Roadmap

The online paddock

• Global Paddock stats and personal career totals (shipped, v0.22.0)

Start here

New players should feel comfortable before they are challenged. Everything here can be skipped or switched off.

• Interactive tutorial and How to Play (shipped, v0.12.0)
• First race walkthrough (shipped, v0.12.0)
• Four play modes: Rookie, Strategist, Engineer, Principal (shipped, v0.15.0)
• AI challenge setting, separate from the play mode (shipped, v0.6.0)
• Mode tags on every roadmap item (shipped, v0.6.0)
• Plain-English F1 primer (shipped, v0.6.0)
• Two-compound status chip (shipped, v0.13.0)
• Contextual help and tooltips (shipped, v0.6.0)

Race weekend

The full weekend, from first practice to the podium. Sessions can be watched live or simulated instantly.

• Practice sessions: FP1, FP2 and FP3 (shipped, v0.11.0)
• Knockout qualifying Q1/Q2/Q3 (shipped, v0.6.0)
• Sprint qualifying and sprint race (shipped, v0.5.0)
• Formation lap (shipped, v0.17.0)
• Race weekend timetable and session clock (declined)
• Calendar reality (declined)
• Scrutineering, parc fermé and curfew (declined)
• Full race-weekend data (planned)
• Support series (declined)
• Qualifying variation that respects car pace (shipped, v0.15.1)
• Live qualifying show with moving positions (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Upgraded weekend preview (rules, weather, tyre allocation, history) (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Better results screen (podium, highlights, stint bars) (shipped, v0.3.0)
• DNS: cars failing to start (shipped, v0.4.0)
• Full-length races option (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Speed bar: 1x to 128x (shipped, v0.5.0)

Race control and rules

The rulebook, race control and the stewards. Clear enough for a new player, deep enough for a full weekend.

• Full flag system (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Safety car full protocol (shipped, v0.11.0)
• VSC full protocol (shipped, v0.11.0)
• Red flags and restarts (shipped, v0.17.0)
• Start procedure (in progress, v0.15.0)
• Classification rules (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Distance-based classification and late-retirement points (shipped, v0.15.0)
• NC, DNS and classified retirement results (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Drive-through penalties (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Stop-go penalties (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Late-race penalty conversion (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Licence-point records (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Full penalty catalogue (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Stewards process (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Race director and race-control feed (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Simple weekend tyre allocation (planned)
• Tyre rules (shipped, v0.12.0)
• Serve time penalties before tyre work (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Escalating track-limit penalties (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Pit rules (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Grid rules (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Safety car and virtual safety car (shipped, v0.4.0)
• Penalties: track limits, unsafe release (5s) (shipped, v0.4.0)
• Pit-lane starts (shipped, v0.4.0)
• Rules shown big and clear for every race (two-compound rule etc.) (shipped, v0.3.0)

Simulation and racecraft

How the cars behave, how incidents happen and how the field thinks.

• Fair traffic pace through the field (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Deeper car systems and another AI challenge level (declined)
• Mode-based complexity and championship unlocks (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Stronger Attack and Push modes (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Contact and collisions (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Damage model (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Flat spots and sudden punctures (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Yellow-flag and blue-flag racing logic (shipped, v0.6.0)
• Weather simulation (shipped, v0.6.0)
• Driver personalities and reactive AI strategy (shipped, v0.8.0)
• Racecraft traits and AI race plans (shipped, v0.12.0)
• Driver mindsets and frustration (shipped, v0.12.0)
• Season-long rivals (shipped, v0.12.0)
• Late showers and slow punctures (shipped, v0.8.0)
• Track-specific overtaking and battle logic (shipped, v0.16.0)
• Corner-sensitive dirty air (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Straight-line slipstream (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Tyre-grip offsets in battles (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Wet alternative-line passing (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Overtake variety: lunge, switchback, around the outside (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Inside-lunge attacks (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Outside passing moves (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Switchback attacks (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Defensive line choices (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Crash variety and incident chains (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Seeded racing contact (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Front-wing damage (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Front-wing repairs and service time (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Suspension damage and nursing (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Stopped-spin recovery (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Gravel beaching (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Barrier impacts (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Debris punctures and clearance (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Smarter AI (shipped, v0.12.0)
• Better race starts (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Track evolution, rubber and marbles (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Race rubber build-up (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Rain washing the surface (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Offline marbles (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Fuel and energy management (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Fuel-load pace (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Fuel saving and lift-and-coast (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Battery deployment and clipping (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Energy harvesting (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Brake wear, temperature and engine modes (declined)
• Pit-crew errors and slow stops (shipped, v0.6.0)
• Realistic lap times and gaps (not 12-second laps) (shipped, v0.3.0)
• DNFs with visible causes and parked cars (shipped, v0.1.0)

Tyres and strategy

The part of the race that happens on the pit wall: rubber, weather, pit windows and risk.

• Intermediates and full wets (shipped, v0.6.0)
• Traffic-aware overcut advice (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Strategy depth (shipped, v0.14.0)
• C1-C6 dry compound range (declined)
• Tyre temperature, graining, blistering and heat cycles (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Tyre warm-up and working windows (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Tyre overheating (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Cold-tyre graining (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Persistent tyre blistering (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Tyre heat cycles (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Per-corner wear and tyre stress (declined)
• Live pit loss (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Consistent mode advice and visible tyre heat (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Race engineer tips: when to box, undercuts, pit windows (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Auto-strategy toggle per driver (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Scheduled pit stop by lap (shipped, v0.12.0)

Car and 2026 technical

The machine under the driver, the 2026 rules it has to follow and the engineering that makes it quick.

• Race systems upgrades (shipped, v0.13.0)
• A closer, fairer field (shipped, v0.17.0)
• Six-level car development (shipped, v0.12.0)
• Car setup (declined)
• Telemetry and sensors (declined)
• Full 2026 power unit (declined)
• 2026 active aero and overtake mode (planned)
• 2026 car size, weight and tyres (declined)
• Power-unit and gearbox allocation, wear and penalties (declined)
• Component-specific reliability, repair and legality checks (declined)
• R&D tree, wind tunnel, CFD, factory and homologation (declined)
• Customer teams and engine supply relationships (declined)
• Small 2026 rules details (shipped, v0.16.0)

Career and management

The season and the years around it: people, money, contracts and the decisions that outlast one race.

• Contracts, salaries and market value (shipped, v0.11.0)
• Driver market between seasons (shipped, v0.11.0)
• Staff: team principal, technical director, engineers, mechanics, pit crew, strategists (declined)
• Replace development credits with real team money (shipped, v0.11.0)
• Past and future seasons (planned)
• Multi-season careers (shipped, v0.11.0)
• Morale, fitness, injury, illness and concussion (declined)
• Driver development and performance decline (planned)
• Evolving grids: ageing, retirement and new drivers (shipped, v0.20.0)
• Reserve/test drivers, academies and F2/F3 (declined)
• Board expectations and season objectives (shipped, v0.11.0)
• Player team orders: hold, yield and race (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Team orders and teammate rivalries (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Mid-season driver changes (planned)
• Testing and practice programmes (shipped, v0.6.0)
• Setup and engineering feedback (declined)
• Media, press and interviews (declined)
• Sponsors and livery editor (declined)
• Create-a-team, owner mode and driver career (declined)
• F2/F3 career (declined)
• Garage redesign (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Calendar redesign (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Standings redesign (points chart, podiums, history) (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Five save slots, export and import (shipped, v0.5.0)

Stats, history and data

Numbers that explain the season, the sport and the player career.

• Lap-by-lap records in save exports (shipped, v0.15.1)
• Race debrief: why your result happened (shipped, v0.17.0)
• Where the race time went (shipped, v0.17.0)
• Strategy review and what-if comparisons (shipped, v0.20.0)
• Engineer advice with reasons and uncertainty (shipped, v0.17.0)
• Fair teammate pace comparison (shipped, v0.16.0)
• Season trends and recurring weaknesses (shipped, v0.17.0)
• Development impact and upgrade value (shipped, v0.17.0)
• Rival scouting from observed races (shipped, v0.16.0)
• Stats pages match the championship screen (shipped, v0.13.0)
• Record book visual redesign (shipped, v0.10.0)
• Per-driver stats (shipped, v0.6.0)
• All-time records (shipped, v0.9.0)
• Championship permutations (shipped, v0.6.0)
• Champion presentation (shipped, v0.11.0)
• Team-coloured championship chart (shipped, v0.11.0)
• Driver bios (shipped, v0.5.0)
• Team data (shipped, v0.9.0)
• Circuit data (shipped, v0.9.0)
• Real-F1 glossary (shipped, v0.9.0)
• Sprint stats (shipped, v0.9.0)
• Detailed classification and penalty stats (shipped, v0.9.0)
• Full sporting-sanction statistics (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Official circuit timing sectors (planned)

Broadcast and presentation

What the player sees and hears during a session, and the detail that makes a race feel televised.

• Venue-specific circuit art (shipped, v0.13.0)
• Race screen layout: split desk and live championship (shipped, v0.12.0)
• Driver helmets and team logos in live panels (shipped, v0.12.0)
• First-person cockpit camera (declined)
• Overtake and battle commentary (shipped, v0.6.0)
• Overtake visuals and slow-motion replays (declined)
• Commentary camera (shipped, v0.15.1)
• Broadcast view (shipped, v0.13.0)
• Bigger broadcast timing tower (shipped, v0.13.0)
• Spectate any car (shipped, v0.13.0)
• Broadcast lower-third captions (shipped, v0.13.0)
• Crowd and radio reactions (shipped, v0.13.0)
• Sectors and microsectors (planned)
• Lap chart and position-over-time chart (shipped, v0.16.0)
• Team radio archive (shipped, v0.17.0)
• Weather widget (shipped, v0.12.0)
• Speed traps and top speed (shipped, v0.16.0)
• Tyre age, pit-stop times/count, last lap, best lap (shipped, v0.17.0)
• Active-aero/DRS, energy and fuel displays (planned)
• Session clock and countdown (shipped, v0.16.0)
• Ceremonies (shipped, v0.6.0)
• Battle graphics (shipped, v0.17.0)
• Results depth (shipped, v0.20.0)
• Replays, highlights and photo mode (declined)
• Roomier garage with prominent car development (shipped, v0.7.2)
• Garage HQ polish: pixel circuits, visual next races and driver cards (shipped, v0.5.0)
• Real coloured team logos (shipped, v0.10.0)
• Original pixel team emblems (shipped, v0.5.0)
• Broadcast race header with country flags (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Cooler strategy sidebar (stint timeline, radio, tyre ring) (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Follow camera and minimap (shipped, v0.2.0)
• Better tracks: themes, water, buildings, night races (shipped, v0.2.0)
• Matching car liveries for teammates (shipped, v0.7.1)
• Clear driver numbers and faithful suit badges (shipped, v0.7.1)
• Natural driver sprite proportions and suit markings (shipped, v0.7.1)
• Detailed car artwork (shipped, v0.7.0)
• Full-body driver pixel sprites (shipped, v0.7.0)
• Better car sprites (shipped, v0.2.0)
• Driver pixel icons (shipped, v0.2.0)
• Real driver helmet designs (shipped, v0.6.1)
• Yuki Tsunoda helmet design (shipped, v0.12.0)

Site, editorial and data

The pages around the game: explaining the sport, the real 2026 season and the history behind both.

• World champion celebration in the real F1 standings (shipped, v0.18.0)
• Clear player-facing patch notes and roadmap (shipped, v0.15.0)
• About page redesign (shipped, v0.14.1)
• Complete How it works page (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Features page (/features) (shipped, v0.14.1)
• Public patch notes and roadmap during lockdown (shipped, v0.9.0)
• Temporary site lockdown (shipped, v0.14.1)
• Team logos in homepage helmet previews (shipped, v0.10.0)
• Driver hover cards in the landing helmet strip (shipped, v0.8.4)
• 2026 regulations guide (shipped, v0.20.0)
• Data provenance, source links, last-checked dates, changelog and corrections (shipped, v0.16.0)
• Actual 2026 season page (shipped, v0.20.0)
• Real F1 standings page redesign (shipped, v0.12.0)
• Real F1 constructors’ championship fight (shipped, v0.18.0)
• News, analysis, classic races and legends (declined)
• Support-series pages (declined)
• Sprint-venue page (shipped, v0.16.0)
• Paddock pages: drivers, teams, circuits (shipped, v0.3.0)
• /logic page explaining how everything works (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Strategy guide page (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Roadmap page (/todolist) (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Roadmap redesign: tabs, search and collapsible areas (shipped, v0.5.0)
• Prioritised roadmap with a start-here path (shipped, v0.5.0)
• Use the help-centre editorial shell across paddock pages (declined)
• Drivers grouped by constructor (shipped, v0.5.0)
• Circuits season board with real lap counts (shipped, v0.5.0)
• Landing page quick-access cards (shipped, v0.5.0)
• Help centre rebuilt inside the game shell (shipped, v0.5.0)
• Driver tags explained page (shipped, v0.5.0)
• Patch notes page (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Help centre and policy pages (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Project contact address on help and legal pages (shipped, v0.6.1)
• Legal and privacy policy hardening (shipped, v0.7.2)
• Third-party mark and non-affiliation notices (shipped, v0.12.1)
• Final legal and privacy pages for public release (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Password-protected online alpha for friends (planned)
• Search, social and AI discoverability (shipped, v0.14.0)
• No gambling, alcohol, tobacco or crypto-trading sponsor marks in new artwork (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Public launch and promotion (planned)
• Beautiful animated homepage footer (shipped, v0.3.0)
• Footer copy cleanup (shipped, v0.7.1)
• Cinematic full-screen landing page (shipped, v0.4.0)

UX, audio, accessibility and quality

Settings, sound, input, platform support and the engineering that keeps the game reliable.

• Settings (shipped, v0.12.0)
• Accessibility audit and screen-reader parity (in progress)
• Phone and tablet layout (in progress)
• Phone layout pass (shipped, v0.12.0)
• Audio mix: engines, tyres, radio and crowd (shipped, v0.13.0)
• Real engine recordings (shipped, v0.13.0)
• Commentary voices (shipped, v0.13.0)
• Commentary that follows the whole race (shipped, v0.14.1)
• Livelier commentary (shipped, v0.15.0)
• Engine sound in practice and qualifying (shipped, v0.14.1)
• Fastest lap and lap times in the timing tower (shipped, v0.14.1)
• Race details in spoken commentary (in progress)
• Tess reads the finishing order (in progress)
• More expressive commentary voices (in progress)
• Attack and Manage driving modes (shipped, v0.13.0)
• Multiplayer, co-op, leaderboards, challenges, scenarios, classic cars and historic tracks (declined)
• Public beta access lock (garage preview only) (shipped, v0.6.1)
• Public preview explainer (shipped, v0.6.1)
• Landing page animation performance (shipped, v0.7.1)
• Player accounts and sign-in (shipped, v0.22.0)
• Cloud saves and cross-save (shipped, v0.22.0)
• Crash and error reporting (planned)
• Localisation and language support (declined)

Save safety and problem reports

Protect career progress and help players report problems.

• Autosave status, rolling backups and recovery (shipped, v0.17.0)
• Prevent conflicting saves across tabs (shipped, v0.16.0)
• Long-career save size and storage budgets (shipped, v0.17.0)
• Reproducible race bug-report download (shipped, v0.19.0)
• Guided bug reports and feedback (shipped, v0.16.0)

Bugs and consistency

Known wrong or missing information. These are small fixes with a big effect on trust.

• Circuit thumbnails fill their cards on every page (shipped, v0.12.0)
• Hammer time lines only for Lewis Hamilton (shipped, v0.13.0)
• Distinguish fitted tyres from the next pit-stop selection (shipped, v0.8.4)
• Update Help text for sprint, real race distances and safety cars (shipped, v0.5.0)
• Fix the Results stewards panel penalty label (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Fix the race header always saying "Dry" (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Remove or replace "Formation complete" text (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Clear retirement causes (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Persistent penalty details (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Complete race classifications (shipped, v0.14.0)
• Safety-car and red-flag statistics (shipped, v0.14.0)