F1 25

The game follows the traditional gameplay loop of previous titles, where players drive Formula One and Formula 2 cars using game controllers or steering wheels. Players may drive in a career mode, where they could either play as real drivers or their own custom driver, create their own team and become the owner, partake in time trials or singular Grand Prix weekends, or perform online challenges to unlock rewards. The Braking Point story mode, which featured in F1 2021 and F1 23, returns.

The game's handling model was updated, in response to negative feedback about the handling model from F1 24. The AI was adjusted to improve the racing for players. Some drivers from the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship were included in the game as driver icons, as well as those from Formula 2. Tracks were revamped using Lidar technology, more real team radio messages were added, alongside revamped podium ceremonies and the addition of Nvidia's Audio2Face AI lip synching technology.

The Braking Point story mode that was introduced in F1 2021 returns in F1 25, set in the 2024 and 2025 seasons. Drivers Callie Mayer (voiced by Emer Kenny) and Aiden Jackson (voiced by Aiden Felgate) both return in Braking Point, as does Devon Butler (franchise linchpin using Adam Sanderson's likeness, voiced by Daniel Ben Zenou), Davidoff Butler (voiced by David Bark-Jones), Casper Akkerman (voiced by Christopher Dane), and Andreo Konner (voiced by Joe Alessi). The story mode revolves around the Konnersport Butler Global Racing Team as they mount a challenge for the World Championship.

New to this version of Braking Point is that in certain chapters, the player will have to choose as to which driver to play as, either Callie Mayer or Aiden Jackson. Whichever the player chooses there would be a unique outcome in the storyline.

Prior to the reveal, F1 25 logos were already present in Formula One's 2025 race graphics. On 25 March 2025, Lewis Hamilton was announced to be the driver in the cover image for the 'Iconic Edition' of the game, boasting his red Ferrari overalls, and announced a reveal date of 26 May. The standard edition of the game features Oscar Piastri of McLaren, Carlos Sainz Jr. of Williams and Oliver Bearman of Haas, and their respective cars, on the cover image, marking the first time since F1 2015 and 2016 that Williams and Haas drivers, respectively, are present on the cover.

The game also features the livery of the fictional APXGP team, as it appears in the F1 film alongside scenarios inspired by the film that players can undertake. The player also has the option of signing the characters from either Braking Point 3 or F1 in MyTeam, as well as racing against the fictional Konnersport and APXGP teams in the driver career mode.

F1 25 received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 84% of critics.

The game was nominated for "Best Sports/Racing Game" at The Game Awards 2025, as well as for "Racing Game of the Year" at the 29th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, but did not win for either.