{"id":18959,"date":"2025-05-28T10:37:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/28\/f1-25-review-nailed-on-realism-even-when-you-drive-the-wrong-way-round\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T10:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:37:47","slug":"f1-25-review-nailed-on-realism-even-when-you-drive-the-wrong-way-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/28\/f1-25-review-nailed-on-realism-even-when-you-drive-the-wrong-way-round\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 25 review \u2013 nailed-on realism, even when you drive the wrong way round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Codemasters\/EA Sports; PC, PS5, Xbox Series S\/X<\/strong> <br \/>This Formula One racer is the most convincing yet, even as you tackle three circuits unconventionally, while fictional hooks include the chance to drive as Brad Pitt in a future movie tie-in<\/p>\n<p>Formula One aficionados are famously fanatical, but they still need a few good reasons to splash out on the annual instalment of the sport\u2019s officially licensed game. Luckily F1 25 \u2013 crafted, as ever, in Birmingham by Codemasters \u2013 has many. There\u2019s the return of Braking Point, the game\u2019s story mode; a revamp of My Team, the most popular career mode; a tie-up with the forthcoming F1: The Movie; and perhaps most intriguing of all, the chance to race round three tracks in the reverse direction to normal.<\/p>\n<p>F1 25 feels like something of a culmination \u2013 last year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/article\/2024\/may\/30\/f1-24-review-formula-one\">F1 24<\/a>, for example, introduced a new physics model which required tweaks after launch, but has now been thoroughly fettled, so F1 25\u2019s essential building blocks of car handling (and tyre wear) plus state-of-the-art graphics (this year, Codemasters has moved on from previous-gen consoles) are simply impeccable.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/may\/28\/f1-25-review-nailed-on-realism-even-when-you-drive-the-wrong-way-round\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0bb1da5ec60f3b611067f6815f18b6b7639f9d8f\/341_0_1266_1013\/master\/1266.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b1acdd4c587991371b4deab7071976b6\" title=\"F1 25 review \u2013 nailed-on realism, even when you drive the wrong way round\" \/>Codemasters\/EA Sports; PC, PS5, Xbox Series S\/X This Formula One racer is the most convincing yet, even as you tackle three circuits unconventionally, while fictional hooks include the chance to drive as Brad Pitt in a future movie tie-in<br \/>\nFormula One aficionados are famously fanatical, but they still need a few good reasons to splash out on the annual instalment of the sport\u2019s officially licensed game. Luckily F1 25 \u2013 crafted, as ever, in Birmingham by Codemasters \u2013 has many. There\u2019s the return of Braking Point, the game\u2019s story mode; a revamp of My Team, the most popular career mode; a tie-up with the forthcoming F1: The Movie; and perhaps most intriguing of all, the chance to race round three tracks in the reverse direction to normal.<br \/>\nF1 25 feels like something of a culmination \u2013 last year\u2019s F1 24, for example, introduced a new physics model which required tweaks after launch, but has now been thoroughly fettled, so F1 25\u2019s essential building blocks of car handling (and tyre wear) plus state-of-the-art graphics (this year, Codemasters has moved on from previous-gen consoles) are simply impeccable. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Codemasters\/EA Sports; PC, PS5, Xbox Series S\/X This Formula One racer is the most convincing yet, even as you tackle three circuits unconventionally, while fictional hooks include the chance to drive as Brad Pitt in a future movie tie-in Formula One aficionados are famously fanatical, but they still need a few good reasons to splash &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/28\/f1-25-review-nailed-on-realism-even-when-you-drive-the-wrong-way-round\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">F1 25 review \u2013 nailed-on realism, even when you drive the wrong way round<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18959"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}