Re: why wont f1 22 launch?

I have the same.  High end PC.  Been two weeks with hours invested.  Everything up to date.

Very frustrating.

Having the exact same issue as the others. Spent days uninstalling and reinstalling and nothing works. Lame 

Same here.

Very good PC with specs that can definitely run the game without any issues, no overclocking applied!

Every time I try to launch the game (with/via Origin) the following happens:

Game starts up, selection screen (regular or VR) appears, I confirm regular --> black screen appears for a few seconds --> Game crashes without an error message.

I followed all suggestions that I could find online, installed and re-installed the game several times, verified file integrity multiple times, re-installed Origin, went from most recent Nvidia drivers to older drivers and back to the most recent one (via DDU), etc pp.

Nothing worked, so I just wasted valuable hours of my life trying to fix things on my end where there is nothing to fix.

Codemasters, please do something to fix the underlying issues and flaws or at least please give us a proper indication of what might be causing the issues with your game so that we can try to find a workaround.

To add to my earlier comment:

- All overlays are disbled

- I did a clean boot

- tried several BIOS settings with and without overclocking

- tried to run the game via a newly generated Windows admin user

- deleted the hardware xml-files from the my documents folder

- edited the hardware xml-files from the my documents folder

NOTHING works. Still having the same issue.

Also, my DxDiag shows that there is a problem detected with the App: F1_22.exe --> AppHang.

Going into further logs that I could find, it says:

Problem Event Name: apphangxprocb1; Hang Signature dbd3

f1_22.exe: "A problem caused this program to stop interacting with windows"

Codemasters, please help!

Still no feedback...Seriously?

Another day and still no reply from EA or Codemasters.

I am impressed by this great customer service quality!

Could we please get a reply?

Game still not launching with 1.09.

Hey, @sleepaholic @lenoxwake @timtam4221 @egzq3daprw59 Can you add a Dxdiag so we can see what hardware and drivers you have? 

Let me know if this works or not for you. 🙂

/Atic 

@EA_Atic Please find my DxDiag attached.

One observation I made when looking at other people's DxDiags in this forum:

It seems that - not always but in the majority of cases - people report issues while having an AMD Ryzen processor and a Nvidia Graphics Card.

Could you please give us some insight why your game seems to have issues with this combination of hardware and what might be a workaround that the affected user base can put into place? Maybe there is a certain BIOS setting or a specific driver that is incompatible with your requirements? Anything that offers more help than the plain default reply would be highly appreciated.

In the end I do not want to sit here blaming anybody and troubleshooting the issues but much rather have fun playing the game.

In the hopes of a quick and helpful response, your fellow racer.

Edit: spelling

To add to my previous message:

My train of thought is the following: For most people the game is working without any issue while for others like me it is not even launching, even though my hardware is definitely sufficient enough to run the game (in theory) --> It must be something very specific in the combination of hardware + software + game code that is causing the conflict. I know that it is very hard to point that out from your side, @EA_Atic, but this is exactly why we need more insight from your development team. Please let us know what you know and maybe we can find a solution together.

@EA_Atic 

No, I am not using any overclock.

Yes, my RAM is running in Dual Channel-Mode (DIMMA2 + DIMMB2).

@EA_Atic Yes, I have as stated in post #5 of this thread. No success, unfortunately.

Hi I'm just new here in this forum I'm having the issues but I'm using Xbox series X and I already send my concerns to EA but I still don't have any answers. Thanks

@EA_Atic Any update on the issues?

@EA_Atic I would really like to finally be able to play this game. Could you please give us an update on the current development status regarding the crash issues? And what is the timeline until we get a fix?

Please remember: We have paid you (= EA and Codemasters) a lot of our own hard-earned money to play a game and all we received in return is a black screen. Sounds like a good story for the finance sector of my newspapers. Would be interesting to see the stock market's reaction once this gains some traction.

I see. Yet another weekend without being able to play the game that i have payed for, because EA and Codemasters are not providing any solution to the issues we have.

The game is still not launching. The black screen is all I see before the game crashes back to desktop.

@Amioram I am aware that it is very likely some specific combination of hardware + software + code + setting that is resulting in a conflict as I have also stated in my previous post (#13).

However, diving deeper into the issue I stumbled upon older threads throughout numerous EA games in this forum having a similar if not even exactly the same issue. Some of these threads are ranging years back, see for example this one in the Battlefield V forum from November 2018.

Also, I followed all the tips that @EA_Leeuw has listed in this Battlefield 2042 thread (and many more), but nothing helps.

Hence, I repeat my question once more: @EA_Atic, could you please share with us from the knowledge your developers have gathered in the past years what is causing so many of EA's games (unfortunately including F1 22) to not launch properly and to crash back to desktop after just showing a black screen? Is there anything that these games have in common during launch? Is it Denuvo interfering? Is there any setting or config that we as users can change or edit so that we might have a better chance of successfully launching the game?

PS: F1 22 is the only game I am having issues with. All other games (including previous F1 titles) launch and run without any problem.

Hi all,

I've also just installed the game via origin. Cannot launch either. Black screen. Then crash. No error message.

EA pls help!

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@sleepaholic wrote:

@EA_Atic Please find my DxDiag attached.

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Thanks for the dxdiag - please confirm your X570 mainboard model and UEFI version please.

You have a variety of drives installed in the machine with odd drive letters - can I ask if Steam is installed to the default location? 

There are connected pedals but no wheel I can see.

Also, your 32GB of RAM is it 2x16GB or 4x8GB and are the sticks identical matched?

Thank you for stepping up, @SteveJackson!

My mainboard model is MSI's "MPG X570 GAMING PLUS" (MS-7C37).

My UEFI/BIOS version is A.H0 (19.05.2022)

My pedals are connected via USB, my wheel as well, but the latter has been turned off when creating the DxDiag report. Also disconnecting the pedals does not lead to any success, unfortunately.

My RAM is 2x16GB and running in Dual Channel-Mode (DIMMA2 + DIMMB2).

My drives are regular SSD drives, just named slightly differently than the standard. I am trying to run the game via Origin,
Both, Origin and Steam are not installed on C, which is my Windows drive (if that is what you mean with "default" location). Nevertheless, Origin and F1 22 are both installed on the same drive (E in my case).