Aston Martin Safety Car, Performance Updates and More

Portimao isn’t the only addition available from today in F1^® 2021, though you can find out more about the Portuguese circuit here. In this article, we’ll delve into a few more exciting updates featured in this patch.

Aston Martin Safety Car

For the first time ever, the 2021 F1^® season saw the introduction of two official Safety Cars. Alongside the very recognisable (but now red) Mercedes AMG, the green Aston Martin Vantage will be taking on Safety Car duties at certain races. 

Trigger the Safety Car in the following races, and you’ll see the special green Aston Martin Vantage leading the pack:

• Bahrain
• Monaco
• Canada
• France
• Great Britain
• Netherlands
• Singapore
• Russia
• Japan
• Australia
• Saudi Arabia (when added in game)
• Abu Dhabi

Performance Update

The performance of the cars has been updated so that they are now much more reflective of what is happening on track right now. As a result of this, we’ll be wiping the F1^® Time Trial leaderboards.

Additionally, we have made some minor tweaks to the handling model to remove an unrealistic element with low-speed cornering, which will be coming into the game as soon as the AI retraining has been completed.

Livery updates will also be coming in October, updating the teams’ look.*

Free Trial

Haven’t played F1^® 2021? Now’s the perfect opportunity, with a free trial✝ available on Xbox and PlayStation® consoles.

Experience the first two chapters of Braking Point, our thrilling new story, create your F1^® team and take it for a race weekend, or put yourself in the car of your favourite F1^® driver and play a Grand Prix at Monza. The free trial is available right now to download.

Make sure you keep it on our social channels on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook for the latest F1^® 2021 news.

*Our live service content may change as we continue development, and we will always strive to keep our community as informed as possible.

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