Game came out today. Seems like more of the same. I guess they are trying to be like EA and milking their customers every year. They probably need to patch it soon because of Force India
Much prefer it over 2017. Can push the cars a lot more, the cars don't feel like boats. The R&D path is a lot better as well, in '17 it was slow, now a lot more options and can grow a team quicker. Negotiating a contract is great as well. AI is far better, they actually attempt overtakes.... Biggest downside of the game is the inclusion of Paul Ricard. Last year on '17 I was poor at best at Baku, my real bogey circuit...now Baku is great but Paul Ricard is absolute hell for me. Can't get a half decent lap in on that mickey mouse circuit, what a hell hole. I typically play at 101-105 percent pending on circuit, paul ricard I struggle at 80%
Just got back into this game, simply because of the online racing. Decided to do the career thing. In a Williams. And some things are just terribly off. First off, I'm winning races. In a Williams. Something's not right there. Apart from that... First corner always results in getting punted by the AI to some degree. And being penalized for getting punted. Sometimes getting spun, then t-boned and penalized for being t-boned. After pitstops, the auto mode will launch me into hairpin corners at tracks like Bahrain, sometimes causing crashes, sometimes just resulting in me going off the track because I couldn't slow down enough to make the turn. And of course, some AI regularly punting you or turning into you. I also really dislike the R&D and interview stuff, would have liked to be able to turn that off completely and have the R&D happen based on my driving.
