[6] The Marina Bay, Melbourne, Montreal and Suzuka circuits all feature in the game as originally intended, despite the cancellation of these races in real life due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[8] Seven Formula One world champions and legends are selectable drivers in My Team: Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg, Jenson Button, David Coulthard and Felipe Massa.

[9] The visualization offered by the F1 2021 game has increased from the previous year, based on a more accurate sidetrack of the racing arena and the facial expressions of the characters in story mode.

PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, and on PC, ray tracing support, as well as victory radio calls, also make its debut in the F1 game.

According to a statement by Codemasters, Braking Point "immerses players into the glamorous world of Formula One, giving a taste of the lifestyle both on and off the track: the rivalries, emotion and dedication needed to compete at the highest level".

Jackson is crowned 2019 Formula 2 champion after making a late-game surge passing the DAMS of Nicholas Latifi and Virtuosi of Luca Ghiotto in the dying laps to win the Sprint whilst title rival De Vries struggles with tyre and car balance.

After winning the title, Jackson graduates to Formula One for the 2020 season with a lot of pressure, weight and expectations placed upon him from having such a stellar junior career.

Whilst he does put up a good front for the cameras, off the track he has a hard time making the transition to Formula One, competing against the best drivers in the world.

With a wave of a new generation of drivers bursting onto the Formula One scene, Akkerman is struggling to stay competitive in the twilight of his racing career.

Butler retains his F1 2019 race number 71, while Akkerman and Jackson use 54 and 89 respectively (the latter of which was coincidentally also used by Jack Aitken during his stint for Williams at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix).

However, Jackson has a rocky start to his Formula One career as he makes contact with teammate Casper Akkerman in the season opener in Australia.

This part of the story can be compared to the Hamilton–Rosberg rivalry, in which Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collided with each other three times during their time as teammates at Mercedes and Toto Wolff took action after he could not tolerate his drivers coming together any further, with the Mexico collision in particular replicating the opening lap incident in the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix where Hamilton and Rosberg crashed into each other.

Akkerman is frustrated, feeling that the team seems to have started treating Jackson as the number one driver as he gets priorities on both qualifying and pit strategy.

Before the credits, which is also viewable from the Options Menu, it is shown that Braking Point, as well as the game itself, was made in memory of former commentator Murray Walker and former FIA president Max Mosley.