well thats my point, with codemasters, they pump out new games every year tie it to games for windows live which is dead, and never seem to get it right no matter how many releases they make
Dirt -> Dirt 2 they did some nice work here in terms of optimization and fluid gameplay but they also made Dirt 2 a title that could take home the award for most douchebaggery in the first 5 mins of starting a game lol
Dirt 2 -> Dirt 3 douchbaggery got toned down DLC got shoved out the door to an extreme at a ridiculous rate
F1 2010, as you pointed out it looked good but had some flaws,
they've now focused on underlying problems how much you want to bet F1 2011 follows Dirt 3 format of expensive mass produced DLC in place of what should be real content, im not impressed, it looks better then it did, but ive always been under the impression that Codemasters tends to get close but never gets the cigar lol
other companies produce far better games in the same genre's or use to just Codemasters is all we get on the PC side of things.
on a side note id like to see nascar make a return to PC with all the bells and whistles, with the kind of depth that Gran Turismo has in terms of tweaking, with the control and handling that is a mix of Forza and Gran Turismo *really depends on the race mode some modes feel right while others dont depending on the title* if they brought those products to PC codemasters would be in some hot water.
instead we just get need for speed and Burnout Paradise which feels weak compared to previous entries in the series. Kinda just leaves me here to accept what Codemasters pumps out. and smile as i eat the shit sandwich.