F1 Race Stars Release Date: 16th November 2012
F1 RACE STARS Demo Arrives!
The demo will be available on Xbox Live and Steam from Tuesday 6th November, while the PSN versions will be available starting from Wednesday the 7th.
Demo Promotion Video:
The Game Jar Interview - From Gamescon
Alan Pierre from Codemasters discusses how F1 Race Stars can bring the whole family together playing it whilst having many features that appear in real life F1 so that everyone can understand them. Fans of F1 2012 can also enjoy F1 Race Stars on a less serious way of playing a game from the same franchise. There will be 12 player online with the ability for 4 player split screen to join online games. RaceNet will be introduced likewise in F1 2012 and already in Dirt Showdown, to compare leader-boards and compare times around tracks.
Gameplay footage - From Gamescon (HD)
This is the first look at real game play footage of F1 Race Stars for those of us unlucky enough not to manage to make it to gamescon. This shows a huge variety of powerups and their effects on you and other driver's cars. Also it shows the damage aspect, how the car is affect when damage is taken. The crazy track features are also shown, big jumps, fast corners, racing on actual roads and many more.
Chris Gray (Senior Producer) states that F1 2012 may be too serious for some people as F1 has a huge general fan base therefore F1 Race Stars and F1 2012 will involve everyone who are fans of F1. F1 Race stars has all the main features of real F1 that everyone understands such as the famous drivers, cars, tracks, weather changes and pit lanes.
Kers boost is still in this game you gain it through corners which enables you to boost out of corners quickly. Powerups are a feature on the track which can damage or delay other player, powerups include (15 in total):
- Safety car - forcing a safety car out to slow all other cars down.
- Rain fall - which give only you wet tyres so you are quicker than others.
- Mines - damage other players.
- Homing projectiles - damage other players.
- Ricochet projectiles - damage other players.
- and many more...
To heal after taking damage you can dive into the pits and repair your car, as the races are short there are three pit lanes per lap.
Every different car has its own modified ability which is slightly different to another, for example the Ferrari is the only car to be able to fire homing missiles backwards.
There are a variety of game modes including for example elimination, where the driver in last position is eliminated from the race.
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