Formula Legends has received a major free and paid update, available now on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, with Nintendo Switch set to receive the content later this month. Developer 3DClouds, the Milan-based studio behind Paw Patrol World and Transformers: Galactic Trials, has also partnered with publisher Microids to bring a physical Legacy Edition featuring all DLC to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch on 4th June.
The game's premise is straightforward and ambitious in equal measure. Formula Legends traces the arc of open-wheel motorsport across more than 70 years, from the raw machines of the late 1950s through to the battery-managed hybrids of the late 2020s. Each era arrives with its own cars, teams, drivers and rule sets, 19 different eras in total spread across 14 locations and 33 track configurations. Story Mode threads these together as era-based championships, asking players to work through the defining periods of the sport's history and the fictional drivers who populated them.
Those drivers are where Formula Legends finds its personality. Every era has its own roster, each with custom helmets and skill perks that shape how they perform. Some are tire specialists who extract more life from degrading rubber. Others are wet-weather masters who gain an edge when rain hits the circuit. Pit-stop strategists shave time in the lane. These aren't cosmetic distinctions. Choosing the right driver for the right conditions, pairing their strengths with the demands of a particular track and era, becomes a genuine tactical layer sitting underneath the racing itself.
The racing occupies a space between arcade and simulation that the studio calls sim-cade. In the late 1950s championship, the new Vintage configuration of the Temple of Speed circuit is described as terrifyingly fast, with gargantuan banked curves demanding commitment through corners that would be unthinkable in a modern car. Jump forward seven decades to the Late 2020s car and the challenge shifts entirely. Battery charge management, boost deployment and switching between low downforce A Mode and high downforce B Mode introduce a rhythm of conservation and aggression that changes lap to lap. Rain-soaked asphalt and strategic pit stops layer on top, so raw speed is never enough on its own.
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The free update adds the Late 2020s car for time trial and custom modes alongside the Late 1950s vehicle and its accompanying championship. Players who want the full modern-era experience can pick up the Late 2020s Season Pack for £4.99, which adds seven new teams, 14 new drivers with unique helmets, 16 liveries and a dedicated championship mode. It also introduces Azerbaijan as a new circuit, a mix of fast, technical, free-flowing sections and lengthy straights that demand expert energy management.
Since launching on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch last September, Formula Legends has built a cult following through regular content drops and fan-requested features like steering wheel support and physics improvements. Online multiplayer is currently in development. The contrast at the heart of the game remains its sharpest quality: placing a 1950s machine with banked curves and no safety nets in the same package as a 2020s hybrid demanding you manage battery modes through an Azerbaijani street circuit, letting the decades of engineering between them speak for themselves.