F1 2021 Free this Weekend on Steam

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Despite your feelings about the F1 franchise by Codemasters, who can turn down a free game! Well, I say free, F1 2021 is free to play on Steam until 12/09/2021 9pm BST.

Whilst F1 2021 still may be missing some features some of us diehard sim racers need and want, there’s no denying that Codemasters have a very successful racing franchise. Try it out on Steam here.

Is it a sim? Is it a simcade?​

There’s plenty of debate about this marmite racing series. Personally, I fell in love with F1 2017, and this love affair continued onto the 2018 and 2019 instalments.

Whilst my love for the F1 franchise waned with the release of F1 2020 (which I did buy), to find out that I can essentially have an extended demo of the latest iteration has got me all hot under the collar!!

Will you be downloading F1 2021 this weekend?​

You can read more about F1 2021, from our very own Mike Smith here

It’s also worth noting that those of you who have Xbox Games Pass can play F1 2019 on PC and F1 2020 on Xbox at no additional cost.
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I agreed with your opinion but I hope F1 2022 will be a proper Sim Racer.

Just give up hope on that; It's never happening. It makes them money hand over fist whether or not sim racers buy it; making it closer to a sim is extra work that won't give them any real financial reward, so it's not happening.

I tried it this weekend and didn't expect much...should have listened to instinct: honestly I don't feel much significant improvement over past titles (I own F1 2018 and 2019) except the curbs want to murder you now more than ever (tbh I'm not a fan of the FFB from any version). Add to the fact that they'll never add Triple Monitor rendering (which I use) and I'm done.

I won't even bother trying these free weekends of any official F1 game anymore until they add Triple support or another studio takes over from Codemasters/EA.
 
Just give up hope on that; It's never happening. It makes them money hand over fist whether or not sim racers buy it; making it closer to a sim is extra work that won't give them any real financial reward, so it's not happening.

I tried it this weekend and didn't expect much...should have listened to instinct: honestly I don't feel much significant improvement over past titles (I own F1 2018 and 2019) except the curbs want to murder you now more than ever (tbh I'm not a fan of the FFB from any version). Add to the fact that they'll never add Triple Monitor rendering (which I use) and I'm done.

I won't even bother trying these free weekends of any official F1 game anymore until they add Triple support or another studio takes over from Codemasters/EA.
There is no doubt that the developer wanted to make it accessible for controller pad users because, in this world, not every console player could afford or have room for a racing wheel so it ends up being a simcade.
 
There is no doubt that the developer wanted to make it accessible for controller pad users because, in this world, not every console player could afford or have room for a racing wheel so it ends up being a simcade.
I thought we already stopped with this "simcade" thing. And any sim can be driven with a pad, even the "hardcore" sims, successfully i might add.
 
I thought we already stopped with this "simcade" thing. And any sim can be driven with a pad, even the "hardcore" sims, successfully i might add.
Perhaps, Codemasters wanted to make it accessible for anyone to play.

Why can't they have Simulation (Sim Racing) and Gamer (Simcade) driving model options together? just like DiRT 4 did.

This is what they should have for the F1 series, to begin with.
 
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Why not just make a simcade title with a detailed handling model?

It can still be forgiving and engaging. No need to have it so simplified it breaks immersion, or so unrelated to the world its set in that you they could swap out the surface and the vehicle and still have the same experience....
 

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