics (than the ferrari simulator), and 2) make it a bit easier so that mere mortals like us can actually drive a F1 car.

the rest, everything else apart from the driving, i don't think anyone can accurately simulate. i mean, i don't expect that even the simulators at ferrari etc, have artificial AI opponent drivers, AI cars, career modes, etc., i don't honestly think it can be done easily., and the fact that what we have here in the game is actually the best in the world (i mean, there's only one F1 game in the market, so - nobody to compare with). i think all in all, we are quite lucky to have a great F1 game that a lot of people do love.

 

[Alberto Casado]

the rest, everything else apart from the driving, i don't think anyone can accurately simulate. i mean, i don't expect that even the simulators at ferrari etc, have artificial AI opponent drivers, AI cars, career modes, etc., i don't honestly think it can be done easily., and the fact that what we have here in the game is actually the best in the world (i mean, there's only one F1 game in the market, so - nobody to compare with). i think all in all, we are quite lucky to have a great F1 game that a lot of people do love.

I doubt that the professional sims care about AI, right, but I _know_ that better AI (and physics, and pretty much everything apart from graphics) has been done. Long long time ago.