EA Staff (Retired)Can't join Cross Play lobbies - Error Code PM7
I play on Steam - Champions Edition version.
It's been happening for a while now - happened a few weeks ago, then it was ok again and then it started to happen again this week - and every time I open the game, I get stuck on this screen:
The only way for me to get through this screen is if I:
- close the game.
- set Steam to Offline Mode.
- open the game.
- after I'm in the game main menu, I set Steam to Online Mode again.
- in the game, I click on 'Retry Connection'
Then I can play normally, BUT.. I just could NOT join any cross play lobby this weekend - I kept getting this error:
If I would turn cross play OFF, then I can join online lobbies just fine, but I'm racing only against Steam players - which obviously reduces the available public lobbies and the total number of drivers.
I already did the following:
- Checked the game's files integrity
- Uninstalled, then reinstalled the game, from scratch (even deleting all of the files under "C:\Users\[USERNAME]\Documents\My Games\F1 22", to make sure the game would be reinstalled with its default/original configs
- Reinstalled Steam itself
- Checked my internet speed (it's all normal and with pretty good ping, download and upload speeds)
- Checked my antivirus (Avast!) for permissions and/or blocked apps
- Checked Windows Firewall settings
- Did a DNS Flush
Everything else is working just fine on my computer - I can download/upload files, live stream (which I do on Twitch, almost daily), play other games online, both on Steam (like GTA V, PUBG and Ring Of Elysium, for example) and on other platforms (like Rocket League through Epic Games, for example).
The problem only happens on F1 22.
Can I choose a 2 stop strategy in my team yet? No? Guess I'll keep playing something else then or F12020
@antti_syrj605 wrote:Can I choose a 2 stop strategy in my team yet? No? Guess I'll keep playing something else then or F12020
I got two stop strategy offered in Hungary recently in MT.
Did you try to edit one of the strategies for two stops manually prior the race start?
(platform: Steam on PC)
@Dechri I would expect two stop strategies to be less effective, you add extra 20-25secs for additional stop. However, I don't personally agree about avoiding Softs. Game often offers me personalised strategies where standard Medium->Hard is replaced by Soft->Medium. So I guess it might be your driving style. I always do Race Strategy programme manually and my tyre wear usually goes between 0.75-0.85. Therefore I get Softs as an strategy option. FYI, I play on Steam, 50% race lengths with custom car setups and AI level around 85.
You should also pay attention to which compounds are used for S/M/H tyres. C4-5 could have high deg but it also could be caused by you overheating them. E.g. in Australia, you get C5 for Softs while C3 and C2 are Mediums and Hards, respectively. So I would expect Softs to last much less than other tyre types.
@P4st3l1ak wrote:
@antti_syrj605 wrote:Can I choose a 2 stop strategy in my team yet? No? Guess I'll keep playing something else then or F12020
I got two stop strategy offered in Hungary recently in MT.
Did you try to edit one of the strategies for two stops manually prior the race start?
(platform: Steam on PC)
Honestly? Haven't even touched the game after I noticed that I never had 2 sets of mediums available even tho I should have had when I either hadn't used them in practice or only used 1 set.
