F1 2017 (video game)

F1 2017 is the official video game of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship , [ 1 ] released for PlayStation 4 , Xbox One , and Windows on 25 August. [ 2 ] The game includes all of the twenty circuits, twenty drivers and ten teams competing in the season. The macOS version, developed by Feral Interactive , was released simultaneously with the other versions, a first in the series' history. [ 3 ] The Linux version, also by Feral Interactive, was released on 2 November. [ 4 ]

The game featured the initial driver line ups for the 2017 season; substitute drivers Jenson Button , Antonio Giovinazzi , Pierre Gasly , Brendon Hartley and Paul di Resta , although all driving in FIA Formula One races during the 2017 season were not included in the game.

Features

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) - the governing body of international motorsport - supports F1 2017 as a platform for eSports , following similar moves by Formula E and the World Rally Championship . [ 6 ] A variety of race formats are available to players after the sport's commercial holders expressed an interest in using gaming to trial potential race formats. [ 7 ] The game also features classic cars, which were last included in F1 2013 - drawn from 1988 to 2010 . [ 8 ] [ ...

The game also included a competition for players to design their own racing helmets, with the seven winning designs included in the game. [ 10 ] [ 11 ]

It was the first game to be used in the Formula One eSports Series , which also debuted in 2017 . [ 12 ]

Reception

The game reached number 2 in the UK PS4 sales chart, behind Uncharted: The Lost Legacy , [ 22 ] but topped the XO charts. [ 23 ] The PlayStation 4 version sold 7,190 copies in Japan in its debut week, placing it at 11 on the sales charts. [ 24 ] It reached number 2 in Australia, and 4 in New Zealand. [ 25 ]

Alphr put it at number 6 on their list of the best racing games on PS4 2017. [ 26 ] The game was nominated for "Best Racing Game in IGN ' s Best of 2017 Awards, [ 27 ] and for "eSports Game of the Year" at the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards ; [ 28 ] [ 29 ] and won the award for "Best Racing Game" at The Independent Game Developers' Association Awards 2018. [ 30 ] [ 31 ]

Quick Facts

F1 2017 Cover art featuring from left to right: Felipe Massa, Daniel Ricciardo, Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso, Sergio Pérez and Stoffel Vandoorne.

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Table 1

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	86/100[13]

Table 2

Publication	Score
GamesMaster	84%[14]
GameSpot	9/10[15]
GamesRadar+	[16]
IGN	8.9/10[17]
PC Gamer (UK)	88%[18]
Polygon	8/10[19]
The Daily Telegraph	[20]

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F1ABY Commentary

Does the relentless pursuit of milliseconds truly define a driver’s worth, or is it the resilience forged in the crucible of a misstep that ultimately reveals their spirit? Giovinazzi, still finding his footing, carries the weight of expectation with a quiet intensity. The Tuscan sun glints off his helmet – a reflection of the pressure he absorbs, a young man learning to navigate the brutal calculus of speed. Hartley, adrift in Toro Rosso, seems almost a ghost, haunted by the promise of New Zealand’s hopes. Perhaps the greatest battles aren’t fought on the tarmac, but within the confines of a driver’s own resolve. Di Resta, a veteran’s face etched with experience, offers a stark reminder: some journeys are measured not in victories, but in the lessons learned during defeat.

The pursuit of speed, you see, isn’t merely about milliseconds shaved from a corner; it’s a desperate, almost religious, yearning to understand the limits of a man’s will against the brutal indifference of machinery. Hamilton, in particular, carries the weight of expectation like a finely-tuned engine – a relentless striving that both elevates and threatens to shatter him entirely. Observe how he pushes, how he *feels* the track, and you begin to glimpse the true architecture of a champion.

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A chaotic beauty, a raw, untamed energy mirroring the young man’s own ambition. Look at the telemetry – a staggering 1. 8 seconds lost on corner entry compared to Hamilton, a direct consequence of the slick tires fighting for grip. That McLaren engine, a 1. 6-liter V6 turbo-hybrid, wrestled with the conditions, spitting out a frustrated 680 horsepower, a testament to the relentless pursuit of peak performance, even when the heavens wept.

The rain hammered Donington Park, a relentless percussion against the already frayed nerves of the grid. It wasn’t merely a downpour; it was a deliberate act of defiance, a meteorological shrug at the meticulously constructed order of the sport. Observe, if you will, the peculiar dance of Hamilton and Vettel. The German, a man often sculpted by calculated aggression, seemed almost… hesitant. His lap times, a full 0. 8 seconds slower than the reigning champion’s, hinted at a battle waged not just on the track, but within himself – a reckoning with the pressure of expectation, a subtle acknowledgement of the relentless, almost predatory, nature of Lewis’s drive.

F1ABY Tales

The rain hadn’t relented, a bruised grey curtain clinging to the Baku circuit. Verstappen, a coiled spring of frustrated energy, slammed his helmet against the cockpit wall. A guttural exhale, the sound of a young man battling a machine and, perhaps, a burgeoning storm within himself. The telemetry screamed of a disconnect, a gulf between the driver’s instinct and the machine’s brutal response. It’s a brutal lesson, isn’t it? The Azerbaijani capital, soaked and unforgiving, mirroring the relentless demands of this pursuit.

The rain, a sullen grey smear across the Tuscan sky, seemed to mirror the mood emanating from the Ferrari garage. Leclerc, barely twenty, stood motionless, a small, contained fury simmering beneath the practiced calm. He’d spent the last hour dissecting telemetry, the ghost of Spa’s misstep clinging to him like damp fabric. The team, a collective of seasoned strategists and engineers, offered quiet encouragement, a silent acknowledgment of the pressure he carried – a pressure not just of speed, but of expectation, of a nation’s fervent hope. This season, it seemed, would be defined not just by the cars, but by the men within.