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RacingSportsMultiplayerDrivingSimulationVRAutomobile Sim

3,248 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 8,930

Peak in the last 7 days: 10,110

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Game description

Rewrite The Grid with the ultimate evolution in racing: EA SPORTS™ F1® 25: 2026 Season Edition. Get F1® 25 and the 2026 Season Pack in one bundle for the most complete Formula One® experience.

Basic info

DeveloperCodemasters
PublisherElectronic Arts
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateMay 30, 2025
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 64-bit Version 21H1 or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6400 | Core i5-9600k (VR) or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 | Ryzen 5 2600X (VR)
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 1060 (6GB) | GTX 1660Ti (VR) | RTX 2060 (RT) // AMD RX 570 (8GB) | RX 590 (VR)…
Storage100 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 371 reviews from the past 1 year

77.2/ 100
Bottom 50%

Steam rating: Very Positive (87%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 25, 2026)

The official Formula One game for this season scores 77.2 across 31,389 Steam reviews, with praise for its feel and complaints about servers.

👍 Strengths

101 reviews say they enjoy it and recommend it, and some point to realistic car behavior. 60 praise the visuals, the most upvoted calling them refined and realistic with clear improvements. 48 like the driving feel, with some singling out strong vibration feedback and a clear sense of the road. Gameplay ranks 439th of 1396, and Content Volume ranks 516th of 1351.

👎 Where it falls short

29 reviews report bugs and crashes, such as anti cheat errors that stop the game from launching, freezes and black screens after updates. 26 complain about the servers, describing frequent connection drops and version mismatch errors, including in co-op career. 26 feel the price is too high, and some object to microtransactions, a cosmetic shop and paid extras. Multiplayer ranks 554th of 642, Pricing & Fairness ranks 1172nd of 1399, and Tech & Support ranks 1028th of 1399. Tech & Support appears in 29% of analyzed reviews.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“realistic game behavior, recommended” · 101 reviews
“game visuals are refined and realistic with huge improvements” · 60 reviews
“excellent vibration feedback and clear road feel with assists” · 48 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 50% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +1.82 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “excellent vibration feedback and clear road feel with assists” · 48 reviews
Negative “car physics horrible and unrealistic, FFB some of worst in racing games” · 23 reviews

Progression 7% · Difficulty 14% · Onboarding 10% · Freedom 2% · Strategy 8%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 17% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

World +2.80 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “scarier atmosphere than Alien: Isolation” · 15 reviews
Negative “career mode immersion lacks off-track drama and rivalries” · 1 review

Story 8% · Characters 2%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 18% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +2.36 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “600 hours played across 13 seasons and all teams, best purchase ever” · 7 reviews
Negative “missing career mode progression from F1 25 to F1 26” · 1 review

Variety 10% · Replayability 2%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 29% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.33 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “game visuals are refined and realistic with huge improvements” · 60 reviews
Negative “character models look abstract and awkward” · 3 reviews

Audio 11%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 23% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Community -2.84 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly
Negative “most players drive like idiots, online pointless” · 2 reviews

Playing together 18% · Servers & Connection 9%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 30% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.36 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “game is very expensive, 50% off would be fair” · 26 reviews
Positive “F1 26 DLC worth buying, game balances realism and entertainment well” · 2 reviews

Anti-cheat 2% · Balance 15% · Matchmaking 4%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 29% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.31 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “anti-cheat system broken, cannot log in repeatedly” · 12 reviews
Positive “F1 26 will be released as paid DLC, devs focusing on F1 27” · 1 review

Stability 13% · Performance 10%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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