Through all the suspense and hype around the 2025 F1 championship race, fans were met with news about EA Sports’ F1 video game franchise. The news came just as fans were preparing for the Las Vegas Grand Prix this weekend.
However, racing enthusiasts weren’t happy with the latest developments.
Fans Slam EA Sports for Its Bold Move With F1 26
The popular video game developers announced that they will release a paid expansion for F1 25 in 2026, which will be based on next year’s Formula One World Championship. There will also be a new game in 2027 that focuses even more on an authentic gameplay experience.
While some fans looked forward to it, many slammed the idea.
Randy Magruder criticized EA Sports’ view on “authentic,” tweeting, “If by ‘authentic’ you’re going to get serious and write a proper physics engine, let me know. Otherwise I’ll stick to sims. I don’t mind you having two modes, but you need a realistic mode that should be so good and realistic you can’t even drive it with a gamepad.”
Asuka Groyper believes the developers will only include minimal changes, writing, “So let me guess, car reskinning, driver swaps and model changing but no physics changes? DRS removed? ERS changes?”
Nailing down realistic racing physics has been a significant challenge for the gaming company over the years, and sim racers have been among the most prominent critics of the video game.
Bezza contrasted what ardent fans want with what EA Sports delivers, saying, “What we want: Improved damage physics, Simulation mode, Full custom races and driver editor (have a grid full of manual inputted drivers etc), Retro cars and full grids, Online which polices griefers… What we get: New career mode with more micro transactions.”
Jason was optimistic about the latest news, but he questioned the timeline, tweeting, “Better late than never. These games have needed an entirely new look and feel for a while now. I’m glad we’re now getting that with F1 2027. Though, it’s still a weird choice why you didn’t choose to do this with F1 24 with 25 being an expansion. That way the new era would start with F1 26 would have been the big upgrade we’ve all wanted.”
Nicolas Longuet posted, “Please use f1 23 as the base game instead.”
Many more fans piled in with feedback, each highlighting something they would want to see in the upcoming releases. Fhisy wrote:
“What if you just want 26 and not 25? Will you be forced to buy boty?”
However, only time will tell how effective EA Sports’ upgrades to the gaming franchise prove to be.
