F1 2020: export and other online competitions

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Virtual game, real F1 2020 drivers: competitive options Tips for driving The world of exports is now a world of its own, populated in many cases by competitions that go hand in hand with those in the world real. Especially when the games that are involved concern sports and disciplines that exist even outside of our monitors, leagues, teams and championships in fact overlap between their real and virtual parts. While football teams rush to secure the talents of FIFA and PES as if they were new Ibrahimović, the world of Formula 1 has also made great strides in recent years in the performance of its virtual grand prix. Just think that the latest edition of the virtual Formula 1 tournament has reached a prize pool of $ 500,000, enjoying a popularity that as we are about to see has grown over the past few months. This is thanks to the official promotion of the FIA ​​and the world circus, but also to the possibilities offered by the F1 series of Codemasters, which arrived beyond its tenth year of life as we had the opportunity to see when we retraced its history a few days ago. With the spread of exports, the English company specialized in racing games has dedicated more and more space to online competition in the latest chapters, thus contributing to forming also within F1 that world apart from which we spoke at the opening. Within this world there is of course also the newly arrived F1 2020, anticipated in recent months by a series of events that have brought virtual Formula 1 to get the limelight like never before.

virtual Game, real riders

The health emergency related to pandemic Covid 19 has disrupted the plans of the entire sport. We have also mentioned in the review of F1 2020 , stressing that the itinerant nature of the Formula 1 championship, has forced this race to suffer the most damage being in a situation of uncertainty, which is still output completely. While in the real world the competitions were cancelled, the virtual is literally exploded in popularity thanks to the decision to entertain the public with the Virtual Grand Prix Series. A simple idea, but at the same time ingenious, competing in F1 in 2019, the large premiums that would be due to play in the calendar true.

With the time of the lockdown held over the past months, a little bit of all the nations, the races proved to be a success both in terms of spectators of both participation on the part of the real riders. Starting from the first Grand Prix of Bahrain, held on the 22nd of march, at the wheel of the single-seater from home you are, in fact, states, names like Charles Leclerc , so taken from the guide to being a videogame and leave his girlfriend out the door of the house while he was streaming on Twitch. The Ferrari driver was joined by other colleagues from the world of Formula 1, for a total of eleven riders including Alex Albon, Nicholas Latifi, Lando Norris (or his LandoBOT, in view of the connection dancer), and the final winner George Russell.

Between Facebook, Twitch, YouTube, and television series of the grand prix was watched by over 30 million viewers around the world, with a tamtam that on social networks in full lockdown has brought the GP virtual to be sent from the us on Sky. The virtual feast, has seen the participation to some races also famous people from other sports, as our players Ciro Immobile and Gianluigi Donnarumma, challenged by the colleague goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. A series of events that in the situation anything but simple for medical emergencies has allowed pilots to continue the race in any way, giving prominence to the scene competitive in the series F1, which, however, was already more alive and kicking than ever.

F1 2020: competitive options

If the GP virtual real drivers are a novelty brought by this crazy 2020, are now the Formula 1 Esports Series takes place on the slopes of the series by Codemasters. The first edition is that of 2017 held on F1 2017, won as well as the subsequent from the british Brandon Leigh. The title of series champion of the grand prizes last year went to our compatriot David Tonizza. The format of the competition esports sees anyone who owns a copy of the game can be the participant of the qualifying round online on the occasion of which is made the first big selection among the participants. At this initial stage, followed by the Pro Draft , during which the ten teams the official Formula 1 choose the pilots intended to represent them in the final stage. The Pro Series represent the obstacle last be overcome to reach the glory: in 2019, were organized four events to three races each, with the final date held on 4 December. All of the updates on the official races can be followed within the game, by accessing the esport dedicated.

If you don't have the ambition to become champions of the virtual Formula 1, but you want to enjoy the races online F1 2020, the latter also offers you the possibility to answer to any satisfaction. The central heart of the experience is of course the multiplayer menu in the main screen, from which you can access the entire online experience that F1 2020 has to offer. In particular, lovers of the competition may decide to take part in a GP virtual classified or not classified, or engage in any of the events proposed by the developers. It is in this last case, racing theme related to the races that take place in reality, but also other types of competitions concerning, for example, the classic cars. Winning in the weekly events, you get the Competition Points to spend to customize liveries and suits of your virtual pilot, while the most deserving can unlock trophies to show in your online bulletin board.

tips to help

Views of the possibilities offered by the F1 2020 in terms of game modes both single and multiplayer, for fans of Formula 1 would be a shame to miss the appointment with the game made by Codemasters. Like all the titles in the guide, however, also F1 2020 requires a certain period of acclimatization, but taking account of its nature simcade that makes it a very scalable between arcade and simulation. From this year onwards, the developers have made further steps forward so that even total novices feel immediately at ease, employing a sporty driving style has a lot of aid once on the track.

in case you want to improve your times and compete in the online world, however, you must pass the driving style with more realism, it also, however, balanced by a series of measures that you can set to your liking. In driving an F1 car virtual, the critical issues are essentially three: the time of braking , the entrance to a curve and the traction control during acceleration. Fortunately, the game can help us in all three aspects, allowing us for example to set a track on the asphalt that tells you when to brake and which path to take to best prepare you for a curve. In a similar way, the help on the traction allows us to avoid the spin by pressing too much on the throttle on exit. Playing with the controller and not with the steering wheel, it may be useful to set also the automatic transmission or the automated system on the ERS, to avoid having to press too many buttons while driving.

The advice I give is to not underestimate the contribution of the aid, especially in the initial phase of adaptation, nor to be ashamed to make use of it. Once you have the right dose of confidence, you can start disabling them a little at a time, learning in the first place to help you with the braking point with the signs on most of the circuits. These allow you to clearly identify the 150, 100 and 50 meters are missing to the next curve, but also in the case where these are missing one of the tricks is to take an element of the surrounding environment as a reference.

In a similar way, another fundamental aspect to learn is that of the entry into the curve. Minimize the angle of turn of the steering is the key to exit in the most responsive possible by the end of a straight line, always attempting to get into a wide position in the curve and then get out of it from the inside, opening the gas. Please keep in mind the saying "Slow in, Fast Out": an entry in the curve is adequately slow to allow our car to get the best trajectory, to maximize the acceleration and then we go to give thanks to the best trajectory. The opposite of what can typically take place when taken from the heat we arrive with too much speed inside of a curve, then losing precious time to slow down, and retrieve the line better, creating a steering angle is too high. Do you have any other advice to give to someone who wants to start playing now to F1 2020? Diteceli in the comments!