F1 22 (and 21) "enter" crash at first menu

@MuffinmanII   As it’s happening with both games.  I’m going to go out on a limb and say the answer is in the dxdiag.  Which I know less than nothing about.   But I do know a dxdiag whisperer.   Hopefully @SteveJackson  is about. 

He is your best/only chance.  Here. 

Hi, looks fine other than possibly

When you updated UEFI to 4402 did you load and save defaults? 

Are you using XMP for 3600RAM? Try 2 sticks or 3200 timings?

AMD v4 chipset driver (ASUS site has only v3 driver) uninstall v3, reboot then install v4, reboot.

Try DDU GPU driver and 528.49

Don't disable AV, remove it using vendor tool. Defender is fine.

Delete the hardware_settings_config.xml from C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents\My Games\F1 2021 and/or F1 22\hardware_settings

The report code is per session so it's normal to change between runs 🙂

Another point is you seem to have either two different versions of one or both.

If you verify files in Steam, why launch from EA Play? (maybe 2022 is EA, maybe 2021 is Steam?)

Maybe troubleshoot the Steam game first?

Further Thoughts

Uninstall or prevent vgtray.exe loading at startup

Non-standard audio (Elgato/Mic/Virtual devices) - try enabling the onboard audio for troubleshooting and selecting as a Windows default.

Uninstall any and all RGB software and Armoury Crate.

Disconnect Oculus device until game is booting

More extreme suggestions / ideas

You say hit 'Enter' - try a standard keyboard instead of Wooting?

What controllers do you have? I see a Fanatec driver entry and possibly a Simucube? (Check supported list for Simucube as I don't believe it was supported last I looked, but.....)

So is hitting 'Enter' actually 'Start' or 'Next' on a controller?

When you updated UEFI to 4402 did you load and save defaults?  Loaded defaults

Are you using XMP for 3600RAM? Try 2 sticks or 3200 timings? I am using DOCP at 3600. I have tried 2 sticks and 1 stick and 4 sticks and every possible combination of 2 sticks unfortunately.

I actually had tried the AMD v4 chipset driver , using DDU and updating driver last night before you posted based on a previous post you made, no luck. 

Delete the hardware_settings_config.xml from C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents\My Games\F1 2021 and/or F1 22\hardware_settings, I've done this multiple times

If you verify files in Steam, why launch from EA Play? (maybe 2022 is EA, maybe 2021 is Steam?) I was seeing if it was some authorization issue with connecting to my account through steam so I was seeing if launching from EA play would solve it

Non-standard audio (Elgato/Mic/Virtual devices) - try enabling the onboard audio for troubleshooting and selecting as a Windows default., I tried running F1 22 when nothing but my keyboard and mouse was installed or plugged in. I waited to install these after the OS install to remove these as the potential issue.

Disconnect Oculus device until game is booting. Doesn't matter if it is hooked up or not, same issue.

Uninstall or prevent vgtray.exe loading at startup Had the issue before this was installed, should not be related.

@SteveJackson @ScarDuck14 

Honestly, I'm a bit embarrassed. I kept thinking, I did a reinstall, I installed the bare minimum my keyboard and mouse software and it didn't boot so it has to have been one of those. 

kept thinking there is no way....well there is a way. Anytime I press anything on the wooting keyboard it crashes.

I'm guessing there needs to be a game update and it is actually a bug caused by the keyboard because I have had no issues on any other program with this keyboard.

is there anyone I need to tag to get this looked at further and resolved?

@MuffinmanIINo reason to be embarrassed. Both you and Steve talk a language I’ll never understand.

I’m happy you’ve seem to have found what’s causing the issue.

As for getting help from this end. 🤷‍♂️ I can’t help you there. I can only flag major issues or relevant posts to ongoing issues that affect multiple people.  

You may have better luck contacting your hardware support 

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@ScarDuck14 wrote:
@SteveJacksonbefore I tag you for help. I try and gauge whether the person is polite and worthy.

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I understand why people can get frustrated.

But there is little point getting that way, simplest way to avoid frustration is to not play or therefore  buy the titles. 

Nobody really minds or expects zero bugs, it’s just the repetitive nature it and the key fails of the ones that plague this title. It’s honestly beyond all rationale.