I had already noticed it in F1 2022 but can it be that also in 2023 the training program of the qualifying round is much too difficult? The other programs are no problem for me but Quali is very extreme in my eyes.

Yes, it makes no sense.Bahrain target time training program: 1:27.6Pole Time Q3: 1:29.1 Needs a balance update, but I can't imagine we will get it.

Hey there, That is something that we have shared with the team and they are looking into it 🙂 -rephii

@Hennes17121987 wrote:I had already noticed it in F1 2022 but can it be that also in 2023 the training program of the qualifying round is much too difficult? The other programs are no problem for me but Quali is very extreme in my eyes.Yes, it's definitely broken. I started a new career just now using one of my 3 precious save slots (Thanks, EA! Ugh) and in the qualy program I couldn't come closer than .521 seconds from the target to even get green yes the other 2 programs I had we're way too easy. In qualy though I just took pole by 1.139 seconds. How do you miss that bug? It clearly needs to be re-balanced to the AI strength or something and I need to up my AI obviously from last year too, but the point is the qualy program is definitely not balanced correctly.

@petro1319 Not sure about 2019 and before, but this issue had existed since F1 2020 for sure. Nothing was touch in this area, always had to lower the difficulty in free practices by at least 5-10 points for them to at least make sense.

@Hennes17121987 I had this same problem in Bahrain. I always set the AI to a low setting so I can ace all of the practice programs for P1. I was 4.5-5 seconds ahead on Race Pace and 3.5-4 seconds for the ERS but barely passed the qualifying sim by 0.04s.

Qualifying Practice Program to Difficult?

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EA_rephii
EA SPORTS FC™ Team
3 years ago
Hey there,

That is something that we have shared with the team and they are looking into it 🙂

-rephii
Monzstar83
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@EA_rephii wrote:
Hey there,
That is something that we have shared with the team and they are looking into it 🙂
-rephii
Thank you @EA_rephii , this issue has been around for ages 👍🏽
Pekish79
3 years ago
@matty0blobber
There is a bug that if you play with reduced money, you start with more money because it doesn't make you pay for the engine (I think because the "reduced-money" is not enough to pay the pilot and motor, it only makes you pay for the pilot)
So my walkaround starts with "normal" money and then switches day one to "reduced" money in the setup.
The bug is:
Start money 4.05M (I usually pick the 3rd one, Selene) - Engine (3.3M) - Pilot (500K) = 250K - NORMAL MONEY
Start money 3.03M (4.05-25%) - Engine (3.3M) - Pilot (500K) = 2.53M REDUCED MONEY (I didn't pay engine!)
After the initial bug, all was well; all money rewards and stuff were 25% less, but starting with more money (playing reduced money) is weird, so in the first setup, I used the NORMAL MONEY, so I got to pay full engine/pilot and then switched to reduced.
NORMAL PLAY START
REDUCED PLAY START
The car is called "golden lady." It's metallic pink gold with glossy black finishes
matty0blobber
New Ace
3 years ago
@pekish79 Cheers man, i'm looking to make the mode more fun because what i've seen on videos its so easy to improve the team and thats boring to me.
Pekish79
3 years ago
@matty0blobber
It's crazy easy. I usually do five team-mode ten races, five laps to weight difficulty (as in now I am between 75-79) in the first week for one year each
and the first 2 I did with all default and winning all practice programs (or 99% of them, I may have skipped a few qualify.)
and I went from the worst car to the best-ever car/team crazy high level for my pilot and my team in just one year, better than the best
this is why I had to come out with a personal rule to slow everything down
now I am happy with speed is on the slow side, and it takes me 4-5 years to get the best (once I get the best, there is not much point in keeping going as the AI will never catch up)
so I am making a 16-race career all FULL; it will probably take 1-2 months of fun to get to the top. I love full-length races; nothing compares, honestly
I am a person that does five-laps races or full racers