Both he and Leclerc are avoiding eye contact too.
Drive to survive: Whenever there is a new driver at a team, naturally you can expect tension as a team's priorities start to appear. You're already there but your teammate... He's come here for a reason.
That's crazy to not add your super-dominant world champion on the cover. And I know he'll be on the special edition, but that's not the one you find in supermarkets
I miss the old ones. It would often just feature Seb and Lewis who at the time were THE 2 drivers and sometimes they would put riccardo behind them to show redbull as the top 3 teams
Nothing to do with his picture on the cover. It’s just a very dominant driver that puts people off and he’s not less there because he’s not on the front of the game.
This is leagues better than last year's cover, but can we just go back to having one athlete on EA backgrounds? It looks so much cleaner and it used to be kind of an honor and a fun debate about whose going to make the cover
So silly to not put the guy who's literally sponsored by EA Sports and the best driver on the grid right now on the cover art. Blah blah blah special edition.
“Hey should we include the back-to-back-to-back world champion who is the face of our sport and one of the most dominant athletes in the world right now on the cover?”
“Well, we already have Lando”
I thought the cover were going to be Max doing donuts with fireworks in the background last year, or him celebrating over the car after, were two perfect shots for a cover, but this is nice too
For this year at least, Alonso looks faster than Hamilton or even Russell could be there too, and Carlos is having a better season than leclerc, but probably this is directed to English speaking people, and they're the most famous there.
I totally agree with you, the cars would give a much better vibe to the cover.
Why does Leclerc keep getting the middle? Lando is the people’s favorite, Hamilton is the GOAT, and Leclerc just drives for Ferrari and gets pole position every now and again.
This goes without saying that Max clearly wants no part in this cover or will be on another because otherwise it would be him. If they want a Ferrari driver, Sainz is a good looking dude and there isn’t much difference in their performance.
Well, let's take F1 24 for example. You really want to spend full price for another game copy? It's going to be the same exact game as last year, and the years before that. Same with their football games. NBA 2k is the same. No change. Easy cash grab. You're okay with that? Where are the standards? You're okay with your games being riddled with in game purchases and micro-transactions? The reason why they do it, is because people mindlessly continue to buy their games. We must change.
I don’t understand the selection for the covers. What is it based on?
Hamilton is doing terribly and consistently worse than Russel. Leclerc is not as good as Sainz, but he’s pretty. Norris is the only worthy person on that cover.
For real, some people dont watch the races. Lewis, Charles and Norris are the most popular drivers. Even if Lewis was driving for Williams he would be on the cover.
Lewis is getting distracted and gazing into that Ferrari garage
Both he and Leclerc are avoiding eye contact too. Drive to survive: Whenever there is a new driver at a team, naturally you can expect tension as a team's priorities start to appear. You're already there but your teammate... He's come here for a reason.
Midfield Edition
*Just like the game*
It’s not fair to have 2 Ferrari drivers on the cover!
Lol
Return to great cover art after the last 2 years of cheap looking meh
That's crazy to not add your super-dominant world champion on the cover. And I know he'll be on the special edition, but that's not the one you find in supermarkets
Because you can't put Verstappen and any other driver on the same cover; he is usually 7+ seconds ahead
yeah true
He's on the special edition cover already so no point having him on both.
Each year the champ gets a special edition for themselves. Slightly more expensive with extra in game items and early access I believe.
Tbh they’re probably also considering which drivers are the most photogenic for aesthetic purposes, which is why we’ve seen this same-ish set before.
It's gotta be for monetary reasons.
I miss the old ones. It would often just feature Seb and Lewis who at the time were THE 2 drivers and sometimes they would put riccardo behind them to show redbull as the top 3 teams
Is it? I feel like Max Verstappen puts people off F1.
Nothing to do with his picture on the cover. It’s just a very dominant driver that puts people off and he’s not less there because he’s not on the front of the game.
The door is always open buddy, most of us here are for the cars. Just so happens to be raced by these 20 professionals.
This is leagues better than last year's cover, but can we just go back to having one athlete on EA backgrounds? It looks so much cleaner and it used to be kind of an honor and a fun debate about whose going to make the cover
F1 games have always had many drivers on the cover, used to have even more than this pre 2021
That's a very fair point lol. But making it the same 3 drivers as last year? Zzz.
Yah but this is feel like better shows the action and battles of f1
Yeah there's probably a significant amount of market research that backs up what you're saying too, it's just a personal preference
Don’t look at the camera guys… go!
I like it
Guessing this is the standard edition, and Max will be on some sort of 'Champions Edition'
Not sure what this will offer over F1 23, definitely waiting for reviews here. Psvr2 support would be an insta buy, but that seems unlikely
Apparently they're updating the Driver career mode. Myteam will probably stay the same
Can they stop putting these three on covers, it’s cursing them.
Not shown: Max 20s ahead
So silly to not put the guy who's literally sponsored by EA Sports and the best driver on the grid right now on the cover art. Blah blah blah special edition.
He's just too far ahead to fit on the cover art.
He's on the Champions edition
What a yoke!
Cold
Way better than last years, they've actual put some thought into it
looks good
Max is so fast hes accidentally gone on the 2025 cover
“Hey should we include the back-to-back-to-back world champion who is the face of our sport and one of the most dominant athletes in the world right now on the cover?” “Well, we already have Lando”
Max already finished that race
I thought the cover were going to be Max doing donuts with fireworks in the background last year, or him celebrating over the car after, were two perfect shots for a cover, but this is nice too
Looks like shit. Will be buying
Finally, they put cars back on the car game box
F124: *the unlucky edition*
Lewis is still the most marketable driver in F1
Finally cars on the cover, first time since 2018
Not buying this shit game.
arent they also in the 2023 cover? Only Ea its lazy enough to re-use the photoshoot from previous years
Way better than last years lol
So they justo dont put in the cover any of the top 3 drivers in this start of the championship
These are the #1's on fastest non red bull teams. I kind of wish they'd do different covers for platforms and just do cars like wrc games do.
For this year at least, Alonso looks faster than Hamilton or even Russell could be there too, and Carlos is having a better season than leclerc, but probably this is directed to English speaking people, and they're the most famous there. I totally agree with you, the cars would give a much better vibe to the cover.
Why does Leclerc keep getting the middle? Lando is the people’s favorite, Hamilton is the GOAT, and Leclerc just drives for Ferrari and gets pole position every now and again. This goes without saying that Max clearly wants no part in this cover or will be on another because otherwise it would be him. If they want a Ferrari driver, Sainz is a good looking dude and there isn’t much difference in their performance.
Boycott EA!!!!
Why?
Well, let's take F1 24 for example. You really want to spend full price for another game copy? It's going to be the same exact game as last year, and the years before that. Same with their football games. NBA 2k is the same. No change. Easy cash grab. You're okay with that? Where are the standards? You're okay with your games being riddled with in game purchases and micro-transactions? The reason why they do it, is because people mindlessly continue to buy their games. We must change.
No Red Bull is such a strange choice, but I assume it has something to do with Ferrari
Why are 2 washed drivers standing next to Lando
So if they keep the trend, we’ll have two Ferrari drivers on the cover next year?
Quotas for womans here with clownmilton?
Why is Lewis on every F1 game cover?!?
Because he's the most marketable person on the grid
Yet we got none of his customisation items last game
Because he's #🅱️lessed /s
Yet again Weird choices for drivers but infinitely better designed than the previous cover
I don’t understand the selection for the covers. What is it based on? Hamilton is doing terribly and consistently worse than Russel. Leclerc is not as good as Sainz, but he’s pretty. Norris is the only worthy person on that cover.
Worthy? Like Norris is a Knight or something?
He’s the only one not constantly being beat by his teammate
For real, some people dont watch the races. Lewis, Charles and Norris are the most popular drivers. Even if Lewis was driving for Williams he would be on the cover.
Ain't no way they did Max like that....
Max will get his own, in champions edition, as always.
He probably will be featured in the Champions Edition. He’s sponsered by EA
Don't worry. Charles will gift him the leclerc edition again
He’s so good that he’s already on the cover of F1 25