6 replies to this topic

[FirstnameLastname]

Noticed the 24 edition didn’t even warrant a thread last year…

How’s the 25 game looking? Have they moved on much in the last 5 years? 2018 is probably the last one I played…

[messy]

Like another roster update dressed up as a new £60+ game.

[PayasYouRace]

I dipped into F1 2024 when it became available on Game Pass. It was just the same game again. 2021 was the last one I played properly. Did about four 10 race seasons before the novelty ran out. 2022 was virtually unplayable on controller. 2023 I bought but by then I was bored.

 

I think the time for an exclusive licence has passed. Let’s see what other developers can do.

[messy]

I just wish they’d do what they do with EA WRC - base game is the same for years, every season roster update as DLC. I think they do this with stuff like PGA too? I’m sure the licence ensures they can’t with this, though.

I don’t actually think the games are bad at all, they’re just samey.

[FirstnameLastname]

So had much changed since around 2018?

They kept evolving the handling… but it just meant some years it felt shite and then other years it felt better.

Is the damage model any better? Or still the restrictions on how damaged the cars can be?

Recently it looks like they have focused more on story modes and stuff. Wouldn’t be a selling point for me. My gaming days are over for now… but never say never. My dad in his 60s has gotten back into gaming big time and now has a full sim rig in his spare room! Quite the setup. He plays in a sim racing league for older gentlemen racers. They take it very seriously too

[PayasYouRace]

I wouldn't say the games are bad at all. They're good games. But it's basically the same every year. The on track experience is slightly improved, year on year. The front end gets a bit more influencer/lifestyle focussed every year, but that can mostly be ignored if all you're interested in is racing. It's just a lot to ask for an annual update.

One thing that would really improve the experience for me would be the ability to import a career mode save from a previous game and begin where you left off but in the new season. That way, rather than having a whole career in consisting of the same season over and over again, each time (with maybe some random driver swaps), you'd be able to play through a career from season to season.

 

I think it's a shame that the historical content peaked in 2013. That game had not only a healthy selection of classic cars from two decades, but each was driven by a historical driver, and you had a handful of historical circuits to race them on (and the ability to mix and match with the current day content). Since then, they briefly brought back some classic cars, but in odd gimmick game modes, and always with the same fictitious drivers year on year. Now that's all gone. But I probably got more out of the 2013 classic mode than the main game. What I really want to see is a ten year career mode that actually takes in 10 seasons (not the same season repeated 10 times as with the current games). If that was, say, 2016-2025 inclusive for this year's game, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. If it was something like 1984-1993, I'd pre-order.

 

I wonder if we're in a minority wanting this stuff, and actually people do want to play through F2 seasons instead.

[messy]

So had much changed since around 2018?
They kept evolving the handling… but it just meant some years it felt shite and then other years it felt better.
Is the damage model any better? Or still the restrictions on how damaged the cars can be?
Recently it looks like they have focused more on story modes and stuff. Wouldn’t be a selling point for me. My gaming days are over for now… but never say never. My dad in his 60s has gotten back into gaming big time and now has a full sim rig in his spare room! Quite the setup. He plays in a sim racing league for older gentlemen racers. They take it very seriously too

For me they improved quite a bit after F1 2018 - my favourite in the series is F1 2020, which plays beautifully, has F2 (2019 and 2020 seasons) and loads of historical content. I honestly think F1 2020 is an excellent game, problem is that if you play the most recent one straight after it, you’re hard pressed to find where it’s better. I think the real stagnation came after 2020, if you’re coming in from 2018 you’d probably be quite impresed with the more recent ones.

Edited by messy, 30 March 2025 - 09:12.