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F-1
Play F-1 for Game Gear online. Learn automatic and manual controls, qualify for the grid and adjust the car for Arcade or Grand Prix racing.
Browser play
Sega Game Gear — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| 1 / 2 | X / Z |
| START | Enter |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play F-1
Quick start
Press START through the pre-race menus. Up/Down highlights and 1 confirms. Choose Arcade or Grand Prix and use automatic transmission for a first drive. Left/Right steers, 1 accelerates and 2 brakes. In Grand Prix, practise qualifying laps before starting the race.
Controls
Left/Right: steer. Automatic: 1 accelerates, 2 brakes. Manual: 1 raises revs; press 2 with 1 to shift up, or 2 + Down to shift down. START pauses into race options; select an option and press START again. Menus use Up/Down and 1; setup uses 1 to edit/confirm and 2 when finished.
F-1 — About this game
F-1 for Game Gear separates a position-targeted Arcade challenge from Grand Prix racing. Arcade asks you to finish at or above a required position to reach the next round. Grand Prix adds car setup and qualifying, with your best practice lap determining the starting grid. Choose automatic transmission to focus on steering and braking, or manual gears for more control. Wings, tyres and engine settings change the balance of grip, acceleration and speed. Repeated spins wear tyres; when the dashboard asks for a pit stop, stop on the starting grid for a change. Race distance can be four, eight or twelve laps. Learn the next corner rather than treating every straight as a reason to keep accelerating.
F-1 Game manuals
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · segaGG
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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