F1 2017 - Review

F1 2017 - Review

Review for F1 2017. Game for PC, Mac, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the video game was released on 25/08/2017

Born to be wild.

The gamer unwraps the package, approaching the conscious title of a star to touch with his fingers the most complete virtual representation of the Circus that has ever graced any home entertainment system. There have been weeks of track tests, of hype, those that have passed, of videos released ad hoc to increase the irrepressible desire to spread rubber on the track, of galleries of images originated with the aim of blinding homo ludens.



But now, gentleman, start your engine. The time has come to squeeze the maximum power unit, exuding competition from every pore, the time has come to put your foot on the accelerator and off you go, dripping with the entrancing show staged by F1 2017.

F1 2017 - Review

We jump directly into the fray, trying to choke the gas to avoid ending up in the sand and inevitably compromising the race weekend. The Codemasters production does not betray expectations, in any contemplated modality. Both with all the aids activated, and with any selected electronic assist, the exaltation for the realistic-but-not-too-realistic behavior of the racing cars represented borders on peaks achieved only by the great classics of four-wheel racing. The physics is concrete, the algorithms mathematicians who simulate the response of the car they continue to mediate between realism and accessibility, while the user, hand on the zebedees, circles curve after curve in search of the perfect lap. It is enjoyment.

F1 2017 rewards fluidity and precision, but the gamer is a multifaceted animal, and F1 2017 supports him, also allowing him to drive in perennial struggle with oversteer, however at the expense of the durability of the tires. With the steaming wheels, the enraged user queues up to the opponent, sucking up to the last centimeter of the wake deriving from the other rear, discards it and overtakes it, with his heart in his throat and the thirst for victory fueled by seeing bringing up the next opponent approaching.



F1 2017 - Review

Where the driving model previous was more uncompromising, especially if nibbled via the pad and with the traction control off, that current provides a better chance of recovering from micro errors, encouraging particularly aggressive tactics.

And should the driver want to pay homage to the racing of the past, a wide range of open-wheeled beasts awaits him. They are the biggest change from previous current gen editions of the franchise, and it's a sight to tame them. Distinguished by a totally different driveability from each other, historic single-seaters are a joy for the eyes as well as for the ears. The engines produce a sound that tastes of singing, making that generated by the exhaust pipes of today's power units seem little more than a distinct meow.

Returning to the bomb on the playful opportunities proposed, the playful variations served by F1 2017 do not differ from those expressed in the recent past, being possible to take part in a single grand prix rather than custom championships, either alone or in the company of other online riders. Intriguing the option that allows you to run, in the middle of the night, through the city folds of the Principality of Monaco. The modality that should have undergone the greatest variations, the Career, is actually not surprising.

F1 2017 - Review

Of course, the intermission scenes between one session and another have been improved and expanded, with the aim of making the whole experience more immersive, and the introduction of the management of wear-sensitive components such as gearbox and constituent elements of the power unit translates into further strategic choices that the player must pay attention to but, apart from the implementation of an endless skill tree through which to develop the car over the seasons, nothing has really changed. Not necessarily bad, but something more was expected.



There is one aspect of F1 2017, however, that deserves praise more than any other: the leap forward on a visual level. In the PlayStation 4 Pro version (the one tested by EpicTrick), the course title takes on the sublime connotations of a mesmerizing visual experience, supported as it is by an Ego Engine presented for the occasion in dazzling form. Although there is no lack of frame rate drops and some vertical synchronization problems, especially in the heaviest situations, the binary work by Codemasters displays a dense, kaleidoscopic cornucopia of advanced effects on the screen, at 60 fps. Racing under the downpour in Melbourne rather than under a sunny edition of the Monza Grand Prix, the gamer will not struggle to be carried away by a simply excellent cosmetic department.



F1 2017 - Review

F1 2017 is a product packaged with care and dedication. Net of some small uncertainties in the performance of the graphics engine, and although not exactly revolutionary, the latest effort by Codemasters impresses both from an audiovisual point of view and for the gross playful possibilities expressed by its binary code.

F1 2017 is the racing that fans have been waiting for for a long time. Prosit.

► F1 2017 is a Driving-Simulation game developed by Codemasters and published by Koch Media for PC, Mac, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the game was released on 25/08/2017

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