There are also research and development skills – almost like a strategy game – that allow you to improve engine performance as well. You can drive cars from the Ferrari, McLaren, Red Bull, Renault and Williams teams, and the Career mode now stretches through 10 full years, allowing you to develop team skills as well your own individual racing skills, in order to improve performance in vital areas such as pit-stop times and repairs. And while the format of the game remains essentially the same – with both a Career mode and Championship mode available to test your driving skills – the 2017 edition really goes to town and provides a wider, more varied range of teams, cars and tracks for you to choose from. The format of the game is similar to the 2016 edition although, of course, it’s been updated with the 20 official circuits from the 2017 season. Unfortunately, the 20 versions Codemaster’s F1 series don’t seem to have been released on the Mac yet, so the most recent version for Mac racers is still F1 2017. System requirements: macOS 10.12.5 or later, 2GHz Intel Core i5, AMD Radeon R9 M290 (2GB), Intel Iris Pro 6200 (1.5GB) The game’s system requirements aren’t as steep as some other racing games, so it should work with most recent Mac models – but it’s definitely worth double-checking Feral’s website before buying. The game is available on both the App Store and Steam but – as is so often the case – the Steam version of the game is cheaper, and also offers an online multiplayer mode that isn’t available if you buy it from the App Store. The game’s physics and mechanical systems are highly realistic, so you do need genuine driving skill to beat your opponents, but you can also indulge your inner speed-demon a bit, as the game includes a ‘recovery’ option that can step back in time when things go wrong, and get you back on the track again (albeit with a brief time penalty). There’s also a Hillclimb mode, which requires extra powerful cars in order to reach the top of challenging hill tracks, such as the famous Pike’s Peak in Colorado. Alternatively, you can choose Rally mode, which challenges your speed in individual races on a variety of tracks and weather conditions. The main Championship mode allows you to drive through a series of races in order to earn prize money so that you can upgrade your car. There are three game modes to provide variety, as well as 40 different types of car that you can drive. You can even drive through Hell itself – which, apparently, is a well-known rallycross track in Norway. Dirt Rally boasts that it lets you race on “the most dangerous tracks in the world”, ranging from the rain-swept roads of Wales, to the rocky hills of Greece. The Dirt series, however, is a bit more like the Fast And Furious films – it’s all about the high-speed action and the thrill of hurtling around corners and over hills with the pedal permanently pushed to the floor.
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