F1 2012

                

F1 2012
Provisional cover art for PC version
Developer(s)	Codemasters Birmingham
Publisher(s)	Codemasters
Series	Formula One
Engine	EGO Engine 2.0
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 iOS
Release date(s)	NA 18 September 2012 AU 20 September 2012 EU 21 September 2012
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	9.0
Media/distribution	Optical disc, download, memory card

F1 2012 is a video game developed by Codemasters. It is based on the 2012 Formula One season, and is the sequel to F1 2010 and F1 2011. It is the fourth Formula One game developed by the Codemasters studios after the company renewed its licence to develop the official games of the series. It was announced on March 18, 2012, co-inciding with the first race of the 2012 season. The game was released on 18 September 2012 in North America, 20 September 2012 in Australia and 21 September 2012 in Europe. It will use the EGO Engine.
The F1 2012 demo version was released on 10 September 2012 for Xbox 360 players, day later for Microsoft Windows and North American for PlayStation 3 players. European PlayStation 3 players can download it from 12 September 2012. This is the official game presented by the FIA and is delivered by their U.K Partners, Codemasters.

Features

The game features all twelve teams and twenty-four drivers competing in the 2012 season, as well as the twenty circuits — including the brand new Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas — included in the championship.
The game also features a brand-new "Young Driver Test" mode, a tutorial mode designed to introduce new players to the handling characteristics of Formula One cars as a prologue to the career mode. As a demonstration, Codemasters approached several drivers — including Mercedes test driver Sam Bird and GP2 Series driver Stefano Coletti — at the real-life Young Driver Tests (for drivers who have never started a Grand Prix) in Abu Dhabi in November 2011, and asked them to drive the Yas Marina Circuit in F1 2012 instead of using the team simulators they would traditionally use to learn the circuit. All of the drivers who played the game reported that the game was realistic enough for them to learn the circuit to the point where they were confident enough to set competitive lap times.
F1 2012 features a new "Champions Mode", in which the six World Champions competing in the 2012 season — Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher — will be styled after traditional end-of-level video gaming bosses, with the player challenged to beat them while racing in conditions that are known to suit them.

Gameplay

 Teams and Drivers

Entry List

For the 2012 season, 24 cars (numbered 1-25, excl. 13) are competing, the same number as in 2011. Of the 24 drivers, six have won at least one Formula One World Championship (Vettel, Alonso, Button, Hamilton, Schumacher and Räikkönen), one more than in 2011, and once again an all-time record.

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