F1 24 review: drivers’ parade

Every year, EA Sports and Codemasters focus on a specific area in which they should improve the new official Formula 1 video game. F1 24 overhauls Career mode, allowing you to step into the shoes of one of the twenty drivers on the grid. The introduction of such a novelty is just a part of the bigger picture. F1 24 delves into the cult of personality on social media and race weekends in the post-Drive to Survive Liberty Media era. Drivers are the stars, welcoming you right from the menu. Many of the driver models are impressive. Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, and Charles Leclerc are portrayed with unprecedented fidelity, and we get to see them in more intimate situations than we do on TV. Sadly, not all of these portrayals are equally good. Some drivers’ faces are almost caricatures, or with incorrect proportions: Gasly’s face is too small, Hulkenberg’s too squashed, Ricciardo’s is just huge for some reason. It’s almost like stepping into a Spitting Image strip. But at least the petrol-powered track action