This premium DLC for Formula Legends features six real-world circuits: London, Berlin, Tokyo, Miami, Sâo Paulo and Shanghai (although I'm not sure about how “real-world” the tracks actually are.) Formula E also has an actual official licence that features real teams and drivers!
Unlike F1, you get 3 bonus points for pole position, so it's worth practicing for more than one reason. Getting away well from a good grid position makes a race much easier, as while the AI driver's behaviour has improved since launch, they can still be a pain to pass on the higher difficulty settings.
It may be a relatively new formula and the cars might be radically different to F1 cars, but the racing is basically the same, with the game's difficulty ranging from too easy on "very easy" to too flipping hard on “very hard”. There are no tyre compounds to worry about and you can turn on ABS, Traction Control and automatic gearbox if you like. You can also turn off battery consumption, damage and even collisions.
The handling (after a much-requested change by users) now feels too predictable, and in doing away with the occasional tendency to suddenly spin in marginal conditions (in rain or with worn tires) developers 3D Clouds have gone the wrong way–they needed to reduce the grip levels and make slides predictable, controllable and fun, not virtually do away with them. Watch Formula 1 or Formula E and you'll see plenty of sliding and opposite-locking (counter steering) with the current crop of cars, and in Formula Legends you do none of that.
Formula E‐Electric Revolution is no doubt a must-buy for Formula E fans, or for racing game fanatics who want cars that look a bit like Formula One cars but sound like electric RC cars. It plays just as well as all the other eras/categories but has the same flaws–the main one being that the handling and the racing just isn't engaging enough. Oh, and they still haven't added a multiplayer mode (although one is "Coming Soon"), a replay mode or even highlights.
Having played it for many hours I still get the distinct impression that Formula Legends is a 'work in progress', albeit a pretty darned good one.
Read our Formula Legends review >here<
Many thanks to 3D Clouds and PressEngine