Choose Cross Racing Championship Extreme
Choose Cross Racing Championship Extreme if you want the Shared/Split Screen PvP side of the pairing. Cross Racing Championship Extreme launched in 2018.
Cross Racing Championship Extreme vs F1® 2021
Cross Racing Championship Extreme and F1® 2021 both land in Sports, Simulation, Racing on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Sports, Simulation, Racing on Steam. Cross Racing Championship Extreme (2018) is 3 years older than F1® 2021 (2021). Both sit near 87% positive on Steam (Cross Racing Championship Extreme: 55 reviews, F1® 2021: 11,919). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose F1® 2021
Choose F1® 2021 if you want the Online PvP side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2021) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 11,919 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Cross Racing Championship Extreme and F1® 2021 sit in Sports, Simulation, and Racing on Steam and both list Multi-player and PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (87.3% vs 87.2% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Cross Racing Championship Extreme |  F1® 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2021 |
| Genres | Sports, Simulation, Racing | Sports, Simulation, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | 9.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 87.3% positive (55 reviews) | 87.2% positive (11,919 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player |
| Developers | Invictus Games Ltd. | Codemasters |
Side by side
- Both share Sports, Simulation, Racing on Steam.
- Cross Racing Championship Extreme (2018) is 3 years older than F1® 2021 (2021).
- Both sit near 87% positive on Steam (Cross Racing Championship Extreme: 55 reviews, F1® 2021: 11,919).
- F1® 2021 is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Cross Racing Championship Extreme has no Deck rating yet.
Cross Racing Championship Extreme vs F1® 2021 — FAQ
- Should I play Cross Racing Championship Extreme or F1® 2021 first?
- If you want chronology, Cross Racing Championship Extreme (2018) came out before F1® 2021 (2021). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Cross Racing Championship Extreme and F1® 2021 similar?
- They overlap on Sports, Simulation, Racing on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.