SMOOTH OPERATOR

 F1 22 is sheer class, but who hears barrel scraping?

- Justin Towell

NEED TO KNOW

WHAT IS IT? The latest in Codemasters’ excellent, officially licensed racing series

EXPECT TO PAY $60

DEVELOPER Codemasters

PUBLISHER Electronic Arts

REVIEWED ON Dell G5 with NVIDIA RTX 2070, 16GB RAM, Intel Core i7 10th gen at 2.6GHz

MULTIPLAYER Yes

LINK bit.ly/3yKOJeK

F1 is properly back in vogue thanks to the Hamilton/Verstappen controversy of last year’s finale, Netflix’s Drive to Survive docu-series, and closer racing thanks to sweeping rule changes. Every team has managed to score championship points before the midway point of this season. Picking any one of these angles would be a great place to start for a racing game. So why does F1 22 start off by focusing on soft furnishings?

Well. Remember the ‘live the life’ ethos of