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alexito00009
3 years ago
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Why doesn’t ever rain?

Hi, I’m new to the forum so hoping I’m posting my question in the right place.

I recently purchased F1 2022 PS4 and after playing 2 full seasons, I’ve noticed that it haven’t rained in any of the races/free practices so wondering if that’s a setting I have to enable somewhere. I have checked all the settings and only found one that let you decrease the accuracy of the weather forecasts, but still, it never rains.

What am I missing?

Thanks!

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  • ScarDuck14's avatar
    ScarDuck14
    3 years ago

    @alexito00009welcome👍In previous years games it pretty much rained all the time. So we begged and pleaded for years for there be less rain. Now we pretty much have no rain. 🤷‍♂️. Always one extreme to another 

    However one of the biggest problems with this years game. Is the Ai way overpowered in the wet. So rain isn’t something I miss

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  • ScarDuck14's avatar
    ScarDuck14
    Legend
    3 years ago

    @alexito00009welcome👍In previous years games it pretty much rained all the time. So we begged and pleaded for years for there be less rain. Now we pretty much have no rain. 🤷‍♂️. Always one extreme to another 

    However one of the biggest problems with this years game. Is the Ai way overpowered in the wet. So rain isn’t something I miss

  • BadMayh3m's avatar
    BadMayh3m
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @alexito00009 It would be at the start of a New Season if anywhere.
    In GP mode just set up 1 race and you'll find a screen that says Weather and Time of day.
  • Radoko34's avatar
    Radoko34
    3 years ago

    Hi @alexito00009 

    You raise a good question.

    The answer is no - you cannot enable or disable rain in a career mode. It is purely up to chance.

    I suppose this is because the developers want career mode to be as realistic as possible, so you can’t pick and choose the weather conditions for a race weekend. 

    I think it’s just a lucky/unlucky (depends on how you look at it) coincidence that you haven’t had any rain so far.

    Hope this helps and makes sense. 

  • alexito00009's avatar
    alexito00009
    3 years ago

    It does make sense thanks. Yes, I understand I can’t force the rain for a particular race, however my point was that since I have not seen the train since I started playing and I have already played I was wondering if I had to set up any specific settings. What I’m understanding from your answers is that rain is very uncommon in F1 2022. In F1 2019 it rained in 3-4 races per season and I personally enjoyed that a lot. It’s a pity that in 2022 rain is so uncommon. 

  • ScarDuck14's avatar
    ScarDuck14
    Legend
    3 years ago
    @alexito00009 Will also depend on race length. I do 50% and get rain more than I would like. But vast majority of time it doesn’t rain for the entire race.
  • alexito00009's avatar
    alexito00009
    3 years ago

    Thanks @ScarDuck14 however I’m not talking about not raining in a specific race. I’m talking about the fact that I have played 2 full seasons of 20+ races each and have not seen the rain yet neither during the races nor any of the free practices. Isn’t it weird?

  • ScarDuck14's avatar
    ScarDuck14
    Legend
    3 years ago
    @alexito00009 It is odd. Generally in first season it would rain on and off. Then from posts by others and what I’ve noticed is second season on rain disappears.

    It could also be down too. Many people have posted complaining that the Ai are op on wet. Especially during the crossover period during a race. wet/dry dry/wet. So it’s possible that the chances off rain have been drastically reduced, maybe even disabled
  • alexito00009's avatar
    alexito00009
    3 years ago

    @ScarDuck14 Thanks again for your reply. Ok…I’ll keep playing and see 🤓 if you guys tell me this is not a setting (like for instance the safety car that you can decide how frequently you want it in your races) then fine. Just wanted to make I’m not missing anything. 

    Bu the way, I hace races set up to last Arona 15-18 laps (depending on the circuit) but I bet that should not influence the likelihood of raining. 

  • Radoko34's avatar
    Radoko34
    3 years ago

    @alexito00009 

    You’re correct, the race distance will not affect the likelihood of rain in your races. 

    As @ScarDuck14 says too, possibly the developers have reduced the likelihood of rain in new career modes because of the AI’s tendency to be over-powered in the wet conditions. 
    In my career mode which is quite old now I get rain quite often, so maybe it would only apply to recently started career modes. 

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