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F1 24 was considered to be a bit of a let down due to things such as horrible handling, constant bugs etc. etc. Although I didn't have any problems with it. F1 25, on the other hand, is getting praised for having a better handling model, LIDAR scanned tracks and is better looking. Now, one of the main reasons for the game looking a lot better than last year's game is the fact that they dropped support for old gen consoles (PS4/XB1), since it was those consoles holding the F1 games back when it came to graphics. People were also complaining about only having 5 LIDAR scanned tracks in the game (Melbourne, Suzuka, Miami, Bahrain and Imola) but Codemasters and EA have said that all 24 tracks HAVE been LIDAR scanned, but it takes a lot of time to fully implement them into the games, so whilst it may not be much, this proves that they have been LIDAR scanning the tracks. Now, I am going to talk about all the modes in this year's game.
Braking Point 3: This is the 3rd chapter of the Braking Point story mode first introduced in F1 2021. *SPOILERS AHEAD, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THEM, THEN PLEASE SKIP THIS PART* Konnersport are in a battle for both the Driver's and Constructor's Championships, but there are many twists and turns during their journey for the title. Such as team owner Davidoff Butler dying (Butler Global bought Konnersport prior to BP3), Casper Akkerman getting sacked as team principal, Andreo Konner returning etc. In some chapters, you can choose to play as either Callie Mayer or Aiden Jackson. You can also do this for the final chapter. In the final chapter, both Callie and Aiden are in a fight for the Driver's Championship. For me, I decided to have Aiden win the title because he was in Braking Point since the very first chapter in F1 2021. Callie's good, but people were kinda not happy with her during her introduction in Braking Point 2 back in F1 23. Aiden's the OG, alongside Casper and Devon. Even though Butler was first introduced in F1 2019, but I'm talking about Braking Point specifically.
My Team: This mode has gotten a HUGE overhaul and update ever since it's introduction in F1 2020, instead of being a owner/driver of your own F1 team, you are playing the role of a team owner, where you have to sign drivers, manage your upgrades, finances etc. In addition to managing your own F1 team, you can also choose to manage either Braking Point's Konnersport or the F1 movie's APXGP team. Before the race weekend starts, you can choose which one of your 2 driver's you want to race as for this weekend. This allows you to make your own scenarios. You can either treat both of your drivers equally, or you can do a Hamilton/Bottas, Verstappen/Perez, Vettel/Webber, Schumacher/Barrichello etc. type situation where one driver gets all the fame and spotlight while the other is just a wingman. If you choose to manage your own F1 team, you can also choose if you want to have iconic drivers or not. I know that it was also available in the other games, but now, the other teams can sign the iconic drivers to race for them, whereas in the other games, only YOU could sign them. It seems to have taken a bit of inspiration from Frontier's F1 Manager series, which I heard is now discontinued.
Driver Career: Driver Career was heavily focused on in last year's game, whereas My Team is the main focus for this year. So I think it's the same this year as well, and all the updates from F1 24 should be there as well. It should also have the update from this year's game where the AI teams can also sign the iconic drivers.
Challenge Career: I think it's the same thing from F1 24 as well, which is just a shortened version of Driver Career focused on a specific driver, with rewards for completing it.
F1: The Movie: This mode has a bunch of scenarios focusing on scenes from the upcoming F1 movie which is coming out in theatres this June. People find this mode to be quite gimmicky, but for me, I think it's quite decent. It functions similarly to the Scenario Mode from F1 2012-14.
F1 World: This mode is still identical when it was first introduced in F1 23, with the fanzones introduced in F1 24 which is just to compete for bragging rights. Furniture and supercars are still gone and have been gone since F1 24, in case someone decides to complain.
Podium Pass: The Podium Pass is still 50 levels long and contains cosmetics and F1 World resources. And like I explained in my F1 24 review, they brought back the option to buy Podium Pass levels, which I deemed to be a little bit controversial. However, the price of unlocking the VIP pass and buying the levels has been increased. The previous price for the VIP pass was 9,000 Pitcoins, whereas in this game it was increased to 10,000. Buying the levels in last year's game was 200 Pitcoins, while in this year's game, it's 400.
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I have been hearing people saying that this could be the last Codemasters F1 game, since they are saying that Codemasters is in the final year of it's contract with F1, should they choose not to renew. But considering that EA acquired Codemasters in 2021 for $1,2 billion, who would even try to match that? I don't think that F1 is gonna look for another developer, so I think that Codemasters and EA are gonna sign a new deal with them.
One last thing before I end this review, like I said in my F1 24 review, after the EA acquisition, the F1 Game Development Team was split into 2 teams. Team A works on the odd number games (2021, 23, 25), while Team B works on the even number games (22, 24). The odd number games have been doing better than the even number games, yes. People are also expecting the even number games to be just as, if not better, than the odd number games, but we haven't seen that yet. So, what I suggest is to not have very high hopes for the even number games, but you can have high hopes for the odd number games. That should balance things out. And if you have anything you would like to add to this review, please let me know in the comments. Thank you for reading this review till the very end!