F1 25 Deep Dive Boasts Improved Tracks, Enhanced Visuals, & More

Last week, EA Sports introduced its first deep dive for the next installment in its hit FIA Formula One World Championship series, F1 25, detailing what would be new with the My Team 2.0 feature. Today, they released even more information about what fans can expect from the new game, including improved visuals and a focus on enhancing the player experience.

Using EGO engine and LIDAR technology, F1 25 has digitally scanned in and rebuilt five tracks that were used during the real-life race week: Bahrain, Miami, Melbourne, Suzuka, and Imola. For the first time ever, Reverse tracks are also being added to the game, allowing players to experience some of their favorite locations, but backwards.

Those reverse track layouts include Silverstone, Zandvoort, and the Red Bull Ring, and will let you play Grand Prix, Time Trial, Multiplayer, or add them to Career modes from the second season onwards.

Customization has already been detailed heavily in the My Team 2.0 Deep Dive, but it didn’t even scratch the surface of what you’ll be able to experience in the full game. Players can personalise liveries using new movable, rotatable, resizable sponsor decals, fonts, and colours, as well as a title sponsor with more designs that are unlocked as you play the game.

Visually, F1 25 graphics aim for a realistic experience, adding improved lighting effects, dynamic weather, lifelike foliage, and shader enhancements. Players with high-end PCs also get Path Tracing, an improved ray tracing solution that simulates realistic light behaviour by considering indirect light sources.

Audio gets some enhancements as well, as real-world drivers have lent their voice to dialogue, doubling the amount of voice lines from F1 24. You’ll even hear drivers addressing race engineers and radio sequences for pole positions and flags to make the experience feel all the more like life.