Preseason Race 1: Italy - Autodromo Nazionale Monza (06SEP17 @ 9pm EDT)

[AaronWebb85]

Pre-Race Interview:
1) Welcome to season 12, first season of F1 2017 on the PC! How do you like F1 2017 so far? 
2) We are racing at Monza for the pre season race. How do you like this track? 
3) This season is no assists only. What do you think about it?

Track guide and Hotlap:
[youtube]uplwFy9zwT0[/youtube]
Timing Guide:
Alien 1:20.4 (top 50)
Fast  1:21.2 (top 250)
Good  1:21.6 (top 500)
Comp  1:22.2 (top 1000)

 

[piboye]

Good choice. I always like practicing the same race that is happening during the weekend.

 

[LAcadien]

Pre race interview is up

 

[DEADZERO]

1) Welcome to season 12, first season of F1 2017 on the PC! How do you like F1 2017 so far?
Loving it. The new cars are the best. Can't wait for the season to start.

2) We are racing at Monza for the pre season race. How do you like this track?
I know this track pretty well although I haven't raced on it in an F1 car before, might get a little sloppy at first.

3) This season is no assists only. What do you think about it?
Glad I was pushed to taken the plunge. Been driving on assists for too long and I'm glad I seem somewhat competitive without assists.

 

[piboye]

Pre-Race Interview:
1) Welcome to season 12, first season of F1 2017 on the PC! How do you like F1 2017 so far?
I'm really enjoying it. I was surprised how many improvements there have been from a good F1 2016 game. Online play is struggling still, unfortunately.
2) We are racing at Monza for the pre season race. How do you like this track?
I like this track. I don't have much more to say about it.
3) This season is no assists only. What do you think about it?
I'm finding the 2017 cars much easier to drive with no assists than 2016. You can put the power down much quicker. I'm hoping to be a little farther up the grid this season.

 

[nickthequick]

Pre-Race Interview:
1) Welcome to season 12, first season of F1 2017 on the PC! How do you like F1 2017 so far? 
So far the game has been better than my expectations.  Lots of online bugs at first but it looks like Codie's are keeping up with it.
2) We are racing at Monza for the pre season race. How do you like this track?
I have never had the best pace in previous F1 games here but I have my braking sorted much better in this game so it should be a lot of fun. 

3) This season is no assists only. What do you think about it?
I was surprised by the desicion but it looks like some people are taking to them which is nice to see.  I'm happy that we still have a full grid which was biggest fear that no one would try it out. This is a good game to do it on so I look forward to seeing everyone develop throughout the season!

 

[Megaman]

1) Welcome to season 12, first season of F1 2017 on the PC! How do you like F1 2017 so far? 

I really like it so far. Me and my teammate had a good practice session Friday night to select our car for this season. Only hope online bugs will be fixed..

2) We are racing at Monza for the pre season race. How do you like this track?

Not my favorite but a fast track with good overtaking possibilities.

3) This season is no assists only. What do you think about it?

That's the main reason why i decided to be full time this season. I know some of the drivers will have to get use to it but I'm sure they would never go back to assists after this season. Also with the grip and downforce of the new cars it's the perfect time to do it!

Have a good season guys and let's try to give a hard time to Nick and Dark!

 

[nickthequick]

Added hot lap track guide as well as a timing guide so you know if you should practice more! Time done in TT so for online laps they will most likely be about .5 seconds slower.

 

[DEADZERO]

Thanks for these guides nick. It'll definitely me and I'm sure many others.

 

[piboye]

They took your video down! I've never seen them do that with the game before.

 

[Zephyr]

If u show intro graphics it gets taken down because it is the same graphics they show on TV. If u just cut out the intro graphics u should be good to reupload

 

[nickthequick]

I sent the link to the community manager if she doesn't put it back up tomorrow I will have to re-edit...

 

[nickthequick]

Looks like Jenny at Codemasters hooked me up! My video is now back!

 

[piboye]

Looks like Jenny at Codemasters hooked me up!  My video is now back!

It still isn't working for me or I can't find the new version.

 

[Zephyr]

i still cant watch it either

 

[patlessard]

Pre-Race Interview:
1) Welcome to season 12, first season of F1 2017 on the PC! How do you like F1 2017 so far? !!!It's pretty good ! sure they are bugs but hey they have patches 
2) We are racing at Monza for the pre season race. How do you like this track? I like it , it's a nice fast track , 
3) This season is no assists only. What do you think about it?  I was surprised at first but then it was time for me to give those up , not totally easy but easier than the previous games to get used to it , we'll see it may be caothic in the first few races especially if there is rain  :twisted:

 

[Zephyr]

1) Welcome to season 12, first season of F1 2017 on the PC! How do you like F1 2017 so far?
I really do enjoy it but im struggling a lot on setups which is a pretty big problem in this game.

2) We are racing at Monza for the pre season race. How do you like this track?
I like this track a lot except for the Lesmos. Those are my 2 worst corners on the entire calendar. I can almost guarantee i will spin out or run wide into the gravel during this race.

3) This season is no assists only. What do you think about it?
I like it except the fact that currently there is a very big gap in pace throughout the field. Last season the gap between first and last was 3 seconds or so at most. Now the gap between first and 7th is more than 3 seconds (from what we saw in social races, could change).

 

[nickthequick]

dang maybe its not up

 

[John Bell]

1) Welcome to season 12, first season of F1 2017 on the PC! How do you like F1 2017 so far?
Really like the Campaign mode but I heard that there are issues with online multiplayer. So, we will see
2) We are racing at Monza for the pre season race. How do you like this track?
Monza is not one of my favorites, but it's a good choice.
3) This season is no assists only. What do you think about it?
I really like no assists. I raced mostly on iRacing, so I am used to it. 

 

[iceman153]

Hey guys, I won't make this race tomorrow.  Hope it goes smoothly, i'll see you all next week.

1) Welcome to season 12, first season of F1 2017 on the PC! How do you like F1 2017 so far?
Loving it, much better than expected, even career is actually fun as the AI are decent now.  Also loving the weather transitions and the car feel in the wet
2) We are racing at Monza for the pre season race. How do you like this track?
Love Monza, always makes for fun races, disapointed i won't be making it.  One thing i noticed is that the slip stream/DRS doesn't have as big of an impact as you'd expect.
3) This season is no assists only. What do you think about it?
It's why i signed up, assists take all the fun out of the game.