F1 2014

F1 2013 takes you on a nostalgia trip into the history of Formula One, while compelling new modes and subtle improvements layer atop a familiar, but winning formula.

F1 2014 is a very enjoyable game, however it falls short of being better than “good” due to too many similarities with the previous year’s entry and lack of content.

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New cars are fun to drive and it's as accessible as ever, but F1 2014 has largely failed to evolve beyond past games in the series.

All in all, F1 2014 feels like a half-hearted attempt at providing an annual update. The development team is at work on a “new F1 experience” for Xbox One that’s due to come out at the start of the 2015 season, which kicks off in less than six months. Whether or not that’s the cause of this somewhat unfocused and lazy-feeling effort is a point for debate.

F1 2014 contains the same fun and exciting racing as the rest of the series, but sadly also contains the same UI, cutscenes and animations, too, while lacking the Classic Content of 2013.

F1 2014 is ultimately a disappointing release, not because F1 2015 is just around the corner, but because it doesn’t do enough on its own merits to push the game series beyond F1 2013, a game which I already felt was struggling with a degree of stagnation. It’s still fundamentally a good game and the recreation of the sport’s new rules and regulations do help to make driving the cars a slightly fr...

Like the hardware it's running on, the F1 series is showing its age and seems to be running out of ideas. Fingers crossed that 2015's next-gen edition is the upgrade it needs to be.

Making the perfect corner to overtake your rival still holds a certain thrill.