F1 2018 F1 2018 - First Footage Revealed: Monaco with Charles Leclerc

[Paul Jeffrey]

The first footage from F1 2018 is here - featuring a hot lap of Monaco with home hero Charles Leclerc!

We've been waiting a while to see some in game footage or images from F1 2018 by Codemasters, and the wait is finally over! In honour of the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix, one of the most glamorous events on the current Formula One calendar, British development studio Codemasters have decided the time is right to reveal some new footage, and despite the early nature of the development cycle, the game looks remarkably impressive already.

On the graphics front, improvements have been made over previous versions of the long running franchise, something the new Art Director Stuart Campbell was keen to emphasise following this new video reveal:

“One of the biggest visual uplifts for F1 2018 are our revised lighting, sky, clouds and atmospherics systems. These systems work hand-in-hand and affect all aspects of the game rendering, making it more believable than ever before. Our new cloud tech more accurately represents the real world with improved cloud formations and response to light through the various weather scenarios that are a huge part of F1. Even on a clear day, the sky looks interesting with high level cloud detail and jet trails, while the new atmospherics system gives a true sense of depth in the scene and connects the sky and terrain in a more cohesive manner, making for some stunning vistas.”
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As well as visuals, F1 2018 will also contain some new features to better reflect some of the aspects of driving a modern Grand Prix car, namely the use (and adjustability of) ERS systems. Game Director on the F1 Games, Lee Mather said the following about this new addition to the latest F1 game:

“The inclusion of a player-managed Energy Recovery System (ERS) has been added to vehicle physics for F1 2018 as we always strive to give as authentic recreation of the sport as possible. Augmenting the powerful internal combustion engine, the player will have multiple deployment modes to choose from. The inclusion of the ERS will not only give the player an even more authentic Formula 1 experience, but will serve to create even more varied and exciting races”.
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Exciting times ahead for fans of the Formula One game franchise.

Formula One 2018 is scheduled to release for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC August 24th 2018.

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What do you think of the first moving footage of F1 2018? Like what you see? Looking forward to the new game? Let us know in the comments section below!

 

[pcraenme]

F1 2017 + HALO = F1 2018... No VR again? Come on CM, you are wasting our money.

 

[MariA7X]

Are they finally going to put the sound of cars faithful to those of real life?

 

[gamer19]

For those concerned about cockpit view (guess you worry cause they didn't show it yet) I'm sure it will be, like everything else in this series, just better, never worse. Don't worry too much guys, trust me... just look at that final product chart:
F1 2015 > F1 2016 > F1 2017 >( ) F1 2018

Only the sky is the limit. Or was is a space ?
And space is endless, right ?

 

[Deleted member 130869]

Must say it looks improved. To think car and track may be work of a former modder... that's very nice .

Edit: @MoerasGrizzly I don't understand the "Haha" when that's a fact, not long ago a free modder went on to clearly do better for himself than the track dev who undermined him.

 

[michelforest]

Looks pretty good. I don't care what people say on the various simracing boards, but the F1 series has been very fun since 2016. There's room for improvement when it comes to the engineer's comments during the race and the cut scenes with the agent and the engineer. But overall, it's a lot of fun to play.

 

[Strahil Kotlarov]

If it will be more of the same arcade-ish minimal effort yearly release , i probably will skip this one out ,
AC,rF,iR does a much better job at simulating the cars anyway ,so why bother having a dumbed down experience in first place.
It needs option to turn the halo off ,it's unplayable in it's current state on triple screen .
For VR it might be bearable but i'm not going that route yet .
Also i prefer Triple screen over wonky precision .
Let's hope they won't bottle it again given how mediocre and below average the last few releases were .

 

[simoeastwood]

I hope that for first time there is the official graphic of F1

 

[ShredatorFIN]

Tested the 2017 game, the FFB was so bad... or didn't I configure it right. But tried to use instructions from RD, compared to proper sims like AC or AMS it felt like a warm fart

 

[M-Bimmer]

Probably the only time one is glad of not having a VR because of ....

Damn, THAT HALO !

 

[aka2k]

I'm as excited as Leclerc about F1 and about himself. Who the heck is this noob?

 

[bporion]

the next Ferrari driver , maybe ...​

 

[gamer19]

On second thought.... maybe it's better that he stick to the game.

 

[freytzouil]

No VR, no F1 2018 for me. As simple as that