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Nailor_USA's avatar
Nailor_USA
Seasoned Newcomer
3 months ago
Status:
Investigating

F1 25 World Car Slow At 600-1000 Tech for PC Users

The F1 25 world car becoming slow at 1000 tech is a known bug, likely caused by a scaling issue where the game slows down high-tech cars in events. A common workaround is to dismantle your vehicle parts back to a lower tech level (around 500-600), which restores the car's performance to a competitive level, even though this is not a permanent solution. 

 

Problem: The car is slow at 1000 tech 

Cause: It appears to be a bug in the game where cars with a tech level at or near 1000 are scaled down significantly, making them slower than other cars in events like the Invitationals.

 

Symptoms:

The car is noticeably slower than other players and AI opponents, often several seconds behind per lap. The problem is most apparent in Invitational events. It is not a hardware or installation issue, as it has been reported across many platforms and re-installs. 

 

Workaround: Dismantle parts

Action: Dismantle your vehicle parts back to around level 100, but keep your team parts at 1000.

Result: This restores the car's performance to a competitive level, allowing you to keep up with other players.

Limitation: This is a temporary fix, not a solution to the underlying bug, which developers need to address. 

39 Comments

  • EA_cuervo's avatar
    EA_cuervo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 months ago

    Hey everyone, thanks for bringing this to our attention. I will pass the information on to the team. 

  • Nailor_USA's avatar
    Nailor_USA
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 months ago

    This is just a F1 25 World Invitational problem.

    I started to see this starting around July 2025

  • r083rtf1's avatar
    r083rtf1
    Seasoned Hotshot
    2 months ago

    Was this a problem in previous F1 games as well? Or just in F1 25?

  • tidyjoffrey's avatar
    tidyjoffrey
    Seasoned Newcomer
    3 months ago

    Agree to all of the above, i play regularly with PC players and they all have exactly the same issue. It makes it extremely difficult for them to achieve the level caps and when they do they have have to deliberately downgrade to about 550 just to compete in any event. 

     

    EA FIX THE GAME!!!

  • TakiBanzai-Inoue's avatar
    TakiBanzai-Inoue
    Seasoned Newcomer
    3 months ago

    I'm astonished at the state of this game. It's not like it's a new genre, how can the developers not get any of this right?! The car gets worse on PC the more you level it up, the tyre wear is absolutely ridiculous. The AI drives like they're having epileptic fits, players are getting disconnected all over the place. I love how the cars feel on console, but I wouldn't put any money down in future for the PC version, I'm not getting burnt again. The invitationals are a great idea but that's ruined by the AI and the regular disconnects. It's actually the worst F1 game I've ever played and I've played a lot of them over the last 30 years! Then to top it off, you want to just release an update for the 26 season?! 25 needs setting fire to because there's obviously something very wrong in the code. You need to listen to your community, the people who are buying the game every year or they'll just walk away.

  • stillLogan's avatar
    stillLogan
    Rising Spectator
    3 months ago

    I have given this advice to a few pc players, they confirmed that the problem is real. If you go to a crossplay invitational, in F1 world, it is mysterious that all the PC players, above level 700, are 3 to 4 seconds slower compared to console players. I would love to switch to PC for this game, but not until this situation is fixed.

    i also agree about the AI cars, they are aggressive. That is great, but after level 700, they are breaking rules, brake-checking, and even simply bashing you off the track just to keep their racing line.

    Please address these problems.

  • Agree with both post here. In addition to these issues I am noticing extreme tire degradation on PC when the above issues are present. 

    A considerable amount of players are on PC like me and this is unplayable. Please look into these issues and offer a fix. 

  • Corgi_uk's avatar
    Corgi_uk
    Seasoned Novice
    3 months ago

    My problem is I'm on PC i have bought 2 f125 games now trying to sort this out 1 through STEAM and 1 through EA and still no good tech levels in invitationals is broken if i put my car at 1000 tech my car is slower by 4 seconds a lap if i dismantle my car to 550 by dismantling my vehicle parts then my car is 4 seconds faster per lap meaning i can keep up with other players but still not up to the top speed by about 500ths of a second iv mentioned this many times and feel like I'm banging my head up against a wall this needs looking into.

     as well as the AI been way to aggressive on the track double moves and brake checking this should not be allowed as it is making many players very frustrated and the community is getting smaller by the day I'm noticing a lot of people not playing due to these problems please look into these problems we as a community so need your help this game could be so good 

    i look forward to you response Corgi