Community ManagerFor what it's worth, I thought I'd add something to this thread.
I've played pretty much every racing game/sim that there is since the 1990s and in particular, every entry in the F1 series of games. Of the F1 series, F1 24 is the only one I bought, played for a month and then haven't touched, unfortunately. I, like many, have gone elsewhere - to GT7, iRacing, AC etc...
I think a few have said it here but basically - EA need to start again. I would much rather wait for something quality as opposed to a rehash of the same rubbish every year with small tweaks.
Start from the basics - a great racing simulation. Create the best racing game from that - a simulation first. Get the best physics, handling, track maps, AI etc... first. Give players the option to dumb it down to an arcade mode as an option. Make it so perseverance and skill are rewarded - no assists is ultimately faster. Fix the penalties to reflect real life, fix the game. Make it as close to being an F1 driver as possible - including the graphics used on F1TV
THEN go for the other stuff - people want Career, MyTeam and online. People want online and ranked AND decent league racing. The crowd wants classic cars back and the ability to edit liveries, helmets, gear etc...
Focus on these things, a great racing game - back to basics and simply awesome. Make the Go-To racing game that outsells all others.
No one cares about buying stuff with pitcoin, no one cares about the other modes. F1 world, buying sofas or wallart, its all nonsense.
Stop releasing the same game for £80 every year with added nonsense - NOTHING significant has changed for a long time, we'd rather wait longer for a game with longevity and class as opposed to more of this.
F1 will look elsewhere and players will leave, the franchise will die unless something significant happens.
Please listen EA, please make 25 (or 26 if you need to in order to make this better!), the best game we've ever seen.
@bluenagnickPerfectly said and I fully agree 100%. I've been complaining since the release of F124.
Live season rubbish, pit coins, F1 World, Fanzone (absolute garbage), stickers and in F122 lampshades, sofas, rugs, I mean seriously, it's a racing game not a tour of IKEA!
It just shows you how far detached they are from their customers. Since EA took over the game has gone backwards at a rapid rate.
Until they start listening to the players and scrapping their utterly atrocious content they continue with, the game will continue to lose more players every year!
What baffles me is, if they binned off all of their awful gimmicks and focused more on the racing and included a helmet editor, sales would increase significantly.
WHY they can't see that is beyond me!
