Wouldn't be the first time the BBC have been outbid on the broadcast rights a sport. It doesn't have infinite money, and its subscribers don't pay extra just to see sports. Presumably it'll be spending lots on the Olympics in 2012 too, because it has to. Something has to give.
Formula 1 - 2012 Season
- Thread starter Dave Baumann
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It wasn't outbid. The Beeb had the contract, but they thought it was too expensive so they sought to offset some costs.
Sky has announced their team
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96673
Sounds good, Crofty and Davidson are good and Kravitz is good at fishing out stories in the pitlane as the race goes on. Natalie Pinkham I don't know.
She can't be worse than Davina McCall for MTV.
Quite true. Davina McCall is the worst person in the world at pretty much anything in my experience, apart from shouting and being annoying. She's very good at that.
You can listen to some of Natalie Pinkham's contributions in the Radio 5 Live's Chequered Flag Podcast. She does OK post race interviews, etc.
If you want to relive the 2011 season
The Gaming Gods have decided you need to follow these instructions :
First get R-Factor Lite (Download: Manual not 1-Click Install) and the Original rFactor Sounds Folder
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/rfactor_lite.cfm
What is rFactor Lite?
rFactor Lite is exactly the same as the full version of rFactor 1255, except it only contains one car and one track, making the initial download less than 100mb, and the intitial install ~113mb.
Then get F1 TOTAL 2011 SP3 3.00
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=F1 TOTAL 2011 SP3
you will also need (same page as above)
F1 TOTAL 2011 SP3 - ENGLISH PATCH
Track Pack 2011 1 / 4
Track Pack 2011 2 / 4
Track Pack 2011 3 / 4
Track Pack 2011 4 / 4
The Gaming Gods have decided you need to follow these instructions :
First get R-Factor Lite (Download: Manual not 1-Click Install) and the Original rFactor Sounds Folder
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/rfactor_lite.cfm
What is rFactor Lite?
rFactor Lite is exactly the same as the full version of rFactor 1255, except it only contains one car and one track, making the initial download less than 100mb, and the intitial install ~113mb.
Then get F1 TOTAL 2011 SP3 3.00
http://www.rfactorcentral.com/detail.cfm?ID=F1 TOTAL 2011 SP3
you will also need (same page as above)
F1 TOTAL 2011 SP3 - ENGLISH PATCH
Track Pack 2011 1 / 4
Track Pack 2011 2 / 4
Track Pack 2011 3 / 4
Track Pack 2011 4 / 4
Based on my experience, F1 2011 with all the arcade'isms is still more realistic than rFactor with mods.
It seems like all the modders and unofficial games etc think the less traction there is, the more realistic it is, even though F1's have grip like no other series
It seems like all the modders and unofficial games etc think the less traction there is, the more realistic it is, even though F1's have grip like no other series
http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3213/7363356/Renault-confirm-Grosjean-signing
Grosjean confirmed as Räikkönen's team mate
Grosjean confirmed as Räikkönen's team mate
Meh, Grosjean has never impressed me. Maybe he'll blow Kimi out of the water, who knows. I wouldn't bet on it, though.
Silent_Buddha
Legend
That's only true if the tires are at or near the right temperature and if you are going fast enough. Go too slow and you have no traction. Cold tires and you have no traction. Too fast and you'll go off the track.
So depending on conditions and speed, you can easily have far less traction than other vehicles in other racing series.
Regards,
SB
iacing F1 mods had IIRC similar grip issues as rFactor F1 mods have had, maybe the Williams licenced mod is more realistic, though.
Anyway, if you really want to call just one game the one and only formula 1 racing game, it's obviously Geoff Crammond's GP4, followed by his GP3, GP2 and GP1.
Actually Ive found the opposite to be true the oficial cars lack grip and the mods are fine
