I’d say go with Sauber. The Torro Rosso’s looks to have really bad engines and I’ve seen people struggle on high speed tracks.
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I enjoyed Williams as their top speed was pretty decent in 2017, but Sauber sounds like a solid choice for f1 2018
I was on Pargo’s website and noticed this in the shipping
Delivery will normally take 2 to 5 days from the time the parcel has been dropped off. Delivery to and from some smaller regional areas might take a bit longer.
I might have an extra week to wait… Sugar Honey Ice Tea!
This is probably the most excited I’ve been for a game release in years!! The game is installed, leave has been booked, and I am ready to take the Renault team all the way to the top!!!
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Go away, I’m going to start the process of f5 slamming this afternoon on PARGO.
What kills me is when I ordered it I didnt know I would be near a BT Games this weekend. I’ll prob only get my copy late next week.
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Well so far I’ve been driving the time trails and getting used to the new cars. Coming from 2016 it’s insane how much grip these monster have. I’ve just started my career as the 2nd driver for Renault with Sainz as my team mate.
The practice programs are okay, tire and track was easy. I’m struggling severely with the fuel management practice program though. It’s really tough. I’m not used to it so I have to change my driving style somewhat.
But the game is amazing. I did a lap in the Brawn GP car. That thing is a beast!!
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Holy shitballs, my first race in the career is full wet. Qualifying went very well. Got hooked up with the car and got into P6 with the Renault.
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I’m so super excited. Mainly for the career mode additions. Australia is one of my better circuits and China’s hairpin my worst corner.
One feature I wish it had was an all time pap record like mx vs atv
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Well, so I spent almost the entire weekend playing F1 2018. I completed the first 6 races of the season, and wow, what fun it was!!
The Renault is really a nice car to drive, despite the engine sucking. I’ve been focusing on engine upgrades, and am waiting for my first major upgrade on the engine power to come through.
But the racing has been fierce and fast!! I’ve gotten some great results. For some reason some of the top cars in my season have not been performing at all. Lewis is leading the championship with almost double the points of Kimi in second. Vettel had 3 races finishing outside the points, Verstappen had 2 DNF’s and 2 bottom 5 finishes, and Bottas has been very up and down. This left the door wide open for us mid fielders to get some great results. I haven’t gotten a podium yet, but I’ve gotten 4th twice now.
At the moment me, Alonso, Perez and Grojean are in a heavy battle, and each race we have many side-by-side moments.
Overall at this point I absolutely love the game!
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I’ve been refreshing PARGO’s tracking page all weekend.
I’ve heard the FFB is really reworked, you can feel when the car bottoms out.
What difficulty are you on? I’m considering starting at 50 and working up?
Want a real feel.
Loving your updates, keep em coming
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Hahaha so lank jy dit geniet!
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Yes the FFB is different from the previous games, plus some curbs are absolute muder death traps. But it feels very planted and great feedback. Don’t know of the normal controller though, have only played with the wheel.
I’m currently on 85 difficulty. But I feel like I’ll need to bump it up to 90 before the end of the season. At the moment 85 is a good difficulty for me, nice and competitive, but it’s getting a bit easy on some of the tracks I’m good at.
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i noticed the last update in f1 2017 added death curbs, was too easy to just smash through them, now the whole car jerks.
What assists do you have on?
I took them all off, but dont have the finesse for full traction control off so playing with traction control and brake assist on half
Currently running with no assist except the braking line. Still struggling finding the right braking zones on the car and learning the tracks. But I should be able to switch that off by the end of the season as well, hopefully. Then I am driving with absolutely no assists.
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Only managed to get a little bit of time in on the weekend with it. Spent most of it figuring out the controls - there’s too much to do and not enough buttons! Think I’m going to stick with auto ERS for a while - ERS practice was the only practice task I just couldn’t master. Other than that, I think I’ll be spending a lot of the little spare time I have at the moment in the game - a lot of fun!
Picked Sauber with Leclerc as my teammate. Ran through just the first race of my career with one-shot quali, 5 lap race distance due to time issues, and low AI settings so that I could get a feel for things. Am hoping those settings can be changed mid-season so that I can do a decent race length next time, probably 25% and up the difficulty each race.
Grabbed a screenie for prosperity:
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Good stuff!! Yes you can change the settings mid season, but only once moving to the next race weekend. During that loading screen you can then change the weekend settings as well as the difficulty. Assists can be changed at any time during a race weekend.
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And last night I got my first podium finish!!! Ended up in 3rd at the Canadian GP! Those last few laps were absolutely nerve wracking.
I made a super pass on Danny Ric in turn 2 going on the outside. He struggled to get traction being a bit off line in the exit, and I managed to pass him. Later on in the race there was a safety car for a crash, and I ended up dive bombing 3 cars into the last chicane to get into 3rd. Luckily for me both Bottas and Danny Ric ended up fighting each other so much for 4th that I could easily put distance between me and them.
But what a race!! After the disaster I had at Monaco coming in 11th, this was just truly amazing.
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