Creppy racing game in modern days.. First and foremost, I wonder how I can play this game without wheel?
Codemaster seemed to use the same game engine and programming structure that they did on GRID and DIRT2. Reuse gadgets, low budget won't come out a great game. Buyers and gamers are not STUPID. This game is like a newspaper to us. We play on today, we forgot on tomorrow, un-install it after a week.
The feeling when playing this game is, simply: NOT SATISFYING. Feel can't breath when playing this game. When we see this game is titled F1, we expect a "F1 grade" game, yet this game looks like kid toys, not a "Formula 1" game.
Codemaster simply make a F1-like racing game, and buy the Formula 1 name licences for everything.. people, circuits, and F1 name itself, and after that, declared it as official F1 game. I doubt if they come out the demo first before the real game, nobody will even consider buying this game. Old-time EA F1 game is better than this one. trust me. Technically part like circuit time calculation and graphs in EA's simply blow out this F1's to the outer space.
Conclusion : why Codemaster wasted time and budget developing on this game with huge risks and lack of technical knowledge(looks like)? Seriously we can see this game is forced to be finished because the title is F1 2010. Don't let a manager or seniour developer with no game development talents ruin Codemaster name.. For developers and managers, think thrice before making a game. Take Polyphony developers as your example.