Updated Singapore track and Ricciardo now in F1 23

As a part of a v1.10 replace throughout PC, PlayStation and Xbox, a number of tweaks have been made to EA SPORTS F1 23 alongside the headline adjustments to a monitor format and driver roster.

With the intention to accommodate development work close to the circuit, Turns 16-19 can’t be used for the 2023 race, and thus the Marina Bay Avenue Circuit will likely be barely shorted as a brief measure. This format is now recreated inside the sport, considerably lowering lap instances. In our testing, round seven seconds faster per lap.

Whereas many of the format stays similar, after the right-handed Flip 14, now there’s an extended straight with a left kink a 3rd of the way in which down which kinds Flip 15, earlier than an especially tight Flip 16 – previously 19. In consequence, the upcoming real-world occasion will run 63 laps as an alternative of final season’s 61.

Additionally showing within the title for the primary time is a returning Daniel Ricciardo within the place of Nyck De Vries. It signifies that My Group and Driver Profession market will now function the Australian driver as an alternative of the 2020–21 System E champion.

 

Between the announcement of this replace and its roll-out, Ricciardo suffered from a damaged metacarpal on the Dutch Grand Prix with Liam Lawson substituting. The Kiwi isn’t a part of the sport’s F1 driver roster however will be discovered inside the profession mode’s driver market as a result of inclusion of the 2022 System 2 season.

Additional adjustments embrace a rise within the efficiency of the McLaren workforce primarily based on its dramatically improved leads to latest races, tighter track limit rules online and the primary Professional Problem inside the F1 World space. Between 29 August and 4 September, gamers should attempt to beat Max Verstappen’s marker around Zandvoort, and people who do will obtain his Dutch GP helmet design as an in-game reward.

The F1 World mode was new for F1 23 in comparison with its predecessors, which sees you construct the tech rating of a fictional F1 automobile by unlocking information factors after which managing assets. It is fairly the distinction to the extra genuine profession modes, that are largely untouched for this season’s launch.

 

To date, post-launch, real-world limited-time liveries have been added as unlockable gadgets, akin to Crimson Bull’s Miami theme or the 800th race-celebrating Williams design. Race Replay eventualities see you attempt to replicate occasions from earlier within the season, with extra anticipated all year long.

The Verstappen Professional Problem marks the primary occasion of its sort however will likely be adopted by one set by Charles Leclerc in September.

“The principle idea behind F1 World was to have an space the place we will maintain offering gamers with new gameplay experiences, new challenges, new content material over the course of a whole season, after which past into the next 12 months,” stated Lee Mather, Senior Inventive Director at Digital Arts.

“It is actually in its absolute infancy in the meanwhile, we’re nonetheless going to increase upon it with new gameplay.

“You noticed that we added elimination mode final 12 months. So F1 World is a main instance of an space the place we will look so as to add new varieties of gameplay too, as a result of they’re then a part of the reward system. They’re enhancing the tech degree of your F1 World automobile. They don’t seem to be simply disparate items of gameplay, they’re a part of a a lot greater expertise.”