F1 2020 (video game)

F1 2020 is the official video game of the 2020 Formula 1 and Formula 2 Championships developed and published by Codemasters. It is the thirteenth title in the Formula 1 series developed by the studio and was released on 7 July 2020 for preorders of the Michael Schumacher edition and 10 July 2020 for the seventy edition on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and, for the first time, Stadia.[1] The game is the twelfth installment in the franchise, and it features the twenty-two circuits, twenty drivers and ten teams proposed in the provisional 2020 Formula 1 World Championship.

F1 2020
Developer(s)Codemasters Birmingham
Publisher(s)Codemasters
Composer(s)Miktek
Formula One theme composed by Brian Tyler
SeriesFormula 1
EngineEgo Engine 3.0
Platform(s)
Release
  • WW: 10 July 2020
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

F1 2020 features the championship as it was originally intended to be run before the championship was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw several races postponed or cancelled, with races at other circuits held.[2][3][4][5][6]

Features

The Circuit Zandvoort and the Hanoi Street Circuit – circuits which are new to the championship in 2020 – will be included in the game despite the cancellation of the Dutch Grand Prix and the postponement the Vietnamese Grand Prix.[7] The 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, the Eifel Grand Prix, the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, the Portuguese Grand Prix, the Styrian Grand Prix and the Tuscan Grand Prix, six events that were added to the 2020 calendar, are not included as well as the Nürburgring, the Imola Circuit, the Portimão Circuit and the Mugello Circuit, as they use circuits that host other events.

F1 2020 introduces a team management feature known as "My Team" which allows the player to create and run an eleventh team.[7] The player will initially need to choose an engine supplier, recruit a second driver, design a livery and sign sponsors. As the career mode progresses, they will be able to upgrade the facilities at their team's headquarters and hire staff to continue development. This supplements the development tree used to upgrade the car. Codemasters had previously used the My Team mode in Dirt 4, a part of the Dirt Rally franchise.

In career mode players now have the choice to do a half or a full Formula 2 season or only do three races as in F1 2019; however, there will not be a story to go with it in the game. When playing in Formula 1, players can choose between three different season lengths of ten, sixteen or twenty-two races. They will also be able to create a custom calendar should they choose a shorter season length.[8]

The game introduces driver ratings for the first time, with drivers given a score out of ninety-nine for experience, racecraft, awareness, pace.[9] The experience score provides additional 'resource points' to enable the player to upgrade their car faster in the "My Team" and "Career" modes, racecraft relates to the effectiveness of the driver's attempts at overtaking, a higher awareness score improves the ability of the driver to maintain control of their car in difficult situations and pace relates to the driver's ability to set quick lap times.[9] The scores are derived from real life data and applies to F2 drivers as well as those from F1.[9]

The game also continued the series' trend of including historical Formula One cars as downloadable content (DLC), and features four cars driven by Michael Schumacher.[7] These include the Jordan 191, Benetton B194, Benetton B195 and the Ferrari F1-2000. Further DLC is planned to celebrate the sport's seventieth anniversary.

Podium Pass is new to F1 2020 and will allow players to unlock cosmetic items, such as liveries, race suits and celebration animations. A VIP Podium Pass can also be purchased.[10]

When the player is driving a car, he can have the option to use a virtual rearview mirror, and that for the first time, the overtake mode is introduced. Like in the real cars, overtake mode will give the player a significant burst of power to overtake other cars.

Reception

The game got to number one in the United Kingdom sales charts.[11]

References
  1. Robinson, Martin (15 April 2020). "This year's F1 game lets you manage your own team". Eurogamer. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. "Australian GP organisers seek to reschedule F1 race". Autosport.com. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. "Bahrain and Vietnam Grands Prix postponed". formula1.com. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. "2020 F1 Chinese Grand Prix postponed due to novel coronavirus outbreak". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 12 February 2020. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  5. "Dutch and Spanish Grands Prix postponed, Monaco cancelled". Formula1.com. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  6. "Canadian Grand Prix organisers announce postponement of 2020 race". formula1.com. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  7. Suttill, Josh (15 April 2020). "F1 2020 game to be released in July, includes management mode". Autosport. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  8. "F1 2020 Full Feature List Revealed". IGN India. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  9. "REVEALED: Driver ratings in Codemasters' new F1 2020 game". Formula 1. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  10. "F1 2020 Game: Podium Pass among other new features for Formula 1 game". RealSport. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  11. https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/13/f1-2020-forces-last-us-part-2-third-place-uk-top-10-games-charts-11-july-12982032/
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