When is F1 25 coming out?

With the 2025 Formula 1 season underway, fans are eager to find out a release date for this year’s F1 game from Codemasters, presumably called F1 25.

While F1 25 hasn’t been officially announced yet, there are signs that a new F1 game will launch this year. Codemasters is contracted to develop F1 games until 2025, with an optional two-year extension. Meanwhile, EA is inviting players to register interest for an F1 game beta, presumably to playtest F1 25 before its final release.

With that in mind, when can we expect F1 25 to release?      

F1 25 release date prediction

Codemasters’ annual Formula 1 games usually come out in the summer, with F1 22, 23 and 24 releasing in July, June and May, respectively.

EA hasn’t confirmed F1 25’s release date yet, but we expect it to launch in May at the earliest based on previous games in the series. However, since EA hasn’t announced this year’s F1 game at the time of writing, it could arrive later in the summer.

As with previous games, a digital deluxe edition will likely offer earlier access for those who preorder. For example, F1 24’s Champions Edition gave players three days early access before the Standard Edition.

As for platforms, F1 25 is expected to launch on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, but PS4 and Xbox One are uncertain, with more developers moving away from last-generation platforms. That said, EA FC 25 launched on PS4 and Xbox One, so there’s a chance that F1 25 will too. Ultimately, it may depend on whether F1 25 utilises a new graphics engine or sticks with Codemasters’ in-house Ego engine.

Historically, F1 games haven’t launched on a Nintendo console since Codemasters published F1 2009, which Sumo Digital developed, so a Switch or Switch 2 release is unlikely.   

Will Braking Point return in F1 25?

First introduced in F1 2021, Braking Point is a welcome addition to the F1 game series. Whereas the career mode is based on the real-world championship featuring the official drivers and teams, Braking Point is a story mode where you take on the role of a fictional driver.

Braking Point was last seen in F1 23, with returning characters Aiden Jackson and the perpetually punchable Devon Butler racing as teammates for the Konnersport Racing team, a fictional eleventh team on the grid.

So far, Braking Point has been a bi-yearly headline feature, appearing in F1 21 and F1 23. “The reasons are purely logistically, it’s a huge undertaking to do something like that,” F1’s Senior Creative Director Lee Mather explained to Traxion in 2022.

“It’s something that takes a very long time to put together. There’s a lot of time in the casting, there’s a lot of time in creating the scenes.

“So, [two years] is a cadence that I think we’re comfortable with. It gives us the opportunity to obviously change our focus year on year.”

If Codemasters continues this two-year cadence, there’s a chance that Braking Point will return in F1 25 and either continue the Aiden Jackson and Devon Butler’s story or introduce new characters. However, EA hasn’t confirmed if Braking Point will return yet, so this is pure speculation for now.

2025 promises to be an exciting and memorable season, with Ferrari and McLaren looking to end Red Bull’s dominance. Major shakeups will also see several drivers swap teams. Most notably, Lewis Hamilton will wear red overalls for the first time for Ferrari, while Liam Lawson will take Sergio Perez’s seat at Red Bull.  

Naturally, we can expect the F1 25 game adaptation to reflect these changes, although no new circuits are on the calendar this year.     

What are you hoping to see in F1 25? Let us know in the comments below.