F1 22


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F1 2022 is an official Formula One track racing game developed by Codemasters and published by Electronic Arts. The game expands on its predecessors by adding virtual reality support, adding new locations and cars.

The game was first announced on April 21, 2022 with a release date of July 1, 2022.^[1]

The Champions Edition granted 3 days of early access from 28th-30th June 2022. It is the first game in the F1 series to release on PC platforms other than Steam, being also available on Electronic Arts' own platform, Origin, and Epic Games Store.

General information

Official forum

Official helpsite

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Champions Edition also available.
Microsoft Store		Included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC as part of its version of EA Play.
Origin		Included with EA Play. Champions Edition included with EA Play Pro. Manual link for EA App purchase.
Steam		Champions Edition also available. Included with EA Play (Steam).

All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Version differences

The Champions Edition contains the base game and the Champions Content Bundle DLC.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Champions Content Bundle adds new content to the game.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Sponsored	Features a variety of real-world brands related to Formula 1.
Subscription gaming service	Available via EA Play.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Champions Content Bundle	18.000 PITCOIN, Icons for the My Team mode, 2 drivable Safety Cars (in Time Trial mode only), New Era Content (cosmetics for the car and driver) and F1 Life Starter Pack (furniture and cosmetics for the F1 Life hub)

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	Car liveries and cosmetics for the drivers.
Currency	PITCOIN is the currency used for in-game purchases and requires real money. Podium Pass is also available for purchase.
Free-to-grind	A limited version of the Podium Pass is available and the rewards can be earned for free.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\F1 22\hardwaresettings\hardware_settings_config.xml
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1692250/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1692250\remote\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1692250/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Origin
Steam Cloud		Approx. 350 MB available.
Xbox Cloud

Video

Display settings

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Hor+ gameplay and rendered cutscenes. Menus, FMVs and loading screens are presented on one screen only.^[2]
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ gameplay and rendered cutscenes. Menus, loading screens and FMVs are pillarboxed.^[3]
4K Ultra HD		^[4]
Field of view (FOV)	Setting available only during a race, under "Camera Customization". Adjustment slider with values between -20° and +20°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Labelled "Windowed (Fullscreen)" in-game.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Up to 16x available.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	TAA, TAA + FidelityFX Sharpening or TAA + AMD FSR 1.0. TAA additionally supports Dynamic Resolution scaling. To disable TAA, see Anti-aliasing (AA).
High-fidelity upscaling	DLSS 2.4, FSR 2.2 Originally shipped with FSR 1.0. Upgraded to FSR 2.2 in patch 1.17^[5] FSR can be used only in addition to in-game TAA. Sharpness sliders and Quality modes available for both DLSS and FSR.
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)	Enabled by default on HDR-capable displays.^[6] Peak nit adjustment is also available.
Ray tracing (RT)	Shadows, Reflections, Ambient Occlusion and Transparent Reflections.
Color blind mode	Tritanopia, Deuteranopia, Protanopia options for the Dynamic Racing Line feature only.

Supports FidelityFX Super Resolution.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Disable TAA
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open the `hardware_settings_config.xml` file in a notepad. Change `antialiasing taa=true` to `antialiasing taa=false`. Save the changes.

Input

Generic controls settings

Force feedback settings

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		2 editable control schemes by default.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
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". Currently broken, see Issues unresolved.

DualShock 4 controllers		Adaptive Triggers on the DualSense controller is also supported.
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	V1, Wired, Wireless, DualSense

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

The developer has provided a list of supported steering wheels and VR headsets.

Compatible PC steering wheels	Notes
Fanatec ClubSport v1	Compatible with: BMW GT2 rim, Formula Rim, Porsche 918 rim, F1® Esports rim
Fanatec ClubSport v2	Compatible with: Xbox P1 rim, PS4 Elite rim, Universal Hub rim, BMW rim, Formula Rim, Mclaren GT3 rim, Porsche 918 rim, CS Wheel F1 rim, F1® Esports rim, Formula v2 rim
Fanatec ClubSport v2.5	Compatible with: Xbox P1 rim, PS4 Elite rim, Universal Hub rim, BMW rim, Formula rim, Mclaren GT3 rim, Porsche 918 rim, CS Wheel F1 rim, F1® Esports rim, Formula v2 rim
Fanatec CSR Elite rim
Fanatec CSL	Compatible with: Elite Xbox P1 rim, Elite PS4 rim
Fanatec CSL Elite	Compatible with: Universal Hub rim, Formula Rim, BMW rim, McLaren GT3 rim, Porsche 918 rim, CS Wheel F1 rim, F1® Esports rim, Formula v2 rim
Fanatec Xbox CSL Elite	Compatible with: Xbox P1 rim, PS4 rim, Universal Hub rim, BMW rim, Formula rim
Fanatec Xbox Elite	Compatible with: McLaren GT3 rim, Porsche 918 rim, CS Wheel F1 rim, F1® Esports rim, Formula v2 rim
Fanatec Podium DD1	Compatible with: Elite Xbox P1 rim, Elite PS4 rim, Uni Hub rim, BMW rim, Formula rim, McLaren GT3 rim, Porsche 918 rim, CS Wheel F1 rim, F1® Esports rim, Formula v2 rim
Fanatec Podium DD2	Compatible with: Elite Xbox P1 rim, Elite PS4 rim, Uni Hub rim, BMW rim, Formula rim, McLaren GT3 rim, Porsche 918 rim, CS Wheel F1 rim, F1® Esports rim, Formula v2 rim
Fanatec Podium DD1 Podium	Compatible with: Elite Xbox P1 rim, Elite PS4 rim, Uni Hub rim, BMW rim, Formula rim, McLaren GT3 rim, Porsche 918 rim, CS Wheel F1 rim, F1® Esports rim, Formula v2 rim
Fanatec CSL DD
Logitech® G923	Compatible with: PlayStation®/PC, Xbox®/PC versions
Logitech® G29
Logitech® G920
Logitech® G27
Logitech® G25
Thrustmaster T150
Thrustmaster TMX
Thrustmaster T300	Compatible with: PS rim, Racer Sparco P310, Ferrari GTE rim, F1 rim, TM Leather 28 GT, EVO 599
Thrustmaster TX	Compatible with: Ferrari 458 rim, Racer Sparco P310, Ferrari GTE rim, F1 rim, TM Leather 28 GT, EVO 599, SF1000 Rim
Thrustmaster TS-PC	Compatible with: Default, Racer Sparco P310, GTE, F1, Leather 28 GTThrusmaster TS-PC + EVO 599, 488 Challenge Ed, SF1000 Rim
Thrustmaster TS-XW	Compatible with: Racer Sparco P310, GTE, F1, Leather 28 GT, Evo 599, SF1000 Rim
Thrustmaster TGT	Compatible with: Default rim, Racer Sparco P310, GTE, F1, Leather 28 GT, Evo 599, SF1000 Rim
Thrustmaster T248
Leo Bodnar SimSteering v2
SimXperience Accuforce
Hori Racing Wheel Apex
Hori Force Feedback Racing Wheel

Compatible PC VR headsets	Notes
Oculus Quest 2 + Link
Oculus Rift S
HTC Cosmos
HTC Vive Pro
Valve Index
HP Reverb G2
Oculus Rift (Original)	Headset is known to work, but can run into compatibility issues.^[7]
Oculus Quest 1 + Link	Headset is known to work, but can run into compatibility issues.^[7]

Controller bindings

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, Speech, Music, Other Cars and Voice Chat sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Choice between Soundtrack (copyrighted) and Theme (streamer-friendly) Music Types.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Dutch				Only commentary. Radio audio and subtitles are in english.
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Telemetry settings.

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

Crossplay between PlayStation 4/5 and Xbox One/Series consoles is available.^[8]

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Versus, Co-op
LAN play	22	Versus
Online play	22	Versus

VR support

Tobii Eye Tracking settings

Headsets	State	Notes
SteamVR
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
Windows Mixed Reality		Not officially supported, but reported to work through SteamVR

Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse
Tobii Eye Tracking		Supports: Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking, Clean UI. Separate sensitivity sliders for Eye and Head Tracking are available.
TrackIR

Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Issues unresolved

Impulse Triggers vibration does not work for Xbox One controllers

Despite the presence of the Windows.Gaming.Input API .dll in the <path-to-game> and the Trigger Rumble setting in the game, trigger vibration does not work.^[9]

Wheels and peripherals are not detected

Workarounds^[10]
On Steam, disable Steam Input. If your wheel and pedals are connected to your PC/USB hub separately, try disconnecting the pedals and connecting them directly to the wheel instead.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12
Shader Model support	5.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise
Input	OpenVR
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10 v1709 10 v2004
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-2130 AMD FX-4300	Intel Core i5-9600K AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	80 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 AMD Radeon R9 280 Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti AMD Radeon RX 590 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 AMD Radeon RX 6800

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>/1692250/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1692250) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ F1® 22 Announce Trailer - last accessed on 2022-06-30
↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2020-06-28
Tested at 5760x1080 custom resolution.
↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-06-28
Tested at 3840x1080 resolution.
↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-06-28
Tested at 3840x2160 custom resolution.
↑ F1 2022 Update now offers AMD FSR 2.2 - last accessed on 2023-01-16
↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-12-29
Tested on a HDR Samsung display. Despite having never set HDR before due to lack of supported hardware, once I launched the game on a HDR-capable display it automatically set HDR to on and asked me to adjust peak nits.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 WHAT VR HEADSETS WORK WITH F1® 22?
↑ Cross-play arrives in F1® 22 - last accessed on 2022-10-02
↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-07-06
Tested with a Xbox One controller, model 1708. I couldn't feel the trigger vibration with other vibration/FFB options. With Trigger Rumble on, I disabled all other vibration and force feedback options. Trigger rumble was not present in that situation either.
↑ F1® 22 Known Issues - last accessed on 2022-07-06

[Proton_path_note-2] 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>/1692250/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1692250) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] F1® 22 Announce Trailer - last accessed on 2022-06-30

[3] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2020-06-28
Tested at 5760x1080 custom resolution.

[4] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-06-28
Tested at 3840x1080 resolution.

[5] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-06-28
Tested at 3840x2160 custom resolution.

[6] F1 2022 Update now offers AMD FSR 2.2 - last accessed on 2023-01-16

[7] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-12-29
Tested on a HDR Samsung display. Despite having never set HDR before due to lack of supported hardware, once I launched the game on a HDR-capable display it automatically set HDR to on and asked me to adjust peak nits.

[ea-vrs-8] 7.0 ^7.1 WHAT VR HEADSETS WORK WITH F1® 22?

[9] Cross-play arrives in F1® 22 - last accessed on 2022-10-02

[10] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-07-06
Tested with a Xbox One controller, model 1708. I couldn't feel the trigger vibration with other vibration/FFB options. With Trigger Rumble on, I disabled all other vibration and force feedback options. Trigger rumble was not present in that situation either.

[11] F1® 22 Known Issues - last accessed on 2022-07-06

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Developers

	Codemasters
Publishers
	EA Sports
Engines
	EGO 4.0
Release dates
Windows	July 1, 2022
Reception
Metacritic	82
OpenCritic	81
IGDB	83
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC, Sponsored, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	Currency, Cosmetic, Free-to-grind
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Racing, Simulation
Vehicles	Track racing
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Formula 1