Platform: Xbox Series X
Account: HomebredNorq
Date: 29 October 2026
Game Version: 1.26.1417865
Game Mode: Driver Career
DLC: F1 25 – 2026 Season Pack
Description
My Driver Career save appears to have become corrupted. My career progress has rolled back by two races, and the game now gets stuck indefinitely after replaying the initial contract-signing cutscene.
I started this career in approximately August 2026, after installing the 2026 Season Pack. The career had been working normally until around two weeks ago, when I last played it.
Steps to reproduce
1. Load the existing Driver Career save.
2. The game incorrectly started the Barcelona Grand Prix, even though I had already completed Barcelona and Austria. The next race in my career should have been Silverstone.
3. The game skips the normal session-selection interface and immediately launches the race.
4. Attempting to pause the game, either before or during the race, causes the game to crash.
5. Then I completed the race. After that, the game displaed rating changes as if all my driver attributes were at 99.
6. The game transitions to the agent cutscene normally shown at the beginning of a new career, asking me to negotiate and sign a contract.
7. After signing the contract, the game freezes on a single frame of the cutscene and never progresses.
8. Restart the game. The same contract-negotiation cutscene appears again. After selecting and signing a contract, the game freezes on the same frame again. The issue is reproducible after every restart.
Current status
The issue persists after restarting the game.
Every time I relaunch F1 25, I am returned to the contract-signing cutscene. After signing the contract again, the game freezes on the same screen.
I have also removed the game from Xbox Quick Resume, but this did not resolve the issue.
My game is fully updated to version 1.26.1417865.
I have only one career save slot, so I do not have another in-game save to restore.
Questions for the team
1. Is there a way to recover my existing Driver Career save without losing my progress?
2. Is a fix planned for this issue?
I have invested significant time in this career and would appreciate any guidance on recovering the existing save before attempting any actions that might overwrite it.
Thank you.
