F1 2021 vs F1 2020 | Direct Comparison

[@Nick930]

Correction: The improved sharpness of the exhaust pipe shown here is NOT the result of "AMD's Fidelity FX sharpening."

[@randomstuff1669]

I just paused the video and scrolled down to this comment section.

[@alfieclark2563]

@@randomstuff1669 really

[@SkeleCrafteronYT]

Bruuuuuhh, I saw you had a 3090 so the FidelityFX comment made no sense

[@ay-leck1369]

This was recorded before patch 1.05 right? Because since then they have improved some of the graphics. Wet weather and raytracing looks a LOT better now when maxed out.

[@GraveUypo]

@@SkeleCrafteronYT it works on nvidia. but that is just an increase in poly count.

[@bouncycow3010]

Nice to know they made lots of VERYYYYY noticeable improvements like changing the colour of a crane, which are definitely worth paying another 50 pounds for

[@raghumanimehta1563]

Cara feel very different especially tyres

[@NovaStrike118]

Graphics aren't everything, and F1 games have reached such high graphics that there's nothing to improve, all they can do is make small changes and adjustments because the tracks irl didn't change either except for some ads (which are reflected ingame)

[@bouncycow3010]

Lz Killer7 yeah, I do sort of agree, but surely they could then release a free or low cost dlc every year for the same game instead of charging 50 pounds of minor improvements. Doesn’t make sense to me.

[@vishwanathasharma1409]

@@bouncycow3010 isn't codemasters now under ea

[@LXST_WDW]

EA SPORTS IT'S IN THE GAME

[@dylanf6091]

The lack of tyre debris on the track is the biggest let down for me. And rain quality changed to puddles, like how forza 5 had aqua planing on puddles, but there is no effect here

[@Saakk129]

turn off all assists so you can feel when you're off line? Wheel? Settings/calibration? It's there

[@GregorioStyreco]

It was forza 6.

[@justinburley8659]

The tyre debris is definitely there. You’ll even pick it up on your tyres when you run off the racing line. He might not have seen it because he probably did shirt length races

[@speedster8138]

Which F1 you're taking about?

[@CubyDoesStuff]

McLaren used a Renault engine in 2020, and uses the Mercedes engine in 2021, so the sound comparison needs a disclaimer or changing.

[@taleeftamsal1024]

This

[@MrMaskYT]

@KZbin user sparta

[@DeMiGoDfIsH]

Ahhhhhhh!!!!

[@biaxial4160]

I am disappointed that there are barley any reflections in F1 2021, I was expecting more from the game to offer.

[@biaxial4160]

@Forgeflames Old consoles really are holding the whole game down.

[@ay-leck1369]

Patch 1.05 on PC has greatly improved raytraced reflections and lighting.

[@biaxial4160]

@@ay-leck1369 Oh, that's great to hear it

[@conceptualmessiah01]

@Forgeflames It's the new consoles that are bringing the game down because if they were available, the need to bring the game to the old ones wasn't there.

[@thunderarch5951]

@@justcows7772 this is the last game on old gen, from next here they'll be able to focus completely on improvements and full ray tracing implementation

[@Burgerplayer3920]

must've been hard making F1 2021 after F1 2020.

[@n0body550]

Do you know how to make a game?

[@rohitsaitejagadu8045]

True

[@n0body550]

@@justcows7772 no, you cant criticise the making of one if you dint know how to

[@n0body550]

@@justcows7772 criticise the game itself yes but not that its just copy and paste thats just ignorant

[@n0body550]

@@justcows7772 still changes, and those aren’t copy and paste, i understand the minimal changes might not be worth it but i love the game and the sport, and for me the handling and tyres on this years game is more than enough for me to get the game, plus i make enough every month the fishing out £60 for something i’ll play daily is worth it, so please dont spread your anger with it as “not enough” as that may be true for you but fir many others its more than enough, im not trying to argue or be mean i just want there to be civil discussion on the likes and dislikes and not some ignorant statements that aren’t true for many people

[@boredstudent]

I mostly got F1 2021 because of the Braking Point story. Well, I really got it because I started loving F1 racing again. It started with F1 2020. One thing I liked about the last game that isn't in this game is the inclusion of classic F1 cars. I know some people couldn't care less about it but I liked those cars. Probably even more than these newer F1 cars. There's also tracks that aren't in the game which will be added in sometime by an update patch. Another thing I do like about F1 2021 is that the official intro video is in the game. That was cool.

[@RPD_GG]

will probably get this when it's added to the steam sales in a few months

[@CaioCRCosta]

It's on sale now. Just wondering if a strange from the internet would think 25% off is ok or if you'd wait until we get to 50%

[@RPD_GG]

@@CaioCRCosta it's a reasonable discount but it could always go down even more in the next big steam sale. Depends if you want to wait 50 days to find out

[@CaioCRCosta]

@@RPD_GG Yeah, I think I'll wait. 50 days is not that much. Thanks, mate!

[@charleshair8620]

F1 2020 better textures, better reflections, puddles looking better in rain, better tyre debris on the track, better grass & better servers. I'm skipping F1 2021 and will wait for F1 2022.

[@AGuywhohasGoodTaste]

Now it’s time to wait for Gran Turismo and Forza.

[@mohammedalnayar]

For the sound comparison, its important to also highlight the sound of front tyre locking .. Going from F1 2019 to F1 2020 was a lot more immersive, that even the tyre lock had a really different sound.

[@johnathansmoke]

I do not like the fact that F1 2021 has no reflections on the roads when it is raining

[@parsa_4]

@@easthorizonfilms They added RT which is most famous for the reflections. And not only the game doesn't utilize RT properly, the best area to show it off, the reflective water surface on the roads, has been removed. And mind that F12021 was developed under EA which means the studio has way more budget than they did previously. It just looks significantly worse than F12020. This annual sports games are really the lowest-effort types of games. Edit: Also, they have disabled the RT on PS5 because of performance issues. How is this low-level of RT causing issues on a PS5?! It's like a tenth of the RT used in Spider-Man Miles Morales.

[@beegyoshi6525]

@@easthorizonfilms that makes no sense. Ray tracing exists to be taxing on the Gpu, and other games increase the amount of reflective surfaces for raytraced games. It would make sense if Ray tracing is compulsory but it isnt

[@parsa_4]

@@easthorizonfilms It might be the case, but generally, these annual sports games are very low-effort. Because they sell lots of copies even if the game is utter trash. Devs and publishers usually don't care much about them. They could just keep the reflections and add RT to them. Could be done quite easily because they did advertise the game as an RT title, and there are no reflections in it 😂

[@jsade]

@@easthorizonfilms Raytracing != reflections. Reflections can profit off that technique, but so can Global Illumination and audio. The reason behind environment reflections being less detailled is that raytracing is very taxing and trade-offs had to be made, sacrificing distant reflections for higher visual fidelity in the near distance.

[@parsa_4]

@@jsade "One" of the RT aspects is reflections. We have global illuminations, RT shadows etc.

[@AlexOcampoFilms]

I wonder if they'll soon move to Frostbite since they're owned by EA now. That would probably bring a nice visual improvement to the game.

[@tun04]

F1 2020 Better

[@ahmedisam2533]

I know it's a little bit too late but can u make one of those: 1. GTA-V vs GTA-4 2. GTA-V vs red dead redemption 2 3. Assassin's creed unity vs syndicate

[@freddwoord]

Wtf is gta 5 vs RDR2? Lets compare minecraft to Battlefield 5 next

[@ahmedisam2533]

@@freddwoord GTA-V isnt that bad and he actually compared red dead redemption 2 to red dead redemption 1 and GTA-V to GTA san andreas

[@freddwoord]

@@ahmedisam2533 yes but he didn’t compare gta 3 to RDR1 because it’s a completely different genre

[@parsa_4]

GTA and RDR genres are too unrelated, so I doubt the comparison would make sense. But the other two are very good ideas, especially those AC titles. I really felt a graphical downgrade going from Unity to Syndicate.

[@ahmedisam2533]

@@parsa_4 u r right ac syndicate was downgraded i guess and the lighting was weird

[@PeachyPixel28]

I've put a bunch of hours into this and the gains are all mechanical. the surface and tyre physics models are a large improvement on 2020. Visuals-wise the lighting and the fact that it's apparently raytraced? disappointing at best

[@jhendo4940]

i think the game doesn’t have as good lighting as it’s probably their last game on current gen so they can’t make it too detailed

[@zaheersarang6466]

So essentially it's like FIFA. Swap out some bad shit for good while making other shit worse and giving you the same shit for the same price. Go figure.

[@jakubwierzbicki6219]

It would be cool if they kept everything (as in Menus etc) the same and had released this as "F1 2021 Season upgrade" and meanwhile worked on something actually new, like F1 dunno.. 1995? Something truly different and worth the full price.

[@Faithful-Preservation]

And then there is the competative scene where everyone turns down the graphics settings to get the highest possible framerate lol. Love the comparison though :)

[@jansonb482]

yeah haha, I turn my graphics down till I have 144FPS

[@jansonb482]

One FPS less and I will cry

[@wadimek116]

@@jansonb482 I got it high 4k with usual 120fps

[@jansonb482]

@@wadimek116 good for you

[@RPD_GG]

Have been waiting for this since f1 2021 was released :D

[@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435]

6:56 The drizzles does seem somewhat downgraded with low res sprites and more "static" animation (you don't get that fluid looks to it as in the previous game).

[@TrailDave]

Codies will enter the graveyard of EA purchases, first the quality will drop then the Dev will be shut down. Its a damn shame. Been a Codies fan since micro machines back on the mega drive

[@reaper_taco]

First Grid for me. But I have enjoyed their work for most of their games. I do believe when companies get bigger and more $$$ behind them, they do lose sight of the consumer.

[@ARIXANDRE]

This series has reached such perfect graphical fidelity that artists are probably just putting easter eggs in the environments.

[@EarthIsFlat456]

cross-gen titles such as this usually offer relatively little improvement in terms of graphics because they have to run on older platforms.

[@garyl6561]

let's be real, the graphics hasn't been improve since f1 2015

[@EarthIsFlat456]

@@garyl6561 There's definitely been improvements but they're subtle.

[@thegreenpinguin6871]

@@garyl6561 Look at the difference between F1 2017-2018 and F1 2021

[@eriknaamot]

Thx! Have been waiting for this 👏👏👏

[@StreetComp]

IMO, the most important thing they need to get right every year are getting physics and tire model correct as can be for $60 and giving us options to have it be more/less sim like. Then get yearly changes to the car design and liveries correct and include the exact circuits from the real F1 season. As long as graphics are adequate im not gonna notice much when racing and trying to get 20 cars moving at 4K/60 fps is gonna take some corner cutting. Sadly, modern F1 cars sound like total shit anyway so they got that right both years!

[@kak8895]

Keep dreaming, these F1 games are told by Codemasters Formula 1 partnership to be Simcadish as much as possible. They want to draw the younger audience and also make more money. The Sim market is too niche and small for these companies to break bank.

[@jasonskerrett3826]

This is why I think ray tracing is overrated. It can do wonders for making things realistic for sure but I don't see any issues with a game that's looks better because the art team carefully baked every aspect to make the best "look". Looking great and looking real don't always align

[@ابويعقوبالغامدي]

Finally a yellow crane, now I can call this a F1 game.

[@sognar2240]

trying to decide what's more insane - to buy new FIFA every year, or new F1 game?

[@Crimsn_]

At least with the F1 titles there's variety with the cars. Distinct differences in feel from the cars in each era.

[@lennythefish5318]

Multiplayer career mode is enough for me

[@Holoflux]

The fact you are even putting both of those on the same level FIFA is a cash cow, F1 brings ACTUAL change

[@MaxScofield]

Hater

[@kak8895]

@@Holoflux While I agree that Fifa is a cash cow F1 hasn't brought any change since what 2015? They need to make changes to their game engine and actually make the physics more realistic.

[@Nicsos123]

I’m still waiting for triple screen and VR support

[@squayssan5352]

@Dragon 2022 😅

[@samuelmagilocusts2870]

F1 2021 should be a $10 upgrade from 2020 but no of course there not going to do that 😑

[@kapilbusawah7169]

Been waiting for this!

[@snuke2703]

It's really saddening that we have to speak about graphical downgrades to an annually releasing game at all...

[@wdowa94]

8:24 That's the selling point

[@catfish326]

I guess EA will pressured codemasters and made F1 like FIFA

[@robot3216]

Cyberpunk Comparison video when? Maybe with WD Legion?

[@haroonp8842]

If all the games look visually similar and cars have minute changes then whats the point of getting new game each year?

[@davidsolo4705]

As a Mexican. Play with Checo on RB 😅😅😅

[@gawkyrex]

For me just the change in colour makes f1 2021 look way better

[@joshc8671]

F12018 is still the best overall in my opinion. It was more simulator oriented, whereas the newer ones are more arcade style. It seemed more grown up.

[@JinnyTvv]

What u mean more simulator?

[@WhatzHappeningNow9]

@@JinnyTvv More realistic to actually driving the car

[@Bilalx1905]

yea you kinda right but the cars in F1 2020 feel better imo

[@luiz_bossen]

I hate the fact they thought more of surrounding buildings than the road itself which is legit what u look at 80% of the time

[@1gbuzzin]

CARBON…COPY

[@Glizzmissile]

This was such a great video since F1 2020 went on sale on Xbox with a special edition too for like $18. I don’t really buy racing games but I’ve gotten more into F1 so it’s a great starting point.

[@mortennrregren5827]

It looks good tho but for me its just small details and whats the best ugly but very funny or pretty but very boring?

[@tusewel6128]

The sound does change, as there are settings for it, making it far more realistic, and road rain textures are in fact quite good as it is more realistic for the driver POV, which is the main POV, where more settings are possible

[@dinamo7485]

Cyberpunk 2077 Vs Watch Dogs legion??

[@TenGeniusStupid]

They had to downgrade some parts of F1 2021 to be able to render Nikita Marzipan's huge forehead

[@Nockspielt]

This is just copy/paste Downgrade/upgrade for 60 bucks every year......no!

[@NovaStrike118]

The damage and crash physics and models have been updated, like Tyre deamination which looks very realistic now

[@satolatifi24]

They still the same of 2020

[@NovaStrike118]

and you english still the same of 2020

[@satolatifi24]

@@NovaStrike118 yes

[@suneosatellites]

Those wet roads on 2021 are atrocious!

[@ransomsdp]

The customisation is still crap, typical codemasters

[@swalotlha5763]

Super awesome! I've been hyped for this one

[@ExterminLord]

a few tiny steps forward and a few more noticeable steps backwards

[@markweatherall7437]

I'm more interested in the handling and gameplay.?

[@abdulhameedal-sikafi8944]

I'll stay on 2020 then, not worth the 50$

[@donpercent]

I wont be buying a game every year. Little or no changes. Next time I will buy a new one will probably be around 2036 or 37.

[@Mark.13.]

Funny coz story campaign in F1 2021 is main reason for me not to buy this game....

[@nickharper3137]

Man regional prices are too high in my country and change after codies join EA

[@ThiagoCesr]

I use the cockpit cam and I fell like now the shadows from the other cars when you look through the mirrors are not as good as in f1 2020, sometimes looks like there is no shadow, don't know if anyone noticed it too, I play on pc at max setting

[@reaper_taco]

Glad I stumbled upon this video. Good to know I will stick with F12020. Maybe they have updates/patches for upgraded textures for F12021, later???

[@JustXav1]

When it comes out, you should make a video on Death Stranding Director's Cut compared to the original

[@jamesmellingard8603]

Code masters did send out a message saying they had turned off Ray tracing to improve stability on consoles and are working to fix it up, so depending on when this was recorded could be an issue

[@Nick930]

This was recorded on PC. I was aware of that statement - though from what I read, it only pertained to the PS5 version of the game

[@Red-cx4ur]

Nick We want Cyberpunk77 vs Watch dogs legion

[@marekshole2945]

The puddled ground in the wet replaced the shiny, reflective surface of f1 2020 because its more realistic with the puddled so I think the puddles make it way better

[@BeerBourbonandGames]

Another copy and paste yearly title. Shocking.

[@Nicsos123]

What about physics and ffb?

[@edurevelfood]

Great video showing its big technical flaws. This series has always been overvalued. Compared with any other top notch racing game F1 looks like is at least 5yrs behind.

[@j6ajackson34]

Codemasters needs to fix the following problems for the next F1 game 1. Quit copy and pasting and focus on upgrading the game engine from Ego 4.0 to 5.0 or to the unreal engine. 2. Make the damage model more realistic rather than marginal improvements, we have had the same damage model since "F1 2015!" 3. Laser-scan the tracks and make more them more accurate.

[@astrologoolavodecarvalho8573]

ctrl c ctrl v

[@randallcromer66]

I was hoping that with Ray tracing they could create a more realistic version this year but I was totally disappointed with what came out this year. So I got a refund and I'm sticking with F1 2020 until the next game is released. There's just not enough of a improvement to justify the price this time around which is really sad because I'm a huge fan of the series. I can't hardly wait to see what Grand Tourismo 7 is going to look and play like next year, I have even higher hopes for that game then the next F1 2022. I really hope that we aren't in for a huge disappointment. Thank you for the video and for your opinion because I couldn't agree more with what you had to say in this video. So please keep up the awesome work and I promise to keep coming back for more and sharing your video's with as many people as I possibly can because you definitely deserve it. 🤟😎👍

[@kak8895]

Gran turismo 7 looks exactly like GTSport just maybe with Ray tracing this time no changes forward and making it Cross-Gen proved so.

[@faigesman]

Muchas gracias por tu articulo, muy interesante y útil para la compra. pero como fan de motogp que compra cada año el juego creo que no te has informado bien, motogp salió de una forma lamentable, los circuitos si es cierto que estaban actualizados, pero todos los equipos de moto2 y moto 3 se debían actualizar y las motogp de inicio eran las del año 2020, y ya no hablemos de los modos de juego, ojala motogp se acercara en algo a codemasters.. muchas gracias por el video!

[@rodrigoenlinea]

Very minor variations. Almost only changing car's liveries and crane's colour. I got it on Xbox One and I think this is the Codemasters' F1 game with more bugs I've seen in the last few years (I've played all codemasters F1 titles since 2009). Greetings to everyone from México!

[@zalankhan5743]

HI,Can you tell me what projects are you working on. Plus I have a Request can you do a Video on History Of all the NFS games.

[@zalankhan5743]

@@NeverQuit87 well i didnt asked you

[@Nockspielt]

They almost removed all the sparks coming from under the cars in the new f1 2021 game.....

[@samu7278]

Can you do subnautica below zero vs the original subnautica? That would be an interesting comparison!

[@nachoherba9007]

save money and buy f1 2022 with really new cars design and rules..

[@Claro718]

Exactly bro.

[@streamsfromelectronicmusic5059]

Hats off to your attention to detail and research and effort that went into making this video. I found it very helpful

[@mohakgopale4776]

Who the fuck even buys these games like F1, FIFA, NBA etc? All waste of money.

[@arachnidguy6179]

Direct Comparison Batman Arkham Original Vs Remaster

[@evilgeenius2]

Are there graphical improvements to the Xbox Series X edition? I assume this is pc?

[@existentialselkath1264]

The car shaders kinda let the raytracing tech down. It looks very matte so there aren't any noticeable improvements to the reflections

[@sevenmaggots]

yeah this has been fixed today finally. the raytracing we see in this video is such a poor implementation of the tech but if you crank it up to ultra its finally looking good

[@danverss6176]

maybe for these f1 games you should do a comparison with irl instead lol

[@giogamer4825]

Thank you for this comparison. Great work 👍

[@harshlens]

The shadows are a catastrophy in 2021... I hate the crap LOD of opponents shadows... they really fucked this 2021 game up... put all the budget in the story mod... NOT TO MENTION they got rid of the CLASSIC CARS... what a joke... why did I bought this game :/

[@erazer2753]

Cyberpunk vs wd legion please

[@LZMP60]

Fifa doppleganger lmao 60$ for exactly the same game with two pixels more

[@FranklinClinton1]

Thats sad with the lower Resolution, If there was this in 2020, why wasn't it simply adopted? It's so simple and still not included, I can't understand the decision same with the Reflexion a mix about Ray Tracing and screen space reflections would be perfect ....😑

[@SchereGeist]

People that buy every year a new f1 game, are as smart as people, that buy every year an fifa game... Change my mind...

[@philpygaming5639]

Don’t know if it’s just me but I hate this game I didn’t play f1 2020 but I had 2019 and it was my first f1 game. I was really quick on that game but as soon as I’ve moved to this I’ve had days to get up to speed and I’m still seconds off my friends pace then on f1 2019 I would destroy.

[@spacedyko9866]

you might wanna compare Cyberpunk77 to Watch dogs legion

[@FarmYardGaming]

2021 has been controversial from what I've seen. Codemasters itself has been like that, actually.

[@GregorioStyreco]

Sadly, they ducked this year brutally up. A mediocre story mode which is totally non sense in a game like this, doesn't justify, killing classic cars, short tracks etc. I play since f1 2010, and it's the first time in years it has gotten worse.

[@candido512]

I love this serie, when rdr 2 vs ac valhalla coming? Hahaha

[@blaster12v]

There is realy to little change between 2020 and 2021 .. they just want to make lots of money with as little work as possible ..

[@fadeeeed]

I dont get why these games have to release every damn year ... just like fifa, its just not interesting anymore. Just make it game as a service and provide visual updates this way ... but i guess selling same thing every year makes milking f1 fans easier.

[@Pathstalker]

Just like the guy below me said: "Feels like they switch around on the graphics part like "this year we remove this nice road texture and put on the one from 5 years ago and on this house we replace this 5 year old texture with this new nice one" And in F1 2022 they do the other way around. ". It is really disappointing, how lazy developers are these days, there almost no progress anymore, there are games that are five or six years old that look better than new games, like for example Quantum Break. Even if they technically improve games, they make them uglier in many cases.

[@jedipadwan20]

F1 2021 to me for start off from outside the cab. F1 2020 for inside the cab for start out. F1 2020 in the rain start out sounds better in m6 opinion.

[@aterikasedi]

A great comparison

[@Ricky911_]

I think this game might be lacking a few details because of the switch to PS5/Xbox Series X. We had the same problem when F1 2014 came out. Ray-tracing even got removed for a while on PS5 because of a few issues. Hopefully, they'll do better in F1 2022

[@jayjaymyers5276]

Why even make these games loo

[@fastmclaren71]

If they are cutting corners in graphics. They should price it better. Robbers.