F1® 22 - Patch 1.08 Discussion Thread

Dear EA, or Codemasters, or whoever reads this,

Now, about this one, I could've put this one into Bug Reports, but since it's multiple things I want to touch, I'm putting them here.

First things first, about the AI... Unfortunately, the problems with them have hardly improved. While I recently took Pole Position in Monaco on Level 71 in the 4th best car, during the race itself, it hardly felt like the AI are slower in any way, and I did not touch the slider. I just don't get why you just use the AI from F1 2020, since those weren't so ridiculously overpowered, and I was able to play with no problems, but ever since F1 2021, it went downhill insanely fast with the AI. See, I don't want to dominate races in a car which is nowhere near a championship vehicle, but I also don't want to feel worthless because I can't make a move on someone unless I divebomb them and damage my car. This is not "creeping up the difficulty" like Codies tend to say, this is turning the whole franchise into a game for solely Esports players, and that's not fun.

Aside from that, I have found more issues that need to be taken a look at:

• The first problem, which I had no idea about until now, you guys promised an Adaptive AI feature, which I never found until I watched a video telling me that the Adaptive AI is in the Casual Race Style. Now, I know I'm not a beginner anymore, but I sure would've liked to see what it does, because I hoped that it would be like this: "Win races, the AI improve - score no points, the AI become slower." So if it's possible, please put the feature into the Standard and Expert race styles too, because I felt like this was the main reason why I bought the game in the first place. And as of right now, the only way to have fun with the game is to play online, showing once again that this game is not user-friendly.
• The second thing that I recently found, and I honestly can't believe you have done that... The effects of front wing damage are far too powerful. And do you know how awful this is? In Monaco, you just scratch the front wing, and it feels like no front wing at all. This has been the exact same thing in F1 2021 and people were also all over the place regarding this topic, and you just go ahead and ruin everything like you did last year. The damage model was perfect the way it was, because it allows for a bit more mishaps while still being able to keep up, and it made sense, because if you watched the IRL race in Silverstone, Leclerc lost the endplate, but still had stellar pace. That is a horrible, horrible programming error, and this needs to be reverted as soon as possible.
• And then the last error with the game, which also persisted from last year, the stupid quip about Aston Martin moving up in the Constructors Championship, even though they scored zero points, or did score points but don't move up the table. Heck, the commentator even says that when no single team moves up in the standings! That's insane, it makes zero sense! It almost seems like you guys expect the player to play Driver Career with Aston Martin and win every single race so they keep moving up the table.

In my honest opinion, F1 22 is still far from being a good F1 game. I even saw a video which claims that you guys at EA deliberately crash the franchise (no offense intended), and to be honest, the way the last game was, and the way this game develops, it almost feels like it. You don't think about the long term F1 fans who enjoyed all the Codemasters F1 games up to 2020... The way F1 22 feels is like you told Codemasters: "Guys, F1 2021 was so great, please continue just like that."

If anyone important reads this... I don't know what to say. I'm just saying the franchise was basically at its climax with F1 2020, and now, it completely turned for the worse, and it makes me cry just to think about it... 😭

I'm sorry if I was too extreme with my thoughts, but honestly, back when Codies did their magic until 2020, everyone enjoyed playing F1 games. And now, it feels like we went back in time...

See, I love F1 games, but I also criticize them as much as I love them. And this alone goes to show what kind of a passion I have for the sport in real life, and for the games, and I'm very certain that I'm not the only one here that feels the same.

They say that hope dies last, sure, and I still hope for the best, but honestly, I'm just about to give up and wait for next year.

I hope you guys understand my different perspective. If yes, then thank you for doing so.

- Nico