Strap in and fire up the V12S Formula Legends. It’s more than a racing game; it’s a time machine on wheels. From the roaring grit of the 1960s to the sleek precision of modern-day circuits, this motorsport odyssey invites players to master iconic eras of Formula racing. With stylised tracks, legendary cars, and fictional drivers inspired by real-world icons, Formula Legends delivers a high-octane blend of nostalgia and innovation that demands an in-depth exploration of its speed, strategy, and soul.

Formula Legends Review Pros

• Awesome graphics. 
• 5.60GB download size. 
• Platinum trophy. 
• Audio sliders for – master, music, sound effects, and engine sound. 
• Game settings – vibrate on/off, unit of measure (miles/km), Era filter on/off, language, and mini map (zoomed/full). 
• F1 racing gameplay. 
• Optional tutorial race sequences. 
• You can remap the controls to your liking. 
• Three game modes – Story, Time attack, and custom mode. 
• The showroom is where you can view unlocked cars and drivers. It also shows the criteria for unlocking the cars and drivers, including a progression bar. 
• The game covers many eras from the 60s up until the present day. 
• It’s not official names and teams, but they look like the real deal with just different branding on them, and they are smushed up little Cutesy-looking cars. 
• Full 3D race tracks, and each one looks brilliant. 
• The story mode is split up into Eras, so you go from the 60s to the 70s and so on until you get to the mid-20s.
• You do not have to play the story eras in order and can play them in any order you want. 
• Three race difficulties – Easy, normal and hard. 
• Race assists can be toggled if applicable to the era – traction control, anti-lock braking system, WRS, fuel consumption, tyre degradation, damage, and collisions. 
• Custom mode lets you set up your own one-off race or a championship. The replayable tutorial can be found here aswel. 
• 14 race locations to unlock and race on, and you need to unlock them in order to use them in custom modes. 
• Every race track has 3 variations – vintage, classic, and modern. 
• 5 weather types – random, sunny, cloudy, snow, and thunder and lightning. 
• Cars and drivers have to be unlocked in order to use them in custom modes, and as said, you can view unlock requirements and progress. 
• Custom races let you change the race rules – qualification laps, length, difficulty, and penalties. 
• You can pause the game in single player. 
• Fast loading times. 
• Photo mode is integrated and accessed through the pause menu. 
• Five driver views from the helmet cam to a third-person aerial shot, making the car so small you think it’s Micro Machines F1 Edition. 
• High attention to detail, and I like how hitting grass will put mud in the tyres that then naturally comes back off. The handling is tight; each car takes a bit of getting used to, but it is tight and responsive. 
• The music in-game matches the era you are racing in.
• Driving lines to help are integrated into the game more subtly; instead of bright colours, it’s the black marks left by other cars. 
• At the start line, you can choose what tyres to run with and then time your acceleration for a perfect to bad start bonus. 
• You can access the pits and play a mini game, like a sequence to change tyres and refuel. 
• It’s a more arcade than simulation type game. 
• You have a HUD showing your speed, condition of tyres, fuel amount, etc and two bars showing the pressure you apply to braking and acceleration. 
• No collisions is a thing, and it makes all drivers ghosts and takes a lot of stress out of the game. 
• After events, you get a pop-up showing progress made on unlocks. 
• Time attack has online leaderboards. 
• It’s a me thing, but I had way more fun once I could tweak the assists and turn off penalties and championship lengths, but that’s more telling of the sort of driver I am. 

Formula Legends Review Cons

• Harsh penalties, hit the grass too many times, and your whole qualifying time is wiped, and you start dead last. It wouldn’t be an issue if you had a clear indication of how many times you have clipped the grass. 
• The drive views focus more on the third person part than the first person, with no nose/bonnet view or the ability to just be full first person. 
• You cannot name a driver and be yourself; you’re always picking drivers. 
• You cannot edit any of the race rules except for the difficulties of the other drivers. It’s annoying as they do go on with double-digit laps, qualifying and penalties. 
• No accessibility options, like Colourblind support, text size, more driving aids, or being able to use a better driving line system. 
• The noises of damage are not great. 
• It’s easy (for me at least) to get almost hooked on another driver, and we both go off the track. 
• The steering is responsive, but it is also very slow or very fast in response to your actions, making it rather frustrating. 
• It’s hard to make any sort of impact after any crash, track reset, or big off-track event.  
• There is no voice work like your pit team or anything. 
• No online game modes, its all offline single player. 

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