Codemasters Releases DirectX 12 Beta for F1 2018

Adoption rate of DirectX 12 has slowed a lot in recent months, with some titles like Hitman 2 even backtracking and offering only DirectX 11 support, even though the previous game supported both DX12 and DX11. Codemaster, developers of the Formula One game series have now announced their plans for DirectX 12 support in their game engine.

After enabling the "Beta" option in Steam, and entering passcode "244EwzNFQkfnqf4Xc6GTmgsPtT6LAbYn", you'll be able to download the DirectX 12 branch, which is identical to the regular public version in every regard, with the exception of running in DirectX 12. Your existing savegames will continue to work and you can still play online, with players using DX11 and/or DX12 - there are no limitations.

Codemasters requests feedback in this forum thread, to improve their engine, and a few issues are already known. For example SLI and CrossFire support is "not yet implemented", and some other minor issues.

To install the DX12 beta branch, please do the following:

Open up Steam library and "Right Click" on F1 2018
Select Properties
Select the "BETAS" tab
Enter the Branch Password into the box
Press the "CHECK CODE" button
Select Branch Name from the drop down box
Close the properties window
Click the "INSTALL" button in the Steam Client
Once the game has been downloaded the button will now display as "PLAY"
Click "PLAY" to launch the game

Branch Name: f1_dx12_beta

Branch Password: 244EwzNFQkfnqf4Xc6GTmgsPtT6LAbYn

To revert to the standard game at any point, please re-enter the betas tab and select "none" as the branch to use.