The F1 2010 development team at Codemasters didn't believe the game (which has sold more than 2.3 million units globally) would have the commercial and critical success it went on to achieve.
"We were already working on the 2011 game almost as soon as we shipped the '10, so when it came to the awards for '10 it was a case of, 'Oh yeah, that game that we made last time around.' It almost justified the direction that we took with '10," F1 2011 chief game designer Stephen Hood told VideoGamer.com.
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "The racing genre has always felt like a perfect fit on handhelds, thanks to offering bite-sized sessions and being able to hide technical flaws behind blistering speeds and enclosed environments. It provides a large amount of variety too, from immersive sims to light-hearted kart racers (and my personal favourite, drift-heavy arcade racers!), meaning there’s usually something for everyone to enjoy.
Anticipation was high that the Vita would follow in the PSP’s footsteps as a handheld offering an unrivalled selection of racers, from muddy WRC titles to the clean racing lines of Gran Turismo. Beyond the initial months things didn’t quite pan out like this, but there’s still a nice spread of games available to cater to anyone’s tastes – and thanks to the addition of backwards-compatibility with PSP and PS1, the Vita ends up with possibly the largest selection of any console in the last 10 years, even if it's not all running natively on the hardware."
TeamVVV writes: "We put F1 2015 up against F1 2011 in our very latest side by side comparison video.
F1 2011 is running on the Xbox 360 and F1 2015 is the Playstation 4 version. We take a couple of laps at the floodlit Singapore, one of the jewels in the Formula 1 crown, and we are using the now dominant Mercedes.
F1 2013 is the pinnacle of the series. They newer ones are arcady and watered down
i had no idea that codemasters did a F1 game so that explains why it was so ahead of its time.
Team VVV writes: "Following our recent Project CARS vs F1 2015 Monaco comparison, we now compare the very first game in Codemasters long-running series, F1 2010, up against its latest offering and we once again take to the streets of Monte Carlo."
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"It was a huge rush for us to get that game out the door, we were really pushing against time"
you could tell what with the freezing up, frame rate and all the other issues.
got rid of it after a few months
The game was fine for me on PS3, it didn't have frame rate issues. But I got it on PC as well because I have some friends who got that version.
Not sure why the Devs were so suprised by it selling pretty well though, it is after all one of the Big 4 Sports.
Football (Soccer), F1, Rugby and Cricket. They are the biggest sports on the planet, watched by so many people. No other sport even gets close to the four. Ofcourse it was going to sell even if nobody knew about it who wasn't a dedicated gamer.
Just imagine if they advertised this game properly in the F1 nations (everywhere bar America), it would have sold many, many more millions.
Haven't had much time to play it because of GT5 but i don't think they should be suprised at all, especially after last years F1 season. I'm looking to dive straight in on this 2011.
Bought the game day 1 for PS3, played it to death with a G27, sold the wheel and the game 6 months ago and only last week purchased a discounted copy of the game again. Codemasters are the leaders as far as racing games go and F1 2010 is no exception.
Anyone who whines about some of the small problems (pit bug, legend AI being too slow, minor graphical glitches) really needs to get a life. 2011 is going to be wicked.