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Re: 2026 season DLC

We won't have F1 26; it will be an expansion of F1 25. A new game only in 2027.

11 Replies

  • yeahmk's avatar
    yeahmk
    Rising Vanguard
    19 days ago

    Another year of Ego Engine, bugs from 2022 and updates worked very well everytime. This will be a disaster.

  • While my expectations for the 2026 dlc are mild at best, the franchise needs a reset badly, so the news that their rebuilding the game for 27 is pretty exciting IMO. Just disappointed they didn't start this process last year (making 25 a DLC for 24) so we could have a rebuilt game for the start of the new irl regulations in 26.

  • delipride321's avatar
    delipride321
    Rising Traveler
    19 days ago

    All this means is they still wont use a new game engine, the one they have been promising for 4 years. So we wait another year with exactly the same game, exact same physics, exact same UI, literally everything the exact same except the car skins but we pay $70 for it. But hey, we might see some change in 2027 lol. They should be doing a brand new game engine for 2026 and if you want to expand on that then expand on the new game engine. Lets hope they are doing all this because they think they wont have the license in 2027 and we might get a developer who actually cares about the sport.

  • SDGMatt's avatar
    SDGMatt
    Seasoned Ace
    19 days ago

    This is giving me F1 2014/15 vibes..... How are you only updating the old game going into a brand new season with wildly different regulations, an 11th team and a new track? The new cars will perform and handle very differently and there's no way they're putting out a brand new physics and handling model in an update..... So are we just getting reskinned cars with no DRS? 

    How much are you planning on charging for this?

  • gladystonff93's avatar
    gladystonff93
    New Veteran
    19 days ago

    Perhaps that's why they didn't release a performance update this year. I reinstalled the game today and in the first free practice session I already saw that the update is needed; the AI ​​performance in free practice was mediocre. It's a shame they didn't include the 2025 drivers and liveries in F1 24. I don't have high expectations for this expansion.

  • w4urwntnddmd's avatar
    w4urwntnddmd
    Rising Rookie
    19 days ago

    It's worrying that we're only having one DLC in a year with such a huge regulatory change. Will it only be liveries and drivers? What about the new Madrid track? And the DRS? There are many questions we'll need answered.

  • IanM282's avatar
    IanM282
    Seasoned Ace
    19 days ago

    EA, it's clear we need more information regarding the finer details of what we will be getting for F126 DLC.

    As others have clearly stated there is a huge regulation change for next season and there are some genuine concerns that these may not be implemented and instead we just have new liveries and drivers etc.

    I like the idea of a big reset and the implementation of a new game every two years. 

    I think if there were no regulation changes in 26 then the announcement of the DLC would be less concerning. But literally everything will be different.

    You need to clarify the plans to everyone.

  • Cpayne32's avatar
    Cpayne32
    Hero+
    19 days ago

    Further information will be released as and when it can be but i also share your concernIanM282​ 

  • EA_Groguet's avatar
    EA_Groguet
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    19 days ago

    Hey there!

    Thank you for your comments and your questions!

    I love seeing your passion and reading your reactions to the announcement. For now, I am afraid I don't have many answers to your questions. However, I can assure you that communications will come in due time, and we will address these questions in the future.

    Please feel free to leave your questions here (even if I am unable to respond to them immediately) and your feedback. I am still reading you and monitoring this thread.

    -EA_Groguet

  • Nuvolarix's avatar
    Nuvolarix
    Seasoned Ace
    5 days ago

    EA_Groguet​ I wish you can use this sabbatic year to fix as many bug as possible and improve overall user experience, reproduction of the F1 rules etc., for example these are still on, they are small things, but when you stumble upon them they don't contribute to making the game better:

    (i had to remove hyperlinks, I was unable to post)

    • https://forums.ea.com/idea/f1-25-bug-reports-en/tire-allocation-in-the-sprint-weekend-of-the-100-race-is-not-right-/12323523/comments/12833605
    • https://forums.ea.com/idea/f1-25-bug-reports-en/race-director---tyres-compound-issue/12214662
    • https://forums.ea.com/idea/f1-25-bug-reports-en/updated-tyre-compounds----time-trial-bug/12886853
    • https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Bug-Reports/impossible-to-choose-TYRES-ALLOCATION-during-a-Championship-and/td-p/13817587/jump-to/first-unread-message

     

    With some suggestions:

    • https://answers.ea.com/t5/Game-Suggestions/add-user-filters-to-Time-Trial-leaderboard/m-p/13583183#M55
    • https://forums.ea.com/discussions/f1-24-general-discussion-en/saveslots/8362657#M54
    • https://answers.ea.com/t5/Game-Suggestions/improved-tyres-choice-for-the-race/m-p/12683352#M242
    • https://forums.ea.com/discussions/f1-23-en/practice-mode-to-test-wear/8403584#M246

     

    Best regards,
    Nuv

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