F1 Race Stars Q&A with Codemasters [ Edited ]

[#1]

Buckle up for a fresh take on FORMULA ONE™ racing that the family can enjoy together.

• Choose from all the official FORUMLA ONE teams and cars as you speed through loop-the-loops, short cuts and jumps.
• Collect and use crazy power-ups to race to the front of the grid.
• Share the fun with friends and family on one PS3 system and via PlayStation Network.

F1 Race Stars will be released on 16th November but in the meantime you can pick up the demo from the PSN Store and give it a go.

Codemasters have been kind enough to welcome any questions you desire to ask them in regards to F1 Race Stars, so download the demo and give it a try, and come back and post in this thread once you have figured out what to ask.

You can post as many questions as you like but make sure you get your questions in before the deadline 14/11/12.

Any answers to the questions will be posted here once I recieve them all and Codemasters will also pick what they perceive as having the "best question" to win F1 Race Stars for the PlayStation 3 signed by some of the Codemasters team!

What do you need to do:

• Post in this thread, asking a question you would like Codemasters to answer in regards to F1 Race Stars.
• Post as many questions as you desire.
  

What do you win:

• The best question chosen by Codemasters will win a signed F1 Race Stars game for the PlayStation 3.
  

Specific Rules for F1 Race Stars Q&A with Codemasters:

Spoiler

1. This promotion is open to residents of United Kingdom aged 18 years or over.

2.  Users must post a question relating to F1 Race Stars in the competition thread for Codemasters to answer.  The best question chosen by Codemasters will win a signed copy of the F1 Race Stars game for the PlayStation 3.

3. To enter this promotion, entrants must:

(i)            Go to the English language  forum  at http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/English-Forums

(ii)           Click on the competition thread “F1 Race Stars Q&A with Codemasters” in the F1 board;

(iii)          Sign in to their PlayStation®Network (PSN Account), or if they don’t already have one, create and sign in to a PSN Account;

(iv)         Reply in the competition posting your question you would like Codemasters to answer.  The best question voted by Codemasters will win the F1 Race Stars game.

4. Registration for PSN is subject to acceptance of the PSN Terms of Service and User Agreement and PSN Privacy Policy.

5. The opening date is 07/11/12 and the closing date is 14/11/12.

6. Entries must conform to the PlayStation Community House Rules,

7. Following the closing date, Codemasters will select 1 winner who they consider has submitted the most creative and original entry.

8. The prize for the winner is a signed F1 Race Stars gae. The value of the prize is approximately £45.00

9. The winnerwill be notified by e-mail within 2 weeks of the closing date and will be given 4 weeks to claim their prize.

10. The Promoter will use reasonable endeavours to dispatch the prize within 30 days of receipt of the entrant’s claim but the Promoter does not accept any responsibility for prizes that are dispatched later than this period.

11. Prizes shall be sent by email or post to the address associated with the winner’s PSN Account.

12.  If the prize is found to be defective or damaged on delivery, the Promoter must be notified in writing within 7 days of the delivery date, otherwise the prize will be deemed to be accepted as delivered. This does not affect your statutory rights (if any).  

13. The Promoter shall publish the winner’s PSN online ID and country of residence on its website. Entries may remain on the competition thread within the Forum at the Promoter’s discretion.

14. General Rules apply to this promotion.  Please click here to view the General Rules.

15.  The Promoter is: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited, 10 Great Marlborough Street London W1F 7LP, United Kingdom

[#2]

Is there a LAN mode for localised tournaments of more than 4 people?

[#3]

Hello Codemasters, How's life on the racetrack? 

• What was your favourite part of the entire development process? when did you have the most fun?
• How and when did you come up with the visual style of all the race drivers? (which is awesome btw)
• You're obviosly all big fans of racing in general, that's one of the things codemasters in known for-making excellent racing games, What i want to know is who in the CM office is the best and worst drivers and what cars do you all own?

Keep up the good work!

[#4]

Hi
With the F1 season ending in about 2-3 weeks, Will there be any updates for the game that changes the drivers/teams etc

[#5]

Looking forward to trying the demo out latest today.

My questions are:

1. Will there be a day one patch? (I ask because there seems to be a lot of this recently, and for those who don't have access to internet, could be left with a broken game.)

2. When playing local multiplayer, is it possible for player 2/3/4 to use there own account on the PS3 and have there online stats updated...or would it only update the player that is logged into the PSN. (I'm not actually sure if this is possible on any game to be honest, but though I'd ask anyway).

3. When deciding to make this game, did you get your ideas from Mario Kart or another similar game?

[#6]

Was there any F1 driver who wasn't happy with their image as a cartoon character, forcing you to make changes? If so who and what did you need to change?

[#7]

The kart racing genre is quite a crowded one at the moment, what makes yours stand out from the crowd?

[#8]

1: Do you think race stars could be a good way to get more younger people interested in the sport itself?
2: Do you have any plans for DLC add on packs for classic cars & drivers as well as circuits?
3: Is there a safety car?:BigGrin:

4: Do you think you could teach hermann tilke a thing or two now you've got your teeth into a bit of track design?

[#9]

Here are a few Questions:

1) Whats the reason for making a cartoony F1 game ?

2) Which track is your favourite ?

3) Will there be a powerup for Romain Grosjean where he can take out drivers in the 1st corner ?

[#10]

After playing the demo, I have one small criticism which immediately stood out.

Go-karts are centred round a short & tight track, whereas F1 long and fast. The German level seemed too long and boring for my liking for a go-kart game, with me either being way out in front on my own feeling bored, or chasing someone else out in front on their own.

Q. Are all the other tracks like this, if so is there any way to combat this ie shorten the tracks or make the karts a little faster? (it really did put me off the game somewhat :().

[#11]

Did you (or do you) have any plans to include the ability for users to create their own tracks?

Thanks.

[#12]

what makes this game stand out more than little big karting and modnation racers to make me want to run to the shop and buy it?

cheers

[#13]

After playing the demo i 'll write one thing.....AWESOME!!!!

And now the question.

Do you have any plans to include "prizes" to unlock like old drivers (Senna!!! Prost) and "old" cars?  

Thank You!!!

[#14]

Loved playing it at Eurogamer Expo and the PSN demo, really wanted to see a more 'relaxed' Formula 1 game and this is it! :D

One thing I did note why playing though:

My question: Why did you not get the actual drivers voices themselves to do the voices for their own in-game characters? ;D Would of been funny to actually hear Vettel and Hamilton's voices taunt each other in-game! 

[#15]

Q) If you could pick 2 legendary F1 drivers to include in the game who would they be and which team would they race for?

By the way, I've already had alot of fun on the demo and can't wait for the full game!

[#16]

Q: Did you feel this was a game developed for the younger F1 fans for them to play instead of current F1 games or as I way for them to play F1 Race stars then step up and also play your main F1 Games?

Would be great to play F1 Race Stars on Vita

[#17]

Hello Codemasters. 

What one thing did you really want to include in the game but couldn't for one reason or another? 

[#18]

Any chance of bringing in content in the form of legendary drivers like Senna or Fangio? or maybe some classic cars like the 6-wheeled Tyrrell racer from the seventies, or maybe the sharknoses Ferrari 156?

Cheers

[#19]

Are the graphic artists and 3d Modellers relieved they do not need to model David Coulthard's chin for this game?

[#20]

i love the visual style of the game and particualrly like the big head style of the racers its very reminisant of  the soccer star toys out there which i have included a pic of, were you aware of this and was this part of the insperation for your design proccess?

[#21]

F1 Race Stars is a huge change in style from the normal licensed F1 games so how well was the idea initially received amongst the license holders and the stars/teams within the sport?  

Its not necessarily going to appeal to F1's core audience with its graphical style, crazy tracks and cartoon handling so why use licensed F1 rather than start a new cartoon franchise?  And how do you intend to get those gamers playing this?

Were you required to adjust the performance of the teams in line with their real-life counterparts as in the normal licensed title or are the lower level teams on equal performance in F1 Race Stars?