F1 23


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F1 23 is a singleplayer and multiplayer racing game developed by Codemasters and published by Electronic Arts via their EA Sports division. It is a licensed Formula 1 game, featuring cars from the 2023 season in addition to the cars from prior seasons.

It continues the Breaking Point story mode from F1 2021 and introduces gameplay tweaks to further focus on the simulation aspect of the experience.

The game was first teased on March 1, 2023 and later officially announced on April 28, 2023 with the release date set for June 16, 2023. The Champions Edition granted 3 days of early access.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Champions Edition also available.
Origin		Champions Edition also available. Manual link for EA App purchase. 5-hour trial included with EA Play, full access included with EA Play Pro.
Steam		Champions Edition also available. 5-hour trial included with EA Play (Steam).

All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

An EA account is required to access online features.

Version differences

The Champions Edition includes the game and the Champions Content Bundle.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Sponsored	Multiple real life brand logos related to clothing, cars, and more are visible in-game.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Boost	XP boosters available.
Cosmetic	Car liveries and cosmetics for the drivers.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\F1 23\hardwaresettings\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2108330/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\2108330\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2108330/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Hor+ gameplay and real time cutscenes. Menus, loading screens, and pre-rendered cutscenes play only on the main screen. Additionally, the HUD is not properly aligned on the side monitors during gameplay.
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ gameplay and real time cutscenes. Menus, loading screens, and pre-rendered cutscenes are pillarboxed from 16:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Slider with values between -20° and +20°. This setting is available only during a race, under Camera Customization.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Labelled as Windowed (Fullscreen).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA, TAA + FidelityFX Sharpening; see Anti-aliasing (AA) for how to disable AA.
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 2.4, FSR 2.2 DLSS 3 will be added in a post-launch update.^[1]
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Auto, 1, 2 settings available. 1 is full refresh rate, 2 is half refresh rate.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		FPS cap up to 250 is available.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray Traced Shadows, Ray Traced Reflections, Ray Traced Transparent Reflections, Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion, and Ray Traced DDGI settings available.
Color blind mode		Settings for Protanopia, Deuteranopia, Tritanopia. Only used for the Dynamic Racing Line feature.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Disable AA^[2]
Navigate to the game's config folder. Open `hardware_settings_config.xml` with a text editor. Find the line `"<antialiasing taa="true">` and change it to `"<antialiasing taa="false">`. Save and close the file

Input

Steam Workshop can be used to share custom control schemes for all supported input devices.

Generic controls settings

Controller calibration settings

Vibration and force feedback settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		No mouse support.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DualSense also supported with haptic feedback and adaptive triggers features.
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth),

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers		The game support various racing wheels, pedals and accessories from various manufacturers. Devices listed in Italics denotes that they have pre-set mappings in-game but not listed to the support list on the FAQ. Devices not listed in the lists below may work, but player will have to manually map the action as they don't have pre-set button mappings.^[3] List of supported racing wheels/wheel bases: Fanatec ClubSport (V1/V2/V2.5) Fanatec CSL Elite (V1/V1.1/Elite+) Fanatec Podium (DD1/DD2/PS F1) Fanatec CSL DD/Gran Turismo DD Pro HORI Racing Wheel APEX for PlayStation 5 HORI Force Feedback Racing Wheel DLX Leo Bodnar SimSteering v2 Logitech G25 Logitech G27 Logitech G920 and G29 Logitech G923 (PS/Xbox) Logitech G Pro Racing Wheel (PS/Xbox) (With G923 mode) Moza R5 Moza R9 Moza R16 Moza R21 Simagic M10 Simagic Alpha Simucube 2 Sport/Pro/Ultimate SimXperience AccuForce Pro Thrustmaster T500 Thrustmaster T300 Thrustmaster TX Thrustmaster T150 Thrustmaster TMX Thrustmaster TS-PC/TS-XW Racer Thrustmaster T-GT/T-GT II Thrustmaster T248 (PS/Xbox) Thrustmaster T128 (PS/Xbox) List of supported pedals, shifters and handbrakes: Fanatec Shifter SQ V1.5 Fanatec Clubsport Pedals V3 Fanatec CSL Pedals with and without loadcell brake Fanatec CSL Elite Pedals with and without loadcell brake (V1/V2) Logitech G Pro Racing Pedals Thrustmaster T2PM Pedals Thrustmaster T3PA Pedals Thrustmaster T3PM Pedals Thrustmaster T-LCM Pedals Thrustmaster TH8A/TH8RS Shifters List of supported steering wheel rims, hubs and modules: Fanatec CSL Elite Steering Wheel McLaren GT3 (V1/V2) Fanatec CSL Steering Wheel P1 (PS4/Xbox) Fanatec ClubSport Steering Wheel BMW GT2 (V1/V2) Fanatec ClubSport Steering Wheel F1 Esports V2 Fanatec ClubSport Steering Wheel Formula V2 Fanatec ClubSport Steering Wheel Porsche 918 RSR Fanatec ClubSport Steering Wheel Universal Hub (PS4/Xbox) Fanatec ClubSport Steering Wheel Universal Hub V2 (PS5/XSX) Moza FSR Wheel Moza GS GT Wheel Thrustmaster Leather 28 GT Wheel Thrustmaster Ferrari 458 Italia Edition Wheel Thrustmaster Ferrari 488 Challenge Edition Wheel Thrustmaster Ferrari 599xx EVO 30 Wheel Thrustmaster Ferrari F1 Wheel Thrustmaster Formula Wheel Add-On Ferrari SF1000 Edition Thrustmaster GT Rim (Comes with Thrustmaster T-GT/T-GT II) Thrustmaster Ferrari GTE Wheel Add-On Ferrari 458 Challenge Edition Thrustmaster Competition Wheel Sparco P310 Mod Thrustmaster PlayStation Rim (Comes with T500, T300 and T150)
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts
Cursor detection

Controller remapping

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for Master, Effects, Music, Speech, Other Cars, Voice Chat.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Play audio when game is in background setting available.
Royalty free audio		Music Type setting provides a choice between Soundtrack (copyrighted) and Theme (streamer-friendly).

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Optional crossplay with PlayStation 4/5 and Xbox One/Series X/S is available.

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Versus
LAN play	22	Versus
Online play	22	Versus

VR support

Headsets	State	Notes
SteamVR
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
Windows Mixed Reality		This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer, or Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR.
OSVR

Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse
Tobii Eye Tracking		Supports: Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking, Clean UI. Separate sensitivity sliders for Eye and Head Tracking are available.
TrackIR

Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Other information

Accessibility settings

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Input	OpenVR
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10 21H1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-2130, Intel Core i5-9600K (for VR) AMD FX-4300, AMD Ryzen 5 2600X (for VR)	Intel Core i5-9600K AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	80 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (for VR) AMD Radeon RX 470 AMD Radeon RX 590 (for VR) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 (for VR) AMD Radeon RX 590 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (for VR) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 AMD Radeon RX 6800

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2108330/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2108330) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ F1 23 Launching This Week With DLSS 2, Ray Tracing & Reflex - Nvidia - last accessed on 2023-06-15
"On PC, GeForce RTX graphics card and laptop owners can accelerate frame rates with NVIDIA DLSS 2 at launch on June 16. NVIDIA DLSS 3 will be coming in a post-launch update."
↑ Verified by User:Xdabigail on 2023-07-26
↑ F1®23 - Supported Wheels & VR Headsets - EA Answer - last accessed on October 29, 2023

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2108330/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (2108330) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2108330/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (2108330) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[F1_23_Launching_This_Week_With_DLSS_2.2C_Ray_Tracing_.26_Reflex-2] F1 23 Launching This Week With DLSS 2, Ray Tracing & Reflex - Nvidia - last accessed on 2023-06-15
"On PC, GeForce RTX graphics card and laptop owners can accelerate frame rates with NVIDIA DLSS 2 at launch on June 16. NVIDIA DLSS 3 will be coming in a post-launch update."

[3] Verified by User:Xdabigail on 2023-07-26

[4] F1®23 - Supported Wheels & VR Headsets - EA Answer - last accessed on October 29, 2023

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Developers

	Codemasters
Publishers
	EA Sports
Engines
	EGO 4.0
Release dates
Windows	June 16, 2023
Reception
Metacritic	81
OpenCritic	85
IGDB	87
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Sponsored
Microtransactions	Boost, Cosmetic
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing, Simulation
Vehicles	Track racing
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Formula 1