Evolution of Monaco in F1 Racing Games (1996 - 2024)

F1 24 has been released and it features all of the tracks of the 2024 Formula One season. One of the most unique tracks on the F1 calendar is of course the Monte Carlo Circuit in Monaco. Here you can see the start/finish area and the first turn of this track in 40 different official F1 games, showing the evolution of the city track graphics from 1996 to 2024 and also the acceleration and engine sound of the different cars over time. Enjoy the show!
Timeline:
0:00 Formula 1 (PS1, 1996)
0:15 Formula 1 97 (PS1)
0:30 Formula 1 98 (PS1)
0:46 Formula One 99 (PS1)
1:02 F1 World Grand Prix (PS1, 1999)
1:21 F1 2000 (PS1)
1:41 F1 Racing Championship (PS1, 2000)
1:58 Formula One 2000 (PS1)
2:13 F1 Championship Season 2000 (PS1)
2:32 F1 Championship Season 2000 (PS2)
2:46 F1 Racing Championship (PS2, 2001)
3:03 Formula One 2001 (PS1)
3:18 Formula One 2001 (PS2)
3:34 F1 2001 (PS2)
3:49 F1 2002 (PS2)
4:02 Formula One 2002 (PS2)
4:17 Grand Prix Challenge (PS2, 2002)
4:32 F1 Career Challenge (PS2, 2003)
4:44 Formula One 2003 (PS2)
4:59 Formula One 04 (PS2)
5:14 Formula One 05 (PS2)
5:29 F1 Grand Prix (PSP, 2005)
5:42 Formula One 06 (PS2)
5:57 Formula One Championship Edition (PS3, 2007)
6:10 F1 2009 (PSP)
6:25 F1 2010 (PC)
6:40 F1 2011 (PC)
6:53 F1 2012 (PC)
7:09 F1 2013 (PC)
7:24 F1 2014 (PC)
7:38 F1 2015 (PC)
7:32 F1 2016 (PC)
8:05 F1 2017 (PC)
8:18 F1 2018 (PC)
8:30 F1 2019 (PC)
8:43 F1 2020 (PC)
8:56 F1 2021 (PC)
9:09 F1 22 (PC)
9:22 F1 23 (PC)
9:35 F1 24 (PC)
Many people have watched and enjoyed the 4 evolution videos that I worked on in the weeks leading up to the release of F1 24, so I decided to do another one. Here you can see what Monaco looks like in all of the different games on my list.
Many of you will know the annual F1 games by Codemasters that have been released on PC, PlayStation and Xbox since 2010 but there were also many official F1 games before that.
The first F1 game by Codemasters actually came out in 2009 already but it was exclusive to Wii and PSP. And in 2000-2003 there were multiple official games per year, with EA's F1 series and Sony's Formula One series competing against each other.
Note that the PS1, PS2 and PSP games are played via emulator, which improves their resolution but can lead to some texture bugs that wouldn't happen on actual hardware, especially with the PS2 games, so keep that in mind when judging the look of the games in the video.
Which Formula 1 games have you played yourself and which ones were your favorites? Share your personal thoughts and stories about F1 games in the comments. And what do you think about the different renditions of Monaco throughout the years?
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Disclaimer: As part of the EA Creator Network I was given free access to the games from 2020 to 2024. #EAPartner

[@ps1racingchallenge145]

Wow, the difference between F1 2000 and Formula 1 2000 on PS1 is huge. Must have been a nightmare for kids and parents who may not have realised that they are different games.

[@rideroundandstuff]

one of my friends preffered F1 2000 because he was a massive EA Sports fanboy

[@tzeffsmainchannel]

​@@rideroundandstuffIs he still a fanboy now?? 😅

[@damarfadlan9251]

​@@rideroundandstuffF1 2000 PS1 still is an underrated masterpiece even in 2024.

[@MrExplorer1989]

Well, PS1 game boxes were square while PS2 games were rectangular (I know squares are rectangular, but you know what I mean 1:1 vs 2:1).

[@karelpipa]

@@MrExplorer1989 Both games were PS1, one from EA Sports (shit, looks like a mobile game) other from Studio 33 i think. (better)

[@Mettty1991]

How many F1 Games do you want? The year 2000: Yes

[@KingLich451]

those were good times to be an F1 fan.

[@dangerZization]

Watching you do that same corner over and over again was more interesting than watching the actual Monaco Grand Prix

[@friseh_]

In my opinion, it would be cool if instead of showing the same curve in each game, you showed a different section of the circuit for each game that progresses, but nice video :)

[@damarfadlan9251]

Monaco virtually looked the same from F1 2015 to 24.

[@ReenactionMan]

I cannot fathom F1 1996 looking like that I swear it looked like real life

[@BuhBuhGuyMan]

Much like the Spa video, Sainte Devote and the run up the hill towards Massenet were noticeably inaccurate in the earlier games.

[@damarfadlan9251]

F1 98 version of Monaco is notably wider.

[@tzeffsmainchannel]

*I have Formula 1 '97 CD!! (PC!)* 😃 And this old game has *NO problem detecting modern steering-wheels!!* 😎

[@notReiji]

My man Paragleiber slaying it with the F1 content! Wasn't aware EA was involved with making their games back in 2000. Good to know!

[@Paragleiber]

Back then they actually gave out the F1 license to multiple devs and publishers at the same time, so there were multiple competing games. There was the "Formula One" series by Sony and the "F1" series by EA, plus a few games from others, like F1 Racing Championship by Ubisoft.

[@tzeffsmainchannel]

I've seen your name before! On a video? 🤔 I think on a time trial video! 😃

[@evan_kumar]

3:18 THERES MY FAVORITE ERA! 3:34 and this too.

[@davidmccann9811]

You should have started with my 1984 Sinclair Spectrum game. It had a dumbell shape made from about 10 pixels to represent the car and grey track with a few green pyramid shapes to represent trees. 😂

[@KevKlopper]

I remember playing F1 in 96 on my PS1 thinking life couldn't get any better than this. Unfortunately I was correct 😅

[@ThisIsCasioman]

Codemasters has been recycling the same track since 2015, but with a major update being ONE OF THE CRANES BEING YELLOW INSTEAD OF RED! Woahhhhh

[@elemkay5104]

At a certain point you've accurately modelled all the buildings, so there's nothing really left to add

[@georgemathiellis5486]

I am playing computer games since 1983 but I could never learn to drive a car viewing from a camera hovering behind it..... In my opinion the best camera angle for a car game is the bonet cam or a cam that shows part of the bonet.... It shows you the angle of the car compared to the road while it still feels like driving. The camera behind the car is like playing pinball trying not to touch the walls.

[@fidan2fast]

Not everyone is a SIM racer, a lot of people like chase cams because it gives them a better feel of where the car is... Chase cam usually only sucks on open wheel games as the camera feels planted to the car and it feels very understeery

[@DevinNg]

i feel like better to watc the chase camera from a viewers point of view

[@KneppaH]

F1 99 on PS1 has car reflections? impressive.

[@yashbhatnagar1478]

Monaco is one of my favourite tracks Thanks And please try to do the same with Nordschleife

[@MontrealVII]

is it the car getting bigger or the track getting smaller every each year ? 🤣🤣

[@narindersingh9802]

F1 cars are now bigger than ever before

[@vladtepis4316]

He must be sweating buckets of adrenaline!

[@liamp7832]

There was definitely contact between the two cars

[@NMeteora]

Even the sound of the F1 in the PS1 is better than the actual real cars...

[@lewisallen3232]

The tyre lock ups on the earlier games. Very realistic 😂

[@mandicristina06]

wow nice. i have a random suggestion which is Evolution of Lotus in racing games

[@Paragleiber]

That's a random one indeed, lol. I already have my own plans for many more videos, so I don't think I will have time for that any time soon.

[@Borni84]

Well done Codemasters. Graphically, literally nothing worth mentioning has changed in the last 14 years.

[@omarfiloni1553]

3:03 My game when I was 5 or 6 years old

[@mrchico2621]

You need to acknowledge the Geoff Crammond F1 games on PC though.

[@wieldylattice3015]

4:05 those EA Sports F1 2002 sounds were cooking with gas. Studio Liverpool was just cooked

[@Svarbard]

Geoff Crammond's/Microprose Grand Prix 2 was a little gem in 1996

[@homegame-ls3ty]

5:56 min, the camera shakes are nice

[@PKIllinoisFIN]

The sound is different in each game..

[@SteveBrandon]

This really needs the Dreamcast F1 games.

[@mikhail-kf3my]

2:47 Man, they've put a whole name in there

[@jdel14]

With how small the cars were back then I'm sure Monaco felt just as wide as it looks in the early games lol

[@ajrichar0]

I had no idea there were so many games of the 2000.l season.

[@tzeffsmainchannel]

2:31 is where it gets more better...in framerates! 😅 6:24 is where it became graphically very accurate!

[@LeoKinhg]

That's an emulator. PS2 is not compatible with 60fps.

[@jrd3807]

@@LeoKinhg PS2 console had various games that ran on 60fps, Tekken 4, Gran Turismo 4, God of War, Burnout 3, MGS2 and many others.

[@Albert69IRL]

The video is more like “Evolution of Sainte Dévote in F1 Racing Games” 🌚

[@narvin3]

those turn 1 lock-ups....

[@ilbroducciore]

The lack of F1 World Grand Prix on the N64 is disturbing

[@Paragleiber]

Why?

[@beetlesazer]

Charles Leclerc finally wins in his home race.

[@FrenchiKO]

12 yo me had Formula One 06 as the pinnacle of modern graphisms, oh boy my memories were better

[@ryandawson8513]

Formula One Arcade

[@Minion_Bazz]

F1 05 ❤

[@giacatm5267]

Geoff Crammond's Gran Prix series is missing. How come?

[@Paragleiber]

It's just not a series that I own or have played.

[@Whiteplane]

Why do the new games lack the heat from the exhausts like 2015?

[@JohnyG29]

Basically 2014-2024 = no improvement. Also, why did you miss out the Geoff Crammond GP games (first one was released in '91, I believe). They were great.

[@Paragleiber]

I haven't played any of the Geoff Crammond games.

[@arjenh7214]

Grand Prix Legends owns them all

[@pollemar]

You missed F1 Challenge 99-02 PC, that game was pretty realistic, besides bad graphics.

[@imaks533]

The graphics in the latest games are much better than shown in the video.

[@Paragleiber]

How so? I played them on high graphics settings.

[@RoboticPope]

KZbin video compression has caused a LOT of damage to the quality. All the blurring and pixelation is more obvious with the later, much more detailed games.

[@josemariamartinez3427]

In 3rd person it still looking like a mobile phone game

[@Paragleiber]

How so?

[@JC-zj7nv]

It devolved slightly with F1 98.

[@zero6two6]

F1 in Real racing 3 for android is good too

[@RudolfKlusal]

Why almost every example here looks very slow? I mean there's like 220 kmh and it looks like 60 🙂

[@Leo-Partanen94]

Full lap in Monaco?

[@Paragleiber]

You want to see that? In which game?

[@RoboCop-zn8bt]

Virtua racing is the real O.G

[@prince.2468]

Formula one 2003 was more realistic in terms of car than 5 or 6 years later games xd

[@EDOGAMER007]

F1 2006 is the best for me

[@sunaan2980]

5:58 best hud

[@lv407]

Gran Turismo Rules!!!

[@bluepandaz8330]

Next evolution of monza in f1 games?

[@Paragleiber]

No, that will not be the next one.

[@MrMrEdoks]

1:02 1:21 So Slooooww ! Wtf ?! ^^

[@olevet75]

F1 1996 literally has a better sound than gt7

[@judgedeath3]

f1 ps1 isnt 1996 season, its actually 1995 season.

[@Paragleiber]

Yep. The 1996 is the release year of the game. The cars and tracks are from the 1995 season indeed.

[@BlueflagAlpha]

No heroic into Saint Devote

[@ryandawson8513]

Formula One 2000

[@Paragleiber]

That one is your favorite?

[@TousDesBananes]

The best is f1 1997

[@TheKartoffel101]

F1 24 looksnearly worse than F1 2012

[@hithere9377]

The game or real life?

[@vg452]

Gran Turismo 3 S-8

[@Aunini]

😳🤬

[@perhunter]

why tf these f1 games look worse on chase camera

[@ellpo]

Didn't include Super Monaco GP for Sega? what?!

[@Paragleiber]

Why is that surprising?

[@ellpo]

@@Paragleiber Because the title of the game is "Super Monaco GP", and the topic of this video is "Monaco in F1 racing games", I thought that would be obvious.

[@ellpo]

The second one was called "Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco Gp 2", doesn't get more F1 than that.

[@Paragleiber]

@@ellpo The video title also says 1996 - 2024. I just looked up those games and it turns out they are from 1989 and 1992, lol. Also Sega is just a lot more niche than PlayStation. Doesn't mean that those games aren't good or interesting but it really shouldn't be that shocking to see a video about F1 games without them.

[@IonutTudorica]

f1 2000 was far better looking and sim on PC

[@grahamduncan2843]

3rd person racing games don't really work

[@Paragleiber]

What do you mean?

[@Gabrielzin726]

Ayrton Senna. King Of Monaco

[@BimBims]

PS 2 looks horrible, load texture on every corner 😂

[@SteveBrandon]

I suspect it's being played on an emulator and not actual hardware. Most F1 games on PS2 look perfectly stable when played on actual hardware, maybe with a little pop-in in the distance because it's still PS2 but nothing that egregious.