F1 (video game series)
Official FIA Formula One World Championship racing series since 2000.
The F1 series of racing video games has been developed by Codemasters and published under the EA Sports label since 2021. It carries the official license for the FIA Formula One World Championship, and the FIA Formula 2 Championship has been included in the series since the 2019 title. As of May 2025, twenty-three games have been released, with the most recent being *F1 25*.
The franchise began in 2000 with *F1 2000*, published by EA Sports. Between 2000 and 2003, six games were produced, with Image Space Incorporated handling PC versions and Visual Science developing console versions. Intelligent Games also contributed a spin-off, *F1 Manager*, for Windows in 2000. In May 2008, Codemasters took over the license after Sony ended its own Formula One series, building the Ego engine for the games. Annual releases followed, starting with a 2009 title available on Wii, PlayStation Portable, and iOS. Feral Interactive and Sumo Digital handled some platform ports. Later entries appeared on contemporary Sony and Microsoft consoles and PCs. After EA acquired Codemasters in 2021, *F1 2019* and *F1 2020* were added to EA Play. That same year, EA regained the F1 title rights, and EA Sports returned to publish *F1 2021*, the first game in the series for ninth-generation consoles. Since *F1 2019*, each game has included the previous year’s Formula 2 lineup at launch, with a post-release update adding the current season.
Quick Facts
- Title
- F1
- Genre
- Racing
- Developer
- Codemasters · EA Redwood Shores · EA UK · Feral Interactive · Image Space Incorporated · Intelligent Games · Sumo Digital · Tiertex Design Studios · Visual Science
- Publisher
- EA Sports · Codemasters
- First Release Version
- F1 2000
- First Release Date
- 29 February 2000
- Latest Release Version
- F1 25
- Latest Release Date
- 30 May 2025
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Lore & Background
The series began with EA Sports' F1 2000, developed by Visual Science for PlayStation and Image Space Incorporated for Microsoft Windows. Six games were released between 2000 and 2003, including the spin-off F1 Manager by Intelligent Games. In May 2008, Codemasters acquired the license after Sony's own Formula One series ended, developing the Ego engine. Codemasters released annual games starting with F1 2009 on Wii, PlayStation Portable, and iOS. Feral Interactive and Sumo Digital handled platform ports. Following EA's acquisition of Codemasters in 2021, EA Sports returned to publish the series with F1 2021, the first game available on ninth-generation consoles. Since F1 2019, the series has included the FIA Formula 2 Championship, with the previous year's lineup at launch and a post-launch update adding the current season.
Reader's Guide
The F1 series is significant as the longest-running officially licensed video game adaptation of the Formula One World Championship, spanning over two decades and three publishing eras. It transitioned from EA Sports' early in-house development (2000–2003) to Codemasters' independent era (2009–2020), which introduced the Ego engine and annual releases across multiple platforms. The series expanded to include Formula 2 from 2019 onward. EA's 2021 acquisition brought the franchise back under the EA Sports banner, with F1 2021 marking the debut on ninth-generation consoles. The series has featured spin-offs like F1 Manager (2000) and F1 Race Stars (2012), and has included story modes such as Braking Point in F1 2021, F1 23, and F1 25. Classic cars were included from F1 2017 through F1 2020 but removed in F1 2021. The series has been released on numerous platforms, from Game Boy Color to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, with F1 24 being the last eighth-generation console release.
Did You Know?
- The series began with F1 2000, released on 29 February 2000.
- F1 2019 was the first game to include the FIA Formula 2 Championship.
- F1 2021 was the first game in the series available for ninth-generation consoles.
- F1 24 was the last game released on an eighth-generation console.
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