F1 24 Can't play online. EA account required.

Playing on PC/Steam

So i have a problem where i can't play F1 24 online. When i start the game and it finishes loading it says "EA Account required". So for some reason I have been logged out or I can't connect to EA servers, not sure which. Or it might be something else, who knows.

What I have tried so far:

1. Verify integrity of game files. It comes back with 3 files that needs to be reaquired, but they won't download, cause when i try to verify again it still says that 3 files need to be reaquired.

2. Cleared Download Cache in steam, then repeated step 1, still nothing.

3. Change DNS server. so i've tried changing DNS servers to google's DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. Still no luck.

4. Completely reinstalled EA Anti Cheat. I have downloaded EAAntiCheat.installer.exe from EA's website. Then uninstalled it from the installer, and then installed it again for F1 24, and then rebooted my pc. And yes I have turned off the Anti Virus before doing any off this. Did not work.

5. Downloaded the EA launcher, logged into the account which my steam account is linked to, checked library to see if the game is in the library (it's not), started the game from steam to see if it might pop up in the library then, it did not.

6. Completely uninstalled the game, then reinstalled it. Still does not work.

So i'm a bit stumped as to what the problem might be or what i can do to fix it. Any input is greatly appreciated.