It’s the latter which is super deep in terms of immersion as you are left to not just create your team, employ second drivers, hunt down sponsors, allocate time and resources to a variety of different departments, and ensure you are balancing the cash books in the process, but also to deliver what is required on the track too. There’s also the 10-year Career mode which will see you proving yourself as being amongst the finest racers in the world, either left to concentrate on just the driving – in the Driver Mode – or as team owner and driver in the My Team option. There are the standard Time Trial modes that will have you pitting your skills against the clock, and a Grand Prix section lets you set things up how you see fit, enabling the creation of a full race weekend of events before taking to the track. Conversely, at the other end of the spectrum, you can have a quick dose of speed against rivals that won't put up too much of a fuss when you overtake, with lax rules that forgive the odd cut corner or needlessly aggressive bump.In terms of what the solo racer is after, F1 2021 is able to provide numerous options. If you want the test of endurance provided by a full race, complete with tyre and pit strategies, shorn of assists and time-rewinding flashbacks, with manual gear shifting, then, by all means, fill your fire-retardant racing boots. It's as simple and accessible, or, indeed, as challenging and granularly detailed, as you see fit. The best thing about F1 2021 – much like many of the other entries in the series to date – is that it's all things to all Formula One fans. Beyond the new Braking Point narrative, My Team still delivers the most immersive journey through an F1 season, covering R&D to improve your car, management of team morale, and other key aspects that determine the course of your career. F1 2021 is no exception, its Career modes spanning the standard season and My Team, the latter enabling you to build your own custom F1 team from scratch, creating a driver, bespoke livery, and team logo, before distributing funds for your car's power unit, a second driver and whatnot. And being able to use a flashback, when you misjudge a corner or have a lapse in concentration, is always a nice option to have.įor over a decade now, Codemasters has provided all of this and more, offering a comprehensive and deep Formula One experience across a range of involving modes. As ever, there's a wealth of options to tailor the driving experience to your liking, encompassing AI difficulty and myriad assists that make braking, steering, and all of that important stuff a little easier. On Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, the game looks sensational, to boot, presenting near photo-realistic venues and car models bristling with detail, to complement the sharp, responsive handling. Still, as a first crack at delivering a narrative-driven take on Formula One, Braking Point is remarkably solid, and, hopefully, something that will become a permanent fixture in future F1 titles – if nothing else, there's room for improvement in any sequels that endeavour to continue the storyline.Įlsewhere, F1 2021 is largely the same as it has been in recent years, albeit sporting an even greater level of polish and refinement, replete with all of the modes and features you'd normally expect. Some race scenarios can be very long, too, lacking the mid-session save option present in Career mode – once you're in a race, there's no backing out, unless you want to start over. It's not perfect, however: the difficulty settings seem skewed casual being far too easy, normal and expert being practically impossible to complete, while cut-scenes interspersed between the racing events are prone to tearing and slowdown. On the sidelines is smug, shit-stirring dickhead Devon Butler, the antagonist of the piece, always on hand to sow seeds of doubt with a big, shit-eating grin on his face.į1 2021's new story mode is certainly engaging while it lasts, although it does essentially boil down to completing a series of racing scenarios, some setting specific mid-race conditions to contend with. The crux is a bitter rivalry between up-and-coming rookie driver Aiden Jackson and his veteran teammate Casper Akkerman, the former a young and inexperienced new driver striving to make a name for himself, the latter a stoic Dutchman who's been racing for years and is in the twilight of his career. This looks like an accident waiting to happen.īraking Point is also the headline 'new thing' for F1 2021, and, as such, Codemasters has evidently gone to great lengths to ensure it's a (mostly) compelling cinematic experience that's actually worth sticking with.
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