When does F1® 2020 get good?

Give it 3 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (32%); after 20h it's 1 in 19 (5%). The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.

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F1® 2020

Jul 9, 2020 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 3 hours

Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3

Started playing 74% of owners

Steam reviews 94% positive of 39,899

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (32%); after 20h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
74% of owners got the first achievement.

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 40,086 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 54.1h for positive, 21.3h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (74.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.

All achievements (50)

story milestone ending side

Dat Reaction Speed (DRS) Activate DRS perfectly on all zones of any track 100%
You Didn't See Anything Activate a Flashback 90%
Front of the Grid Achieve pole position 88%
Hats Off Get on the F1 podium for the first time 88%
New Kids on the Block Set up your own F1 team and show your car to the world at the pre-season car reveal 85%
First Outing Drive your team's car out on track for the first time in My Team mode 83%
Make it Yours Edit a Driver, Car and Badge in Customisation 71%
Promising Start Complete your first race weekend in My Team mode 62%
Red River Racer Complete a 25% or above race at Hanoi 52%
Data Gatherer Complete 10 Practice Programmes in F1 during My Team or Driver Career 49%
Who You Gonna Call!? Beat a Personal Best Ghost and Rival Ghost in Time Trial 45%
Team Building Purchase any upgrade for a Facility in My Team 44%
Sign on the Dotted Line Successfully complete a Driver/Team Negotiation during a season in Driver Career or My Team 41%
Represent Fill every sponsor slot with sponsors on a Car livery 40%
Here Comes the Money Complete 2 or more Secondary Sponsor Goals in one race weekend 38%
Enthusiast Read information on any car in the showroom 36%
Get Shifty Win a race whilst using manual transmission 35%
The Camera Loves You Answer 100 press interview questions in My Team or Driver Career 35%
Glove at First Sight Equip a new pair of gloves from the Podium Pass or Item Shop 33%
Bragging Rights Win any online race 31%
Grab the Popcorn Spectate an online race 28%
Look at you go! Play a captured highlight 28%
Finding your Feet Complete 10 Online Races 24%
Legend Status Achieved Win the F1 Drivers Championship 23%
Phoenix from the Ashes Win a race after starting in last position on the grid 22%
Busy Body Successfully completed 50 activities in My Team mode 21%
Making Paper Reach $100,000,000 lifetime earnings in My Team mode 20%
Who are you!? Change your driver head part way through a My Team or Driver Career playthrough. 19%
Show Off! Complete 5 Invitational events during My Team or Driver Career 19%
Full Potential Fully upgrade any facility area in My Team 17%
Ohh Friends Join a League 15%
One for the 'gram Make an adjustment within photo mode 15%
Well on Your Way Complete 25 Online Races 15%
The Perfect Weekend Set the fastest time in all 3 Practice sessions, take Pole Position and win the Grand Prix 14%
So it Begins Complete Ranked Placement races and achieve a Rank. 13%
Remember the Name Reach a Team Acclaim level of 20 in My Team mode 12%
Its Time for the Perk-olator Purchase all available Perks in Driver Career or My Team 11%
My Precious Set a favourite trophy 11%
Started from the Bottom Win the Constructors Championship with your team in My Team mode 9.3%
Maxing Out Apply all vehicle upgrades from one R&D department 9.0%
Big Name Signing Successfully hire an acclaim level 15 or higher Driver in My Team mode 8.9%
Half Centurion Complete 50 Online Races 8.6%
Ditch the Downforce Complete a clean Time Trial lap using the 'Maximum Top Speed' car set up preset 7.7%
The Orange Army Win a race at Zandvoort as Max Verstappen 5.7%
Become One with the Car Complete a race using Elite Driver Proficiency (Standard Race Style) 4.7%
Chicken Dinner Win any Championship Event 3.9%
Squeaky Clean Complete 10 Clean Online races 2.6%
Mad Tash for the Finish Line Win a race in the 1992 Williams FW14B at Silverstone 2.2%
We Are the Champions Gain 9 positions during a wet race at Brazil in the Brawn BGP 001 2.0%
What do you want, a medal? Get a League Medal 1.7%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.