F1 2016
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F1 2016 is a racing developed by Codemasters Birmingham, released 19 August 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What F1 2016 is
F1 2016 is a racing game developed by Codemasters Birmingham and released in 2016. It was published by Codemasters. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ego Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
F1 2016 is a racing game which is based on the 2016 Formula One season and was developed by Codemasters Birmingham, published by Codemasters, distributed by Deep Silver in North America and Ubisoft in Japan. The game was released on 19 August for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows. The game was also released for iOS, Android and tvOS on 10 November. A Mac version by Feral Interactive was released on 6 April 2017.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. It supports multiplayer for up to 22 players online. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 49 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Formula 1 series
F1 2016 is the 96th of 123 entries we hold in the Formula 1 series. It arrived a year after F1 2015. The next entry was F1 2017: Special Edition in 2017. Its critic score of 83 is 6 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Grand Prix 3 at 100.
How it was received
F1 2016 holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 84% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 530 or AMD FX 4100, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 460 or AMD HD 5870. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
F1 2016 launched on 19 August 2016, within three weeks of No Man's Sky, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: No Man's Sky, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for F1 2016 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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