Ferrari’s 80th anniversary and celebratory gift to itself, the F80, will make its video game debut in the seventh season of The Crew Motorfest, available from today.
Ivory Tower’s air, sea, and land open-world racer is perhaps an unusual choice for a gaming debut for the hypercar, beating the usual powerhouse suspects in this area: the Forza franchise and Gran Turismo. However it’s not the first time that Ferrari has opted for a less obvious choice to debut one of its new models after the 296 GTB first appeared in the gaming sphere in Fortnite back in 2021.
While the F80 will likely appear in at least one of the aforementioned games sooner or later (depending on which), it goes to show how much of a force The Crew has become in the racing game space.
Players will be able to obtain the F80 via the in-game shop next Wednesday, July 9. While no specific price is mentioned, it’s more than safe to presume you’ll be spending a pretty penny on the Prancing Horse’s latest hypercar.
The F80 doesn’t arrive alone either, players will also be able to obtain the F50 and the GTO to add to their collections as well, making TCM the only driving game with every halo “F” model as in-game content. More than a dozen other vehicles are included in Season 7, as the update brings some new performance bikes and the little-known Genty Akylone.
Inspired by the legendary F40 and Daytona SP3, the F80 celebrates 80 years of the company’s history and succeeds the company’s previous halo car, the LaFerrari.
At the heart of the F80 is a hybrid powertrain consisting of a 3.0-liter, twin-turbocharged V6 derived from the Le Mans-winning 499P, and three electric motors. The V6 engine produces 888 hp on its own, and the electric motors a further 296 hp; combined, the powerplant makes a mighty 1,184 hp that’s sent to all four wheels.
The F80 is no slouch when it comes to shredding some rubber. It will sprint to 62 mph in 2.15 seconds, and will clock in at 124 mph a little under four seconds later.
While the real McCoy is limited to only 799 examples — all of which are already spoken for, despite production not officially beginning yet — players won’t have to worry about missing out on anything. The remaining issue will be its in-game cost.
If its puckering real-world price of $3.9M USD (€3.6M Euros) is anything to go by, you’d better start racing and making bank now…
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