F1 2013 gets a release date

Codemasters has revealed the official release date for 2013. Here’s a hint: it won’t release on the same date across the globe but it will release on the same date across all platforms. Europe will be getting their race on first.

Codemasers has confirmed that F1 2013 will release on 4 October on XBOX 360, PlayStation 3 and PC in Europe and on 8 October in the US. To mark the release date of the game, they have released a hot lap video using only work-in-progress in-game footage featuring the Hungaroring circuit. The video shows off Toro Rosso’s Daniel Ricciardo, narrated by Anthony Davidson.

More on F1 2013

F1 2013 will feature a new gameplay mode called F1 Classics giving fans the chance to race classic cars on iconic circuits against legendary drivers for the first time in Codemasters’ award-winning series. Introduced by legendary broadcaster Murray Walker, F1 Classics features a new fictional racing series allowing players to race cars, drivers and circuits from the 1980s. Classic content is also available in a range of other game modes, including split-screen and online multiplayer modes.

Further content will be available in a premium edition of the game, F1 2013: CLASSIC EDITION, featuring 1990s Content and Classic Tracks. These two packs will be made available for purchase as optional DLC for players of F1 2013.

F1 2013 will also feature all the cars and stars from the 2013 season, allowing gamers to race as Lewis Hamilton in his Mercedes and Segio Perez in the McLaren-Mercedes for the first time, and includes all of the rule changes, tyre changes and remodelled handling to authentically reflect the challenge and exhilaration of racing 2013’s stunning roster of cars. A range of enhancements, improvements, split-screen and online multiplayer, plus new and returning game modes deliver the most complete simulation of a FORMULA ONE season in videogame history, with more detail to be revealed.