There are still a few days left before EA Sports F1 23 is officially released. The good news is we're getting a look at the Driver Ratings available at launch day this early.
In a statement, Codemasters F1 Brand Director John Merchant revealed that it's always been exciting to see the passion, camaraderie, and most especially the banter among Formula 1 drivers, thanks to the game's Driver Ratings. He added, to put better balance between different drivers, they made sure to work closely with a panel of experts.
Before giving out the rankings, you can watch some of the drivers trying to guess their ratings in the video below:
The dynamic ratings of the drivers are broken into four categories in addition to an overall score. The categories are:
- Experience (EXP)
- This is based on the number of race starts a driver has over the course of their career.
- Racecraft (RAC)
- The driver's ability to work their way through the pack and finish in a higher position than where they started.
- Awareness (AWA)
- The less time spent in the Steward's room helps drivers here.
- Real-world punishments impact the score in this category.
- Pace (PAC)
- Benefits those who get closest to the fastest qualifying and race lap times.
- A driver beating their teammate is also taken into consideration.
- Rating (RTG)
- The combination of the previous four ratings.
- This overall rating goes up and down across the season based on performance.
Now that we have everything out of the way, the overall ratings are:
- Max Verstappen: 94
- Lewis Hamilton: 92
- Fernando Alonso: 92
- Charles Leclerc: 89
- Sergio Perez: 89
- Lando Norris: 89
- Carlos Sainz Jr.: 88
- George Russell: 88
- Valtteri Bottas: 87
- Esteban Ocon:86
- Pierre Gasly: 85
- Lance Stroll: 84
- Alexander Albon: 83
- Yuki Tsunoda: 83
- Kevin Magnussen: 81
- Nico Hulkenberg: 80
- Zhou Guanyu: 78
- Oscar Piastri: 74
- Logan Sargeant: 71
- Nyck de Vries: 71
Are you excited to race your way to victory?
F1 23 is all set to race its way to different platforms on June 16. It's the official game of the FIA Formula One World Championship coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. A PC version is also offered through the EA App, Steam, and Epic Games Store.
