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Released

Sep 17, 2012

5,156 days ago
Platforms
  • PC
  • Mac
  • PS3
  • Xbox 360

Release dates

North America dates
  1. Dec 20, 20125,062 days ago
    • Mac
  2. Sep 18, 20125,155 days ago
    • PS3
    • Xbox 360
  3. Sep 17, 20125,156 days ago
    • PC

About

As well as the new young driver test mode, F1 2012 features a new "Champions Mode", in which the six World Champions competing in the 2012 season — Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher — will be styled after traditional end-of-level video gaming bosses, with the player challenged to beat them while racing in conditions that suit each driver. Another new mode introduced, is the "Season Challenge" mode. Feedback given to Codemasters was that players only played the game when they had a few hours to play. In response, Codemasters brought in this mode so that players could simply play for a short amount of time. In this mode the player will start as a team lower down the field, and over a ten race season the player will move teams mid-season, depending on their ability to beat rival drivers and objectives. Codemasters also introduced "One-Shot Qualifying", whereby a player has a single lap to qualify for the race. The three stage knock out session is still an option, however the single 20 minute session is no longer available in career mode. There is no longer an option to include all three practice sessions in a race weekend, but instead only a single hour session is available.

Trailers

Screenshots

How long to beat

HowLongToBeat ↗ · 30 players
Main story
41 h
Main + extras
52 h
Completionist
80 h

Reviews

Steam93%Very Positive · 4,192 reviews
Critics (IGDB)77/1004 reviews
IGDB players75/10039 ratings

Game info

Released
2012 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative
Perspective
First person · Third person
Multiplayer
  • Online co-op 2Online co-op

Studios

Age ratings

  • ESRBENo content descriptors
  • PEGI3In-Game Purchases
  • CEROANo content descriptors

Themes & tags

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Story & names

Also known as

  • Formula One 2012Alternative spelling
  • Formula 1 2012Alternative spelling

Release dates by region

10 releases in 5 regions

worldwide

  • Sep 17, 2012PC
  • Dec 20, 2012Mac

north america

europe

japan

australia

The F1 series

All 37 games
  1. Formula One 20032003
  2. Formula One 042004
  3. F1 052005
  4. F1 062006
  5. F1 20092009
  6. F1 20102010
  7. F1 20112011
  8. This gameF1 20122012
  9. F1 20132013
  10. F1 2013: Classic Edition2013
  11. F1 20142014
  12. F1 20152015

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Where to find it

Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.