With the majority of the world already enjoying the new Formula 1 2023 race season, it’s time for a new Formula 1 racing game. Yes, just like how each year there’s a new F1 racing season, there is a new game released every year as well.
Electronic Arts are back again with another F1 racing game with all of the official cars, drivers, and dreams from the F1 sports event. With the game heading for release quite soon, here is everything you need to know about the upcoming F1 2023 game.
In this article, we will be taking a look at all the things you need to know about the games as well as the release date and additional information that is useful for you. Let’s get started.
F1 23 Release Date
Electronic Arts has just announced the game on the 3rd of May 2023. Along with the announcement we also got to see an action-packed reveal trailer for the new F1 23 game. The trailer shows you intense races, drivers talking about how intense a race gets as well as some commentary glimpses that you can expect from the new game. Alongside this trailer which you can watch over here, the release date has also been revealed. The F1 23 game is set to release on June 16, 2023 for all platforms worldwide.
F1 23 Developer and Publisher
The developers behind F1 23 are Codemasters, the UK-based team that has been behind popular games such as GRID Legends, DIRT 5, F1 22, and Dirt Rally 2.0. As you would expect, Electronic Arts i.e. EA will be the publisher for this game. This simply means you will be able to get the game via the EA Play Launcher. As you all know, EA is behind some of the biggest games such as Need For Speed: Unbound, The Sims 4, Apex Legends, EA Sports FIFA 23, and Battlefield 2042.
F1 23 Gameplay Trailer
The F1 23 gameplay trailer talks about how the game has now improved in many ways including game physics, car physics, and driveability as well as better acceleration, turning, and braking. The game now has a 35% increase in race distance. You can now feel and predict where the car will be moving and be able to easily control it around tight bends and corners as you would expect from an F1 game, there are all sorts of rewards and progression levels for you to unlock. The rest of the gameplay is similar to what you can expect from F1 22 and F1 21. Nothing much has changed except for a few visual improvements and a new Braking Point 2 story mode. Check out the gameplay for F1 23 here.
F1 23 Cover Art
The new F1 game has two different versions. The standard version of the game will feature Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris, and Charles Leclerc On the Championship Edition of the game, you will be seeing Max Verstappen on the game’s cover.
F1 23 Game Editions and Pre-Order
The new F1 23 game will be available in two versions. You have the Standard version and the Champions version. Both versions are available for pre-order. However, there is a good amount of difference between what you get when you pre-order any version of the game. Here is what you get with the standard and champions versions of the game when you preorder it.
Standard Edition
- 5,000 Pitcoins
- Base Game
- F1 World Items
Champions Edition
- 10,000 Pitcoins
- 3 Days Early Access
- 4 New My Team Icons
- Base Game
- F1 World Items
- Las Vegas Content
- My Team Icons + Items
- Verstappen Race Wear Pack
- XP Boost
F1 23 Platform Availability and Multiplayer
F1 23 will be made available to the following platforms
- EA Play
- Epic Games Store
- Microsoft Xbox Series S
- Microsoft Xbox Series X
- Sony PlayStation 4
- Sony PlayStation 5
- Steam
F1 23 System Requirements
Now, let’s take a look at the system requirements that you need in order to run the game on your Windows PC. Additionally, the game supports the following features for PC
- Controller Support
- Custom graphics Settings
- Custom Race Setup Support
- Eye Tracking Support
- Highlights and Replays
- Ray Tracing
- Virtual Reality Support
Minimum System Requirements
- OS: Windows 10 21H1 or newer
- CPU: Intel Core i3 2130 or AMD FX 4300
- CPU for VR: Intel Core i5 9600K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
- RAM: 8 GB
- GPU: Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti or AMD RX 470
- GPU for VR: Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti or AMD RX 590
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 50 GB
Recommended System Requirements
- OS: Windows 10 21H1 or newer
- CPU: Intel Core i5 9600K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
- RAM: 16 GB
- GPU: Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti or AMD RX 590
- GPU for VR: Nvidia RTX 2070 or AMD RX 6700 XT
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 50 GB
F1 23 Alternatives
Here is a list of alternative games to F1 23 that you can play until the game has been released.
- Assetto Corsa Competizione
- F1 22
- iRacing
- rFactor 2
Closing thoughts
This concludes everything about the upcoming F1 23 game being released for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. While the game is identical to F1 22 with some improvements, you do get to race around in the Las Vegas Grand Prix circuit and also get to see the return of the Qatar Grand Prix circuit. The game does look promising for now. We do hope to see that it has a good release and is able to retain players to the game for a long time with updates and get quality-of-life improvements for the game.
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