We’re also adding to the variety in F1 2017 with the inclusion of four alternative circuit layouts, as well as numerous new gameplay types.

“As part of your career you will be invited to race in modern day, invitational events in the different classic F1 cars throughout the season. “For the first time ever F1 2017 fully integrates the classic experience into the main career mode,” said Lee Mather, Creative Director at Codemasters. With so many great cars to choose from, it was hard to decide on the final twelve, but we are delighted with our selection of some of the most successful and iconic fan favourites from the past 30 years.” “Classics were incredibly well received when we included them in F1 2013, and in F1 2017 they are back and better than ever. We grabbed Game Director, Paul Jeal and Creative Director Lee Mather to get the lowdown on what’s new in F1 2017: “After an extremely successful year with the highly acclaimed F1 2016, we are delighted to be announcing F1 2017 and re-introducing classic F1 cars back to the series” said Paul Jeal, Game Director here at Codemasters.

Make sure you check out the announcement trailer below, though it’s also playing here, should you wish to check it out on our YouTube channel: These aren’t all the classic cars we have in store for you, though, and we’ll be revealing more of them to you in the coming weeks. We can also tell you that F1 2017 will release onto PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One and Windows PC (DVD and via Steam) worldwide on August 25 th 2017.īecause we love you guys, we wanted to mark the occasion by releasing a trailer, showcasing three of the historic cars that will feature in the game: the 1988 McLaren MP4/4 as driven by Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna, the 1992 Williams FW14B that was raced by Nigel Mansell and Riccardo Patrese and the 2002 Ferrari F2002 of Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher. Here’s what you’ve all been waiting for – today, we’re very happy to announce F1™ 2017 to the world! We’re also very happy to tell you that F1 2017, the official videogame of the 2017 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™, will include the return of classic F1 cars, as well as an even deeper career mode, numerous multiplayer enhancements, and a brand new ‘Championships’ game mode. But, the more power we have the more we can simulate what it is actually like.'Ĭodemasters has yet to formally announce a next-gen version of F1, but the series is expected to debut on PS4 & Xbox One with next year's F1 2014.Įarlier this week, Codemasters said that it was 'cooking up a storm' for the next-gen versions of F1, explaining that the new consoles will let it 'enhance the driving and emotional experience for the F1 player'.į1 2013 launches on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC next Friday, October 4.F1™ 2017 – Make History. They have like, 10 PCs per simulator whereas we have one console. 'Next-gen it becomes more possible, not to the extent that the F1 guys do because they have individual, massive gaming PCs for each tyre, one for just the air, the way the wind flow works. 'We're talking to a couple of teams about sharing their kind of physics data, in terms of the way the car actually handles in their simulators, and we can more or less port that over to consoles, which wouldn't be possible with current-gen. The leap to PS4 & Xbox One will also let Codemasters 'improve the physics, too', Gray adds. Automatically the skip up to 60 frames per second, for example, on next-gen will enable the handling to move on leaps and bounds, because the more frames you have, the more the contact points there are essentially.' 'Having more power, as you say, enables us to do a lot more. Speaking to Sportra, Codemasters communications manager Andy Gray said that the developer had ' hit the peak of where we can go with the current-gen stuff, not only in terms of visuals but obviously physics and everything. The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of future F1 titles will run at 60 frames per second and boast improved physics over the current-gen versions, Codemasters has revealed.

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