Safety Car bug
Product: F1 22
Platform:Sony Playstation 4
Summarize your bug Safety Car came in after a brief Virtual Safety Car due to a crash between turns 12 and 13 on Zandvoort (at 1:19:00 in the stream provided in the additional information). As the leader of the race had already passed the timing line, the safety car came in just in front of the driver in P5 at the time. The safety car allows other drivers to pass (green lights shown on top of the safety car) but continues to lap around the track, instead of waiting between turns 3 and 4, as it's meant to be doing as seen in lap 9 and 10. As the safety car continued to lap around the track, the drivers are all obligated to keep to their delta. At 1:21.05, a message is shown in game, telling the drivers the safety car is coming in this lap. xPaingineerinGx meanwhile, having led from the start, has just passed the timing line, causing his car to behave as any car in the lead would during a restart. He reported to have experienced throttle cuts/reaching maximum throttle in order to keep the pack bunched up. Green flag was shown when the safety car entered the third and final sector of the track, even though the panels alongside the track were still showing the safety car signals. It wasn't until the leader of the race passed the timing line to start lap 6 that the throttle cuts were lifted. Drivers further back also reported throttle cuts, as some were unable to catch up the rest of the pack.
What is your 16 digit Report Code? CTKR-HREE-RAKJ-BASC
Which area is the bug/glitch in? Multiplayer
How often does the bug occur? Occasionally (10% - 49%)
Did you have cross-play enabled? No
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Not entirely sure. The bug occurred once even though there was a safety car a bit later on in the race.
What happens when the bug occurs? Mixed signals for drivers as well as spectators. As soon as the track was green again, drivers were allowed to race again, even though the leader was still restricted by the throttle cuts, as one could experience during a regular safety car restart.
What do you expect to see? A minimum of one catch-up lap (leader gets picked up by the safety car) and one lap under safety car conditions, allowing all drivers to catch up the rest of the pack and preparing themselves for the restart. We expect, as it's happened many times before in the past three years in our league, the 'Safety Car in this lap' message to only be shown in the final sector of the lap.
Our stream with Dutch commentary.
Significant time stamps:
1:19:00 - A crash occurs between turns 12 and 13 as shown on stream. A brief Virtual Safety Car comes out, followed by the actual Safety Car.
1:21:05 - 'Safety Car in this lap' as the Safety Car, having continued lapping the track instead of waiting between turns 3 and 4. No car was picked up by the safety car.
1:21:10 - Green flag is shown giving the all-clear to drivers to continue racing. LED panels alongside the track are still showing the SC signals.
Track: Zandvoort, Netherlands
Weekend Structure: Standard
Practice Format: Off
Qualifying Format: Full
Session Length: Long (50%)
Safety Car: Reduced
Safety Car Experience: Immersive
