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lewisjmayes
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5 months ago

F125 - Make or Break

F124 hit our consoles early last year. And it was safe to say and still is safe to say… what an absolute disappointment. The biggest word that comes to mind is: “LAZY”

Biggest problems: 

  1. Connectivity Issues - As someone who runs a league using this platform, there is no end of problems with EA Servers. So much so we just now have a saying “EA Servers doing their thing” This NEEDS to be addressed. 
  2. LACK of creativity and options - For the last few years, the art or lack of customization in the EA F1 games are awful. The given custom liveries are so boring and lazy. Why not allow better customization even if it’s on par with Forza Horizon 5. Allow players to actually design side pods, front wings & rear wings using wind tunnel simulations. That would make the game a lot more interesting for serious F1 Lovers. Release updates where new developments to cars can be made. F1 World is so boring as it is, lazy development.
  3. Allow racing a track in reverse (not actually in reverse gear) 
  4. Elephant in the room - Bring back classic cars from different eras. No more rubbish excuses. Nothing more to say on that. 
  5. Custom Set Ups - Custom set ups was okay in F123, could be better. But in F124 goodness me, the set ups make absolutely no sense. Don’t even get my started on the awful tyre degredation (Apart from the front right tyre, that will apparently last me a whole season) 
  6. Bring more tracks to the game - All previous tracks in the last 20 years should atleast be on there. If you want players to continue to be engaged all year, atleast have 30 or so tracks on there.
  7. Listen to the players - The amount of bugs and problems with F124 and for them not to be addressed just screams “We want your money, not your enjoyment”
  8. 75% Race Distances - No more to say
  9. Actually make the game not a copy & paste and stick “F125” on the front and say you’ve released a “new feature” which is actually a feature you removed a few years ago.
  10. AI Racing - The Ai racing is appauling, and 9/10 you get stuck to one and get dragged off the track and that’s the race over. Getting stuck to another vehicle in contact needs to be addressed better.  

6 Replies

  • Absolutely perfect summary and could not have put it better myself.  The lack of effort put into F124 along with the testing of the game, especially the AI was blatantly obvious. 

    The lack of customisation is a major gripe for all players! The team behind this must have restrictions placed on them by the hierarchy, otherwise why not create better and more relatable F1 content? rather than absolute lame, unrealistic drivel we have?

    If F125 is another abject failure like F124 was, then there is absolutely no excuse whatsoever. The amount of deserved criticism not just on here but all over social media regarding the lack of quality of F124 should have been addressed in F125 by EA. If not then I think their days are numbered for the F1 licence. 

    I'm personally beyond fed up of the absolutely crass gimmicks they keep pursuing with, thinking that F1 fans would actually like it? They are so far detached from what the fan base wants to see in an F1 game it's actually unbelievable.

    Personally I don't think they will ever change their blinkered approach and will most likely continue down the same repetitive path with awful unrealistic content and this rubbish live season garbage.

    It's such a shame, because at the core of it all is a game with massive potential, I think graphically it's good and has a solid base and foundation. It's unfortunate that it's spoiled by gimmicks, zero customisation and the same bugs year on year.

    In a nutshell nowhere near good enough.

  • 3ugzfzpnpwyt's avatar
    3ugzfzpnpwyt
    Seasoned Newcomer
    5 months ago

    They don't Have restrictions,just look at F1 manager game,they can do everything they want,the problem is that ea just wants money and is not interested to make a great game

  • Guys, hope you are aware GT7 exists? 
    After experiencing f1 2024, I have moved to GT7 and will not touch an F1 game again. 
    I am able to learn how to drive a sports car. I love f1, but EA ruins the experience. Now that I have decided to master GT7, there is no way back for me to F1 games. Btw, I think the new game will be as bad

    p.s. The forum is a downgrade too. Hard to navigate and find anything. Especially long threads. You cannot just scroll to the bottom. A final nail for me. Checking out

  • I agree on all points but i want to add a full replay option like in acc/gran turismo and an online progression system like iracing

  • F1 25 will be EA's last f1 game. It's coming to be a cheaply made copy/paste to squeeze more money out of fans and ruin the reputation of F1 games for the next publisher. 

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