{"id":17564,"date":"2022-06-27T18:21:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T16:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1669715"},"modified":"2022-06-27T18:46:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T16:46:09","slug":"f1-22-story-mode-why-is-there-no-sequel-to-braking-point","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/f1-22-story-mode-why-is-there-no-sequel-to-braking-point\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 22 story mode: Why is there no sequel to Braking Point?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Rob Leane\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 27 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Why doesn\u2019t F1 22<\/a> have a story mode? If you played last year\u2019s entry in EA and Codemasters\u2019 racing game franchise, and now you\u2019re checking out the new one, that\u2019s a question that may well cross your mind.<\/p>\n

After all, one of the best things about last year\u2019s F1 21<\/a> was Braking Point, its thrilling single-player narrative mode that let players take part in a Drive to Survive<\/a>-style Formula One drama, blending real-life figures with fictional characters and no shortage of fallings out.<\/p>\n

As soon as you boot up F1 22 and head to the single-player menu, you\u2019ll notice that there\u2019s no story mode this year. No Braking Point 2. So what gives? That mode was well received last year, and now it\u2019s vanished.<\/p>\n

Naturally, the game\u2019s developers have been asked about this a couple of times already. And so, you can read on to learn why F1 22 doesn\u2019t have a story mode, and whether we\u2019ll see anything like Braking Point in the franchise\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

Why is there no F1 22 story mode?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The reason why F1 22 doesn\u2019t have a story mode? It sounds like time constraints are the main reason why this year\u2019s Formula One game has shipped without a Braking Point sequel or any other narrative-based segment.<\/p>\n

The game\u2019s senior creative director, Lee Mather, explained to Traxion.GG<\/a>: \u201cThe reasons are purely logistically, it\u2019s a huge undertaking to do something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adding a bit of extra context, he said, \u201cIn 2019, we did the F2 feeder series, which was the cinematic game opening. Then, obviously, F1 2021 had Braking Point, and you saw the scale of Braking Point compared to what we did with F1 2019\u2019s intro, it\u2019s vast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mather continued: \u201cIt\u2019s something that takes a very long time to put together. There\u2019s a lot of time in the casting, there\u2019s a lot of time in creating the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n

And it sounds like, long story short, it wouldn\u2019t have been logistically possible to crank out another Braking Point-sized story mode in time for this year\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

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