RacingSimulationSports
F1 2016
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 69% of owners
Steam reviews 86% positive of 4,524
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (51%); after 15h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 80% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 69% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
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 4,524 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 20.9h for positive, 18.4h 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 (68.7% 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 (49)
story milestone ending side
- Second Chance Use a Flashback 100%
- Part Of The Programme Meet your Research and Development Engineer 96%
- Top 3 Achieve a podium finish in any game mode 91%
- Best Seat In The House Take pole position 80%
- Look But Don't Stare Complete 10 penalty free race starts with the system set to 'Manual' 76%
- Tweaking Use the Multi Function Display to adjust your set-up while on track 76%
- Practice Makes Perfect Complete your first Practice Programme 72%
- Tough At The Top Accept a contract with Red Bull, Williams, Ferrari or Mercedes 72%
- Just The Beginning Take your first win in any full season 69%
- Practice Perfectionist Achieve a perfect result in a Practice Programme 67%
- Set-up Refined Take part in any session having made a set-up change via the Setup option in the garage. 64%
- Come Out On Top Win a Career Rivalry 62%
- Form An Orderly Queue Complete a penalty free formation lap 54%
- Challenger Accept a contract with Force India, Toro Rosso, McLaren or Haas 54%
- Time To Trial Set a clean lap in any Time Trial 53%
- Determined Accept a contract with Renault, Sauber or Manor 51%
- Compound The Matter Fit all 3 available tyre compounds in a race 48%
- A Truly Global Sport Complete 10 laps at the new Baku circuit 48%
- Trust In Your Team Pit under the Safety Car onto the team's suggested strategy 46%
- Launchmaster Gain 10 or more positions between the start and end of Sector 1 42%
- Saved The Day Resume a race using a Mid Session Save 39%
- Taking It Online Complete an Online Race 36%
- Not In The Corners Politely ask your Race Engineer to stop talking to you out on track 31%
- Up To Temperature Complete a formation lap with your tyres at optimal temperature 31%
- Follow That Car Complete 10 penalty free laps behind the Safety Car 28%
- Top That Set the fastest time in all 3 Practice sessions, take pole position and win the Grand Prix 24%
- Seasoned Veteran Complete a full season of 21 races in Career or Championship Season 23%
- It's Not Over Yet Reach the mid point of the season leading the Drivers' Championship 22%
- Overachiever Spend at least 75% of your season being rated as 'Overachieving' by your team 22%
- Competitive Streak Complete 5 Online Races 21%
- Brake For The Line With Pit Assist disabled, perform 5 penalty free pit stops 20%
- World Champion Win the Formula 1 Drivers' Championship 19%
- Making Progress Have 50% of the vehicle upgrades applied 18%
- Saved Online Championship Save an Online Championship 16%
- Unbeaten Win all Career rivalries in a Season 13%
- Constructors' Champion Win the Formula 1 Constructors' Championship 13%
- Save For A Rainy Day Create and race your own weather scenario 13%
- Itchy Feet Accept a contract with another team mid season 11%
- Carefully Does It Achieve a podium finish with damage set to 'Simulation' without damaging your car 10%
- Turning Things Around Improve your performance to elevate yourself out of the 'Underachieving' zone 10%
- From Dawn Till Dusk Set-up your own Time of Day scenario and complete a race 9.6%
- Winning Streak Win a total of 5 Online Races 8.7%
- Car Control Complete any race with all assists disabled 7.6%
- Time Flies Set a clean lap in Time Trial at 10 circuits 7.4%
- Thanks To The Team Purchase all upgrades for your car 5.8%
- Down To The Wire Win the Drivers' Championship at the final race of the season 4.8%
- So You Think You're Fast? Win a 25% + distance race against 'Ultimate' AI opponents 2.3%
- Blue Markings Set wet times in Time Trial at 5 circuits 2.2%
- Ultimate Challenge Complete a race in Pro Career 1.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.