![]() ![]() It incorporates the widest possible array of driver aids (including traction control, which real Formula One cars don’t have) and settings that allow you to tailor or switch off all the various testing and qualifying sessions. Codemasters has accommodated both existing console generations by allowing Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One owners and PlayStation 4 and 5 owners to play F1 2021 against each other online, although there’s no cross-company multiplayer.Įven if it wasn’t the officially licensed game of the aspirational pinnacle of motor racing, F1 2021 should still garner acclaim for simply being a very good racing game. Technically, F1 2021 is exemplary, even though it’s a cross-generation game, designed to operate on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 but to look considerably nicer on the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. Given the multiplayer side of the game is primarily populated by those with superhuman driving skills it can be off-puttingly hardcore, so the friend options are very welcome. Most notable is a two-player career mode which lets you and a friend carve your way through Formula One, either as team-mates or drivers for rival teams. ![]() Such challenges stand you in good stead for the career mode and Braking Point’s meatiness and redemptive qualities make it a fine addition to the F1 blueprint.Įlsewhere, devotees of Codemasters’ Formula One games will find the overall experience reassuringly familiar, albeit with a few new options. It charts the fortunes of two team-mates, Aiden Jackson and Casper Akkerman, the former a rookie and the latter a grizzled veteran close to retirement.īraking Point even has a nicely crafted difficulty curve as it progresses, you have to do things like finish in the points over a whole race at the fearsome Spa-Francorchamps, which starts off dry but is soon afflicted by rain or recover after nursing your car back to the pits with a punctured tyre. Braking Point turns out to be great fun, with the feel of a soap opera set against the backdrop of Formula One’s paddock. The highest profile new element Braking Point, a story mode along similar lines to FIFA’s The Journey, which instantly makes this year’s officially licensed Formula One game feel more rounded when viewed purely as a game, as opposed to a mere racing simulator. Plus, it is, of course, underpinned by the technical excellence for which developer Codemasters is renowned. F1 2021 neatly sidesteps such accusations with a number of significant new features, along with some clever tweaks that add accessibility to some of its more arcane elements. This year’s official Formula One game adds a brand new story mode and a raft of new features to make it more accessible than ever.Ĭynics often maintain that annual iterations of sports game franchises are all but indistinguishable from the previous year’s offering. F1 2021 – EA’s first time publishing Codemasters (pic: EA) ![]()
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