Hi all.. I'm on one of my "rare" visits to this site.
Not sure if any of these have been mentioned, but apologies if they have. I bought this game the other week and loaded it onto my pc and actually started using it last week.
Not impressed with a few things I can tell you.
Platform: PC
Bugs/Problems(?)
X-Box controller for pc
Engineers Quick Setup
Race Penalties
Pitting in
Punctures
Crowds are non-existent to say the least ("fixed" by others on this forum so I'll try that "mod" that is posted on here to get the crowds back)
1: X-Box controller
I know, I know. Why don't I get a steering wheel? Well I'm buggered if I'm paying all that money on a racing wheel system for one racing game that I only use once a week (well two games now as I also have F1 2010 as well)
My X-box (pc) controller settings don't appear to get saved, despite the face that I do save them. I have altered the KERS and DRS settings, I switched them over so the DRS is on the left, for me, and KERS is on the right and made some other adjustments and each time I have to set this up when I start the game as it doesn't seem to recognise the fact that my controller is in fact connected!
2: Engineer Quick Setup (not working?)
When I am in the pit lane garage I can't seem to get a quick setup from my engineer. I sometimes try these and then make adjustments to them or compare them to setup's I've already made.
All of the Engineer quick setups are the same.. ie everything thing is set to "default" ie.. 6/6, on wings/brakes/gears/balance etc. Is this now the norm. In F1 2010 you could get a quick set up for any type of race.. wet/dry/slow/fast and wings/brakes/balance etc were varied but now, as I've said, all I get is the settings set to the middle of the screen.
3: Race Penalties
Recently, last night actually, I spun off in heavy rain at Catalyuna on lap 2 of the race (the race was 100% wet start to finish), we were in sector two going into the turn leading uphill into the fast righthander (Campo?) and I was bumped in the rear by another car, and got shunted off to the left and spun and when I managed to get the car back onto the track, after all the cars had gone past I was given a penalty for dangerous driving! Yet it wasn't my fault and not a single car was near to me when I got back on the track, as I had to wait for all the cars to pass to get back on the track. I was in about 10th place at the time, and ended up last and taking a trip back to the pits for a new wing.. and then a drive through as well! Not impressed!
I've also come off at Monza at the Parabolica when I've gone in too fast and wide(!) and come off, no cars near me, then I've come back onto the track, as I've waited for them to pass, only to be given a penalty for dangerous driving!
4: Pitting in
In F1 2010 you could select re-entry into the pits by pressing a button, and you'de get a message from your engineer. Now I can't even see a button let alone select a pit entry to tell the engineer I'm coming in. It just seems to be a preset now, ie when selecting the laps for the race you pick the lap.
5: Punctures
As for the tyres.. well the colour coding to let you know your tyre wear is appalling, I may be a little colour blind but that naff colouring they use is no flippin' good at all. It looks akin to a brown(ish) colour, it should be bright red, or any vivid colour as a decent alert or use that orange colour they used on the F1 2010 version.
I've now had two punctures and I've had no warning from the pits about tyre wear at all. The tyres have blown, both times about 2-3 laps prior to a pit change in races. At least in F1 2010 you could clearly see the colour difference, and not this naff colour they use now. Tyre wear seems to be somewhat different in the version of GP racing is all I can say... or is it just a case of them being Pirrelli's and wearing out too fast!
This is becoming annoying to say the least. The only saving grace that I can see is that the game is not Steam related anymore!
Pit lane interviews are dire and the cut scenes.. well if I looked that bug eyed after a race I'd be hauled off and drug tested!
Have any of these things happened to anyone else, or am I freakishly unlucky?
How do you go about reporting this type of thing anyway? Do CM trawl these forums or do we complain directly to them. (I've only had this game a week or so so I've no idea.. maybe I should contact them direct!
Just thought I'd post on here to see what else is bugging people about this game.
Answers on a postcard please...
