Franchise file / Formula One Group (licensor)
Formula 1
Every era of the grid
Games built on the Formula One world championship, from 1990s console racers and PC sims to Codemasters' yearly F1 line and Frontier's team management spin-off.
- 1991
- First game
- 1
- Series
- Formula One Group (licensor)
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
The licence wars. Bizarre Creations' Formula 1 set the console pace, while EA's F1 games and Grand Prix 3 served players who wanted setups and full race weekends.
Start with Formula 1Your next late night
The essentials
A legacy worth revisiting
One sport, many garages.
No single studio owns F1 on screen. Bizarre Creations, Geoff Crammond, Image Space and Studio Liverpool all took a turn before Codemasters won the licence in 2008. The constant is the calendar: real circuits, real rules and a new season to chase.
- 1996 to 2003
- The licence wars
- 2003 to 2006
- Sony exclusive
- 2009 to 2025
- The Codemasters line
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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