Codemasters are well known for creating racing games with lots of depth, and in many ways our brief for F1 Race Stars (out on PS3 November 20th today) was no different. When designing the game’s structure we intended to provide ongoing variety as crucially as the instant appeal you’d expect from a “karting” game.
Firstly, along with the typical race event, we have introduced a host of other modes of racing. There are eight in total, each requiring unique skills and strategy — some will feel instantly familiar to gamers, and some will feel entirely fresh and unique.
For example, we’ve introduced Refuel mode – based on the principles of fuel strategy in F1, where fuel re-stocks are placed around the track, but carrying less fuel means more speed. Or Trophy Chase mode, a smash and grab event where players collect trophies, found both on the track and stolen from other drivers. Gamers should feel instantly at home with other modes such as Sector Snatch mode, where players can own sectors of each track by setting the fastest split time though it, or racing in a classic Elimination mode.
Modifiers can be applied onto any of these eight race modes to really mix things up. For instance, Flip Flop handicaps whoever is currently leading the pack by reversing their controls, Project Orion gives drivers unlimited boost from boost pads until they let go of the accelerator, and then there’s the classic Mirror Mode which flips the track left-to-right.
And even on top of that, events are wholly configurable. You can set the cars’ damage mechanics, which power-ups are included in the event’s roster, and even whether you wish to play in teams.
From these simple tools, events can be generated to suit all moods and scenarios. For example, sliding around a wet Brazil trying to smash and grab trophies with the Monsoon modifier applied is great party gaming. Or choosing Fragile cars that take damage from all collisions, with No Power-Ups on Monaco presents the ultimate pure driving skill challenge. Various combinations are available in the game’s Career mode, but it only gives a taste of what’s on offer. Putting all of these options in the players’ hands, they can experiment and tailor the gaming experience to suit them – and maybe even show us designers up for creativity.
will this be available on psn as well? And how much?
sounds good to me
Hi everyone! Claire here from the Codemasters Community team. If you have any questions, please let me know and I’ll see what I can do.
Cheers!
wow im excited cant wait for the plus update for vita yummy goodies on the go now how aboute adding ps home and avater like the ps3 on the vita then no one need a old ps3 they will just buy a vita and in this update will it change the vita formate so i can receive pics from the ps3 eye cam
Hey guy’s. This looks interesting, I will def be checking it out as I love me racing!!
On a different note, I couldn’t log in to the blog using Mozilla Firefox – it took me to the system login and not the blog login page (someone there will know what I mean). I can however login via IE…Which I don’t normally use but hey ho, just thought I’d mention it.
Much love
Claire, I’ll cut to the chase- what on earth is going on with this game’s release?
Amazon – says release 11/13, out of stock
Gamestop – says release 11/13, in stock online
Best Buy – says release 11/13, in stock online, none in stores
This blog post – says release 11/20?
Is this game out or not? And why does hardly anyone have it in stock if it is out?
This brings up a bigger question of how a company like Codemasters has problems with their games on US release every time. It seems CM games usually ship on release date or nobody ever has any in stock. It’s actually kinda pathetic that CM has let themselves be strangled by such a terrible stateside publisher.
@El Pollo I could not log in with chrome but could with Firefox. Weird.
Hi there DwightSchrute12,
I can confirm that F1 Race Stars is shipping to stores in the USA today. I can’t comment on the stock of stores at this point, but I’ll try to get an answer for you when I get into the office tomorrow. Hope that helps!