Well the reason am asking i have never used steam before, and my mate wants to get the new f1 game from steam but he dont want to run steam as he plays f1. So can he shut steam off before he plays it or does he have to use steam just to play f1?
right but you can start steam on " offline mode "To answer your question the simple answer is : NO.
When you buy a game through Steam you need Steam running to play the game, it doesn't matter much as steam hardly takes up much power/resources.
yes i beleve so, i had a few other games on my steam and when in not "online" i can still play the game, someone may want to check this answer as im not 100% sure its been a while since i tryedright but you can start steam on " offline mode "
thanks for checkingit works !