The latest entry in Codemasters and EA Sports' long-running F1 series arrives later this week in the form of F1 23, and if you're an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate / EA Play member, you can start playing it right now with a five-hour free trial!
Here's how to find the F1 23 free trial with Xbox Game Pass:
- Go to the Microsoft Store app on your Xbox
- Search for 'F1 23'
- Look for "View Free Trial" or "Install" with EA Play
- Once you've hit "Install", your download should begin
In terms of reviews, F1 23 is off to a great start with a Metacritic rating of 83 for PlayStation 5 and 82 for PC (the Xbox Series X|S version doesn't have enough ratings yet). We'll throw some samples down below:
God Is A Geek (9/10)
"EA Sports F1 23 is an improvement on last year, bringing back the enjoyable Braking Point story, and providing better control on the track."
PC Gamer (87/100)
"The excellent story, still-superlative career and loot-based F1 World make for a convincing and gigantic F1 experience."
Videogamer (8/10)
"F1 23 is a fast-paced thrill-ride plunging you into the extraordinary world of Formula One. Braking Point 2 is a huge success, and while other elements of the game have barely changed, the gameplay itself is as addictive as it is enthralling."
Sports Illustrated (7/10)
"In conclusion, F1 23 has few standout innovations compared to last year’s game, and is lucky enough to come along with a genuine revolution in the sport. F1 World’s good and will only get better, while the game remains a fun and authentic simul-arcade experience and a solid starting point for those willing to learn how to play with a steering wheel."
The standard edition of F1 2023 launches on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S this Friday, June 16th. If you can't wait until then, there's also a Champions Edition which is available right now.
Will you be trying the F1 23 free trial on Xbox Game Pass? Tell us down in the comments below.
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Interesting to see that they've cut the trials in half compared to the previous 10 hours you got. I can only imagine it's because people trialled the game, and never actually purchased it, because they had moved on after the trial.
@Daniel1221 I thought it was a typo, first time I've seen it's five hours instead of ten
@Daniel1221 To be fair 10 hours always seemed overly generous to me. I've definitely played an EA game for 5-10 hours and decided that was enough, no need to buy the whole game.
@Daniel1221 @Cherip-the-Ripper @themightyant I've definitely seen people in the past state that they're managed to mainline an EA game within that 10-hour window, and at least one saying that they 100%-ed a game in that time. Not surprising that EA would want to knock that sort of thing on the head.
@Markatron84 I thought EA already took 'measures' to stop that by just not giving those games trials, back when Jedi Fallen Order released it didn't get a trial and they went on to say it wasn't because it was short or sth, seemed like bs though.
But I haven't kept up since tbh
@Cherip-the-Ripper more recently they might have taken other measures to prevent such a thing, I couldn't say. Dropping the trial period from 10 to 5 hours would definitely put a stop to a lot of it. The instance that sticks in my mind is people mainlining Need For Speed (the 2015 "reboot") within the trial period. And if you were to just play the campaign, you could easily get through the average Battlefield game in under 10 hours, maybe even 5.
@Markatron84 @themightyant I'm not arguing that it's anything but fair, 5 hours is still a lot! I was just stating that it was a perfectly understandable change. I'm still happy that we're getting demos at all - something that I think we should see more of given the price of games these days
@Daniel1221 I know, wasn't trying to suggest otherwise. I love that we get 5 hours too. And while i'd prefer 10 it is an understandable change. Hopefully they will do it on a game by game basis, there's less reason to restrict a sports game to 5 hours for example.
@Daniel1221 oh 5 hours is more than fair, totally. Plus if you're in the position to try the trial in the first place, you only have to wait around a year before the game is available in its entirety. 👍 I'm waiting on PGA Tour, definitely not the sort of game I'll be able to stop playing after 5 hours 🤣
Females racing cars?
I’m surprised how much f1 generates compared to nascar
I think the story mode can be completed in around 10 hours so I guess thats why 5 would make sense
Wasn't a fan of the changes they've been making to F1 games, I think they peaked sometime around F1 2017 or 19.
@Markatron84 Exactly. I'm a huge Formula 1 fan but I'm not paying for the same game (in essence) year after year. I'll eventually grab a cheap version digitally so that I 'own' it, but will wait for it to drop on GP
@TheSimulator Englishman here - I see Indycar as being a much bigger sport than NASCAR these days - don't know if that's just me or not - especially given the big names involved
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