The latest website to get some time looking at F1 2009 is Eurogamer and a new two page preview has been published this morning. As with IGN, they seem to be impressed by the wide array of assists and difficulty settings, but describe the visuals as being like an “average PS2 game”. According to writer Johnny Minkley, the data for the game was frozen just after the Spanish Grand Prix, which should mean that Brawn GP and Red Bull Racing are at the front, with the tail end made up by Toro Rosso and Force India.

Codemasters claims that a big focus in the new games will be avoiding TV-style presentation. It’s an interesting choice, given the mediocrity of the HUD they’ve managed to create, and they say that there will be less in-race commentary and much more input from your race engineer. A Logitech steering wheel will be supported (but does anyone want to buy one for this single game?) alongside many different controller options. Interestingly, the Gamecube controller is not listed as a possible option.

F1 2009 Hands On [Eurogamer]