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F1 2018

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F1 2018
F1 2018 cover
Developers
Codemasters Birmingham
Publishers
Codemasters
Engines
EGO 4.0
Release dates
Windows August 24, 2018
Reception
Metacritic 83
OpenCritic 83
IGDB 79
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives First-person, Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Racing
Vehicles Track racing
Art styles Realistic
Series Formula 1
F1 2018 on HowLongToBeat
F1 2018 on IGDB
F1 2018 on MobyGames
F1 2018 on Wikipedia
F1 2010 2010
F1 2011 2011
F1 2012 2012
F1 Race Stars 2012
F1 2013 2013
F1 2014 2014
F1 2015 2015
F1 2016 2016
F1 2017 2017
F1 2018 2018
F1 2019 2019
F1 2020 2020
F1 2021 2021
F1 22 2022
F1 23 2023
F1 24 2024

General information

Codemasters Forums for the series
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Headline Edition
Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg (unavailable)
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Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Windows
Humble Store (unavailable)
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Windows
Official website (unavailable)
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Headline Edition
Windows
Developer website (unavailable)
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Headline Edition
Windows
Microsoft Store (unavailable)
Microsoft Store
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows
All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.[citation needed]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Headline Pack Adds the 2009 BRAWN BGP-001 and the 2003 WILLIAMS FW25 classic cars.
Windows

Version differences

The Headline Edition includes the Headline Pack DLC.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\F1 2018\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/737800/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\737800\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/737800/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings
Display settings
Video settings
Video settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
16:9, 16:10, 21:9, 4:3, 5:4 aspect ratios available.
Multi-monitor
Hor+ gameplay and rendered cutscenes.
Menus and loading screens are presented on one screen only.
Ultra-widescreen
Hor+ gameplay and rendered cutscenes.
Menus and loading screens are pillarboxed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
FoV can be adjusted in the Camera options for each camera.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Labelled "Windowed (Fullscreen)" in-game.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Off, x2, x4, x8, x16 available.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
TAA checkerboarded, TAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Auto, 1 and 2 settings available, 1 being full refresh rate and 2 being half refresh rate.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
FPS cap between 30 and 250 is available.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Peak nit adjustment is also available. [1]
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

General controls settings
General controls settings
Force feedback settings
Force feedback settings
Controller calibration
Controller calibration
Steam Workshop can be used to share custom control schemes.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
2 editable control schemes by default.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse is not used at all.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
2 editable control schemes by default.
Controller sensitivity
Sliders for Deadzone, Saturation and Linearity available for steering, throttle and brake.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
Must be enabled from the generic controls options. Referred to as "Trigger Rumble".
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes
Generic/other controllers
Supports steering wheel and pedals, and other controllers.
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Volume settings
Volume settings
Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Effects and Speech sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Telemetry settings
Telemetry settings
Telemetry can be sent to another device through the UDP protocol.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

VR support

Tobii Eye Tracking settings
Tobii Eye Tracking settings
3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D, Z3D, DirectVR
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.
Devices
Tobii Eye Tracking
Supports: Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking, Clean UI.
Separate sensitivity sliders for Eye and Head Tracking are available.
TrackIR
Available in the Camera Options menu.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12 Direct3D 12 support is considered as work in progress.[2]
To access DX12 on the Steam version, use the beta password: 244EwzNFQkfnqf4Xc6GTmgsPtT6LAbYn in the game's Properties tab.
Shader Model support 5.0, 5.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2130
AMD FX-4300
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 640
AMD Radeon HD 7750
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2022-06-28
    Options in the settings do exist, but I lack the hardware to test it on.
  2. The F1 2018 DX12 Beta - last accessed on 2020-10-18