F1 2015 Xbox One, PS4, PC OUT this Week in EU, 21st in US; Codemasters Talks New Hopper Matchmaking System, Feature Race

By Staff Reporter

Jul 07, 2015 09:08 AM EDT

Fans who are highly anticipating for F1 2015 release are now inching closer to getting their hands on the Codemasters' next racing sim debuting on Xbox One, PS4 and PC this coming July 10th in the UK, Europe, and Australia and on on the 21st in North America and Brazil on the 24th. 

Microsoft has already announced that F1 2015 is now available for pre-ordering and predownload from Xbox Games Store ahead of it first wave of launch this week. 

Codemasters continues to whet the appetite of the racing fans across the world with the latest announcement details on the F1 2015 Multiplayer feature.

The game developer explains, "We use the new Hopper matchmaking system for F1 2015 meaning we offer players a wide variety of preset session types they can take part in. The session type spans various circuit type preferences, ability levels, race distances and more. Players can easily search for the kind of multiplayer session experience that they want, making the online racing experience in F1 2015 even more exciting.

After you've decided what type of session you want to search for, F1 2015 allows you to play other game modes while the game does all the hard work so you never have to wait on a searching screen while matching takes place. Want some last minute practice on a particular circuit? Just queue up for your chosen Hopper and then go set your best lap times in Time Trial mode.

Also new for F1 2015 is an innovative experience we call the Feature Race. This is a specific lobby set up to correspond with the real life Formula One season. As Formula One moves on from circuit to circuit so does the feature race in F1 2015 to recreate the real world championship."

As reported earlier, this latest iteration in the game series  also features a new online practice mode that can be used before players opt to pit against other palyers in a head to head race. The game also comes with a bonus content from the 2014 F1 season which allows gamers to relive actual racing moments from last year's season like in Madden Moments where a racer must succeed to finish the challenge so as to continue.  

In F1 2015, players can as well create their own racer and turn into a star in the new Pro Career mode. The broadcast feature which has been added in this new title will have post race interviews at the podium and the like. 

Fans can check out this latest gameplay footage via this link here released by Codemasters to preview what can be expected from the game.

Moreover, an Xbox One direct feed spectacular teaser trailer has also demoed Mexico Circuit (Dry Effect) and Montreal (Rain Effect) features. According to Codemasters, one gets to experience a real lifelike gameplay which was made possible using its proprietary EGO game engine that  "acts as a significant step forward in the game's visuals and physics-based handling model." 

The arrival of F1 2015is bringing a promise for fans to 'race like a champion' in superb graphic visuals and optimizing PS4 and Xbox One capabilities as well as PC first this coming Friday, July 10 in Europe, UK, and Australia and on July 21 and 24 in North America and Brazil, respectively. Get excited.   

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