[5] The game includes the twenty-one circuits from the 2016 season and in-game commentary from David Croft and Anthony Davidson.

Esteban Ocon was however not included, as he did not replace Rio Haryanto until the game's pre-release development had ended.

The safety car returned, with the mechanics related to it revised, while the Virtual Safety Car was introduced, as well as manual starts, manual pit lane entry and, for the first time in a Codemasters game, the formation lap.

[6] The research and development aspect of the game was revised to allow players a greater degree of control over the performance of the car.

[15] The mobile version, however, has a score of only 66/100 on Metacritic due to AI issues.