EA Staff (Retired)1. DRS light is broken in cockpit view. It never comes on
2. Driving in the wet with auto gears is now broken due to the longer gear ratios. Driving in the wet requires changing gear sooner to reduce wheel spin. We now have the oppositie.
Driving in the wet on controller with auto gears is now completely broken. Can barely even use the throttle, while the AI just happily cruise around, dive bombing, smashing me off the track and having no traction issues at all. New gear ratios are completely broken. Did anyone test it before release?
Well done Codemasters. You've sealed the deal of making the worst F1 game in history.
AI has gotten faster and even harder to compete with out of corners. I've been driving Paul Ricard in GP mode as Perez all week. Winning medium races on 100AI. The typical fast AI lap would be in the low 1:34s. Maybe an occasional upper 1:33s if they had a chunk of DRS. After todays patch the AI are crushing it in the 1:32s I could barley hang on to P6. Tire temps are definitely affecting my lap times more. By lap three my grip falls off a cliff and AI disappear down the road. I lowered my tire pressures to the middle position on my 1.05 setup but still overheat quickly. I will try going closer to the minimum pressures in my next test.
In 2021 I could not win a race at 100AI. I was stuck at 90-95 depending on the track. It feels like suddenly F1 22 is more in line with 2021 levels now. Is that intended? I don't have problem with lowering the AI to suit my skill level but I would like to know if it is intended or possibly a bug. In any event, I enjoyed the feeling of accomplishment of winning at 100AI while it lasted.
Edited after further testing....
My G920 definitely has a lot more FFB now which I am very happy about. However, my 1.05 settings were not getting the most out of it. David G. suggested to go back and try the default wheel settings again. I did that and it made a huge difference. I can feel the oversteer and understeer kicking in. All I had to do was adjust my throttle linearity to suit my driving style and it felt greatly improved from 1.05.
Second round of testing and my lap times continued to improve at Paul Ricard. With the G920 set properly for 1.06 I'm in the low 1:33s now with some 1:32s. I'm keeping up with the lead AI at 100 but not at a winning level yet. I'm confident I will find the pace to win in another few sessions. Just have to dial in a setup that does not overheat the front tires.
