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F1 2020

F1 2020 allows you to create your F1 team for the very first time and race alongside the official teams and drivers. Alternatively, challenge your friends in new split-screen with casual race options for more…

90 7 July 2020

F1 2020 is a racing developed by Codemasters, released 7 July 2020 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What F1 2020 is

F1 2020 is a racing game developed by Codemasters and released in 2020. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ego Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

F1 2020 is the official video game of the 2020 Formula 1 and Formula 2 Championships developed and published by Codemasters. It is the thirteenth title in the Formula 1 series developed by the studio and was released on 7 July for pre-orders of the Michael Schumacher Edition and 10 July for the Seventy Edition on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and, for the first time, Stadia. The game is the twelfth main series installment in the franchise, and it features the twenty-two circuits, twenty drivers and ten teams proposed in the provisional 2020 Formula 1 World Championship.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 50 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Formula 1 series

F1 2020 is the 107th of 123 entries we hold in the Formula 1 series. It arrived a year after F1 2019: Legends Edition. The next entry was F1 2020: Deluxe Schumacher Edition in 2020. Its critic score of 90 is 13 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Grand Prix 3 at 100.

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How it was received

F1 2020 holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 94% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 88, across 53 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 2130 / AMD FX 4300, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GT 640 / AMD HD 7750 (DirectX11 Graphics Card). An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 80GB. 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 2020 launched on 7 July 2020, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, Fortnite and Desperados III. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, Fortnite, Desperados III.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

F1 2020 — frequently asked questions

When did F1 2020 come out?
F1 2020 was released on 7 July 2020 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for F1 2020?
At minimum, F1 2020 needs Intel Core i3 2130 / AMD FX 4300, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GT 640 / AMD HD 7750 (DirectX11 Graphics Card) graphics, 80 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is F1 2020?
The PC version needs about 80 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("80 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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