.:: Official F1 2013 (CodeMasters) Thread ::.

CREATED BY: CodeMasters
AVAILABLE ON: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 & Microsoft Windows

RELEASE DATE
EU: October 4th, 2013
US: October 8th, 2013

FEATURES
- All 22 Drivers and 11 Teams from the FIA 2013 Formula One World Championship
- All 19 Circuits from the 2013 Calendar
- All-New Classic Eras: Drive as legends from the 80's and 90's
- All cars will be raceable on all tracks (2013 can run on classic tracks, 80's/90's can run on 2013 calendar)
- Brand new scenario mode: Go from rookie to challenger with a range of bite-sized authentic racing challenges (single player/co-op: split screen/online)
- Expanded Young Driver Test
- Mid-Session saves for the first time since F1 '05
- Improved graphics & AI
- New difficulty level
- Grand Prix Mode returns
- Full Racenet Integration

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DRIVERS

Jean ALESI [1992]
Fernando ALONSO [2013]
Mario ANDRETTI [1986]
Gerhard BERGER [1988/1996]
Jules BIANCHI [2013]
Valtteri BOTTAS [2013]
Jenson BUTTON [2013]
Ivan CAPELLI [1992]
Max CHILTON [2013]
David COULTHARD [1992]
Paul DI RESTA [2013]
Emerson FITTIPALDI [1986]
Romain GROSJEAN [2013]
Esteban GUTIERREZ [2013]
Damon HILL [1988/1996]
Mika HAKKINEN [1988]
Lewis HAMILTON [2013]
Nico HULKENBERG [2013]
Eddie IRVINE [1999]
Alan JONES [1980]
Pastor MALDONADO [2013]
Nigel MANSELL [1988/1992]
Felipe MASSA [2013]
Satoru NAKAJIMA [1988]
Sergio PEREZ [2013]
Charles PIC [2013]
Alain PROST [1980/1999]
Kimi RAIKKONEN [2013]
Daniel RICCIARDO [2013]
Nico ROSBERG [2013]
Jody SCHECKTER [1999]
Michael SCHUMACHER [1988/1996]
Ralf SCHUMACHER [1999]
Adrian SUTIL [2013]
Giedo VAN DER GARDE [2013]
Jean-Eric VERGNE [2013]
Sebastian VETTEL [2013]
Jacques VILLENEUVE [1996]
Mark WEBBER [2013]

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80's ERA

CARS/DRIVERS:
Williams FW07B [1980] - Alan Jones & Alain Prost
Team Lotus 98T [1986] - Mario Andretti & Emerson Fittipaldi
Ferrari F1/87-88C [1988] - Gerhard Berger & Michael Schumacher
Lotus 100T [1988] - Satoru Nakajima & Mika Hakkinen
Williams FW12 [1988] - Nigel Mansell & Damon Hill

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90's ERA (Classic Edition, DLC Content for Standard Edition)

CARS/DRIVERS:
Ferrari F92 A [1992] - Jean Alesi & TBA
Williams FW14B [1992] - Nigel Mansell & David Coulthard
Ferrari F310 [1996] - Michael Schumacher & Gerhard Berger
Williams FW18 [1996] - Damon Hill & Jacques Villeneuve
Ferrari F399 [1999] - Eddie Irvine & Jody Scheckter
Williams FW21 [1999] - Ralf Schumacher & Alain Prost

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CLASSIC CIRCUITS

Jerez
Brands Hatch
Imola (90's Classic Content)
Estoril (90's Classic Content)

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EXTRA

Ferrari 312 T2 [1976]

(Unlocked for use in Time Trial when you register with CodeMasters' RaceNet) 

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CodeMasters brings new life in to the fifth instalment of the Forula One series, F1 2013. With a strong focus on how the cars and drivers behave, expect a more immersive experience than ever before.

F1 2013 comes in two packages this year: Classic Edition and Standard Edition. Classic includes all content from the game; whilst the Standard Edition requires DLC to get the 90's Classic Content.

So what are you looking forward to most? Which era will be your favourite? Let the discussion begin!

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GameSpot Coverage

PS3 Trophies | Xbox 360 Achievements 

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EXTRA VIDEOS

- GameSpot: Now Playing - F1 2013 
- Trailer: This Is Formula One
- F1 2013: Classic Edition
- GameSpot: Ferrari 312 T2 around Brand Hatch & Monaco

NOTE:

Ayrton Senna will NOT be in the game. CodeMasters are looking at this as something to include in the future. 

I do not agree that we need to pay more for day one DLC, but we'll have to live with it. Also apparently there will be no demo so it'll be a gamble if I get it on PS3 or PC, if the PS3 version is as bad as 2011 they can keep their game. I did find a couple of extended gameplay videos from the press event though, with retro cars:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXBVPrpia5o&feature=youtube_gdata_player 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoG9en948UI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I feel like the Williams and Lotus cars have been announced as being in the game along with the Ferrari Irvine drove I think.Garfield360UK

No Brawn BGP 001? :(

Haha, that would require going to the 2000's category which I would hardly say is considered classic. Maybe in another decade we could talk about that but given those cars are really just one generation older than what currently runs that would be a bit premature.

Anybody have any thoughts what platform they are going to go with?

Updated main post with box art and loads more information (Including some of the cars announced).

On Amazon UK, pre-order price for the Classic Edition is £59.99, and Standard is £45.

Wow, £59.99 is a lot for all the extra content you actually get.

Also, just at to be picky, F1 Championship Edition and F1 06 both had mid race saves too. 

Also, just at to be picky, F1 Championship Edition and F1 06 both had mid race saves too.sambob530

By mid Session do they mean you can save between Q1 and Q2 or as in you can save during a race?Garfield360UK

Should be good then, unless they are increasing the minimum race distance again :(Garfield360UK

Added a poll. It might be a very one-sided poll, but it's there nonetheless.

In regards to cars/drivers not yet announced, I believe the 90's lineup will be completed with Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher. Codies have said each driver will be lined up to a team which is associated with them and teammate (even if they never were teammates in real life). On the basis there's no McLarens in the game, Hakkinen won't partner Coulthard so my guess would be a Williams pairing of Coulthard/Hill (which can also become Villeneuve/Hill). Irvine being in surely means Schumacher is in as Ferrari teammates (so the Ferrari car(s) could be either the F310, F310B, F300 or F399).

This then leaves the fantasy pairing of Mansell and Prost, presumably, for the other Williams lineup (man, there really are a LOT of Williams cars in this game...).

As for the 80's, there's still a lot of gaps to be filled before we can really guess at filling in the remainder. 

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EDIT: Actually, there's a mixture of Mansell/Hill/Coulthard you can have too, as per 1994 season. 

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EDIT 2: Looking at the cars announced and the years they ran, you can have some for of guess as to who could make up the 80's lineup:

WILLIAMS: The two cars confirmed at the moment ran in 1980 and 88, so you could have: Alan Jones, Carlos Reutemann, Nigel Mansell (again), Riccardo Patrese, Martin Brundle or Jean-Louis Schlesser (the latter two are unlikely, given they only raced once in place of Mansell in 88).

LOTUS: The Lotus is from 1988 - and the big name there which hasn't been announced yet is Nelson Piquet. You can probably bet your grandmother Piquet will be in this game. Satoru Nakajima however...

FERRARI: There is a Ferrari in both decades - we just don't know which ones yet. On the basis Gerhard Berger is in the game it cuts it down to either the F1/87, F1/87-88C or 640 (cars he drove from 87-89). This leads to either Michele Alboreto being in the game or... surprise surprise, Nigel Mansell. Given interchangability of drivers, Mansell could very well also be in the 80's as a Williams, Lotus OR Ferrari driver. He could be in all three cars!

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EDIT 3: More Ferrari guesses - with Mario Andretti in, you could have Gilles Villeneuve too which would lead to the Ferrari 126C2 of 1982 being in the game. It could also lead to the Lotus 81 or 81B (both 1980) in the game too.

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EDIT 4: Fittipaldi will probably be a Lotus driver. His only time in F1 in the 80's was in a Fittipaldi car. 

It would great of they can get some of the 1998 cars in the game.

A little more sleuthing has allowed me to find out (at least) two of the Ferrari's we will see: the F1/87-88C [From 1988] and the F399 [1999].

The 80's era now has three cars from 1988 out of the 5. 

I guess a 1999 car is fine.

Right, found out my pick for the last two drivers in the 90's era was indeed correct - it's Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher. Doubt the Benetton will be in as:

1) You'd need a second driver associated with the team - Schumacher is the only one from the 90's;

2) They've talked about Schumacher as a "Ferrari Legend" - pretty much says he'll be Ferrari only.

Also all drivers in the game will be alive currently - so that rules out my prediction of Gilles Villeneuve being in the game. 

WOAH! Massive update from Codies now gives us (nearly) the entire line-up of classic content. We're only missing two drivers now. Provided it's not faces from the 80's side of things, there's 39 different drivers to select (22 from 2013 plus 17 in classic - which was the number we originally started out with, which suggests no one from the 80's not already there will come over to fill those last two gaps).

EDIT: Beens as we have the "fantasy" driver for Williams in 1999, the liklihood is the 99 Williams missing driver is either Ralf Schumacher or Alessandro Zanardi. 

EDIT 2: As the second gap (92 Ferrari) is likely to be a fantasy driver... Rubens Barrichello, perhaps? 

If you do not buy this game, Schumacher will give you the stare of DEATH:

New trailer has been released - which includes another car for us to drive!

For Time Trial use only, you can drive Lauda's Ferrari from 1976 - all you have to do to get your hands on it is sign up to CodeMasters' RaceNet. 

New trailer has been released - which includes another car for us to drive!

For Time Trial use only, you can drive Lauda's Ferrari from 1976 - all you have to do to get your hands on it is sign up to CodeMasters' RaceNet. 

Redders1989

Already on Racenet, what's your username?

Edit: By the way, that trailer got me super hype.

After the horrific 2011 port and the meh 2012 port I'm not touching the PS3 version again. That, and I found the standard edition on PC for £19.99, and I figured that buying that and then the DLC later would work out cheaper. So yes, I am, and so is my F1 2012 co-op buddy, can't wait to try it out again :Psambob530

Where have you found it for 19.99?

[QUOTE="sambob530"]After the horrific 2011 port and the meh 2012 port I'm not touching the PS3 version again. That, and I found the standard edition on PC for £19.99, and I figured that buying that and then the DLC later would work out cheaper. So yes, I am, and so is my F1 2012 co-op buddy, can't wait to try it out again :PGarfield360UK

Where have you found it for 19.99?

A site I bought F1 2012 from called gameseek.co.uk, they normally dispatch before release so you might get it early too. 

What was wrong with the playstation versions? :lol:kipi19

F1 2010 was fine, but 2011 was a mess, the frame rate struggled to maintain anything over 25FPS and it teared constantly, in addition to looking far worse than the 360 version in the process. 2012 looked much better, but the frame rate still isn't anywhere near as smooth as it should be. Compared to F1 Championship Edition, Codemaster's PS3 ports have not been good by any stretch.

True F1CE did run really smooth, but this new one looks to do just that :) 

True F1CE did run really smooth, but this new one looks to do just that :) 

kipi19

It does indeed, but all the footage that has been released so far is Xbox 360 footage, and the Xbox versions of 2011/12 have been really smooth. But fingers crossed anyway, we won't know til after it comes out since there's no demo. 

[QUOTE="Redders1989"]

New trailer has been released - which includes another car for us to drive!

For Time Trial use only, you can drive Lauda's Ferrari from 1976 - all you have to do to get your hands on it is sign up to CodeMasters' RaceNet. 

Rayrota

Already on Racenet, what's your username?