Automobilista 2 | The Ultimate Formula 1 Season Guide

When it comes to retro content in sim racing, it is hard to ignore Automobilista 2 – the selection is overwhelming, especially for Formula 1 fans. The sim currently offers no less than 15 Formula 1 seasons, spanning six decades – but which exact years are represented is only undoubtedly made clear in very few cases. To give you a better overview of the historic F1 content, we have assembled a guide to the different classes for you.

No less than 42 cars from six decades – the amount of choice is a sight to behold and cannot be found anywhere else, except with mods. The best part: Most of the F1 cars in Automobilista 2 are free and already in the sim, all classes can be enjoyed without additional DLC.

Compared to the first version of this guide, lots of additions have been made to the F1 roster in AMS2 as of May 2023, so we felt it was time for an update. In doing this, we have also added the accurate tracks of the respective season and, if available, linked to skin packs.

RaceDepartment would like to use this article to call all Automobilista 2 modders: To avoid confusion while in game, changing the names of the classes to include their respective seasons would be an enormous help for a lot of sim racers – if it is even possible. Feel free to use this guide as a base if you want to make life easier for them!

What other F1 seasons would you want to see represented in Automobilista 2? What are your favorites that are already in the sim? Let us know on Twitter at @RaceDepartment or in the comments below.

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Hal Burns
After watching the races recently on Kayo Classic F1, I have recreated the 1986 Australian Grand Prix, 1985 Belgian GP and the 1982 Austrian GP. So cool to have a crack at these classic venues with the classic cars in AMS2.
The track info is very handy....thank you!!!
 
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Hal Burns said:
After watching the races recently on Kayo Classic F1, I have recreated the 1986 Australian Grand Prix, 1985 Belgian GP and the 1982 Austrian GP. So cool to have a crack at these classic venues with the classic cars in AMS2.
The track info is very handy....thank you!!!
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After re-visiting this article that's what Im also going to do, But set up a championship that follows each of the era's as put together by the article.

Should keep me busy for awhile
 
Jugulador
Yannik Haustein said:
Which one do you mean?

If I could find one on RD, I have included it on the respective season's page. Thanks to the great work of the community, most seasons have a pack available with only a few exceptions :)
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The 1990's. This forum is malfunctioning here... I open one topic and my post goes to another. But, yeah, anyway, if someone see a functional F1 season 1990 skinpack for AMS2, please link it here lol. Cheers!
 
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Curratum said:
Now if only the open wheeler AI could run a full race without ramming you in weird spots...
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It's weird, I've done hundreds of races without being crushed by the AI, unless I made a mistake or once or twice because of the AI, like in real life actually. I must be the luckiest person on earth or there are people who don't know anything who repeat other people's nonsense like sheep.
 
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BrettSinclair1 said:
Like every other modern game, this game falls short because of its "master of none" goal.
There just aren't enough tracks to fit each vintage of Grand Prix car.
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Well, there is no other sim that has anywhere near the amount of period-correct tracks for its classes right out of the box - and even more if you factor in the tracks that have seen slight layout changes, but are still close enough.

Take 1997, for example: Nine tracks are are accurate to what they ran back then, and four more are close, but slightly changed. That's 13 out of 17 from that year that you could do without installing any mods - a nice percentage, I'd say :)
 
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In my opinion, the modders do amazing work but the game limits the simulation of F1 a little, for me if it doesn't have all the cars with their specific performances, it's not simulating a season, F1 doesn't have the same cars as Indy
 
Luciano Santos Filho
I would include Kansai....

edit: It appears in the very late seasons, but it's missing from those from the late 80's and 90's. I don't see why
 
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Various corners have been reprofiled, most notably 130R, so over the course of a lap, it's different enough. Similar to Brands Hatch, which looks close but has had several corners reprofiled since the 80s, hence the omission
 
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I'd like to see 1993 recreated. It was a unique season in that it was the only season when most of the grid ran with full 'gizmos'. 14 out of the 16 tracks are already in game (and a lot have correct period versions). Recreating the 1993 European GP at Donnington (on a 1993 historic version of course!) Would be very cool.
 
John B. Ellis
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Yannik Haustein said:
Various corners have been reprofiled, most notably 130R, so over the course of a lap, it's different enough. Similar to Brands Hatch, which looks close but has had several corners reprofiled since the 80s, hence the omission
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Reiza ought to create a set of 80's Kansai Historic versions incorporating the Spoon Curve changes and/or with & without the final chicane. Any combination of those would also have the original 130R.
 
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Cote Dazur
Thank you very much for this guide and for updating it as AMS2 is adding more content.
It is unfortunate that we need such a guide, but the situation leading us to need such a guide is understandable.
If a mod was available to correct automatically all the F1 names directly in AMS2 in game menu, that would be greatly appreciated. Meanwhile, this guide is a god send, thank you again. :)
 
Gdluque
Cote Dazur said:
Thank you very much for this guide and for updating it as AMS2 is adding more content.
It is unfortunate that we need such a guide, but the situation leading us to need such a guide is understandable.
If a mod was available to correct automatically all the F1 names directly in AMS2 in game menu, that would be greatly appreciated. Meanwhile, this guide is a god send, thank you again. :)
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indeed
 

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