


Covering decades of Formula One history, the cars chosen are some of the most dominant in the history of the sport, including the all-powerful 1988 McLaren MP4/4, which was driven by Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna, and Michael Schumacher's hugely successful Ferrari F2002. These classic cars are a great addition to the game. To make it even better, these bonus challenges are driven in classic Formula One cars. Rather than simply racing, however, these invitationals allow gamers to reach a target number of overtaking maneuvers or take part in time attack challenges. The practice-qualify-race cycle of the Championship is broken up excellently by one-off sessions to face off against very different targets. This also gives players a reason to focus on the practice sessions of each race weekend, with an improved list of practice programs to give racers more to do other than use practice sessions to get ready for qualifying and the race itself.Īnother huge addition to F1 2017's Career Mode is the invitational system. There's a substantial development tree to be unlocked, with solid performances across race weekends then allowing for further areas of study to be researched.
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For instance, should a driver decide to take a qualifying penalty to install a new gearbox, in order to have a fully reliable car in the race ahead?Īs part of this, Codemasters has also given the player much more control and involvement in the research and development side of things. There is a much greater emphasis on balancing components of the car, with decisions on when to switch out pieces resulting in huge differences when it comes to racing. For F1 2017, however, Codemasters has made it even better.Īlongside the extremely exciting and engaging racing, players will find that they may need to focus more on tactical input this time around. Once again, Career Mode is the pearl of this year's iteration of the franchise, building on the involving version of the mode that came in 2016. Without a doubt, this is down to the emphasis that has been placed on augmenting and improving the Career Mode. Although the game is by no means a huge change from last year's entry, Codemasters has been able to tweak the core components of what made F1 2016 so compelling to play and push Formula One racing games to a whole new level. Thankfully, racing nuts can breathe a sigh of relief, as the developer clearly took what worked and what didn't work about F1 2016 to heart when developing F1 2017. With that mind, however, the pressure was on for Codemasters to ensure that Formula One racing games had a place at the top able of gaming with this year's entry, F1 2017.

After a few years in the wilderness, video games based on Formula One racing had a triumphant return to form courtesy of F1 2016.
