This is a great post and one that describes perfectly what I think of the iconic edition. The pre-order bonuses are simply not worth the extra expense, even with the 15% off deal at the moment.
I don't play F1 World, it doesn't interest me in the slightest, so those extras are wasted on me. Getting 3 liveries, 2 of which look identical to 2024's, that I can only use in the older game, and only in Time Trial is not really an incentive!!
I live in the UK so I can't even use the F1 TV subscription.
Exclusive access to an F1 World event? I don't play it, and I played the Verstappen version last year after pre-ordering at £89.99, and it was a 5 minute feature that was so laughably easy I could have put the controller down and left the room, only to come back and still have won the race.
The extra 13,000 pit coin is the ONLY real incentive here, but in 2024, there was NOTHING to buy with it, to the point that they added a couple of helmets and liveries at a massively inflated price just to get people to use up the pitcoin. We are now 10 months into F1 24, and i STILL have all 18,000 pitcoin sitting there unspent browsing a barebones "Store" in hopes of seeing a decent hemet design. Back on F1 23, the "Store" was FULL on Day 1 and I spent ALL my pit coin from the pre-order, and even bought more! Take note EA!!
I'm going for the standard edition this year, because the pre-order bonuses are the same as last year and really do not look like a good deal for me. Having access to classic cars or classic tracks would be a better incentive to spend that extra money!!
Yup totally agree only incentive is the extra pit coin especially if you play MyTeam. But is it worth the extra 20 quid? Nope.
A much better incentive to pre-order Iconic edition and spend the extra cash would be to include the VIP tier of podium pass with it.
It's not much, considering you only ever really get 2 extra helmets and liveries in each PP season, but at least it's a saving of 9,000 pitcoin each season meaning you can spend more pitcoin in the "store"
