Afterwards, I went into the My F1 to tweak various Driving Assists (braking, steering, traction control, etc). Anyway, it was little surprise, although slightly disappointing, that the game chose the new Very Easy mode for me. This one lap test replaces the Young Driver’s Test scenario that was used last year. You can actually skip this, but it’s intended to help you setup the difficulty level, which you can customize and change anytime afterwards. The Career mode is very similar to last year, but new to this version is the ability to play the full Formula One season (19 races), or you can select a 7 or 12 race season.īefore you can start your career you need to take a lap at Monza. That’s gone now, which is a shame and probably some kind of licensing issue, but there is still at least a lot of depth for the hardcore racer to dig into, be it with ranked online play in the RaceNet community (also split screen and LAN support, which is unusual and cool), Grand Prix mode, or Career. Classic Mode was cool in that it let players race with drivers and cars from the 80s and 90s, perhaps the golden era of F1 racing.

It manages to lose one of the most notable features of F1 2013 though, i.e., the Classic Mode. Instead it’s the last of the last-gen versions we ought to see. That said, if you’re still reading, F1 2014 is not the current-gen (PS4/X1) title fans were probably hoping for.

I find myself in the same situation this year, so if you’re looking for a thorough review of F1 2014, this isn’t it. I simply don’t play them enough to appreciate the differences from year to year. It’s no surprise then that I only play the F1 games when asked to review them.

As I stated last year, I think the sport of F1 is pretty amazing and I can respect the hell out of it, but I don’t follow it at all. Certain games are harder to review than others, not necessarily because they’re bad games, but because the material is unfamiliar or uninteresting enough to the reviewer that it’s a grind to get through.

F1 2014 video game review