After now Ca. 3 days extensive testing is clear to me that F1 2011 much more stable running than its predecessor. Last year at this time I had a series of crashes behind me (2-3 day / after the patch still min. 1-2 times a week).
Bugs me no notice until now. The game runs exactly as it should. This course is also retained the gameplay longer.
For sound:
What I noticed is positive that now every little touch is listening to the opponents. has done something even when the engine noise, every car sounds different now. The Restlche Acoustic atmosphere has improved.
Graphics:
Another plus is the improved graphics. In particular, the stretch effect considerably deteilierter. In spite of my getting on in years PCs I can see a clear difference and the game runs on completely screwed up settings even when running with a full field of riders smoothly and without problems. The small lights on the side of the track and the marshals are also a nice Deteil.
My System
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
4GB RAM (Corsair)
ATI Radeon 4850 2GB (DX10)
1TB Samsung hard drive
Gameplay:
The handling has also improved. you spührt now really every little movement of the car. (Even with a gamepad)
Another nice Deteil is that you now depending on the status in the team has another parking space in the box. The information of the race engineer moment during the session have also become more informative and also to my opinion. The range of helmets has become bigger and more beautiful. (A matter of opinion) is also a nice idea is the new mail system with the information about the objectives to be achieved, the expected weather conditions and the particular route. Nice, I also think that now moment during the loading times no annoying Tips longer eigeblendet which sowiso repeat constantly, but statistics about their own career. A little pity, I find that you can no longer select as many seasons you want to play. It is now limited to 5 seasons. It is enough but I think still to be working from a small team forward. On the subject of safety car or racing crashes I can not say anything yet, because my previous race are all relatively civilized expired.
All in all a very good racing game that a real F1 fan will surely make a lot Feude.
SUPPLEMENTARY 23.11.2011. (After the 2nd patch)
Now it has Codemasters but actually geschaft that the game is no longer running with me. Since I have the patch instaliert, (which you unfortunately have to at GFWL ....) is the game unplayable. I invite my career, get into the box and when I go to go out in the menu, the game freezes after a few seconds. In Task Manager displays the the game shows no reaction.
At first I even thought of a chance, because the game has started automatically after the update. After trying 3 other I have but then gave up in exasperation.
I think Microsoft should customers leave it to itself if one wants instalieren an update or not when you actually have no problems. So you scared to the duration of its customers