It comes as no surprise to see the two-time World Champion Max Verstappen front and centre of EA SPORTS F1 23, but today we discover even more details concerning the game, including the return of the Braking Point story mode.Â
It’s the EA rule: if you’re patient enough to wait roughly six months after their games launch, then you get to play them on Game Pass. Thanks to EA Play, it’s F1 22’s turn.
EA SPORTS F1 22 racers have the chance to race one of those cars, as the game gets a real-world activation, adding in the first 2023 car livery, just in time for some Game Pass love.Â
Just as Max Verstappen has sewn up the F1 2022 Drivers Championship, EA and Codemasters continue to build out their virtual podium topper, delivering some all-new content to F1 22; content that includes a full F2 2022 Championship, Mika Häkkinen as an in-game Icon and more.Â
F1 Manager 2022 is certainly a decent effort; a well-worked management experience that does a lot right - Frontier must be applauded for that. But move away from the stats and you find a numbers-powered management game that just falls short of those higher podium steps.
Gone are the days when F1 fans just wanted to race fast cars. Now they want to know about the inner workings of a team, the strategic calls and tactical shouts which play out throughout the course of the season. If that sounds like your bag, you're going to love F1 Manager 2022.Â
The F1 calendar may be on a bit of a break for the summer, but in the build up to the Belgium Grand Prix at Spa, the virtual racing is the focus, with F1 22 updating itself in a multitude of ways, with new Driver Ratings and Lando Norris designed content rocking up.
F1 22 may not quite have hit the heights of those games that preceded it, but it's still a brilliant replication of the global sport - one that will have petrolheads racing for months on end. Today though the base F1 22 experience is expanding, with the addition of two new - and totally free - circuits.Â
For the first time in years, the F1 grid has been turned on its head. Where the might of Mercedes used to run dominate, Red Bull and Ferrari have begun occupying top slots. But in the virtual world, it's still the kings of racing who are lifting the trophies, with Codemasters rocking up to the podium with EA SPORTS F1 22.Â