This game... I love this game...

Definitely not the best F1 game, but one that has provided more memories than any game I have ever played. Being the breakthrough of my league racing and commentating journey, Coop Career being the most fun I've ever had in any game I have ever played (and I played a thousands of them), My Team being as amazing as always, and much more.

In terms of handling, a lot of people say that 2020 was the best in terms of that aspect, but this game was, in my opinion, better and now I think that F1 23 with it's changes takes the crown. The force feedback was definitely the best in this game before they somehow ruined it in F1 22 and F1 23. The driving just felt very responsive and predictable, and driving in the rain was a lot of fun. Catching the slides wasn't a hard task and was pretty easy to do and you knew what the car was gonna do at every single moment.
A 9/10 for the handling.

Breaking Point was nothing to write home about but I am glad that it was a part of the game as I enjoyed it quite a bit. It is way too easy and feels repetitive in it's objectives, but how the story progressed was honestly interesting. Butler of course being the main villain in the story, they perfectly captured everything they showed in F1 2019 and expanded on it more to make his character more dislikeable, which I mean in a good way. He is the best character in the story, no doubt. Aiden and Casper were also pretty solid characters but some of their arguments really felt forced which I didn't really like, but overall I liked their arks.
A good 7/10 for the story.

I'm gonna bunch the whole My team, Driver and Coop in here as one. My Team didn't really have too many new aspects added in the base gameplay and way mainly the same thing with them adding the icons which was nice. The overhaul to the RnD system was a nice addition and was handled nicely and the progress made during the season made a lot of sense but the durability upgrades are still a bit useless. How the teams handle the facilities in Driver and Coop careers is definitely something that Codies have to look at because it's really frustrating. They mainly focus the Personnel and Durability departments first and upgrade them to the max AND THEN move onto other, more important departments so you're just stuck there in Season 2 not being able to upgrade anything in that area anymore because the facilities are too low and it stays like that as far as until Season 4. It's beyond frustrating but at least the regulation changes every so often make it more interesting. That of course doesn't take away that Coop Career is the second best addition to the game behind My Team. It adds so much replayability to the game and provides more fun then even My Team for me. 300 hours of my 776 are from Coop alone. They just need to add My Team Coop Career! I want 12 teams on the grid!
Needs a lot of tweaking, but a 9/10 in terms of Career.

Music is the best in the whole series, even ahead of F1 23. I listen to it daily. Ian Livingstone is a genius!
10/10

Overall, this game is my personal favourite in the series because of the memories I've made in this game and how much of an impact it had in my life. EA is doing a disgrace on Codemasters by removing this game off of Steam. That was the biggest mistake since removing F1 2020. PUT IT BACK!!!!!
A 9/10 for this game

This game... I love this game... Definitely not the best F1 game, but one that has provided more memories than any game I have ever played. Being the breakthrough of my league racing and commentating journey, Coop Career being the most fun I've ever had in any game I have ever played (and I played a thousands of them), My Team being as amazing as always, and much more. In terms of handling, a lot of people say that 2020 was the best in terms of that aspect, but this game was, in my opinion, better and now I think that F1 23 with it's changes takes the crown. The force feedback was definitely the best in this game before they somehow ruined it in F1 22 and F1 23. The driving just felt very responsive and predictable, and driving in the rain was a lot of fun. Catching the slides wasn't a hard task and was pretty easy to do and you knew what the car was gonna do at every single moment. A 9/10 for the handling. Breaking Point was nothing to write home about but I am glad that it was a part of the game as I enjoyed it quite a bit. It is way too easy and feels repetitive in it's objectives, but how the story progressed was honestly interesting. Butler of course being the main villain in the story, they perfectly captured everything they showed in F1 2019 and expanded on it more to make his character more dislikeable, which I mean in a good way. He is the best character in the story, no doubt. Aiden and Casper were also pretty solid characters but some of their arguments really felt forced which I didn't really like, but overall I liked their arks. A good 7/10 for the story. I'm gonna bunch the whole My team, Driver and Coop in here as one. My Team didn't really have too many new aspects added in the base gameplay and way mainly the same thing with them adding the icons which was nice. The overhaul to the RnD system was a nice addition and was handled nicely and the progress made during the season made a lot of sense but the durability upgrades are still a bit useless. How the teams handle the facilities in Driver and Coop careers is definitely something that Codies have to look at because it's really frustrating. They mainly focus the Personnel and Durability departments first and upgrade them to the max AND THEN move onto other, more important departments so you're just stuck there in Season 2 not being able to upgrade anything in that area anymore because the facilities are too low and it stays like that as far as until Season 4. It's beyond frustrating but at least the regulation changes every so often make it more interesting. That of course doesn't take away that Coop Career is the second best addition to the game behind My Team. It adds so much replayability to the game and provides more fun then even My Team for me. 300 hours of my 776 are from Coop alone. They just need to add My Team Coop Career! I want 12 teams on the grid! Needs a lot of tweaking, but a 9/10 in terms of Career. Music is the best in the whole series, even ahead of F1 23. I listen to it daily. Ian Livingstone is a genius! 10/10 Overall, this game is my personal favourite in the series because of the memories I've made in this game and how much of an impact it had in my life. EA is doing a disgrace on Codemasters by removing this game off of Steam. That was the biggest mistake since removing F1 2020. PUT IT BACK!!!!! A 9/10 for this game