I think of it less more that they're ignoring it, and more limited by the EGO engine. If they choose do (and they better) change game engines, now is the time to do so, then they can meaningfully implement improvements. When's the last time you heard of an engine change for sports games? The reason they have the same bugs every year is because it's (the respective franchises) running on the same game engine year after year.
If they take this time to either actually overhaul the EGO engine, or (more preferably) just dump it for an in-house engine EA have full control over that isn't just acquired from 10+ years ago, there's a chance for actual improvements and bug squashes.
My gutfeeling says F1 27 will use a new Engine. Why would they scrub F1 26 off else?
I'd agree, it's a perfect opportunity to switch it over on to something better now.
Easily a must. This Engine is just outdated.
I do hope that they learned that two different dev teams no longer works out either. Especially with the known pattern that every even numbered year just doesn't know how to nail the handling, but the team that releases the odd number years has been doing a fantastic job. Not sure what's keeping them from sharing resources because it's the same company, so maybe this off-year will help them with that mismanagement as well.
That's a great point, having two separate teams for the F1 game just hasn't worked at all. F122 and F124 were a disaster. I'm still shocked to this day that F124 was even released in such a rubbish condition. It is by far the worst iteration of the game series they have ever made. There was not one single positive I can remember from the game.
The handling was utterly atrocious, the engine sounds were utterly atrocious and the AI were utterly atrocious.
I just hope for F127, they actually listen and get the core fundamentals of the game right with far less pointless gimmicks.
