# F1 Mobile Racing — user reviews

> 58 indexed App Store user reviews of F1 Mobile Racing by Electronic Arts Inc., rated 4.62/5 from 77,442 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/f1-mobile-racing/id1343820018/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/f1-mobile-racing/id1343820018.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 62,684 · 4★ 7,711 · 3★ 2,706 · 2★ 1,208 · 1★ 3,133

## What do users think of F1 Mobile Racing?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 🎨 Great graphics
- ⚙️ Detailed car customization
- 🕹️ Realistic driving experience

**Cons**

- 🤖 Aggressive and unfair AI
- 🤜 Dirty driving by other players
- 🏆 Unbalanced matchmaking
- 🔧 Excessive car wear and repair costs
- 🔁 Repetitive career mode

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Frequent server disconnections
- Inconsistent corner cutting penalties
- Steering and control issues
- Freezing and crashing during races

**Most requested features**

- Practice mode to learn tracks
- Pit stops and tire strategy
- More driver and team customization options
- Improved penalty system for reckless driving
- Ability to view race results and lap times

## Newest reviews (17 of 58)

### 4/5 — ALL PLAYERS STILL WAITING RUSH NEW UPDATE

*2023-11-27*

The season ended in real life and the game needs a new update. Mercedes 2 best Ferrari car 3 Aston 4 and so all the teams with the same order of the constructors' championship. Legendary card for Sergio Perez that I don't know why they didn't do it. The Results of the championship section have to have the same results as in real life, the same races and circuits as they were in real life... This is Urgent, they have to do it and we are all waiting, they made many updates since they put the 2023 season and they never corrected the teams' error, it's time.... Because many of us buy official cars and they have to fix this, how is it possible that we buy Mercedes cars and they are at the same level as the Alpine ones, just like the Aston ones? Above Ferrari and Mercedes and sometimes even above RedBull it is impossible. Also add that we can buy with coins or tokens the different designs that each team used in the different circuits on their cars, it would be spectacular... We hope this happens soon.... Then in the future the laps of the races should increase add pit stop and allow you to select the different types of tires

### 4/5 — Amazing game, but a few drawbacks.

*2023-09-18*

First off, I think this is an incredible game, especially for a mobile title. The gameplay feels really smooth and fluid, and the graphics genuinely blow my mind. However, there are a few minor issues that I would like to note. For one, I have had several instances where the game has crashed out of nowhere or lost connection in the middle of a race, which can be especially aggravating in career mode, where you have to pay coins to resume a race. Additionally, the league matchmaking can be incredibly unfair, at times putting you in a game with somebody several leagues or levels ahead of you, pretty much guaranteeing a loss. Now I wouldn’t normally care about this as much as I do, but it happens with a frequency that can make it really difficult to progress. Lastly, this isn’t so much of an issue as it is just some features i wish were included, but I wish there were more driver helmets in the game, as there currently is no available helmet for either of the mclaren or haas drivers, and it would also be amazing to see some of the special liveries that some of the teams ran this year included in the game. But apart from that, I think this is an amazing game. Keep up the good work!

### 4/5 — Career mode needs a little work

*2023-08-06*

First off I REALY enjoy playing this game. The graphics, handling, and track design make this a must play game. The dual mode in my opinion has nothing wrong with it because I hate to say it but, weather you like it or not the game comes down to skill. The only thing that takes away the star for me is Career mode. Career mode first off is way to easy. I am currently on legend and I can destroy every other bot in qualifying by 5 seconds and my car is not that special. Sometimes I try NOT to get pole just to make it interesting. But I still win anyway because the ai are too easy. Second, the engine damage is just a joke. I can only race two races before my engine power gets over 50% and my car is 20 mph slower. There is one more critic a have but it is small and I think you release it after this review anyways. You only have 8 showdowns. You can’t even get 60% of the drivers helmets because there not available. Your online part of the game is awesome and it is a really fun experience, but can you make career mode a little harder and add the rest of the 2023 driver helmets? Great game! Keep up the good work.

### 3/5 — FIX YOUR GAME

*2022-12-10, version 4.3.19*

First off, this game is alright overall. It is really the only way to enjoy F1 racing on a mobile device. NOW. CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHY MY GAME CAN CHANGE ORIENTATION? I should not be able to rotate my screen in game. I’ll be in the middle of a duel, turn (tilt to drive: the only way to play competitively) and my screen will go to PORTRAIT MODE and even the steering inverts! It’s completely random too! Also, the ai are insufferable. They brake in corners they should not be braking on and then it’s impossible not to hit them. They spin you randomly, since the physics in this game are completely broken. Also, pro league is COMPLETELY UNFAIR. There in no skill gap. It is literally whoever has the higher performance index wins. I constantly have opponents that PURPOSELY spin the ai, which sit in THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK and then I run into them. I’m tired of being paired against level 50 players with cars over 2000 pi. Fix your matchmaking, fix the bugs, and for the love of god, fix the screen rotation issue. It’s utterly unplayable. Also, by the way, it would be really nice if losses in the pro league don’t make you lose three times the amount of points as a win.

### 3/5 — PLS LISTEN TO ME DEVS!!!!

*2022-11-20, version 4.3.19*

I played this game since 2020 and it still annoys me with those really forced corner cut penalties along with those contact penalties. I mean its a good add on but its too  much annoyance to be honest for the player. Pls make sure to not make those corner cuts too close to where you have to slow down but f1 does use that because i tried to get close to a corner with my 2 right wheels still inside the track but it keeps saying corner cut. Plus, Pls add a custom rade mode because the online battles are good, but its the way that their opponent plays. Pls add that Custom game mode on, because i cant win a battle that has the person a league ahead of me. Plus, in the grid start career mode, EVERY RACE I STALL ON THE START! Why would it stall out every race in career mode? I dont understand it. Every sport game that EA Sports has is completely not right and they need to figure out a much better and not stupider way to mess this up. Also, the grass makes it too insane just to make a car that freaking slow. It doesnt make sense with a little touch of grass aling with a penalty makes me that slow. The grass shouldn’t be really effective at all, along with the fact that touching the smallest bit of grass makes the car sooo slow your opponent comes up to you from 1.5 seconds behind. All of this mist be fixed right away cause it has been an issue since then & now. If you are reading this devs, take action into your updates. Now.

### 2/5 — To the developers and anyone spending money.

*2022-10-15, version 4.3.19*

Last time this company had a major update it went from a high quality game to a mediocre one but worst of all the money that was spent on the game by us customers was basically wasted. Understand that what you put in you fiXXne priXXnt is basically meaningless no matter what your attorXXneys have told you. Taking away the benefits of a previous purchase is illegXXal and subject to crimXXal and civXXil actiXXon. In short the new cars must cannot lose the progression that was previously earned through time progress or money spent. Consider this email as serXXvice for a claXXss actiXXon lawXXsuit if this happens again with your 2022 update. Personally I have spent somewhere in the 4 figure range or at least close to that on this game. Going through a class action lawXXsuit is not something I feel like initiating as my schedule is busy enough but I will simply out of principle if forced to. Obviously I enjoy the game and play it daily when I have breaks, please don’t make me regret spending the money and time that I have.

This is old and apparently didn’t go through when I wrote it.

### 4/5 — So very close

*2022-07-20, version 4.1.8*

I’ve been playing this game for a while and there are a lot of fun aspects about it, the customization of the cars is a lot of fun, and the league and career modes often offer really exciting races. But there are still some bits of the game that just don’t seem right. 

First of all, sometimes the match ups in the league races seem a little off. It’s hard to beat a ferrari that’s 5 seconds faster in a straight line compared to my TR Car.

Another thing is the side by side racing. During sprint and grid start races it may as well be a qualifying session because cars drive straight to through each other. I understand this is to prevent intentional collision but I think that could be better served by giving penalties rather than just ghosting them.

Finally and I think this is the most important, going off track. I really like the idea that you can spin if you hit the grass at an angle, but in a straight line putting one wheel on the grass should not be the equivalent of slamming on the brakes. I feel like I should be able to put a wheel outside the white line to overtake an opponent/an ai car. Also when you go off the track and are steering back towards it and suddenly the game teleports you back on, it’s a little disconcerting and only slows you down more as you’re then point straight off the track again.

Overall again it’s a fun game, and it’s not too based on pay to play, but again, just little fixes like that could make a huge difference.

### 4/5 — Bugs and Issues, but such a fun game

*2022-07-08, version 4.0.48*

I love this game, it’s so much fun and I genuinely just love playing it and it keeps me entertained for hours, but it has so many issues sometimes. Occasional drop of frames and really stiff and buggy steering ruins the experience, especially when I’m in a duel to go up a rank or win a championship in duel mode. The worst is when for some reason my steering inverts and I steer the opposite way from which I rotate my phone. The game become un-drivable and if I quit then I lose and get 20th. There has to be some improvements on these bugs and also different solutions to leaving races because if anything happens and you leave the game (for example you press a pop-up notification and it takes you to the app) and then you come back, you lost! Even in career mode which is online! I just find it a sloppy and lazy way to deal with things and would expect more. Apart from that it’s a very fun game, it has good physics and the graphics get the job done, so I can’t complain about that. I fully recommend giving it a shot especially if you’re a racing game fan or f1 fan.

### 3/5 — Servers always freezing after each race

*2022-07-03, version 4.0.48*

I just recently downloaded the game and even though I am hooked on it there are many things in which I believe they can improve on. First, why does it take 3-8 hours to open a research box? Nothing wrong with having to wait a certain amount to get those perks, but 8 hours is just asking for you to have to spend your coins to open a box to then not have enough coins to help fix your career car. Second, after every race the entire screen freezes and even after I close the app I can still hear the music playing on my device. Lastly, when I go head to head with other people why am I being thrown in a race with someone that obviously has a better car than me. Skill based or level based matches should be a thing that way it’s somewhat easier to get R&D coins to upgrade our cars to compete with those faster cars. Nonetheless, this has been a fun game to play and hopefully some issues could be resolved in the near future.

### 4/5 — Just no

*2022-07-01, version 4.0.48*

No just no first thing no pit stop in career mode like Wyatt is that just absolutely stupid second thing is in career mode you make zero cash little to nothing the start car is way to slow the engine wears way to fast the opponent cars are way faster  every were and the traction the air have is way to goo the car has zero to no downforce you get almost no upgrades toward the car and the game glitches all over there place worth cares flying on the air with zero gravity the braking is so bad that even when you look behind you can somehow press the brake the corner cutting is stupid you co on a curb and corner cut and 18 seconds are lost the car takes way too long to get moving again when you touch a far curb off the track surface the car just spins way to much unrealistic the ai drove to perfect and the player stands no chance with a car that can’t even go flat through a clearly flap part of a track and the game freezes all the time is lost all my rewards form the team missions because of the game freezing

### 3/5 — 2 little things

*2022-05-24, version 3.6.22*

I love this game so far, I have played it for 4 days straight. I love how it looks, once I got used to the controls I was actually getting better qualifying times. But what bothers me the most is how if I go off track there is no timer , or count down, for when you are about to be teleported back on the track. The amount of times I tried to re-adjust my wheel to get back on track, then get teleported, then immediately fly back off the track cause my wheel was facing the wrong way is crazy. I would like to know when the game is put me back in the track so I can reset my wheel and be ready to play the game again. Also I am a new player trying to play with less assistance, why is there not a practice mode. I would like to run the tracks by myself to learn the tracks on my own. Why do I have to play online, with others, and lose cause I don’t know the track yet.  I should be able to learn the tracks if I want, and then race others for points. So please, all I ask is for that timer, and a practice mode so I can play and learn on my own. Once those are in the game, the game should be rated a 5/5.

### 4/5 — Gameplay is Great

*2021-12-28, version 3.3.14*

Gameplay is excellent, but a couple of issues make it a 4 star instead of 5. 
Damage in career mode: if you run a perfectly clean race, stay on track the entire race with no contact to any other cars, you still get between 15-25% damage per race, meaning you can only run 2-3 races at a time before the car is uncompetitive. At this point you can watch one ad to restore damage by 20% and cannot watch another for many hours, this is very annoying. Please bring back the old damage system and reward clean driving. It makes no sense to run 3 laps perfectly clean and still get a ton of damage.
Career mode is also far too easy if you upgrade your car at all. I am not a great player, but over a 20 race season, I win at least 17-18 races and win the drivers championship with ease. I would be much more engaged and likely to continue playing long term if I knew I had to run a great race to get on the podium. 
Still a great game overall, gameplay is super super smooth, much better than other mobile racing games I’ve tried. Fixing the two above issues would make it immediately 5 stars.

### 4/5 — Fav game, but needs improvements

*2021-12-18, version 3.3.14*

I love this game, however I have some complaints about it: - Reporting players: This is a big one because half the players I race against always run me off the road. Say I’m cruising a second in front, a hairpin come and the next thing I know my opponent’s rammed into me at full speed, knocked me out, and he’s won the race. Just a button after the race to report them would be great. - Pit stops: This is another thing a lot of people want included. Having a pit stop just makes the game so much more realistic, but so much more fun. It makes you feel like a real driver, and adds to the fun as well. And on the note of pit stops… - Body damage: Another thing I would love to see is wing and tire damage. This is a big one, because this will make the drivers more careful, and also conveniently eliminate any ramming as well. With the body damaged, you can come into the pit lane and have it fixed, like a real race. I know it’s a long review, however these are just some of the big things I would like to see added in a future update (or a sequel to this game!)

### 4/5 — Long time player with an ask

*2021-12-17, version 3.3.14*

Really love the game and I’ve been playing since last year. The duel system is really good but it presents a problem with practice. Events sort of mitigate that problem but it doesn’t come close to the feedback of doing long runs. This may help as well with some of the dirty driving I’m sure a lot of us have experienced. People don’t know the tracks very well and as a result the duels don’t provide the tight battles we know they can. The solution in my opinion is adding events with a much higher lap count. For example perhaps a ten or fifteen lap race start and end outside of their qualifying mode. This would give players the opportunity to get a lot more practice and make the duels more competitive thus increasing their viability and interest. 
The old game had a mode like this which was great but it was detrimental to the duel system. Just wondering if there’s any sort of push to bring back something like this without hurting the core part of the game.

### 4/5 — “Corner Cut”

*2021-11-02, version 3.1.5*

Anytime I go into a turn, just two tyres could touch the inside kerb, and BAM! I have apparently cut the corner, so I get slowed down and lose positions. Also the crash physics/spins. I could hit a wall head on and my left front tyre breaks off, but my front wing and right front tyre remain unscathed. When another car spins me, my car just hops sideways with the rear bouncing and the front sliding in a straight line. Dear CodeMasters, please fix these issues and make this game more similar to the console version. Update: When my car hits the apex of almost any corner, aka the kerb, I get a corner cutting penalty. CodeMasters, please fix this in the next update.

Update (2, November 2021): The corner cutting is still overly strict. I can’t even take the racing line and hit the apex without my engine power getting decreased for apparently cutting the corner. This is annoying; at least on the console games, there are warnings before penalties. To the Devs, this is an otherwise decent game, but this issue needs to be fixed.

### 4/5 — Game modes

*2021-10-22, version 3.1.5*

Really like the updates you made from the last version. Like the gameplay and how it looks, but a little bummed on the lack of game modes. I really liked how in the last version you were able to play single player modes. It was great to see how your car performed as you made upgrades as well as practice new tracks once you were able to download them as you climbed up the ranks. I miss the single player modes for the latter reason as some of these tracks are tricky so having the first opportunity to drive on these tracks be in an online match can bring about an unfair advantage. For example tracks like Baku, Sinagapore(especially this one as it is a night race), and Monaco have really tight turn sections that can make or break your race. It would be awesome to have the chance to practice these on your own and find new lines outside of the suggested racing line. Love the game, just wish single player modes were back for the sake of practice.

### 2/5 — So many bugs

*2021-10-01, version 3.0.24*

I think the handling of the car is a bit better in this update and the effect from the attributes is a bit more even. That part was good. But so many bugs and glitches. Too many to list them out. The worst bug that I’m experiencing at this point has to be with the AI under grid start duel. After I got to League 4 & 3 there was a sudden change in the AI where every car gets off the line faster than your car but then on turns they go extremely slow. My car setup leans towards 1)Light 2)power 3)aero. So it’s not like my setup has a slow start with super high handling/braking. I can also tell when I’m dueling a real person vs the AI because the other car will be either right next to me or accelerate right past me. The gameplay is ruined for grid starts. The AI acceleration and top end speed is much higher, so they all go by your car after the start, then on the first turn they all drop speed and form a traffic jam. You cant drive around them because it’s usually 2 cars side by side leaving zero track space to make the pass. And even is you manage to get around one car, you then have to block on the straight or the car will go around and make a pass. It’s impossible. I used to get top 3 finishes in the earlier leagues, now I get bottom 3 if I even finish… cause you know, if you try to make a pass and hit the other car then your car goes flying the other way. At that point the race is ruined. Anyway, there are a ton of other bugs. Hire a game tester.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Garbage

*2023-08-21*

I give this game the benefit of the doubt with every major update they produce in hopes that the game will actually be enjoyable. They still have fallen short. Hackers are rampant, people will ram you off track in duel mode, the AI is EXTREMELY slow in duels and career mode. Speaking of career mode, I figured they would have made something halfway decent with how long it took them, but it’s a trash system. Once you sign to any decent team (which you can accomplish in about 2 half seasons), you’ll have pace literal seconds ahead of the AI. You’ll qualify 5-6 seconds ahead easily, and you’ll never see the competitors again past the first corner. There’s no actual challenge. Also, the career mode is plagued with the moneygrabbing repair system. Past 50% engine wear, your car is pretty much useless, then you’ll have to spend in game currency or wait 24 hours to repair. You can usually get 2-3 races in (with no contact from the out of control AI cars) before your car is practically limping and won’t see past 150mph on any straight. There’s no system or opportunity to practice driving on any tracks; you’re either doing it in duel mode or career mode, which both carry punishments if you lose. I’m not even sad to see this game be a failure anymore; the developers have had massive amounts of feedback and tons of time to iron out any issues, but refuse to do so. They just want your money.

### 1/5 — To F1 Mobile Developers

*2023-03-10*

First off, I want to say that for the most part the devs for this game are trying their best. But as someone who plays the f1 games on console regularly, this game is horrid comparatively. I was just playing career mode in rookie 2 because I dont play this game much and wanted to see if I would enjoy the career mode. I raced at Imola, and in the branded f1 games on pc and consoles, you can use the green strip on the inside wall of the start/finish straight to cut a little bit and perfect your line into the first corner. I tried to use it in this game and what happened? I got dropped from 8th all the way down to 12th because once you hit the green strip its like hitting a wall. Slowed me down from 150 MPH down to 80 MPH. Its like this on other tracks too, and the corner cutting is really inconsistent across tracks. Im not sure if the developers what actually classifies as a corner cut, but for anyone wondering, a true corner cut is when the full car, including the entire tire, is over the white line off the track. If half of your tire is still on the track, it cannot be classified as a corner cut/track limits. For that and a few other things I won’t get into (huge pay to win) I am going to have a hard time coming back to this game. Unless big changes are made to bring it more in line with its predecessors on console and pc.

### 1/5 — Game has been broken since the last update.

*2023-02-12, version 4.4.43*

For staters I can’t believe the games was down for such a long time just to brake it instead of making it better. In dual mode people instead of finding an opening to pass me they can just go tru me like my car is invisible that needs to be removed. Some people have the worst driving line and go all over the track but they get no penalties. Some times you try to push your car to the limits of the track but you get slow down to the point that you lose almost all your speed or you get the (you cut a corner) when you literally are one hair off the track. The AI is just bad. Since the last update I get a lot of ( can’t connect to the server) even in the middle of a game that’s just annoying that your doing your best to be in the first place and then out the blue you get kick out. Some times at the beginning of a race you can’t steer at all is not your Xbox controller nor the built in controller just the game bugging out, you have no other choice then to close the game or quitting the race and losing your hard earned points and making the other guy the winner. Its been one week since I get level 1 players or bots not quite sure what but that makes the game not enjoyable or fair for the other guy that probably just stated the game ( I’m level 45). This game definitely seen better days.

### 1/5 — Career Mode needs revamped

*2022-07-03, version 4.0.48*

This game is so close to being the best mobile racing game out there but EA’s ruthless monetization totally ruins it. The wear model EA introduced totally ruins career mode as you can barely complete two races without having to fork over some cash just to fix the car so you don’t have a massive performance hit and not be able to competitively race anyone. The “quick repairs” are useless too as you have to pay with the in-game tokens used to upgrade your car and you can only do it twice a day to fix a max of 30% of your car (essentially 1.5 race distance). You’re able to do one quick repair by watching a short ad that fixes 20% so I just don’t understand why you can’t quick repair unlimited with ads. EA’s hunger for consumer blood would be quenched while the racers actually get to race without blowing last weeks paycheck just so they can spend 10 minutes racing. The rate at which the car degrades needs to be fixed but primarily the way the car is fixed needs the most improvement as it seems like EA doesn’t even want you to play their game at this point.

### 1/5 — Worst F1 Game Available for Mobile

*2022-05-28, version 3.6.22*

Normally I don’t write reviews on apps, but this game is so horrendously bad, I can’t help myself anymore; this game is nothing but pay to win, and at its best it’s a very rewarding game, but that is the exception, not the not the average experience. This game has made me almost break my phone 5 ish times. I have an iPhone 11 with 256GB of storage and this still has a TON of delay input, not to mention how infuriating the penalty system is, and how easily your car is damaged. One of the most infuriating things for me is how the game reduces your steering sensitivity as you increase in speed; I understand how that could be fun for more casual or realistic players, but when I change my steering sensitivity to the maximum intentionally, I expect said changes to be applied at all times. There should, at the bare minimum be an option to disable reduced steering sensitivity at speed. I would NEVER EVER normally recommend anyone play an EA game, especially the racing ones, but as many flaws and imperfections Real Racing 3 has, it is still a much, much better game than this game. In short: This game is paradise 5% of the time and the other 95% of the time, it is a raging dumpster fire.

### 1/5 — Garbage

*2022-03-23, version 3.5.11*

I give this game the benefit of the doubt with every major update they produce in hopes that the game will actually be enjoyable. They still have fallen short. Hackers are rampant, people will ram you off track in duel mode, the AI is EXTREMELY slow in duels and career mode. Speaking of career mode, I figured they would have made something halfway decent with how long it took them, but it’s a trash system. Once you sign to any decent team (which you can accomplish in about 2 half seasons), you’ll have pace literal seconds ahead of the AI. You’ll qualify 5-6 seconds ahead easily, and you’ll never see the competitors again past the first corner. There’s no actual challenge. Also, the career mode is plagued with the moneygrabbing repair system. Past 50% engine wear, your car is pretty much useless, then you’ll have to spend in game currency or wait 24 hours to repair. You can usually get 2-3 races in (with no contact from the out of control AI cars) before your car is practically limping and won’t see past 150mph on any straight. There’s no system or opportunity to practice driving on any tracks; you’re either doing it in duel mode or career mode, which both carry punishments if you lose. I’m not even sad to see this game be a failure anymore; the developers have had massive amounts of feedback and tons of time to iron out any issues, but refuse to do so. They just want your money.

### 1/5 — Please bring back old version

*2021-10-04, version 3.0.24*

Only one star for graphics. That’s it, seriously. No more best lap time displays after the race. You can’t choose the car setup for track. It makes you choose the car before track is known, really? Prior version let you have three setups for high down force, high speed, balanced tracks. Oh and it told you what type of track it was. No single race, which is just not right. So I have to try out my set up on a duel and loose points if it’s not dialed in right. Also there seems to be even more hacking on this version already. Just not nowhere good as the prior game. Doesn’t feel natural. Track downloads take forever. I mean the only thing they had to do from prior is, update graphics- more realistic. Which they did sort of. Add maybe pit stop. Tyre selection. Some other weather except perfect sunny day. Real crashes. And enough with this cornering and having one tire off and you loose 50mph instantly. That’s total bull. There’s a lot to fix here. Should of not been released. Or fire who ever was the head developer. They have no real insight to the sport. And I loved the older version. This just doesn’t make me want to play and spend money on it. I’m trying to like it but too many negatives.

### 1/5 — Greedy Game

*2020-03-06, version 1.22.6*

The game itself is fantastic to play. Sometimes it can get a little buggy if you’ve been playing for an extended period on your phone, but that’s understandable with the graphics and gameplay.

However, you definitely have to pay to win and with the new update it’s even greedier. If you want to have a competitive car, you have to win parts to upgrade your card, but the only way to do that is to accumulate points, but the only way to accumulate points is to win races, which you really struggle to do
Without upgrades. See the vicious circle? I pay a monthly VIP fee, and I’m fine with it, however the most recent upgrade could’ve been fantastic, and instead just showed their greed even further. They could’ve allowed pointless parts that I’ve accumulated, some by racing, others by already paying the vip fee, to be converted into upgrades for other parts. But no, yes I can now convert them, but in order to convert a needless part for say 1 high level card upgrade (2700 pts) it costs me 54 credits. So $2 every-time I want to convert a part that I’ve earned and already paid for? The double charging is ridiculous, Why not like 10 credits? Because it’s not to improve the game, it’s to make your pockets fatter. Bad form!

### 2/5 — Game quickly becomes pay to win

*2023-11-22*

An otherwise great game that has been ruined by the pervasive nature of free to play, pay to win games. Core gameplay is quite fun and definitely the best F1 racing experience I have found on an iPhone so far. 

I appreciate that the game is free to play, but wish the developers try to make money from cosmetic options rather than performance options. In order to upgrade your car and be competitive in online play there’s a certain point where you’re going to need to spend money. Additionally, spending the 2000+ coins to acquire a team’s gives you a huge benefit due to the straight line speed for any Grand Prix style races. 

It doesn’t bother me that people are willing to spend money on this game especially if they’re into F1 and want to support F1 video games in general. However, the outcomes of online plate to how much money somebody has spent on the game is a huge dealbreaker for me. I would love it if they funded their game through cosmetic options, such as custom liveries, helmets, or chassis. If the free to play aspect were removed completely I’d happily give the game a 5/5, but at this point it has just become unplayable unless I either spend money or grind for the hundreds of hours needed to afford a constructor’s car, which just don’t have time for as an adult.

### 2/5 — Great game has some issues

*2023-08-25*

This game has some great aspects. I love the card aspect of building the car. The reward system is decent that could be refined. There is some glare issues on some tracks that makes it almost impossible to see the track in front of you. Those would be Italy and Silverstone. This game also has an issue with during tools, and during any match, there are server disconnects, which are absolutely positively irritating. It happens far too often. That is some thing that absolutely needs to be fixed ASAP. It’s not an issue on my end at perfectly. Good Wi-Fi. I would also say it needs improvement on getting the actual cars used in real life some of the bar little too expensive.

The server connection issues are absolutely excruciating. Also, the match pairing system is not very good. It will predominantly put you against cars that are far more advanced than yourself. I understand they want me to buy a car, but I did form you not everybody has a in disposable income and can afford a $20 car and a free game!

3rd the devils do not listen to any of the players, which is a common thing with EA. 30 years ago, EA was in a releasing groundbreaking games. Now they’re a shell of themselves. And just predominantly release absolute. Like the game you’re about to download. Download at your own risk.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — F1 Racing

*2023-09-18*

First I just want to say I absolutely love the game! An so does my son! The developers killed the lay out of it, Just a few things in my personal opinion that would make this game more appealing, #1 The first thing that I think would be a nice add to the game is being able to having a practice sessions option being able to pick up to ten laps and selecting courses to practice on or have a quick play option as well an being able to unlock parts from quick play instead of just running duals to get stuff, my son started playing an it took him almost a week to get used to the controls an be competitive with the car an not knowing tracks right off the bat, #2 I think adding another lap or two to the career would be a good add as well three laps just doesn’t seem long enough, #3 I think car wise if there’s an option to select older skins from different years an teams having throwback skins from back in the day would add some flavor to the game, #4 with controls being able to have the right side of the screen for gas an brake an the left screen being able to have arrows as an option instead of just the steering whee option so right thumb for gas/brake an left thumb for left/right steering! Whether you guys read these feedback posts or not keep up the great work an hope to see as a paying customer some of these things in future updates!

### 5/5 — Almost perfectly playable.

*2022-07-21, version 4.1.8*

I’ve played several of the latest racing games. This one definitely has them beat. I do wish that the match ups would be a little less ridiculous in terms of how high a player you have to beat to win. My Mercedes’ should be pretty much unbeatable at the level I am at but somehow they tend to be players that have literally beaten the game it seems like. If they were a little more evenly matched this would be great. I really can’t stand the reconnecting every time I win a race in career mode or I smash someone in a duel only to find out none of it counted as the game wasn’t even connected. Killing my time I would keep playing the game due to server unable to connect, with full phone service unlimited data use!! Also if the prerequisites for getting contracts were a little more reasonable it would make career mode so much better. The best I’ve gotten is McLaren as I’m sure most of you starting out were able to get to quickly. The rest of the teams are pretty unreachable with any amount of normal play. Still, I gave this game five stars for the simple fact the driving is extremely fun and competitive. Which all in all makes the game. So kudos.

### 5/5 — Duels matchup problems

*2022-07-10, version 4.0.48*

I really like this game, but I think there can be some improvements, especially in the duels part. First I think it’s kinda weird that you can’t do the career mode unless you get to a certain level in the duels, because some people like to just play by themselves and don’t want to deal with the duels at all, but that’s not why I’m writing this. I’m writing this because of the bad matchups in duels, but there’s an easy fix imo. At the moment it seems to find someone that’s near your win ratio, and not by your rank or league. This is a problem because when you're just starting out you don’t have as good a car as people who have been playing for a while and you will lose by a lot, sometimes even 15+ seconds. It’s also bad if you’ve been playing for a while and you get put with someone just starting out, because there’s not much competition and it’s less fun. However there’s a simple fix which is to make it by rank, since you’ll have near the same level stuff as the other people which gives more competition and it really comes down to who the better driver is. Other than that this game is absolutely great and is a great simulation for anyone who’s ever wanted to be a F1 driver.

### 5/5 — This game is so much fun

*2022-06-04, version 3.6.22*

Everything’s about it is great. A couple of suggestions if I may:
1. Having a single player practice mode would be great. You can even have it where there are only a few tracks to practice and as the drivers level improves so does unlocking more practice tracks. 
2. It would be cool to have an option to have the pit crew talk to the driver. Sometime when i take a quick peek at my times I lose a fraction as I have to adjust to a turn coming up or something similar. Giving the driver the option to have that on it off would be nice. They don’t have to say much. Just the time of the sector and if they are yellow, green, or purple times. Maybe in a race the time the driver is behind someone and the time the driver is ahead of of the next one. 

Just a few things I think would make this an ultimate winner. Even without these two things it’s still my favorite racing game on IOS

### 5/5 — To the developers

*2021-06-18, version 2.7.8*

I want to first say that this is a great game and I enjoy playing it. But there are some issues. First off, when you duel the match ups can be super ridiculous. It’s beatable but most of the time just ridiculous. I’m a very experienced video game racer. I’ve been playing racing games for about nine years. I use my controller for this game because that’s what I’m use to. But even for me, the match ups can be ridiculous. So I would love for the match ups to be a bit more fair. Second, the amount of duels in order to get to the next league is very reasonable. But when you lose a duel a couple of times it sets you back and can be pretty infuriating. Going back to the match ups because it ties with this, it’s easy to lose a couple of times. Last thing is that I would love for the single mode to have a real number of laps. Maybe something like 200 laps would be nice. I don’t want to go on and find more negative things, because you can find a lot of negative things about anything on this planet. But all of this would make the game improve a lot. And I think it would go a long way for a lot of people playing this game. I rate it five stars because even though it’s sometimes really annoying I still like to play the single race mode.

### 5/5 — Please fix R&G please

*2021-03-05, version 2.7.8*

Everything with this game is amazing, but there needs to be a fix for this. As of the day I write this rating, I lost a duel because of something that wasn’t even my fault. I was racing down to one of the chicanes in France (forget which one tho) and one of the A.I got below me (which btw I was all the way down at the bottom line), send me up the track, and I have to leave the track surface for just a second. Because the A.I left me with no room, I had to leave my right side off the racing surface, of which I was given a corner cut penalty. As this pretty much guarantees your opponent the win, I was pretty annoyed, considering how close I was to the last prize before I reach a new, and the fact I had been driving clean for around 20 Duel races straight, if you play the game you can see how annoyed I must have been. The worst part: the A.I gets no penalty and sees the whole situation as my fault. Still, I love this game and is far and away one of the best out there. Just please, can someone fix this?

### 5/5 — Excellent Game with some frustrating flaws

*2020-03-16, version 1.22.6*

I don’t normally write reviews. I’ll make an exception for this game because I really like it.
I like racing and racing games. I’m a F1 fan. I’ve tried many F1 games. This one is by far the best I’ve tried. The graphics are excellent. I play pretty much everyday. I spend money in this game - which is unusual for me. That’s an indication of how much I like the game. Unfortunately there are some really frustrating glitches in the game that may cause me to stop playing. The one that rises to the top for me is having my opponent’s car hovering over the track and off the track with complete impunity. But if my car gets off the track I get penalized. 
I admit that sometimes some of the glitches work in my favor. There are times when I clearly lost the race but still I get the winner’s reward. Strange!
Anyway, if the developers could fix the glitch of having an opponent’s car floating over the track that will be helpful. I could keep playing this game and spend money in it.

### 5/5 — TRUST1R    delete or continue ?

*2019-02-21, version 1.7.3*

I love the game every spare moment is spent playing this game I read some reviews and was a little worried when I heard all the whining going on by these babies that were complaining about “ he hit me” “I was going to win until blah blah blah” rubbing is racing girls how many times have you watched any racing event and not seen some kind of controversy it’s what makes the sport exciting anyway it was seemingly going fine until this morning when I opened the game and new update didn’t take long and then I get touched from the side front rear by anyone and I get engine stall or whatever you’re calling that penalty if this is how it’s going to be goodbye cool racing game you baby whiners out there just ruined a good thing if the developers want to change this back to what it was and build a new one for the whiners called ghost F1 where you all race in ghost mode where you never get touched and you don’t touch anyone else then you will still find something to whine about

### 5/5 — This is gonna be a lot.

*2018-12-30, version 1.5.8*

Wow.  Wow is all I can say because I’ll say for one I’ve never seen any racing game this good, like, c’mon dude it cannot get get any better, well..... it can.  These are my suggestions for you guys, add a campaign, that would be insane, add online(don’t even know of you have it because I just got the game) but add online where you can add your friends and that would help you because it's adding more people right and also add more tracks, even though you might be.  All that matters is this game is free.  I was on instagram and I saw and add for this and I was thinking that this would just be some cheesy game but the graphics are really good, this is literally the best free game you can get(maybe besides Fortnite). And the game is realistic, this other game called Monoposto is a game just like this one but the tracks don’t really match up to the ones in real life, and please don’t make a version that has the rest of the tracks but costs money.  Hands down, out of my top ten favorite mobile games, this is number 4.

### 5/5 — Updated Review: No response to all the recent inquiries!

*2018-12-30, version 1.5.8*

My last review remains below the ————————————————-At this point I want my money back!  I have spent several months gaining progress, practicing, and spending my money on upgrades only to have more and more hacks joining every day. How can all these people in League 4 and 5 have F1 cars that can accelerate faster than a real F1?  Getting 9999 F1 points. I leave this game to hackers and spammers rather than true F1 fans. If this is the marketing direction F1 wants to pursue be wary of who you attract. I will not spend another cent on this game. Getting worse by the day. Plain awful. —————————————————Whatever changes occurred during the last update have completely ruined the dynamics of my car. Now the car slides through tight corners and the handling is greatly diminished. Disappointing after spending hours dialing in the car, purchasing upgrades, etc. Also the AI is so much more aggressive now. Rarely do I make it through a race without other cars from the grid making totally erratic moves. And if they hit you your safety rating goes down. Everyone I’m racing against has less than 2.5 already. Headed in the wrong direction. Sorry.

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