F1® 22 - Patch 1.17 Discussion Thread

I just recently played a bit, and honestly, I'm disappointed.

This update consists of nothing but hot fixes, and nothing major that everyone addresses over and over and over and over is being taken care of.

One important thing is the Checkpoint Challenges of the Pirelli Hotlaps. Since in this game, the Pirelli Hotlaps replace the Invitational Events from F1 2020 and prior, they are a vital part of the game that absolutely must work. And unfortunately, the Checkpoint Challenges are still impossible to beat on any difficulty higher than Normal. And since you play them on Challenging difficulty in Career Mode, it means you'll never ever get the Gold medal and the all important 1000 driver acclaim, and that's not fair considering that before patch 1.15, everything worked perfectly and skilled players were able to do it on Hard difficulty, and since said patch, the Checkpoint Challenges aren't possible. If they still are, I would like to have a video of someone beating the Checkpoint Challenge in France, on Hard difficulty, post-patch 1.15.

On an upside though, George Russell's Mercedes looks way better now with the blue 63 and the blue winglets. It looks awesome. And also, I don't know if this just affects skipping Qualifying in GP Mode, but either Verstappen has been weakened or Mercedes and Ferrari gained a performance buff, which is unlikely since I just tested out a race and the Mercedes was nowhere close to the pace of the Ferraris.

You really should listen to the community more instead of just chasing your own expectations. We don't mind additional content like F1 Life, as long as EVERYTHING gameplay-related is working properly, and unfortunately, it doesn't. I'm sorry, but this is probably the most disappointing update that F1 22 received.

- Nico

PS: Since someone mentioned this in a different post, no, I don't have a YouTube channel, and there's still no way to send in video proof that the Checkpoint Challenges aren't possible.