I'm on Series X. This happened with F1 24 as well but no other EA game I own does this. The fact it started happening on F1 24 prompted me to buy the newest game this weekend in the hopes it didn't happen again so to say I'm angry is an understatement.
After a race it will go to the black saving screen but it lasts forever. After a few minutes I get a "highlight's reel failed to save" and then the game will sit on the black saving screen for as long as I let it. One time I left it an hour and went to do something else with F1 24. If I switch the game/console off and on again it will ask me to select a local or cloud save and it sends me to the start of the race I have already completed. These races are long so it's put me off the game because it's tedious. To find the exact same issue on 25 is infuriating when I paid for it this weekend.
I don't know what to do. If I can't fix it I'll have to ask for a refund and I really enjoy these games so would like to avoid that.
I have already tried reinstalling the game but that doesn't fix the issue. I don't know whether it's a cloud issue or my profile or whether it's a known bug that needs patching. Is there a way to manually save and avoid the auto save after a race? Or save immediately after crossing the line so I can avoid redoing races?
Any suggestions/help is appreciated. This has been 6 months across 2 games and I'm at a loss.