Those of you who want to gain beta access need to fill out this form, once completed you will then have to ask roughly 8 multiple choice questions to help Codemasters decide whether you are suitable for the beta testing. If you are lucky enough to get access to the beta you will receive an email.

We will now just remind you exactly what this game is all about, firstly this game will be free-to-play and will run in your web browser, this means that no installation will take place and it will run off the cloud. Despite being free-to-play we almost certainly expect there to be in-game purchases available.

In the game you will be able to race on all the circuits from the 2011 FIA Formula 1 World Championship, also as you would expect all the cars from your favorite teams will feature in the game, in fact if you check out this trailer you will see just how much attention to detail has gone into them, they are all instantly recognisable.

What’s interesting about this game is the fact that it is heavily based on management, rather than just racing, the aim is to ultimately win the championship, but creating a team, hiring staff, expanding your HQ and spending credits on things like wind tunnels will play a big part in your success. We can also confirm that there will be multiplayer races along with custom cars and tracks.

As you can see the game looks pretty interesting, we just hope that in-game purchases aren’t too important as other developers have often made games impossible to win without investing some of your hard-earned cash into the game, which somewhat negates the main point of a free-to-play game.

Will you be playing F1 Online?

As noted over on the formula1.com website, the 2011 app will provide users with live timing data from every single session of the Grand Prix weekend, enabling them to track the progress of their favorite drivers including lap times, position and sector times.

The 2011 application also features a new push notification service, currently available on iOS with other mobile platforms following shortly, which alerts users when a Grand Prix session is about to start. It also provides them with session results, championship standings and a lot more.

Other live timing features in the Formula1.com 2011 app include text commentary, straight-line speeds and a track status indicator. Users will also be provided with circuit data such as wind speed and direction, current track and air temperatures, air pressure and humidity levels.

Users won’t just receive data for a current race either, as the application also features the 2011 season calendar, results for every session of the season and the timetables for every Grand Prix race. Are you a registered user of the formula1.com website?

As reported from Eurogamer, the patch update will specifically combat issues involving corrupt game saves which affects all three platforms of the game.

As far we know, this isn’t a widespread problem, since we’ve had some reports from you that your game save is fine. However, Codemasters has specifically pinpointed a few reasons which could trigger a corrupt game save – find out more details on that on the official forum here.

It is nice to see the team addressing the problem so soon after launch, which is sure to please a lot of frustrated racers out there for sure! Let us know your thoughts on this, particularly if you have experienced any problems wih the game.