Awful game and an awful series. Why these big review sites are so eager to vomit out high scores for games that suck is beyond me. It's as if they see the pretty graphics and licencing and can't help themselves.
Ok the review briefly states that the AI has been improved, but what about all the other issues that have plagued the franchise for the past 4 years? How realistic is the AI, are tyre and fuel simulations accurately represented, has the rubberbanding been removed, does weather realistically affect the track conditions, does the safety car work properly? None of this is addressed.
This game is an annual cash grab using gimmicks (this year it's vintage cars - which nobody wanted). Codemasters have simply implemented the Madden model and put 4 wheels on it. "We have the licencing so we can churn out any old junk again this year". It's cynical and it's lazy and so is this review. People who actually love motorsports games should boycott this offering so that Codies lose the licence.
@DarpSyX @Klunk3001 Honestly, I wouldn't. Each turn is worth a year now and so your general/agents die to early, politics and diplomacy are broken, the settlement building aspect has been dumbed down to the point of being pointless, even learning technologies is not fun. Oh and the campaign map AI is non-existent. Have a look at Civ Vwith the latest expansion or Crusader Kings or EU 4
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