VPNs are and have always been unsupported configurations. I would say if your game works with a VPN, it is a connectivity issue on your everyday net connection.
That would make sense if i needed a vpn to play on non crossplay lobbies , I have a PlayStation that i also got the game and installed it on , i still get the error when crossplay is on , while it works with no crossplay , crossplay services work on games like fc24 with no vpn required
using the same platforms and same internet
it clearly is an issue with accessibility for different regions on EA's F1 side , if it wasnt , not a single EA game would work with crossplay
this has been going on for the past 3 years
22,23,24 games have all been like this
