The Weather of F1 2010

TOCA Touring Car plx

judging by the number of comments, looks like there arn't too many hardcore racing fans around there =(

" putting a heavy emphasis on simulating real life weather effects." 
 
Not trying to sound too old here but I'm pretty sure real life weather effects have been a staple of sim racers for over a decade already.

PGR4 did more than that over a year ago now, but not in F1 cars though.

" Can't wait for this on PC. Ego Engine 1.5 is glorious to behold in DX11 (Dirt 2) and this will only improve the situation.  Hope it's got a good sim feel so I can hook up my wheel for it. "

I CAN'T F'ING WAIT FOR THIS GAME!

Well, this really isn't anything new... 

What the general race fan wants in a racer is customization of their cars, etc...For the die hards, like myself...this is up our alley...Its good to see the F1 licence in the right hands.

Looks good, I'll be there.

Ugh, even GB can't escape spam. Fucking leechers

" " putting a heavy emphasis on simulating real life weather effects."   Not trying to sound too old here but I'm pretty sure real life weather effects have been a staple of sim racers for over a decade already. "

This is a huge aspect of F1 racing, glad they are taking it seriously. Off to watch Monaco Grand Prix, the greatest setting in professional motor sports. I really hope this outsells the Nascar game. Which it will, btw!

" @mark2000 said:

" " putting a heavy emphasis on simulating real life weather effects."   Not trying to sound too old here but I'm pretty sure real life weather effects have been a staple of sim racers for over a decade already. "

Not really. Weather in games is pretty binary, meaning if the track is wet, then the car will lose an element of control exactly the same everywhere. If the programmers add in variation, then the surface will affect the car in the same way every time you play the track in that location. What's different here, is that it might start raining half-way through a  race and be a heavy downpour for only 15 minutes of simulated time. Over the course of that time, the track will get more wet, puddles will accumulate, and the track will dynamically change. After a rain shower, the track will start to dry, which changes how you tune suspesion and tires at your pits, and how the car will handle dynamically, depending on the degree of wetness of the track. It sounds much more dynamic than the binary wet/dry scenario racing sims have been using for a decade. "

Hey developers. You know there's more weather out there in the big bad real world than just rain right?

Can't wait to play this!

Now when you say weather you just mean rain.

" Hey developers. You know there's more weather out there in the big bad real world than just rain right? "

" @Fbomb: Like I said, it's already been done. Aside from puddles and aquaplaning, every thing else about weather effects (or at least every thing you've just mentioned) have already been in existence years before this game was even in development either through actual developer-made game design or by way of community mods and enhancements.  Anyone who has been a sim racing enthusiast for over the last ten years should know this already. "