Back in November, EA confirmed it was skipping a brand-new F1 game for 2026 and folding the new season into the existing F1 25 as a paid expansion instead. That expansion has finally arrived: the F1 25: 2026 Season Pack is available today on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
The pack carries the whole 2026 regulation overhaul into the game, including new cars, new rules, an expanded grid, and a fresh circuit.
The Madring Circuit
The headline addition, and the reason a lot of players will pick this up, is the Madring.
This is the in-game version of the new Madrid venue joining the calendar as the Spanish Grand Prix, a hybrid layout that mixes street sections with purpose-built track. EA puts it at 5.4 km across 22 corners, and its the first new circuit to join the series since 2023. It’s locked to the 2026 cars only, since the layout was modeled around the new-era machinery.
Of course, the real-world race doesn’t happen until September, so the pack lets you lap an upcoming Grand Prix circuit months before the actual drivers turn a wheel there.
To show it off, EA has put out a video of seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton going wheel-to-wheel against a footballer (or “soccer player”) named Zlatan Ibrahimović around the circuit.
The Grid Grows to Eleven
The other big change is the size of the field. The 2026 grid expands to eleven teams, and the pack lets you take both newcomers out for a lap.
The one drawing the most attention is Cadillac, the first major American manufacturer to line up in F1. Its inaugural pairing leans on experience, with Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez sharing the garage.
The other addition is Audi, arriving with its own works effort after taking over the Sauber operation, with Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hülkenberg in the seats.
If eleven teams isn’t enough, My Team returns so you can slot your own custom squad in as an unofficial twelfth. There’s some movement among the existing outfits too: Arvid Lindblad steps up to Racing Bulls alongside Liam Lawson, while Isack Hadjar gets the seat next to Max Verstappen at Red Bull.
New Cars, New Rules
Under the bodywork, this is a different driving proposition rather than a reskin.
The 2026 cars are lighter and smaller, and the big mechanical talking point is active aerodynamics: the front and rear wings adjust in real time for more speed through the corners and down the straights. The pack also introduces Overtake Mode, a deployable power boost you choose when to spend, which pushes more of the race into strategy. And there’s a new set of assists for players who’d rather let the car handle some of that management in the background.
Senior Creative Director Lee Mather called it “the most significant evolution of the sport in over a decade,” which is the sort of thing a creative director says at launch, but the regulation reset is real enough that the line isn’t doing much exaggerating. Hamilton, now partnered with EA Sports, struck a similar note, saying the new rules “have changed so much about the sport.”
What It Costs
The Season Pack isn’t a standalone game (it needs a copy of F1 25 to bolt onto, sold separately). On its own:
- Console: $29.99 / €29.99 / £24.99
- PC: $24.99 / €24.99 / £21.99
For newcomers who don’t already own the base game, EA has bundled the two together as the 2026 Season Edition, which gets you the 2025 season plus the new content in one purchase:
- Console: $49.99 / €59.99 / £49.99
- PC: $49.99 / €49.99 / £44.99
One catch for returning players: custom teams and career saves from the 2025 season don’t carry over into 2026, and the F1-movie APXGP and Konnersport teams can’t be brought across either.
Worth Noting
This is the stopgap year before the series resets properly. EA has already confirmed a full standalone F1 game for 2027, described as a more expansive reimagining of the franchise. For now, the Season Pack is the way to get the 2026 grid (and the Madring) under your wheels.
