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F1 Wii - first shots

Plus a teaser trailer that shows nothing
Continuing the worrying trend of rubbish teaser trailers, Codemasters has released the first teaser for its Wii and PSP Formula One game, which is set to release at the end of the year. But it shows nothing, a bit like Ubisoft recent Assassin's Creed 2 trailers.

We can tell you that F1 2009 will feature all of this year's teams and tracks, all the new regulations and will, of course, be the first game to feature current F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, says Codies.

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The publisher also promises "new standards for immersion and authenticity" for a Wii racer, with full-season and arcade modes, along with multiplayer options. More info here

The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, in case you're wondering, are due next year.

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Posted by Shabozi
Lets be honest...

Those shots don't exactly look great do they?

Yes, yes its a Wii, fine but is it just me that thinks you would have to be some kind of idiot to buy that game...

Wii's are great at some things a F1 game I think not...
Posted by jambojamesy
I wonder if it'll include KERS on all cars from race 1....lol
Posted by JimSteele
ooooft

That looks shoddy as ****.
Posted by Wilzy
It looks awefull, but, maybe with the mario kart wheel is could be "fun". Although them crowds look totally abysmal! The thing is, wii seems to be shovel-ware to girls/grannie/etc. So an F1 game has very little appeal to that market and everyone who plays games properly will sit it out for the PS3/360 version, so I'm not sure the point of this at all. Maybe if it was online multiplayer, maybe online more arcade like mode or something. You could do some good stuff with online updates to your character you choose relevant to the season while its active? like fifa live is it? I think it needs something else other than F1 wii, it'll bomb.
Posted by J1GSAW
LOL! is that the Wii version or the Nintendo 64 version minus 8mb expansion pack
Posted by Mark240473
That looks terrible, almost N64 in quality. The Wii is capable of much better than that. Looks like a lazy cash-in to me.
Posted by YCshinobi
The Wii version is just a straight port of the PSP version? :?
Posted by altitude2k
In fairness, it's only the first couple of shots that are the Wii (2,3,4). The last couple are from the PSP version (5,6).
Posted by Tao
Looks all right to me. Might not be photo-realistic or high-def but that's secondary to how it plays and how well they've implemented the physics. I think I'll wait and see what the games reviewers think when it comes out, rather than shooting it down now.
Posted by Shabozi
Are you blind sir?

It looks like lego f1 racing...

Actually has anyone checked that this isn't just another expansion of the lego franchise?

I am usually the person blowing the trumpet of the gameplay over grapics band, but when your IP is based on realism these screenshots are a joke...
Posted by slatters
I havn't enjoyed an F1 game since F1 wgp 2 on the N64 and seeing as this doesn't look much different i'll probs wait for the 360 version.

Saying that, it's not all about the graphics is it?....is it?
Posted by Eclipse Dj
:shock: Oh dear what happened at Codemasters? They done a great job with Race Driver: Create and Race in 2007 and GRID in 08 both on DS, I was expecting good things but this is awful.

It's sad when F1 World Grand Prix 2 N64, released in 1999 actually looks a bit better.

When you think Codies achieved this in 2006 on Xbox and this in 2003 on PS2 ,it just smacks of lazy deveopment.
Posted by Mark240473
The difference being is that it would probably look okay on a small PSP screen. The Wii version on a 40" LCD would look worse than 'REVS' on the spectrum.
Posted by Fury83
Its ugly! OMG!
Posted by shellster2
that does look like a lame duck to me. i'll wait for the 360 version. surely the wii can do better than that?
Posted by rallyeboy
Are you sure thats not the DS version!! I cant see how the Wii is going to deal with the speed of F1 unless the tracks are incredibly bare. Mind you with the millions of Wii's out there with uneducated owners i am sure they will make their money back!!
Posted by WHERESMYMONKEY
does look like a lazy job to me. Might play well though. Maybe.

think i'll reserve judgement till i've actually seen it in motion.

Hopefully they'll nin this build and make something that does the wii justice though.
Posted by Obscure_Metaphor
are you sure they're not DS shots? the resolution certainly looks that low. it'd make no sense to have a teaser trailer that shows nothing released with a load of screen shots.
Posted by Anarion
Wii is really showing its age. That's mobile phone quality graphics.
Posted by Anarion
Those two last shots must be from PSP version.
Posted by voodoo341
Sums it all up when you're not sure which are Wii screen shots and which are PSP screenshots.
Posted by Weezer
Why bother? The Wii can't cope and it's hordes of casual gamers won't give a shit. It's got Madworld-level sales written all over it.

And probably less.

I hate the Wii but the missus won't let me sell it.
Posted by altitude2k
I think it's blindingly obvious the first 3 are Wii and last 2 are PSP.

I don't think it should be judged so quickly. Racing games have a history of not looking particularly impressive in screenshots, and much better in motion. I'll wait until we see footage, even though I'm waiting until the 360 release.
Posted by dannybuoy
Fugly... It would be an easy port to iPhone.
Posted by voodoo341
I don't really care, there's 5 in game shots there and they look terrible.
Posted by deadmartyr
Those shots look awful - I really can't expect that they've shown shots of the game at an early stage, so it's not going to look much better than that.

Wii game visuals should look at least as good as the best we saw on the GameCube, if not more so.
Posted by HITMANBAZZA
Looks Shite!!
I think I'll wait for the PS3 Version!!
Posted by nigel666
Oh dear god no, not a good start. :cry:
Posted by nigel666
Oh dear god no, not a good start. :cry:
Posted by lonewolf2002
Are those lego bricks on the right hand side in pic 6?
Posted by waltyftm
Fack off ! total utter shi'te :evil:
Posted by Jensonjet
The high resolution car model of the first shot clearly shows the detail of the models... how low the detail goes on the 360 is the question. I expect the game will look similar to the current selection of driving games.

However, this is a terrible advertisement for the Wii, wish I suppose is aimed at babies and grannies, so it doesn't really effect the majority of us clued up enough to check out websites for the latest details about games.
Posted by lonewolf2002
You would like to think that but for the most part this is not happening, from the titles I owned when I had a Wii, to a majority of the new titles I have seen shots from.
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