Hi all,
Us as a community should be very dissatisfied with EA. The lack of communication since the DLC was announced in November is actually just disappointing.
There are racing league owners and runners out there who are dependent on this type of communication. Communication that needs to be had so the community stays together.
League racing is dying as it is and this puts the cherry on top of the cake. Sort your **bleep** EA.
Im going to be respectful but considering how complex the real life races have been so far, there is a lot to work to do in terms of the order of the teams, how the cars are actually going to work in game and so on.
Yes the silence is concerning but id rather get a good quality dlc with proper information than something that is rushed and wrong
Real F1 can't even figure out it's own regulations or how to get these cars working, so I think we can give Codemasters some slack when it comes to trying to recreate them in a video game!
Be serious, if you took these current regulations as they are, how would it play in the game?
Casual players would be baffled as to why their cars are losing power and slowing down rapidly on a straight at full throttle. It wouldn't be fast, it wouldn't be fun, and they'd stop playing and say F1 25 was better!
But if Codemasters do something different to keep the game fun, players will complain it's not authentic to the real F1 26 season.
What do you do?
Considering the impending changes over the next couple of months in the real sport, I really wouldn't be surprised to see the DLC pushed back to August/September. Quite frankly, that's probably not a bad thing!
F1 have known these regulations for years. So have the teams and so have we. We knew what was changing. They’ve had their time.
It’s really frustrating that they can spend all this time and efforts on bringing new features to the likes of EAFC (Fifa) yet we can’t even get an update on when a DLC is coming out. Not even a full game. A literal update for a game that’s already out.
F1 have known these regulations for years. So have the teams and so have we. We knew what was changing. They’ve had their time.
Yet despite knowing about it for years the FIA and the teams still got a lot of things wrong, so I'm not sure why you would think Codemasters and EA would magically have all the answers when the actual teams don't.
Not even a full game. A literal update for a game that’s already out.
Yes, an "update" that would potentially change the fundamental math behind how the game works, not exactly a small thing.
Good points.
One additional point - this goes beyond casual players. Experienced players would have to relearn how to get good times in the game such as not maximizing corner exit speed in order to reduce lap time (per the instructions given to Hamilton at Suzuka), or learning how to constantly look down at the wheel to monitor energy levels (rather than keeping eyes on the track and other cars).
To your point - not sure how much fun doing things like that would be to play.
