F1 2021
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F1 2021 is a racing developed by Codemasters, released 16 July 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What F1 2021 is
F1 2021 is a racing game developed by Codemasters and released in 2021. It was published by EA Sports. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ego Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
F1 2021 is the official video game of the 2021 Formula One and Formula 2 Championships developed by Codemasters and published by EA Sports. It is the fourteenth title in the F1 series by Codemasters and the first in the series published by Electronic Arts under its EA Sports division since F1 Career Challenge in 2003, after Codemasters was acquired by Electronic Arts just a few months before the trailer was released.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 50 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Formula 1 series
F1 2021 is the 110th of 123 entries we hold in the Formula 1 series. The next entry was F1 22: Champions Edition in 2022. Its critic score of 92 is 15 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Grand Prix 3 at 100.
How it was received
F1 2021 holds a critic score of 92 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 18 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-2130 or AMD FX 4300, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 950 or AMD R9 280 | For Ray Tracing: GeForce RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 6700 XT. 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.
What it launched against
F1 2021 launched on 16 July 2021, within three weeks of The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! and Final Fantasy. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, Final Fantasy.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for F1 2021 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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