

Lens glare appears at all the right (and wrong) places and is extremely realistic and helps cover the environments in something akin to an attractive haze. As your opponents streak by you (which they will) they look stunning, pit stops are quite attractive, and while the skybox is pretty ho-hum, the lighting is excellent. I can say though that the cars, with the exception of the weird issue that I saw with the tires, are of exceptional quality. You can definitely tell that Codemasters spent the lion's share of their time developing the actual asphalt/concrete and the vehicle models as the skybox is so-so and the grandstands are pretty lackluster, not to mention the horrid texture used for grass. It did not happen all the time, but enough that I felt it prudent to mention it. I noticed it more and more as I would cut corners and see dirt and other debris appearing on the wheels.

There were a number of times where the front wheels turned square-ish, showing straight edges where the rubber should be round.

It is not that F1 is a bad looking game, it simply looks decidedly last-generation and in some cases, even worse. I am going to start with the most glaring aspects of F1 2014 on the PlayStation 3 it shows its age, and not well.
