$0F1® 24 Twenty seats, one steering wheel
Take a real seat on the 2024 grid and race the official season, from full weekends to quick sprints with friends.
Is F1® 24 worth it?
F1® 24 is worth it if…
- you follow the 2024 season and want to race its teams and drivers yourself
- you want a career mode where contracts, rivals and car development matter
- you like settling things against friends in a quick online race
- you want a racing sim you can tune from forgiving to demanding
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A career with real stakes
The career mode has its first major rework since 2016, and it shows. You start in F2 if you want to earn your seat, then move up to F1, where advisors hand you objectives that shape your season: hit a target score, run laps without contact, beat a rival's time. Between races you juggle contracts, manage your car's development and build rivalries. It gives a season a shape beyond one race after another. You are not just driving fast, you are deciding what kind of driver you want to be, and the next grand prix always has something riding on it.
How the car feels
The new EA SPORTS Dynamic Handling System is built to make you feel at one with the car, and the driving is what people come back to. You brake late into a corner, feel the rear step out under power, and learn where the limit sits. Tire wear, pit strategy and changing weather turn a long race into a running decision: push now or save the set for the end. Night races and rain look and sound the part, and the engine audio carries the whole thing. If you want a gentler time, the settings stretch from forgiving to full simulation.
Race night with friends
This is a game built for a lobby. Join up with friends, pick a track and settle it wheel to wheel, or run co-op and take on the field together. Sessions are straightforward: everyone gets in, you coordinate, the lights go out. Short races make it easy to fit a few rounds into an evening, and because every start plays out differently, there is always a reason for one more. Racing people you know is where the game is at its best, and losing a place on the last lap to a friend stings in exactly the right way.
What else should you know?
Can you play a race weekend quickly?
Yes. Races scale from very short formats, like one qualifying lap and a five-lap race, up to full weekends with long practice, sprint qualifying and a race of up to 70 laps. You choose the length that fits your evening.
Does it work in VR?
Yes, the game supports VR, which puts you properly in the cockpit. Worth knowing that VR is demanding on hardware, so check that your setup can handle it before you commit to it as your main way to play.
Is it only for hardcore sim fans?
No. The handling and assist options run from approachable to strict, so you can start with a forgiving setup and turn the dials toward realism as you improve. The driving rewards practice, but it does not demand a racing rig on day one.
Can you customize anything?
Yes, there is character customization, and in career mode you shape your own path: which team you drive for, how you develop the car and which objectives you chase. Your driver's story is yours to steer.
Is it very different from last year's game?
The headline changes are real: the reworked career mode and the new handling system. Beyond that, it is closer to an evolution than a revolution, so if you already own a recent entry, the new career is the main reason to move up.
