EA Sports activities has introduced it won’t launch a brand new System 1 recreation for the 2026 season.
As an alternative, the corporate will present a “paid growth to F1 25”, that includes 2026 automobiles, groups and laws. Motorsport has approached EA Sports activities as as to if the content material will embody the Madrid avenue observe that can debut subsequent yr, referred to as Madring.
In the meantime, EA Sports activities will give attention to revamping its recreation for 2027, aiming at a brand new model that “seems to be, feels, and performs in another way, delivering extra gameplay decisions”.
“F1 25 has been an unimaginable success, fuelled by the eagerness of followers and the vitality of the game,” stated Lee Mather, senior artistic director at Codemasters. “With System 1’s momentum on and off the observe, now could be the right time for us to look forward and construct for the long run.
“We’re absolutely dedicated to the EA Sports activities F1 franchise. Our multi-year plan extends this yr’s pleasure with the 2026 growth and reimagines the F1 expertise for 2027 to ship much more for gamers at each stage world wide.”
EA Sports activities’ choice coincides with F1’s new technical period in 2026, as automobiles will characteristic new energy items with a larger emphasis on electrical vitality, whereas energetic aerodynamics might be at play on the chassis facet.
It will presumably permit EA Sports activities to get a dangle of the brand new equipment’s behaviour as a substitute of hurrying it by and probably inaccurately replicating it; it should additionally give builders extra time to overtake the sport itself.
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