Jak Crawford is assigned number 11 still despite Sergio being back Leo Fornaroli is assigned number 1 which for obvious reasons needs to be changed These are the numbers they get in race 1 of a bra...
Ideas
When I was playing the F1 2025 career mode, Paul Aron joined Racing Bulls in the second season, replacing Hadjar (who used number 6). Aron had used number 17 in F2 2024. However, upon joining Racing Bulls, he was assigned number 8, even though number 17 was available. How can this be explained? It turns out the regulations don't forbid it.
Here is a photo. Zoom in and you'll see him on the Halo.
17 is not available in F1 because it was retired in honor of Jules Bianchi who lost his life as a result of a crash during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. Presumably this unique situation was discussed and giving Aron #8 was the decision.
So, EA should NEGOTIATE that possibility in the licensing agreement to avoid such absurdities, and only then incorporate it into the game.
It's easy to say "just negotiate it" but what if it's not something the FOM considers negotiable? Or how much should they be willing to give up trying to make it negotiable?
You have to give it a try! If you get a refusal, use some arguments. If that doesn't work either, try again later. After all, it’s EA, FOM, and the FIA that make money from F1 game customers. A dissatisfied customer won't buy the game... The customer pays, so the customer has the right to make demands.
You are making some faulty assumptions here.
You assume there is a right way and wrong way to number the drivers. While you may personally find the duplicate numbers annoying, I'm sure there are plenty of people who prefer this to a scenario where the drivers are using incorrect numbers. I guarantee you that if they switched it and assigned different numbers to the F2 drivers who shared a number with an F1 driver, then people would come here and make bug reports about how their favorite F2 driver doesn't use their real world number.
So essentially all it's doing is swapping out one problem for another and for all we know changing it could result in more dissatisfied customers then the current system. You are a paying customer and that gives you a right to be dissatisfied and have your complaints heard but that doesn't give you the right to make demands if it comes at the cost of another player's experience.
The real solution would be for them to include an in-game editor so people could change the numbers how they like, but for whatever reason they have declined to add one despite several requests over the years.
