Being able to drive classic cars from the past is a key draw for at least some fans of the F1 games. It’s a feature they look forward to and hope for on all the latest releases. Whether it’s driving the 2009 Brawn GP with it’s monstrous downforce, or something much older from the 1990s or even 1980s, having classic cars is a popular extra feature for the F1 games.
But does the latest F1 23 game have classic cars available to use? Can you drive retro/classic cars on the game in online/offline game modes?
F1 23 does not have classic cars. The game features only the official F1 23 cars, plus F2 cars, plus a stock FIA car for online multiplayer.
Therefore, despite F1 23 being seen overall as a massive improvement on it’s predecessor F1 22, this is one aspect of the game that might disappoint avid classic car fans, as it has done the last few editions of the game now, which haven’t featured classic cars and have instead focused on other game modes instead.
Here’s what extra modes are featured on F1 23:
- The return of the Braking Point story mode from F1 2021 (see here for a guide)
- The new F1 World mode, which offers bite-size challenges to complete at all the different circuits.
- Both My Team and Driver career, same as the last few editions (see here for comparison)
- Online multiplayer as normal
- Custom Grand Prix Mode as normal
- Co-op career mode (online) – for 2 players.
What Are The Latest F1 Games That Do Have Classic Cars?
Classic cars are not featured on F1 23, nor where they featured on F1 22 or F1 2021 either. The last games that featured classic cars were the F1 2020, F1 2019, F1 2018 and F1 2017 games.
Therefore, if you want your classic cars fix, you have to go back a few editions in the Codemasters F1 game history. Let’s be even more specific by listing the specific classic cars available in each game:
F1 2020:
- 2010 Red Bull RB6
- 2010 Ferrari F10
- 2010 McLaren MP4-25
- 2009 Brawn BGP 001
- 2008 McLaren MP4 –23
- 2007 Ferrari F2007
- 2006 Renault R26
- 2004 Ferrari F2004
- 2003 Williams FW25
- 1988 McLaren MP4/4
- 1998 McLaren MP4-13
- 1996 Williams FW18
- 1992 Williams FW14
- 1991 McLaren MP4/6
- 1990 Ferrari 641
- 1990 McLaren MP4/5B
And then also included in the 2020 Deluxe Schumacher edition:
- 1991: Jordan 191
- 1994: Benetton B194
- 1995: Benetton B195
- 2000: Ferrari F1-2000
F1 2019:
- 2010 Red Bull RB6
- 2009 Brawn BGP 001
- 2008 McLaren MP4–23
- 2007 Ferrari F2007
- 2006 Renault R26
- 2004 Ferrari F2004
- 2003 Williams FW25
- 1998 McLaren MP4-13
- 1996 Williams FW18
- 1992 Williams FW14
- 1991 McLaren MP4/6
- 1988 McLaren MP4/4
- 1982 McLaren MP4/1B
- 1979 Ferrari 312 T4
- 1978 Lotus 79
- 1976 Ferrari 312 T2
- 1976 McLaren M23D
- 1972 Lotus 72D
And then also available on the Senna/Prost Classics edition (Anniversary edition features only the 2010 cars):
- 1990 Ferrari F1-90
- 1990 McLaren MP4/5B
- 2010 Ferrari
- 2010 McLaren
See our Games page for links to each edition
F1 2018 (very similar to the 2019 list, but with a few cars changed):
- 1972 Lotus 72D
- 1976 Ferrari 312 T2
- 1976 McLaren M23D
- 1978 Lotus 79
- 1979 Ferrari 312 T4
- 1982 McLaren MP4/1B
- 1988 McLaren MP4/4
- 1991 McLaren MP4/6
- 1992 Williams FW14
- 1995 Ferrari 412T2
- 1996 Williams FW18
- 1998 McLaren MP4-13
- 2002 Ferrari F2002
- 2003 Williams FW25
- 2004 Ferrari F2004
- 2006 Renault R26
- 2007 Ferrari F 2007
- 2008 McLaren MP4-23
- 2009 Brawn BGP-001
- 2010 Red Bull RB6
(the Brawn GP and Williams cars are only in the Headline Edition, otherwise have to be downloaded as paid DLC – if still available which is unlikely now as it’s an older game at this point. F1 2019 is a better game if you’re wanting these cars).
F1 2017:
- 1988 McLaren MP4/4 (Special Edition “day one” copies only)
- 1991 McLaren MP4/6
- 1992 Williams FW14B
- 1995 Ferrari 412 T2
- 1996 Williams FW18
- 1998 McLaren MP4-13
- 2002 Ferrari F2002
- 2004 Ferrari F2004
- 2006 Renault R26
- 2007 Ferrari F2007
- 2008 McLaren MP4-23
- 2010 Red Bull RB6
See here for links to all these game editions
