Codemasters announces official F1 2021 game release date of July 16
Codemasters alongside Electronic Arts Inc. have announced F1 2021, a new next-generation racing experience launching on Friday July 16 (the British Grand Prix weekend), featuring the circuits, drivers and teams of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship season.
The game introduces a brand-new story mode, an expanded Career mode with a two-player option available.
Three new circuits will be added to the game that feature in the 2021 campaign including the return of the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (Imola), Autodromo Internacional Do Algarve (Portimao), and the all new Jeddah street circuit, which are available to all players in post-launch content.
The Official F1 2021 game will give us the players more way of feeling the adrenaline rush of competing in the pinnacle of motorsport virtually.
F1 2021, the official video-game of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship season and the first to be published by powerhouse EA Sports will hit the track on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC via Steam.
“Braking Point”, the brand new story mode, takes you on an epic journey as you climb through the ranks of the FIA Formula 2 Championship, to a shot at the big time, Formula 1. It immerses you into the glamorous world of F1, giving the special feeling of the lifestyle both on and off-track: the rivalries, emotion and dedication needed to compete in the pinnacle of motorsport. The game also sees the return of maverick Devon Butler, who debuted in the 2019 edition of the series.
F1 2021 also sees it’s Career Mode expanded with a two-player option that allows you to join online and play co-op or choose different teams and take rivalries to the track in synchronous race sessions. Each driver has complete control over their own assists, which allows players of all levels to compete against each other. Career mode introduces Real-Season Start, where you can begin at any point of the 2021 season with real time Driver’s and Constructor’s Championship standings.
On all consoles, returning features to the game include the fun-filled driver-manager experience of My Team Career Mode, two player split-screen, shorter season options for both Formula 1 and Formula 2, integration of e-sports with accessible menus and handling.
For the first time, Formula 1 races onto Xbos Series X|S and PlayStation 5, delivering a visual uplift and much faster loading times.
“Braking Point is an exciting innovation that has been years in the making. We are proud to expand the game experience and allow players to live the highs and lows of life in Formula 1® both on and off the track,” explained Codemasters Franchise Game Director Lee Mather. “Braking Point transforms the game and puts players centre stage in the greatest racing spectacle on the planet.”
“We are creating more choice and new ways to play. Real-Season Start allows players to align their career to the F1® season,” added F1® Senior Franchise Director Paul Jeal. “The addition of two-player Career brings new challenges to the iconic game mode. Players can now choose to play co-operatively and share in the success or compete and strive for personal glory.” Jeal concluded. Credit to Codemasters for the quote.
If you pre-order the Standard Edition of the game, you will receive the Braking Point Content Pack, a set of exclusive in-game items inspired by the fictional stars of the all-new story mode experience and 5000 PitCoins.
For the Digital Deluxe Edition it includes, seven soon-to-be-revealed legend F1 drivers to use in My Team Career Mode, complete with customisation content, 18,000 PitCoins, the Braking Point Content Pack, along with three days early access. F1 2021 also supports XBox Smart Delivery and PlayStation’s free upgrade when you switch to an Xbox X|S or PlayStation 5.
For more future news and details of the F1 2021 Official video-game, follow the Official F1 game website, F1 Games from Codemasters Facebook Page, Formula 1 Game Official Twitter, and Formula 1 Game’s Official Instagram.
You can watch the full trailer here at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrJ8PddAMIw
Why am I excited about F1 2020? My Team Career Mode
With less than a month away for the 2020 FIA Formula One World Championship, one cannot express it’s excitement about the new official F1 2020 game coming out on the weekend of the Formula 1 Pirelli Grosser Preis Der Steiermark 2020 (Round 2) and this new career mode where you can create, manage and race your own Formula 1 team as the eleventh team on the grid.
My Team is the major all-new feature for the F1 2020 game, a first for the gaming franchise. Alongside the well-established career mode, you can now experience the game as a driver-manager, which offers you a managerial side of the sport, where you create your own team and go on a quest for World Championship glory.
This is where the fun begins, you start by choosing your own driver and car, then building a cool visual team identity by picking a logo, livery, selecting your own colour scheme.
From there, you get to choose your initial sponsors, any of the four engine suppliers (Ferrari, Honda, Mercedes or Honda) and a team-mate from 2019 FIA Formula 2 grid.
In My Team, you will always want to select the best driver possible in your budget range, so make a wise decision on who is going to drive alongside you. With the games all-new driver rating system, you’ll be able to pick your team-mate from Formula 2. Once you start getting some victories for your outfit, F1 drivers start to fall into your budget.
Driver Market
Who will be best for your team? Checkout the F1 Driver Market where you will be able to compare Formula 1 and Formula 2 drivers based on their Awareness, Experience, Pace and Race Craft, alongside their market value and acclaim levels they would bring to your team.
All stats and driver skills are built upon real-life data from the past five Formula 1 and Formula 2 World Championship seasons. You can see the comparisons here: 
Facing the Media
After your team is all created and selected your team-mate it’s time to face the press for the first time. You will be interviewed by Formula 1 Digital Presenter and Reporter Will Buxton who will ask you hard-hitting questions. Your responses affect your team, it’s acclaim and facilities. Once that is done, your car is unveiled to the world.
Managing
Facilities
With everything set, your interview complete, it is time to checkout your team’s facilities. Your facilities are the essence of your team, so invest in it, take care of it and they will see you winning World Driver’s and Constructors Championships in no time. Each facility is a department within your team and has multiple areas that need to be built up.
Aerodynamics
- The wind tunnel to help you build and develop your team’s aerodynamics.
Power-Train
- Investing here will allow you make developments to increase power.
Chassis
- The chassis facility allows you to make strides in brakes, tyre wear, weight redistribution and reduction.
Durability
- Here you can develop your car to become more durable and reliable.
Personnel
- Here is the simulation department, where you will be training and developing your drivers to improve their performance.
Marketing
- The Marketing department is here to help you strategise and find new sponsors, promote your team and increase revenue.
You will also need to manage your teams resources and time during the week to ensure that they keep motivated. The season’s timeline shows all the events coming up, which will race through and boost performance.
There are positives and negatives to team activities, so sending a driver to take part in fitness training camps could have an effect on less time with sponsors.
Also you have to balance managing and upgrading your facilities, otherwise you will need to temporarily shutdown one or more of your departments in order to save money. This action will have consequences, so only make this choice when necessary.
Race
Now you are ready to take part as the 11th team on the grid in the world of Formula 1, driving the car you have developed throughout the championship season. Whilst driving and managing, there is no time for any inner-team rivalries as you work together in your aim to score the best results possible to achieve World Driver’s and Constructors Championship success.
Acclaim
Acclaim is the most important part of My Team Career Mode – the more you have, the better. Drivers and teams both have acclaim, as a driver, the more you have, the more your salary will increase.
The more Acclaim you and your squad achieve, the better sponsorship and opportunities arise. Whatever drivers earn gets added to their respective team’s Acclaim, and with that sees more sponsorship and opportunities.
These make it easier to upgrade your facilities, giving you an advantage as each facility has it’s own research and development tree you can see and upgrade using resource points – and once putting it all together you can upgrade your facilities, develop your car and make them very competitive to win World Championships.
Make your My Team career become reality when F1 2020 comes out Tuesday July 7 on PlayStation 4, X-Box One X, Windows PC and Google Stadia.
You can watch the My Team Career Trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkOKqJqytPE
You can read more about the Michael Schumacher Deluxe Edition here including his classic machinery you can drive: https://www.formula1game.com/2020/news/F1-2020-schumacher-deluxe-edition
You can checkout more on the F1 2020 game here: https://www.formula1game.com/2020/news/previewing-f1-2020
F1 2019 Game Review
Better late than never, with F1 taking a week’s break before returning to action next weekend in Mexico, here is my review of the F1 2019 game:
Thrilling is the word you can describe this year’s edition of the official Formula 1 game from Codemasters, which celebrates its 10 year anniversary of making the sport’s games.
When the game was announced for a two-month earlier release than it’s predecessor, there was much concern about the quality being sacrificed but that can be put to bed.
After playing the game for a couple of days now since it’s release, you can really see the fine effort and detail that has gone into making it the best F1 game yet in both the online and offline modes.
The big addition to the game was F1’s feeder series, the FIA Formula 2 Championship, which has not been just on the top of my wish-list but many.
Driving the F2 machinery for the first time was really impressive, the cars are a great challenge with less downforce, narrower tyres and less power than it’s F1-counterparts.
Codemasters nailed Formula 2 to perfection with it’s exciting wheel-to-wheel battles that keep you on the edge of your seat especially when you’re the one behind the wheel.
Having F2 integrated into career mode takes the experience to a whole new level, as you tackle three short scenarios rather than completing the full season (which you can do in it’s own dedicated section on the game). You start in the 2018 season rather than the current campaign, but works perfectly as you get promoted into Formula 1 for the 2019 championship season.
In F2, the story mode begins with two fictional characters, Lukas Weber who is nice and a very supportive team-mate and have a rival in Devon Butler, an arrogant maverick. Both bring life to career mode and take it to another level.
The two characters follow you into Formula 1 and play a major role in your debut season, acting as a reference to your success. In Spain, you must make a decision of whether or not to let your team-mate Weber through after you get hit with a turbo issue. For those who are not interested in doing the F2 part of your career mode, the game gives you the chance to jump straight into F1.
One of the major additions to career mode and one we have long been waiting for is driver transfers. This gives the opportunity to see some potential big switches like Sebastian Vettel to Mercedes or Lewis Hamilton to Red Bull and interesting moves among the rest of the field. This along with the development war makes career mode a lot more enticing to play the full ten seasons.
The other big headline feature to the game was “Senna vs Prost”. The challenge mode where you either compete as Senna in his championship winning McLaren-Honda MP4/5b or Prost in his Ferrari F1-90 (641) in eight different scenarios. Unfortunately, it is like as the pre-existing challenge mode with the inclusion of Senna and Prost.
Along with the Senna/Prost machinery, to celebrate Codemasters’ 10th year anniversary, it added the Ferrari F10 and McLaren-Mercedes MP4-25 cars from the 2010 Formula One World Championship season to it’s array of classic cars with the handling department getting each car’s uniqueness spot on.
The series also continued it’s great improvement curve to make the current machinery look and feel more realistic than they have ever been. The gameplay also has the AI drivers to be no slouches at all as they rattle your nerves running wheel-to-wheel and can launch sensational dive-bombing moves on the inside if you are not careful. With the difficulty slider ranging from the 0-110, you can find your right level.
Many gamers prefer racing each other online either casually or in leagues as I once did with Precision Racing League. On this year’s game, if you end up finding yourself in a situation where someone uses you as a break into a corner and sends you into the gravel – there is not much Codemasters can do, but it’s ranking system means once you have been given a “safety rating”, you will be matched only with other players in your skill level.
This year’s edition finally allowed more customisation, with custom liveries taking a place in multiplayer mode for the first time. Gamers can unlock badges, helmets, liveries by battling in challenges and earning in-game currency to purchase them. It provides you with a chance to explore other sections on the game that were previously pointless to use.
The newest online additions to the series encourages you to participate as well as follow F1 Esports’ third season. Codemasters made it a lot more easier to follow and be part of the competition.
For those who want to race online competitively but are not quick enough for the Esport series, Codemasters added a ‘leagues’ mode where anyone can create or join a league.
Online racers can now replay race highlights within the game, which looks sensational with a mix of different liveries and helmets.
Also the graphical improvements with wet-weather racing visually stunning alongside the environmental detailing around the circuits looking superb.
The Verdict: 9/10
After playing this game for a good few months since it’s release date, I will give F1 2019 a nine out of ten. I enjoyed it’s great challenges with many wheel-to-wheel battles alongside the AI in all modes whether it be racing in the current season, F2 or with the classics. I have been playing racing games particularly Formula 1 games since I was four years old and this has been one of the best yet. The graphics have become like artwork with it’s finest attention to detail and I expect that to shift up a gear in the games to come.
Career mode continues to get better year by year, especially with the newest addition of F2, which was so competitive and enjoyable. I love developing the car as you once you reach the top tier in Formula 1 in career, whether you are trying to rebuild Williams from the doldrums back to it’s glory days or trying to outfox the dominant Mercedes with Ferrari. If I could have a few more features in the mode itself, one would be the return of press conferences and the other – walking around the paddock and entering your team garage. Also in race weekend situations, I would love to see the addition of the red flag, especially if there is a major crash on track and it could for example, cause you to be shockingly eliminated in qualifying.
The Senna vs Prost part was fun but would have been more thrilling if actual scenarios from the past were replicated. The cars are a lot of fun to drive in all the different eras available and my love of using classic machinery that I grew up watching, especially the 90’s and 00’s. Adding classic circuits is another feature that I would love to see return, especially like my home of Adelaide, racing on the Old Hockenheimring, Nurburgring, Brands Hatch, Estoril, Jerez, Istanbul etc.
Custom liveries on the 2019 spec car was another brilliant feature I enjoyed using, I am really looking forward to seeing what will be added next in the customisation section. If it were to become like GT Sport has where you can choose your own sponsors or design your very own logo, it would be amazing.
Whether you are a passionate and devout Formula 1 fan like myself, a casual fan or have the adrenaline rush to play a racing game, I suggest you pick up this game and experience the thrill of Grand Prix racing like you never have before.
The game is out now on PlayStation 4, X-Box One’s family of devices including X-Box One X and Windows PC (DVD and Steam).
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F1 2019 Announced!
Exciting news to wake up to this morning was to see that Codemasters have announced F1 2019, the official video-game of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship season will be released two months earlier into the current campaign by being launched worldwide on Friday June 28 and will feature some amazing new additions.
The game itself is being released on the Formula 1 MYWORLD Grosser Preis Von Osterreich (Austrian Grand Prix) 2019 weekend if you follow the championship closely and ahead of the British, German and Hungarian Grands Prix respectively.
F1 2019 has been worked on heavily by Codemasters for almost two years with it’s very ambitious release date in the video game developer and publisher’s history. The game will be released on PlayStation, X-Box One’s family of devices including X-Box One X and Windows PC (DVD and Steam).
With the Codemasters team working closely with the sport itself, for the first time ever, you’ll be able to drive the new 2019 regulated machinery specifically designed under the current rules by F1’s Technical Team including the legendary Ross Brawn and Pat Symonds.
The 2019 regulated car will be available in Multiplayer Mode, and allows you to design your own livery with a huge range of designs available, offering you a whole new level of personalisation like never before. Here is a sample of what you can do:
The current Formula 1 2019 team liveries are a work in progress at the moment with the final versions being accurately ready at the time of the game’s launch. You can view the development shots from all the teams below.
“We are absolutely delighted to be able to release F1® 2019 earlier in the Formula 1® Season, so that the game can be played and enjoyed at the same time that the real-world championship picture is starting to form,” explained Paul Jeal, F1® Franchise Director at Codemasters. “Our close relationship with Formula 1® has played a major part in achieving this key objective for the franchise.”
“That in addition to our near two-year development cycle, has allowed us to develop some exciting new features and other firsts for the franchise that we can’t wait to share with our community in the coming months.” Jeal concluded.
“The exciting collaboration with Ross Brawn and Pat Symonds has created new levels of player personalisation in F1® 2019 through the inclusion of the new regulation car,” added Lee Mather, F1® 2019 Game Director at Codemasters. “With the continued growth of the F1® series, it’s great to give players more control and new levels of car and driver customisation and we can’t wait to talk more about this alongside the new multiplayer features in the coming months.”
Formula 2, could it be?
Several new game features will be revealed in the coming months via Codemasters’ social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and http://blog.codemasters.com/f1/03/f1-2019-defeat-your-rivals/ so stay tuned for them.
You can also watch the first trailer here:
F1 2019 Team Work in Progress Shots
