An Honest Review Of The F1 2019 Game

What is the F1 2019 game like? How much of an improvement has been made since last year?

We take a look at the brand new F1 game from Codemasters and give an F1 fans perspective of what it is like to play.

----- Follow WTF1 -----

[tanoooo]

"WTF1 is in the game you know"


- *Matt Gallagher*

[fone]

Matt in 2017: Did you know I drove an F1 Car?
Matt in 2019: Did you know WTF1 Is in F1 2019?

[mangomango]

2017: I drove a renault f1 car
2018:my face is in the game
2019: wtf1 is in the game
2021: i won a f1 world championship

[mrbarnbeers]

Ben's face as you said "Laggy Australians" had me completely

[plurge]

Matt: Hey, did you know WTF-


Everyone: Yeah we know

[Sipunak]

You realise that driver transfers are FINALLY a thing? That alone means that this game is awesome lol

[badrzouhir]

I would've loved a whole full F2 season, just like F1.

[vimastermob]

He forgot to say that WTF1 is in the game

[ruairilane]

Hopefully this is the game that sees the return of YouTuber Championship

[CHIEF-Rollich]

"Maybe this year is the year we don't get wiped out by laggy Australians"
*Ben pops ups*
Lmao love It absolute gold!

[samthompson]

Career has driver transfers!

Got to add2 to that rating

[derbyjr]

No there’s a lot different:
For example, if you sign with Ferrari, you get an automatic 5 second time penalty

[frederickdevries]

Those F2 cutscenes should have been added to the F1 career mode.
Driver swapping
Unexpected brake, tyre and suspension failures. like Norris in Canada 2019.
AI and player mechanical failures.
Podium Press conference

[twami]

Me: *checks pc requirements*






Also me: rFactor isn't so bad is it?

[Lego___]

Something else I've noticed,


F1 2017: You walk into the office, Emma is a busy person, constantly answering phone calls during your short interview, and honestly acts alive.
Once you do Practice 1, You are greeted by the engineer, also a busy person as he answers an R&D phone call during the conversation.
They both act alive and slightly stressed with their jobs.


Both characters spend roughly 2 minutes each talking to you.


If you barely gain resource points, or dont invest in developments, the engineer actually confronts you about it.
If you are performing poorly, Emma confronts you about it.
If you invest in development constantly, the engineer talks to you about it, and if a part fails/completes testing, you are also talked to about it.


F1 2018: Emma and Claire act alive in the beginning, behave like people and in general, but similar in quality to 2017...


...But the engineer this time? Eh.. Being honest, I prefer the one from 2016-2017.
But the engineer for 2018 does offer good advice and an overview of what the team wants.




My issue here though, is every interaction with Emma or the R&D Engineer is through E-mails, other than the R&D Engineer talking about the regulation change.
Aside from being fired by Emma, there are no more actual face to face interactions outside of Claire's interviews.




2019: Now, it looks like there's even less interaction with these characters. Yeah, theres Weber and Butler. But the other existing character interaction is really dying out.


Also, if you don't win the championship in F2, Butler talks about moving to F1 and not to follow him...


...So you finish the Australian Grand Prix. without a doubt Butler knows you're in an F1 team.
..So where is he? Why can't he confront you about it?






F1 2019, without a doubt is a great game, but the lack of character interaction is really disappointing.
The story-driven rivalry is a step in the right direction, but everything else is lacking.

[oakassassin]

You didnt mention that driver transfers are now finally in the game.

[Veyron_fan]

Tiametmarduk popping up as the "laggy Australian" was absolutely HILARIOUS 🤣

[aarongillway]

2 things

Where's the 2011 Virgin F1 car
And the most important factor CRASHES

[FattyLumpOfPoo]

F1 2019: has small wtf1 logo on f2 front wing
Matt: its basically the wtf1 game

[TzuCraft]

It should be an 8-10 race long 25% distance f2 campaign. That's kinda what I was expecting not 3 race long 5 lap distance 😑