F1 24 Review - Here's Why I Recommend F1 23 

Unequal equal cars is back now... Alpine seems to be a few tenths faster than the other cars.

11:05 nobody is forcing them to have a yearly release, just like nobody is forcing us to buy it. not an excuse

I doubt they will but EA need to take note of this video. More content creators need to stop being afraid of calling out the Devs for this heap of junk. it's blatantly obvious when some content creators/esports drivers are being very cautious or diplomatic with how things are said as to not offend the Devs. Cheers for the honest review Alex, it reinforces my decision to not waste £70...

I don't expect EA to put the PC version of F1 23 on sale, they'll probably delist it in the upcoming months just like they did with previous F1 games.

Conclusion: *Half step forward ten steps back* (Even that half step is questionable at best)

First you push for a handling update that you like and called even better then F1 23 and now you tell us i recommend F1 23 instead of 24 :P

Take a shot every time you hear the word fundamental

After playing F1 24, I was nowhere near able to be competitive in F1 23 again, there is no way to go back

Am I the only one who thinks that updating circuits should not be considered a feature?

I recommend f1 23 because I already own it and I don’t want to purchase an expensive update.

If you're buying F1 24 purely for driver career mode i would wait till the next patch because of the amount of bugs Including pace stat glitch which basically makes it pointless to play at this stage. Wet qualis where ai set times on slicks so you're on pole by 7 seconds

Codemasters really need to drop these youtube influences. They're not helping making the game better.

Honestly in my opinion, the handling is pretty good for me. It suits my driving style. I like the pointy front end. I do think there could be some changes to the handling but I don’t mind the pointy front end. You have really good points in the video

Damn the title😂

Issue with career mode is that secret meetings are triggered randomly whether your performance is good or bad. On top of this, the base rating they give and retain seat rating is very hard to get below which means you get dnf half season and still retain your seat. In race objectives are hit or miss but it’s a good addition which can be refined a bit, I would have liked to control my teammates race not in a direct way but like defend or push just like they had in grid games when my recognition is higher than them in that team For handling, I have to say to each their own because some players liked it like me but some don’t but the main issue that Codemasters have never considered after 2022 regulations is that tire temps and tire wear. What I meant is in real life drivers actually struggle to get the temp up and in F1 games it’s complete opposite, in games softs are almost unusable due to their insane tire overheating. It would be better if tires are severely cold than what it is right now My last and final main issue which is inherent AI acceleration out of slow speed corners and it’s specifically an issue since F1 22 which they patched but still is an issue on some corners because even in 23 for last straight of Miami, it was impossible to get anywhere close to AI out of that corner due to their insane traction out of corner. AI should have realistic tire temps and tire wear as well because it’s like players are the only ones at disadvantage with every new tire wear and temps update. AI straight line speed is even more recognizable when your car is maxed out and you see your teammate just zoom past you on straight and yes I do use custom setups which are not making that big of a difference and even if I do put lower wings than usual than again I am the one at disadvantage on tire wear which AI just doesn’t seem to have With that said, they still atleast put an effort to add this many features in driver career so props to that considering it was a normal occurrence till F1 2021 and stopped since then. But they have to do the testing of their games all the way through, it’s not like just add a feature then a play a race or two and everything’s good, please do some extensive testing on game for AI behaviours from season to season but I guess it’s too much to ask from EA because they just want to rush their games for bigger profits instead of giving developers enough time to make game playable

What do you think of ams 2? Been having so much fun in this game in vr

Seeing the title alone, im glad picking F1 23 due to sales, it was worth it i guess

Good video. I think I'll stick to F1 20 One thing I always wondered is what app are you using for telemetry? Like the OSD. Do you have a video about it or plan on doing one?

wow there's a lot of cool features in career I'd like to try it sucks that the rest is such a mixed bag

One thing they need to add is wing level changes for fronts during red flags and team audio when theres yellows and red flags from real comms

Sir, can you share the name of that telemetry app displayed on your gameplay footage? thank you!

This is the first one I haven't bought on launch since 2018 - I'm so glad I didn't.

Is handling going to get get better still? or are they just finished with the handling after patch 1.

Tbh with the handling fix I like this game. Driver career feels so much better and it feels like you are more involved with the team rather than just driving the car and controlling development

Nice video Alex… Especially raising that the Ai don’t have temp issues. Been a pet hate for years. So many people don’t realise the handicap they face

tbh I find this year's handling the best i've ever driven, but it probably might be just because it suits my driving style pretty much perfectly either way from my experience I'd give this year's game so far an 8/10 only issue I'd say is the AI quali vs race pace which idk how it's so much more different as they feel so slow in quali but in race I have to turn them down so I can have an enjoyable race

Haven't got a new f1 game since the first breaking point. Won't be buying another copy until my team is updated as that's the main mode I enjoy.

i just hate driving in career and seeing a williams fight for the lead just because of the drs trains. i get so frustrated that sometimes, the leader to last is just one train of drs what means for me overtaking is impossible. also the ai looks to have more top speed then me even though i run a already lower downforce setup which i dont like. i also hate that when you crash, you just start flying or something else happens. it is just not realistic

I was someone who bought them yearly since 2015, but the past years I did notice that allot of bugs were never looked at by Codemasters or were not important enough to fix in the first 9 months, before abandon it again for the new game. But I also notice that the visuals are on the max on Ps5, so from this year I dicide to skip some years and enjoy other race games on my DD+ base. When Codemasters brings back some real good upgrade, I will join again

I currently play f1 2021 on the ps4 should I update to f23/f124 (ps4)?

Am i the only one who really likes the handling of this game?! 😳😳

Story mode is every other year.

Serious question, is it hard to have updated tracks? Weird to advertise your game like: Spa, Jeddah, Qatar, and Silverstone are updated! So basically those 4 tracks and however many that haven't been updated in real life are correct, but every track, such as Canada, that has gotten updates but is completely different in the game is wrong. Basically advertising the fact that only a couple tracks are correct.

Handling was miles better before. Your and your friends feedback destroyed the handling. Now it's something between F1 22 and F1 23. Thanks a lot. Better leave it alone.

You don't face the BUG with Pace rating reducing EVERY TIME you finish a race in Career mode? This rating bug is the most fucked up bug, because you cannot progress your rating after getting a -500 or -1500 after race. Even though you are the fastest in the field or win the race. Does anyone else have this??

I only play the online 2 player career..... Which one wouks be better 🤔🤔🤔. I know the issue with 24's points alocation, but is 23 fine??

Just tried f124 on controller after patch and it's now totally fine good infact

you do realize story mode is only a thing every other year. EA have two groups. One makes games for years of odd numbers, the other even. F1 2020 is made from the same people as F1 24. F1 2021 is made from the same people as F1 23 etc

I tried full traction control and it seemed to almost complete revert the handling back to very near f123

so I should buy f1 23 than 24?because I’m so confused about the handling on controller

You cant just recommend F1 23 to league racers when all the new leagues will adopt 24. Thats the only reason why i bought 24 tbh

I am thinking about buying f1 24. I got f1 22 & f1 23. These games are fantastic I feel. But I like the idea of the driver mode. And the secret interview with other teams. But at the moment the game is a lot of money.. so I think I will wait. Hope you are doing well my friend

I just dont understand how they can make a worse game every year since 2021 (peak f1 game 20+21), with over a years worth of time and big budget. Unrealistic handling, kerbs, ERS in quali, SQ tryes, AI too quick on straights, sound on and off board, shit contact model, imola track limits, bumps and potholes, same game engine, outside tyre temps and many more. First time since i started in 2017 that i am already sick of the game and cant be asked to turn it on😕

Considering that F1 games are simcades , i do prefer 24 from 23. More grip in straights and fast corners, less in slow ones.

as a casual player coming to the series after F1 18. I'm extremely sad that there's only one helmet i have and i can't even modify it properly. It would be enough if i could change all the colours it has but no it has to have that purple colour all the time... I think this game could be a dlc... New game every 5-6 years with actual improvements...

I'm playing 23 at at the momment I'm always a year behind as I just wait for it come on game pass so I don't have to pay, also by then all the bugs and issues get mostly changed. It's a great point about you don't have to buy the new one every year. I think obviously if you play multilayer I can understand but if you play career mode youl be fine with playing 23

Dude, make your mind up. Last time you said that you liked F124 after the patch, now you're complaining. Everything you've mentioned, I've never had an issue with, and the handling is good.

We also need compatibility for the MOZA R3 on the game!!!!!!!!!!

Played both love this years game, i find it better than last year and will buy the next one (if still alive until then)

the pace bug where it goes down no matter what is bs

1:45 I've gone through a full season of F2 and first season with Kick Sauber through Ferrari Academy, but because I never accepted any special meeting and hoarded resource points, I never got a look in with Ferrari even though my rating is in the mid 80's.

I absolutely hate the 5 lap ranked mode. As soon as you get whacked by some idiots, theres no coming back anymore

The problem with Codemasters "copy & paste" is that bugs that have been fixed are regularly reappearing, new and obvious bugs are added to it and most new features don't work as they should despite the fact that the majority of the game they're working on isn't new. Their games are incredibly bad given that they have this solid "copy paste" foundation to improve on. You would expect the games to get bigger and better every year, with old, working and well balanced features to remain in the game but thats not the case with EA and Codemasters.

If F1 game will be made by any other developer in the future, who do you think will it be realistically?

Don't bully the small indie company EA!!! They have only 5 people working on the whole game!! xd

Thanks Alex for ruining F1 24 for us. It was unrealistic but we had fun driving. No matter where you go, it's always 'thanks to Alex, thanks to Alex' or 'as long as Alex is having fun

I buy the F1 game every other year. F1 2016,2018,2020,2022. Was planning on buying 2024 because of career mode features. After looking at community reviews, I am conflicted. Should I buy it for career features or skip for the handling? I play with Controller.

Don't know about the people out there, but I personally never touch the single Player. I just wanna race people out there. I don't need the other stuff.

And my desire to play the F1 games died when F1 22 came out

I only play driver career and my team no online no time trial so I’m at least fine

BRO THE TITLE 🤣

f1 23 is looking good right now

EA shills in shambles after this one 😭

I think the handling got worse for controller. I was on medium traction control and after the update I had to switch to full.

I have f1 2024, there’s a lot a things wrong that make me laughed a lot, it was a print, and it was raining, the strategy was soft for all, I had to do a lap and change tires for the green one, and no one did it, I was first in no time 🤯 Also I had a mechanical issue and instead of the typical failures, it said that someone had an issue, I dropped out obviously, and I was 8th …..

And despite EA’s wealth of cash they won’t pay to licence classic cars which used to be in the games when codemasters didn’t have EA money behind them. Bring those back with a challenge mode like from some older games and they’d have a hit!!

See y'all on F126 with the new regulations. Hopefully they work it out between now and then!

Thanks for the honesty 🙏🏿

Thanks you just saved me £70 😁 Got F1 23 free on PSN 👍🏻

Finally after two reinstalls i have my bug with ers resolved. For me ers deployed very slowly even with overtake. Now its good Edit: nvm its back

I don't get your "yearly series" argument. Yes, nobody is forcing me to buy a new game every year... but is that actually true? Every year, all the streamers and all the players move on to the next game, so the ones who stay on the previous one are abandoned. That pretty much forces the rest to move on as well. You had a good point but turned it into the wrong argument. Yes, this game has a lot of features and there's not much to change just one year after the last game, that's why there's so few new features. But that doesn't mean the blame is on the player for expecting more changes. The blame is on the publisher for publishing a new game every year that is barely any different from the last one. If you don't have new features that are worth 70 dollars, then just don't release a new game that's a copy-paste of the previous one for 70 dollars for goodness sake! Just do a patch where you add new liveries and new driver line-ups, that's really all you need. Perhaps if a new track gets added to the calendar you can sell it as a DLC or something. But aside from that there's no reason why this and any other sports game for that matter should be a yearly series. That's just greed from EA, because they know the players WILL pay those 70 dollars for the exact same game they already bought 5 times before. Personally I will only be buying a new F1 game when new regulations are introduced, so F1 26 will be my next purchase. Otherwise there is absolutely no point in buying a new game. F1 23 works and plays just fine, there are some annoying bugs but I doubt Codemasters will fix those even in the following games. I won't be paying 70 dollars for a patch that pretends to be a new game.

Thought it was saved

It's funny, I actually like f1 24 over f1 23. But I'm just a casual like most of the target audience

Got last year's version free with PlayStation+ , I'll be playing that! Just wish the FFB was better.

11:55 maybe they shouldn´t listen to sum Bums with the Hadling lol

Apart from the bugs and the handling and the AI etc. etc. The one big they missed from Driver Career is Interviews. Also, they copied and pasted my team, just like they did driver career

They never seem to take league racing into account either,the in game league system is utter garbage has been for years why so many run via discord servers etc but from a comms point they could give us a few more things like control over they tyre comparison graphics a couple more spectators spots and iron out some of these ridiculous bugs we always get 🤷‍♂️

I think the main issue, as it was with the nascar games, is code(wannabe)masters.

I am still playing f1 23 still not sure buy f124 it yet

So, my 2 cents here. I bought F1 24, but only because the changes they made to driver career are pretty much what I've wanted since I started playing back on F1 2019. Otherwise they're was no chance of this game getting my money. I'm a career mode sweat so I will play mostly the new modes, but for someone who plays more online or even My team, I agree with Alex. This game is not worth it over F1 23, and the steam discounts for last year's game is a good shout too.

There is no point in buying this game for the career mode when in F1 23 with mods you can do almost anything you want, like making custom driver transfers, putting fictional drivers on the grid, making teams race with 3 cars, moving yourself in another team in the my team career, modifying the calendar, make any race you want a sprint or a normal race weekend, racing during day time in Bahrain, Las Vegas and Singapore etc.

I'm still playing F1 23. 💯 The best handling.

Will you be doing a tyre analysis video? It helped me massively in my league races in last year’s game!

I love F1 24 🎉🎉🎉

Personally I dont touch any of the fluffy modes like career, story mode, R&D etc etc all I want is to race in GRAND PRIX mode and to emulate a grand prix weekend. Nothing in 24 makes me want to buy it at all. On PC I already have the 2024 liveries thanks to the modding community and to pay $100 here in Australia for what I consider to be a "patch"...NOPE I'm sticking with 23..it has everything I need in an F1 game.

Thwy shouldve released it 1-2 months after and polished the game in that time.

I Play f1 19 and i am still happy 😂

Love the honesty 👍🏼

After playing 24 on release I actually got used to thr handling and preferred it. Now they have updated it the game feels even more like 23 and has nothing substantial to make it unique. Surprisingly no one bitched as much about the f1 22 handling that was dog sh*t car was all over the place, 24 has increased grip and a nice pointy car and everyone was up in arms...

Don’t like the 5 lap ranked, needs to be options or put to 25%. 5 lappers are boring in the long run..

"F1 24 is saved"

Bold of you to assume F1 company cares about the game 😆

I can't buy this game Alex But will you please post more videos of you playing driving games Any game

I genuinely haven't been able to play the game since launch. I'm on a 13900k, 4090, 64gb ram and installed on an ssd, and the game will crash for absolutely no reason *constantly*. Like I somehow managed to make it through a full 50% race in australia without a crash, but every other track it's in the ballpark of 5-10 laps. Hell, I even crashed in china while editing my setup.

the problem is the pricing, no one can say to me that this game is worth more than zelda tears of the kingdom, xenoblade chronicles 3, persona 3R and I can go on on and on and on, this game should be priced no more than 30$ per year, thats why I stopped buying this game on 2020 and currently playing f1 23 via gamepass, the game is just not worth the price

Wait till next year's 25 game. 🤐🤐🤐

Can't feel the curbs rumbling

i bought the game because i had 23 with ea play and liked the long ranked races, but lobbies were empty. i wish i could get a refund for 24 and play iracing for a month instead just so i can stay away from ea's shitty games

I have bought the games on a two year cycle with the exception of 21,( missed out 19, 22, 24) yet there has been a noticable downturn in quality since EA bought codemasters, not that anyone can be surprised here. How features like My Team is the same since F1 2020 in shambolic. It's worrying that it reminds me of their fifa franchise falling off a cliff, maybe it is a matter of time before the licence is given to somebody else. And to be honest, i'm all for it.

WOMP WOMP