

Wear and compounds supposedly play a role in these interactions as well, but we’ve seen it happen even in time trials with just five percent degradation. Go full throttle, and you’ll see your car spin out in the middle of turns – but only in what seems like pre-determined parts of certain tracks.Ĭodemasters told GLHF this comes as part of the new traction control system, where the default setting is equivalent to the medium setting in F1 22. While Codemasters has smoothed out the issue over time, there’s a strange, new phenomenon now. That’s something teams and drivers learned the hard way in 2022, with a few notable examples being Schumacher’s crashes in Jeddah and Monaco.Ĭurbs have always been a controversial feature in F1 games, and they probably still will be in F1 23. Just touching curbs with the floor of your car means you can lose control for a split second and even risk spinning out.

While new features are, admittedly, sparse, it seems evident that Codemasters put all the feedback from the past racing season to good use. The single-seaters handle corners with impressive smoothness, and it’s so easy to feel like you’re naturally driving a real car. Whatever your choice, F1 23 is as much of a pleasure to drive as ever, both with controllers and with a steering wheel. It’s approachable for everyone, but a dense system of assists, preferences, and customizations means you can turn it into something very like an authentic simulator if you prefer more depth. F1 23 is no different, though most of it is for the better – even if there really isn’t that much evolution on display.į1 23 turns back to its simul-arcade formula that defined the series in years gone by.

Just as with other annual series such as FIFA, these new, full-priced releases usually only have small tweaks with each new entry – sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. If you played the racing game’s 2022 version, you already know basically what to expect. F1 23 barely needs an introduction for Formula 1 fans.
