Interaction with the media has been brought back into the game for this year through the means of time-pressured interviews. There is also the dynamic that the technical regulations can change year-to-year thereby upsetting the grid order and resetting your technical development. It feels more real and replicates that notion of continual development we see in the sport. The tech-tree is far less complex and it is easy to develop multiple parts for your car simultaneously through a season. Not completing every practice programme does not hinder your development opportunities – a crucial factor for career progression. The career mode has been given a noticeable overhaul in F1 2018. Replays are also of note, with the annual improvements getting closer to the TV presentation with every iteration, now displaying the cars from a single view down some of the longest straights, such as that in China, all very impressive. Whether you like it or not, the halo appears to be here to stay and features in the game, but rather surprisingly from the T-cam view it doesn’t impact the racing at all and in the cockpit view there is an option to remove the central pillar entirely which brings a nice halfway solution to what could have been a significant drawback. ![]() From carbon fibre detailing and textured tyre blankets, to the early morning mist hanging around a circuit with dust, sparks and various particle effects seen flicking off cars as well, all very impressive, though there are still a few rendering issues akin to what was seen in F1 2017 which is slightly disappointing. Visually, F1 2018 is a clear step up keeping its 60fps and 4K output but now featuring additional visual fidelity. F1 2018 is an accomplished title with the refinement that F1 2017 lacked. Thankfully that is where the similarities to 2017 stop. Save for new imagery and THAT theme tune, the menu format and the overall feel in colour scheme is identical to last year. On first glance you would be forgiven for thinking you had in fact loaded up F1 2017. The foundation was set and I was keen to see how various elements would move on, besides the challenge of integrating the halo, so how did it do? ![]() F1 2017 was an excellent title and deservedly received a 9/10 from us. ![]() F1 2018 is the fourth iteration of F1 in the current console generation.
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