F1 Online Open Beta is ready to play now... by chocolate.boy 2012/06/29 17:51
Codemasters' free-to-play F1 management sim has officially gone into Open Beta. Know what that means? The whole game is there for you to play until your heart's content. But don't worry about the 'management sim' bit - you do get to drive the cars around 3D tracks in real-time - it's just a bit different from the F1 racing you're used to from Codies.

The game runs in your browser, which means you just have to load up the internet on your PC or Mac, navigate to the game's website and then... well, play it. All 20 of this year's race tracks are in the game, using the same 3D models and data that full-fat F1 2011 does on your Xbox, PC or PS3. You'll also be racing with the official teams and drivers. It's fully-licensed, fully official and fully... similar to Codemasters' racing classic Micro Machines when you play it, surprisingly. More realistic, of course, but definitely comparable. Observe: