EA’s F1 25 continues to roll out the post-launch updates like an ambitious aero department, and today announces season two of its live service content: ‘Sprint Battle.’
You can probably have a stab at the theme. Newly added Scenario Events offer the chance to relive Sir Lewis Hamilton’s maiden victory in red at China, and to right the wrongs of young Andrea Antonelli’s failure to convert sprint pole in Miami to a rookie victory.
Being easily distracted by shiny objects, though, TG’s eye is drawn to the special livery that’s being gifted to all players. McLaren’s chrome, er, Chrome livery, which the Woking team ran for its home grand prix at Silverstone this year, will be made available to use whenever you’re driving a McLaren across all modes using real F1 cars.
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Elimination mode also returns, this time using F1 cars. If you didn’t catch it in F1 24’s multiplayer roster previously, the driver in last place is knocked out every 25 seconds. You must quite literally drive to survive, then. And quite quickly, too.
Crucially, if you ask TG, season 2 also updates F1 25’s driver ratings, which, as we noted upon release, had some interesting quirks to them.
“The update considers recent performances, real-world historic data, and insights from a panel of experts,” reads the press release. “Rising stars Oscar Piastri, Isack Hadjar, and Kimi Antonelli have made some of the biggest leaps, while changes to Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz, and Yuki Tsunoda capture the shifting dynamics at the front and midfield.”
You can be the ones to break that to Verstappen then, Codemasters. Good luck.
Season 2 runs from July 23 to September 16 across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, and you can read the finer details of what’s included over at the game’s official blog.
NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
