Formula One 04

The game features all ten teams and twenty drivers competing in the 2004 Formula One World Championship (except for mid-season changes), as well as the eighteen circuits and Grands Prix that formed the championship, including the new Bahrain International Circuit and Shanghai International Circuit.

It is the first Formula One game developed by Studio Liverpool to contain a 'Career Mode', which allows players to work their way through the Formula One teams over the course of a fixed number of seasons (albeit a repeat version of the 2004 Formula One World Championship each time). Players start out testing in a generic Formula One car, and if they are doing well enough in the test they are offered a contract by a small team such as Minardi. Players then work their way up the grid throughout their 'career' through a mixture of good tests and impressive race performances. This game also had Net Play available.

Formula One 04 was announced in April 2004 by Sony Computer Entertainment, and was the second game in the exclusive deal between Sony Computer Entertainment and Formula One Administration, following Formula One 2003. The game was officially launched in London ahead of the 2004 British Grand Prix with model Emma B acting as the face of the game.

Formula One 04 received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

Steve Boxer of The Guardian praised the graphics, the car handling, and the inclusion of all eighteen tracks but criticized the difficulty of the career mode and the lack of help in the car setup. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 30 out of 40.