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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 16.8 hrs on record (1.5 hrs at review time)
Posted: 23 Dec, 2021 @ 3:36pm
Updated: 8 Oct, 2022 @ 1:30pm

Compared with F1 2018 and 2019 (which I've played for a few hours) this game feels like a nice step up for me. Not sure which details were included in 2020 but even some little things like more commentary languages, new Jeff voice lines which I haven't heard before, the damage model and the ability to set the safety car frequency as well as resource points gain compared to the AI are nice. I've managed to play two 25% races and already got Mazepin spinning on lap 1 in Bahrain and a safety car in Australia, as well as some nice defending at 95 difficulty, felt better than 100-105 in the previous games I've played.
While I feel like this game has improved, there is sadly a big turnoff which is the game crashing. I've read many reviews where people have been annoyed about it for a while now but I still decided to give this game a try... and it crashed 4 times during an hour of gameplay... The game seems fun but unfortunately this gave me the urge to get a refund.
For now I'm just hoping that the next year's title will be better and that they can nail it with the new regulations coming. I'm also hoping some features are added, like red flags (we had those before) and maybe some team orders. I've also seen/heard that the practice programmes as well as telemetry was simplified this year with less info available (hopefully that comes back). I'm not gonna go into more details since I feel like I didn't spend enough time playing.

Edit:
I've decided to buy the EA Play recently and it seems that the crashing has been fixed since I've last played the game.
This made me change my review as that one issue was the deal-breaker. Of course there already is a newer installment in the series but I can recommend F1 2021, at least until F1 22 might be too expensive for you.
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