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F1 Race Stars is a singleplayer and multiplayer racing game developed by Codemasters Birmingham and published by Codemasters. It is a licensed Formula 1 game and a spin-off to the main Codemasters-developed F1 games.
The game was released in North America on November 13, 2012, followed by the releases in Australasia and Europe on November 15 and November 16 respectively. Compared to the console versions, the PC version lacked the ability to remapping the controller input. In addition, there's no adjustable graphics settings in the game.
It was made unavailable as an one-time purchase on March 11, 2022 and was only available as part of the EA Play subscription service until it was delisted on February 16, 2024.
General information
- Codemasters Forums for the series
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- All versions require Steam DRM.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
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Canada Track |
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China Track |
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Christmas Accessory Pack |
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Europe Track |
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Games Accessory Pack |
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Holiday Accessory Pack |
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India Track |
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Monster Accessory Pack |
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Music Accessory Pack |
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Nature Accessory Pack |
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Nautical Accessory Pack |
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Princess Accessory Pack |
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Science Accessory Pack |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, Sound Effects. |
Surround sound |
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Verified with Orban Loudness Meter With Headphones:
Left Front,
Right Front,
Low Frequency Effects,
Left Surround,
Right Surround,
Left Back, Right Back. |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Polish |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
Cannot play online
Despite stating in-game the need for a Codemasters RaceNet Legacy account, the game can be played online without linking any accounts.
Disable all inactive connections[3]
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Notes:
- The active connection must be a wired connection.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
OpenAL |
Rapture3D |
Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
1.99f |
Multiplayer |
Racenet |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
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Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon X2 5400+ |
Intel Core i7 AMD Bulldozer |
System memory (RAM) |
2 GB |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Nvidia GeForce 8600 DirectX 11 compatible
| AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series Nvidia GeForce GTX 500 Series |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX compatible | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/203680/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (203680) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References