F1 25 - Instant crash at gamestart

This was the issue, closed my windhawk and bam I can race again. Legend status right here.

Closing windhawk did it for me too. On to connecting my csl dd now. 

how can i close it? it isnt showing on the task manager.

If changing the pathtrace setting doesn't help, Check out my post here Game crash at start | EA Forums - 12243290, this may help you resolve the game crash at start issues. 

Yo, IT NEVER WORKS!

Known issue and listed as such.

EA Javelin AntiCheat doesn't have an F1 25 "option" because it's an AC used ACROSS EA Games.

You haven't fixed your UEFI updates https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/B550M-PRO-VDH-WIFI/support

Here is a hotfix driver https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5667/~/geforce-hotfix-display-driver-version-576.66 

Set UEFI to defaults, save then change what you MUST.

Use DDU to remove your Nvidia driver then set at default.

Delete hardware_settings_config.xml and launch game.

Anything new? Having the same problems but with AMD 6700 XT

i tried all the fixes i could see online but nothing worked for me.  i was just about to request a steam refund.  my documents folder was pointing to my NAS.  when i restored it to the default, i could launch and play the game.  i have been running f1 2019 - 2024 like this with no problems.  this fixed my issue so good thing to check if all else fails.