Hey drivers, The newest patch is now available across all platforms. You can find out what's in this patch in this thread here Need some help? Something in the patch not working the way it should? Tell us in this thread! -rephii

It's been almost two full months since release that a large percentage of your customers can't use FFB on their products.It's been two years since VR was 'implemented' in such a way as to be nearly unusable.Volumetric fog continues to make night races unplayable (fun fact, Bahrain at night was literally the FIRST RACE of F1 23, immediately showing this problem, and you people released the game anyway?). I'll say it again for those who need to hear it a second time: THE FIRST RACING EXPERIENCE OF THE GAME SHOWCASES THIS BUG.Red flags are still broken.Safety cars are still broken.You want to know why your sales are down year after year? It's because you're incompetent. You advertise new features that don't even work, and clearly don't do any testing of your own product before releasing it.Not once has anyone from EA apologized for the state of the game. People who value integrity would've delayed the game in the first place. People who simply have integrity would've at least apologized.You did neither.I look forward to watching your sales numbers plummet until the series has to be canceled and the license goes to someone who actually cares about F1, and their customers.Edit: One more thing - you took two weeks to fix the cockpit camera bug that YOU CAUSED. Other gaming companies would have shown respect to their customers by immediately implementing a hotfix patch to fix their own screwup, but not our good ol' EA buddies! Nothing lights a fire under your backsides. Not broken FFB, not bugs your own incompetence caused, not major "new" features that don't work.The only timeline you pay any attention to is your own convenience. To hell with those fools who actually pay your salary, eh! Those pesky customers should be grateful they get anything at all, am I right?!

Realistically I think apologies for game performance not matching people's expectations generally doesn't happen (have you ever seen one?) for two reasons:The bad PR would be huge. As in, look everyone, this game is so bad they even publicly apologised for it.If a product is admitted to be defective you're then getting into potentially tricky territory re. refunds.As far as I'm concerned nobody should expect one and it wouldn't make any difference if it happened anyway. Also, do you think anyone working on the game is happy that there are significant ongoing issues? Of course they aren't. This thread really isn't the right place to be discussing this though, as it's detracting from people trying to highlight new issues following the latest update.

The F1 World tech changes has improved nothing. Granted, I'm now 4 seconds a lap faster than the AI instead of 6, but that's it. Shove the tech modifier up and you end up with noobs in rocket ships. Fast in straight lines but can't handle a fight. Only played it for 5 minutes and the problems were instantly visible, how the testers didn't notices this beggars belief. New year, same old story.Leaving the AI difficulty locked at 35% is what's holding the whole feature back. I can't believe it's just being left that way.Edit: It just feels like, for the past few years, when there's a fix needed, the minimum amount of effort possible is put into it, corners are cut, compromises are made, and it becomes just surface-level, papering over the cracks."But for this to work properly, you need to fix this aswell""Nah, just do this and leave it. It'll take too much time and effort, need to work on the eSports model anyway. Besides, this game is only for casuals now, they won't notice."That's how it feels.

This sums it up @Trekari wrote: It's been almost two full months since release that a large percentage of your customers can't use FFB on their products. It's been two years since VR was 'implemented' in such a way as to be nearly unusable. Volumetric fog continues to make night races unplayable (fun fact, Bahrain at night was literally the FIRST RACE of F1 23, immediately showing this problem, and you people released the game anyway?). I'll say it again for those who need to hear it a second time: THE FIRST RACING EXPERIENCE OF THE GAME SHOWCASES THIS BUG. Red flags are still broken. Safety cars are still broken. You want to know why your sales are down year after year? It's because you're incompetent. You advertise new features that don't even work, and clearly don't do any testing of your own product before releasing it. Not once has anyone from EA apologized for the state of the game. People who value integrity would've delayed the game in the first place. People who simply have integrity would've at least apologized. You did neither. I look forward to watching your sales numbers plummet until the series has to be canceled and the license goes to someone who actually cares about F1, and their customers. Edit: One more thing - you took two weeks to fix the cockpit camera bug that YOU CAUSED. Other gaming companies would have shown respect to their customers by immediately implementing a hotfix patch to fix their own screwup, but not our good ol' EA buddies! Nothing lights a fire under your backsides. Not broken FFB, not bugs your own incompetence caused, not major "new" features that don't work. The only timeline you pay any attention to is your own convenience. To hell with those fools who actually pay your salary, eh! Those pesky customers should be grateful they get anything at all, am I right?! This sums it up very well. It's awful. Not once was there an apology to the huge playerbase not being able to play for 2 months. They just don't care. They got the money and that's all they want anyway. I sincerely hope the sales continue to plummet and they get what they deserve. For the fact this is a racing game, it's incredible that all these FFB issues are still around and simply won't be patched. At least have the decency to offer refunds to those who are screwed by all these issues or offer an apology. We know that EA has never cared about their customers. F1 is a new low tho. [Edited] CM Edited post to clean things up to align with rules.

@Iceman038-NL wrote:Only EA influence is MONETIZATION. Just look at the season pass. Where you normally would get around 10000 pitcoin on the free pass with less levels, now they give you 2500 in total on 50! Levels.This part isn't actually true. From the first year of Podium Pass (F1 2020) it has never been possible to earn enough pitcoins from the free tier to buy VIP access for the next. The model has always been that to be self-funding you'd need to buy VIP access to the first Podium Pass season to then be able to earn enough Pitcoins to buy VIP access to the following season, etc. I forget now whether the free/VIP Pitcoin availability was 2500/7500 or something else but at best is was 5000/5000 and definitely not 10000/0.

F1® 23 - Patch 1.09 Discussion Thread

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ivanmaspes
2 years ago
Hey everyone, how's it going? I wanted to find out if anyone else is experiencing this issue: ever since the last update, I've been dealing with severe tire wear regardless of the setup I use. I'm playing in career mode, and in the second season, it's nearly impossible to use the soft tires for a one-stop strategy. As if the cars being much faster than mine wasn't enough, the tire wear in this second season is insane. I had to drop from level 94 to 91 and still, the AI is much quicker, and tire wear is impossible to manage. Can any of you provide some guidance, or is this a game bug? Thanks!!
P4st3l1ak
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@imaspes
My tyre deg is still good. I use my own setup and can still manage S/M for most of races while AI cars use M/H strategies. Only time I really struggle is Losail, that track seems to eat my tyres like crazy.
(I play career modes with AI around 90 and 50% race distance)
ivanmaspes
2 years ago
So, dude, I think my issue lies in the brake pedal. Since I don't have any sensitivity in my left hand, I usually play with ABS on and press the brake pedal to the max in most corners. It can only be that. The thing is, this insane wear and tear only started happening after the last update. I've watched a few tutorials, many of which were recommended on the forum, but very little or almost nothing has changed. My wear and tear in some sessions reaches almost 5% per lap - which makes the soft strategy unfeasible most of the time. I play the race at 25% length, and in this second season of the career mode, I've lowered the difficulty level to 91. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can fix this excessive wear and tear issue?
ChorizoMachine
2 years ago
Seriously, EA are doing their best to ruin a series I enjoy.
My game is a blurry mess on PS5. I just played F1 2021 and its so clean and vibrant looking compared. I've tried F1 23 with HDR on, HDR off, toggled performance mode, change Gamma settings but it's an eyesore for me.
Tried to get a refund from PlayStation but it's easier & quicker to learn to drive a real F1 car than deal with them.
I'm going back to the old games. Again!
ivanmaspes
2 years ago
@ChorizoMachine I agree. Full of bugs, they'll release update after update, and there will still be things left to fix until the time they stop and launch F1 24 with the same bugs. The AI flies on the first lap, night races have fog, insane tire wear, impossible to complete the Qatar practice, unfair crossplay, the AI is hardly ever penalized, and so on.
It's easier for Massa to be declared the champion of 2008 than for the game to have its bugs fixed.
ChorizoMachine
2 years ago
@imaspes Agree mate. I won't be buying another game made by EA Sport. They won't give a damn but it makes me feel better - been burned too many times now.
ivanmaspes
2 years ago
@ChorizoMachine They Just want you tô make microtransactions.
domo_v2
2 years ago
In ranked, the timer now keeps resetting to 60 seconds. When someone joins or leaves. Is this new?
P4st3l1ak
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
@imaspes
if you have an issue with front tyres, I'd suggest to change brake bias towards the rear.
Current setup options have front-biased brake config, 63 is too much front for my driving style so I usually change it to 53-56. Maybe it will help you, too.
UPDATE: You can also change brake config in Options/Controls. Maybe you can find a fine balance setting up Deadzone, Linearity and Saturation in Calibration menu.
ReimvomSchleim
2 years ago
@domo_v2 wrote:
In ranked, the timer now keeps resetting to 60 seconds. When someone joins or leaves. Is this new?
This does not really have something to do with someone joining / leaving. The host of the lobby has the ability to change a setting and reset the countdown. Sometimes this actually smart to have a bit more time to join and allow more people to join.

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