Stunning graphics and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Visually the game looks great. The tracks, cars, weather and lighting all add to the experience and racing at night or in the rain looks amazing.”
Steam review · 42.8 h played ↗
F1® 25
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%Codemasters2025Racing · Sports · Driving
$49.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A fun, good-looking F1 game with improved handling and deep career modes, held back by weak AI, anti-cheat launch failures, online problems and monetization. Skip it if you want a true sim.
Great for
F1 fans who want a sim-cade with deep career modes, on controller or wheel
Main risk
Anti-cheat or crashes blocking play, plus weak AI, menu bloat and online issues
What players love
Great handling and driving feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The handling in this game is the best part. It feels extremely responsive, satisfying, and enjoyable on both a wheel and a controller.”
Steam review · 104.7 h played ↗
Deep career and many modes
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“theres tons of modes here like career mode, online, grand prix, time trial, co-op carreer.”
Steam review · 73.5 h played ↗
Works well with wheels and VR
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“its very good with a g29 with force feed back and it looks very like real life”
Steam review · 14.2 h played ↗
Accessible with adjustable assists
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“relaxed sim-cade experience there's so many gamemodes”
Steam review · 172.7 h played ↗
Runs well on modest PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“runs at 120 fps on my laptop on high graphics”
Steam review · 31.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes, freezes and stability issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Game crashes, freezes constantly. Its making me verify integrety of files like 1/3 times i launch the game.”
Steam review · 232.1 h played ↗
Broken online, servers and co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Constantly have to jump through hoops just to get into the game to be able to play with friends online is an absolute joke.”
Steam review · 19.4 h played ↗
Bad, unfair AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Ai cheats like there is no tomorrow, on higher difficulties the ai has infinite battery”
Steam review · 208 h played ↗
Javelin anti-cheat blocks launching
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“I paid for this game and I can’t even launch it because of the Javelin anti-cheat system.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Menu bloat, cutscenes and upselling
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“you're shunted into a half-hour of nonsense cutscenes and menus in one of the career modes before you can get on track.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Poor force feedback and wheel support
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“F1 25 has got the worst force feedback!”
Steam review · 48.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support100 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit Version 21H1 or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6400 | Core i5-9600k (VR) or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 | Ryzen 5 2600X (VR)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 1060 (6GB) | GTX 1660Ti (VR) | RTX 2060 (RT) // AMD RX 570 (8GB) | RX 590 (VR) | 6700XT (RT) // Intel Arc A380 (VR/RT)
Storage100 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit Version 21H1 or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i5-9600k or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA RTX 2070 (+VR) | RTX 3070 (RT) // AMD RX 6600XT | RX 6700XT (VR) | RX 6800 (RT) // Intel Arc A580 (VR/RT)
Storage100 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit Version 21H1 or newer
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6400 | Core i5-9600k (VR) or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 | Ryzen 5 2600X (VR)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 1060 (6GB) | GTX 1660Ti (VR) | RTX 2060 (RT) // AMD RX 570 (8GB) | RX 590 (VR) | 6700XT (RT) // Intel Arc A380 (VR/RT)
Storage100 GB available space
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