Developer 3DClouds has announced that its arcade-styled F1 racing game – Formula Legends – will be coming to PC (via Steam, Epic Games Store and GOG), PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox series X/S and Nintendo Switch on September 18. At launch, the game will be priced at $19.99. For the time being, there is also a demo for the racing game available on PC and all consoles except for the Switch. Check out the trailer announcing the release date below.
The trailer isn’t too long – coming in at a little over a minute long – and gives us a glimpse at how Formula Legends hopes to revisit the history of motorsport racing, albeit with its own arcade-style spin. We also get a look at quite a few different features of the game, including varied weather effects, various tracks, and fast-paced racing gameplay.
Formula Legends was officially unveiled back in June, and back then, the studio had revealed that quite a bit of the inspiration behind the game comes from 1960s-era motorsport racing. At launch, the game is slated to feature 16 unique models of vehicles that will span across various eras of motorsport racing, from the 1960s, all the way to the modern day. Players will be able to hop into these vehicles and race them across 14 different circuit tracks, all of which were inspired by real-world courses from across the world.
While there will be plenty of focus on the on-track gameplay in Formula Legends, players will also have to deal with a fair number of complications, including from weather effects like rain or dust clouds. Players will also have to make strategic use of their pit stops to manage various aspects of their vehicles, from deteriorating tyres all the way down to your ever-dwindling fuel reserves.
The second-to-second racing will also have players managing various aspects of their vehicles while they’re on the move. This includes having to manage the vehicle’s battery systems and other electronics. Players will also be able to catch up with their opponents by making use of techniques like slipstream, which will give them a speed boost by following their opponent’s racing line closely before then overtaking them.
The title will also include a Story Mode, which will put players in the cockpit of legendary cars as they relive what the studio refers to as “the defining moments of Formula racing”. Throughout the story mode, players will get to compete in championships based on the different eras that the title covers.
It is worth noting that Formula Legends has been envisioned as a strictly single-player game. In fact, the closest the game will get to multiplayer will be through global leaderboards that players can compete for spots in as they take on the various courses in the game in Time Attack modes. Players will also get to customise their car, and the game is slated to have full support for mods, from vehicle liveries and new helmets, all the way to custom graphics for trackside sponsors.
