F1 25 To Be Revealed March 26, Retains Year In Title

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Image: EA Sports / Codemasters
The radio silence on the next Formula One game is set to be over on March 26 at 16:00 UTC: F1 25 will officially be revealed, and it is going to retain the year designation in its title.

March is already nearing its end, and yet, there has not been any information on a successor to F1 24 by EA Sports and Codemasters. However, there has been quite a bit of speculation following the announcement of the beta program, which is simply titled EA Sports Beta F1 - no year included.

As a result, we were wondering whether or not EA and Codies could drop the yearly release model and opt for a similar route used in EA Sports WRC for F1. It does not appear that this is going to be the case for the upcoming title, though, as the year designation is back in the announcement graphic and all communications.


The only hint that the promo image to the reveal trailer gives is that Lewis Hamilton is apparently going to be the cover athlete this year, or at least for one of the game's versions called the Iconic Edition. Previously, renowned leaker billbil_kun had already shared the reveal date of March 26 on Twitter, as well as the change from Champions Edition to Iconic Edition.


F1 25 Launch Price To Be Lower?​

According to this leak, the game will be released on May 30, 2025, with three days of early access for those who preorder the Iconic Edition. This would coincide with the Spanish Grand Prix weekend, with the race due to take place on June 1.

Furthermore, prices are set to drop slightly, as the leak states, with the Standard Edition at €59.99 / $59.99 / £49.99 and the Iconic Edition at €79.99 / $79.99 / £69.99 - a difference of € / $ / £10 compared to F1 24's launch prices.

Whether or not this info proves to be correct, the reveal trailer will most likely show. In 2024, billbil_kun's information was spot on.

What are you hoping to see in the F1 25 reveal trailer? Let us know in the comments below and join the discussion in our F1 game series forum!
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Retains year in title of course to be able to sell the Ctrl+C Ctrl+V game every year for 80 €. "Precision" update to one of the many outdated circuits, new liveries, new furnitures to your flat, but the key parts, the 15 years old graphics engine, crap physics will be the same for sure. Unbelievable how we can't get a decent F1 game for more than two decades since F1 Challenge.
 
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I must say, I would never have guessed after seeing that cover that it was legitimate, it looked like it was fanmade. Primarily because I was under the impression that Lewis Hamilton's partnership with Polyphony prevented him from being featured extensively for other titles, so either EA and Codeys have come to some agreement with Polyphony or that partnership with Gran Turismo has ended.
 
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Its a real shame they don't award multiple licences, ie keep Codies doing the game, then a sim dev doing another one etc.
It would be interesting to see that return. I remember the early 2000s when both Studio Liverpool/Sony and EA Sports had their own line of F1 games, both with their own strengths and weaknesses. I think when it comes to the console versions, Sony was ahead eventually, but they didn't have a PC version, of course - which is why it was even cooler to basically see rFactor's dad, i.e. F1 Challenge 99-02, kill it there.

Another good example of competition improving the product are the NHL games. When both EA Sports and 2k Sports made those, they got better and better every year, with more cool features and improvements being added all the time. 2k called it quits after NHL 2k10, and EA Sports eventually lost a ton of momentum with a botched jump to the new consoles of that era (PS4 & Xbox One), something their NHL series hasn't really recovered from in my opinion.
 
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Retains year in title of course to be able to sell the Ctrl+C Ctrl+V game every year for 80 €. "Precision" update to one of the many outdated circuits, new liveries, new furnitures to your flat, but the key parts, the 15 years old graphics engine, crap physics will be the same for sure. Unbelievable how we can't get a decent F1 game for more than two decades since F1 Challenge.
That's a good thing isn't it. Written when code had to be optimised, performant, and not solely rely on the heavy lifting ability of the hardware. The EGO engine has been gradually updated with focus on its intended purpose over the years, and while it may not offer the absolute greatest in visual quality, what it does offer are very respectable visuals, but more importantly it offers very good performance.

By comparison Unreal Engine is now 28 years old. Originally developed specifically as a graphics engine, unfortunately function creep, expansion into a full games engine, and lack of optimisation of modern features has left it a bloated bubbering mess with arguably worse visuals than the EGO engine.

The rest of your post is bang on point, however.
 
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The cover drivers for the standard version of the game. Glad they featured the better of the two mclaren drivers
 
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