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F1 2011

F1 2011 puts players in the driver's seat of the 2011 FIA Formula One World Championship, featuring all official teams, drivers, and circuits including the new Buddh International Circuit in India and the…

77 20 September 2011

F1 2011 is a racing developed by Codemasters Birmingham, released 20 September 2011 on Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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What F1 2011 is

F1 2011 is a racing game developed by Codemasters Birmingham and released in 2011. It was published by Codemasters. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ego Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

F1 2011 is a video game developed by Codemasters based on the 2011 Formula One season. The game was released in 2011 on Microsoft Windows, the Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, with a 2012 release on the PlayStation Vita as a launch title for the system. The game engine is based on EGO 2.0 engine. The online servers for the game were shut down on 21 March 2024.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Formula 1 series

F1 2011 is the 88th of 123 entries we hold in the Formula 1 series. It arrived 12 months after F1 2010. The next entry was F1 2012 in 2012. Its critic score of 77 is almost exactly the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Grand Prix 3 at 100.

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How it was received

F1 2011 holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 9 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4Ghz or AMD Athlon X2 5400+, 2GB Ram and GeForce 7800/Radeon X1800 or higher. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 13GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

F1 2011 launched on 20 September 2011, within three weeks of Dark Souls, Shadow of the Colossus (2011), Gears of War 3 and The Binding of Isaac. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Dark Souls, Shadow of the Colossus (2011), Gears of War 3, The Binding of Isaac.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for F1 2011 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

F1 2011 — frequently asked questions

When did F1 2011 come out?
F1 2011 was released on 20 September 2011 for Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for F1 2011?
At minimum, F1 2011 needs Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4Ghz or AMD Athlon X2 5400+, 2GB Ram, GeForce 7800/Radeon X1800 or higher graphics, 12.5 GB HD space of storage.
How many GB is F1 2011?
The PC version needs about 13 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("12.5 GB HD space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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