THE F1® 2026 SEASON GETS EVEN BIGGER WITH THE SEPTEMBER UPDATE (PATCH v1.25)

F2™ ARRIVES IN THE 2026 SEASON

[p align="start"]The next generation of racing talent takes centre stage as the longed-for 2026 F2™ season arrives for F1® 25: 2026 Season Edition and F1® 25: 2026 Season Pack owners, complete with the latest drivers, teams, cars, and race calendar.

[p align="start"]With four rounds remaining and the fight at the top of the real-world standings still wide open, the Championship is far from decided. Head into Grand Prix mode, take control of a title contender, and see whether you can change their fate before the final checkered flag falls. Or, take the F2™ cars for a spin on the MADRING circuit, a hybrid street and purpose-built track that will challenge you in high-speed action. 

[p align="start"]You can also hit the track in Time Trial, Multiplayer, split-screen, and LAN, or explore the 2026 cars in Showroom.

NEW CONTENT: SPORTS UPDATE

[p align="start"]The Formula 1® grid never stands still. The September Sports Update brings eight teams closer to their latest real-world counterparts, headlined by the arrival of Ferrari’s distinctive “Macarena” rear wing.

[p align="start"]But that’s not all. Teams have updated their liveries and brought in new sponsors throughout the season, and we have brought this to life in-game. These changes will be applied to the relevant 2026 cars once you install the September update.

SEVEN NEW SPECIAL LIVERIES

[p align="start"]On top of all this, seven special liveries will arrive across three September drops. Here is the full list of updates:

AVAILABLE SEP 9-OCT 14

• Racing Bulls – Suzuka

• Audi – Monaco

• Cadillac – Silverstone

AVAILABLE SEP 11-OCT 14

• Cadillac – Miami

• McLaren – Monaco

AVAILABLE SEP 16-OCT 14

• Aston Martin – Monaco

• Racing Bulls – Miami

[p align="start"]These liveries will be available for free to everyone who owns the 2026 Season Pack or Edition and can be claimed through the in-game mailbox.

v1.25 Patch Notes

Highlights

• Addition of the 2026 F2™ Championship in game, including all cars and drivers.

• Sports Update for F1 cars and drivers: Visual updates and sponsor changes in the 2026 Formula 1® season have been included.

• Added a number of Special Edition Liveries for 2026 F1 cars. Keep your eyes on the News over the next month and collect them from your Mail in the game!

• Updated a number of Team Principals in various locations in the game.

• To better reflect the 2026 regulations, Boost Mode with limited deploy power is now available in wet conditions.

• To better reflect the regulations, Straight Mode and DRS will now only remain active when the driver's throttle input is above 90%.

• An "Overtake Enabled" Race Control message will now show at the correct times during race using 2026 F1 cars. This has also been added to the UDP output.

Cars & Tracks

• Fixed an issue on certain Sponsor Liveries where the driver number was overlapping a sponsor logo.

• Updated the Rev light pattern on Franco Colapinto's steering wheel.

• Raised the position of the 2026 Red Bull steering wheel to match the real car.

• The Front Suspension on the 2026 Aston Martin and Haas cars now appear correctly attached to the wheel.

• Corrected some of the trackside barriers at Australia, which had previously been on loan from Austria.

Career

• Updated the tyre allocation for several 2026 F1 Race Weekends.

• Fixed an issue where the amount of available Pitcoin was not shown when accessing the Store within Career mode.

• Fixed an issue on the Driver Career Team Select screen, so the Recognition Values shown will now always be correct.

• In Driver Career mode, completing an F2 season will now give you bonus Recognition when you start your first season in F1.

• Fixed an issue which was preventing Accolades from being shown correctly when starting a Driver Career with an Official F2 driver.

Wheels & Controllers

• Slight adjustment for Wheel users, ensuring a better match of control inputs to physics output during rapid input range changes.

• Fixed a stability issue which could affect users with both Moza and Simucube peripherals.

• Fixed an issue affecting certain hardware where Force Feedback calls could prevent players from achieving higher frame rates.

• Improved control schemes for existing Simagic hardware.

• Additional support for Simagic P500 & P700 Pedals, Neo X Hub, Zeus Formula, GT and Sport Steering Wheels..

Misc

• Various UI and Stability Improvements.