When does F1 2012™ get good?

Give it 2 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 15h it's 1 in 25 (4%). Fully opens up by hour 7.

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F1 2012™

Steam: Very Positive

Give it 2 hours

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

Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players

Started playing 77% of owners

Steam reviews 93% positive of 4,241

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 15h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
Fully opens up by hour 7.
The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
77% 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 4,270 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 28h for positive, 5h 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 (77.1% 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

Let's Try That Again Successfully use a Flashback in the Young Driver Test. 100%
Made the Papers Be featured in your first press clipping. 88%
Just a Taster Earn a gold medal in any of the Young Driver Tests. 70%
Graduation Day Successfully complete all of the Young Driver Test. 69%
FORMULA ONE is Back! Complete your first Grand Prix in Career or Season Challenge. 69%
The Pressure Set a valid lap time in One Shot Qualifying. 65%
Hot Lap Set the fastest penalty-free race lap in Career or Season Challenge. 56%
The Spoils of Victory Finish a race in the top three in Career or Season Challenge. 56%
Race to Victory Take your first win in Career or Season Challenge. 54%
Polesitter Take pole position in Career or Season Challenge. 53%
From the Front Qualify in pole position and win the race in Career or Season Challenge. 48%
One Shot Hero Take pole position in One Shot Qualifying. 41%
Earning Your Stripes Earn all of the chevrons available in the Young Driver Test. 39%
Keeping it Clean Complete any race without colliding with another car or object. 34%
Zero to Hero In Career, qualify outside of the Top 10, but finish on the podium. 33%
Immersion Complete any race using only the cockpit camera. 33%
Making the Grade Pass all of your objectives over a race weekend in Season Challenge. 32%
Arch-Rival Beat your first rival in Season Challenge. 29%
It's the Taking Part Earn any medal in a Champions Mode scenario. 26%
Domination Set the fastest lap time in every session of a long race weekend in Career. 25%
In Demand Have 4 contract offers on the table at once in Career. 19%
Drivers' World Champion Win the Drivers' Championship in Career on any difficulty. 18%
Future Champion Earn a gold medal in each Young Driver Test. 18%
The Grass is Greener Move to another team mid-season in Career. 17%
Technical Win a race using manual gears. 16%
Winning Ways Win the Drivers' Championship in Season Challenge. 15%
Top of the Class Beat four rivals in one season in Season Challenge. 14%
Constructors' World Champion Win the Constructors' Championship in Career. 10%
Trials FORMULA ONE Set clean lap times at 5 different circuits in Time Trial. 9.7%
Online Dedication Complete 15 Online races. 9.5%
Proving a Point Obtain a score of 25,000 points or higher in Season Challenge. 6.9%
Staying Loyal Stay with the same team through the whole season in Season Challenge. 6.7%
That's My Spot Beat Vettel's record of 15 pole starts in one full Career season. 6.2%
Top Score Score maximum points in the Drivers' Championship in Season Challenge. 6.1%
Online Addiction Complete 30 Online races. 6.1%
FORMULA ONE Pro Win a race with all driver assists disabled. 6.0%
Itchy Feet Race for five different teams in Season Challenge in a single season. 4.8%
Having a Good Time Post a time in all of the Time Attack scenarios. 4.8%
Back to Your Roots Return to your starting team in Season Challenge. 4.7%
The Equipment may be the Same... Out-qualify your team mate at every race of a Career or Co-op Season. 4.5%
Best of the Best Earn a gold medal in the final scenario in Champions Mode. 4.5%
New Direction Change R&D paths mid-season in Career. 4.3%
Austin Power In Time Trial, beat the lap time of 1:39.635 at the Austin, Texas circuit. 4.0%
Golden Delicious Earn a gold medal in every scenario in Champions Mode. 3.5%
Hardcore Win the Drivers' Championship in Season Challenge on hard difficulty. 3.2%
Cut Your Losses End R&D on the current season's car early in Career. 3.1%
Gold Rush Earn a gold medal in all of the Time Attack scenarios. 2.5%
It Takes Two Baby Win the Constructors' Championship in Co-op. 2.3%
Co-op Drivers' World Champion Win the Drivers' Championship in Co-op. 1.8%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.