Randomly in online races, usually when someone in the lobby is lagging, all vibrations either reduce to a low setting or completely stop on PS5 and it makes the car extremely difficult to drive. A qu...
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EA_cuervo
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Community ManagerHey everyone,
Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to report this issue and share your report codes. We really appreciate it.
The team has been investigating this, but so far they've been unable to reliably reproduce the problem internally. To help with the investigation, if anyone is able to capture a video showing the vibration issue occurring during a race, it would be extremely helpful. Videos can often provide additional context that makes it easier for the team to identify the conditions needed to reproduce the issue.
If you're able to record the issue, please share the video along with your report code. Thank you again for your continued feedback and support.
To reproduce the issue, just start an online multiplayer race with 15–20 people at Baku. It’s pretty straightforward; clearly, it’s a connection issue, but it needs to be fixed right away. You’ve had this problem for a year now and i can't play f12025 since July of 25; I bought the DLC thinking it would be resolved, but I see nothing has changed. You’re making fools of us—rolling out updates to fix trivial things while I still can’t finish an online race. Given this, I’m putting the game aside until it’s fixed, and I don’t plan on buying another F1 game until it is, since it’s currently unplayable. All the best.
Just did some open lobbies, I have a league race later that should be cleaner than these open lobbies so I will send it in if the glitch happens.
ZLBB-MCPD-XXDK-VKHJ - Vibrations get lighter at the final turn on lap 4, then disappear completely up the hill into turns 8 and 9 (you can see me slide after getting caught out by it), staying off until my unfortunate demise on the same lap: https://youtu.be/W7otSUaihqc
TKPX-VVDM-XXDK-VKHJ - I was in this lobby for about 45 minutes and it was completely fine, then all of a sudden on the Bahrain start my vibrations were lower, and they then switched off completely on the start of lap 2, the curb vibrations came back at turn 8 on lap 2 but the vibrations of turning and controlling the car did not come back. I retired after the clip ends sorry I didn't get more, I can upload a full 30m clip of everything prior if you would like: https://youtu.be/0CXNFKTwjjg
- EA_cuervo
Hi everyone,
Thanks for the continued feedback on this, and thank you to those who have shared report codes, videos, and additional reproduction details.
I understand the concern that vibration loss itself is not directly visible in a video. The reason videos are still useful is that they can show the conditions around the issue, such as the track, lobby size, timing, connection behavior, what happened shortly before the vibration changed, and whether pausing/unpausing temporarily restores it. That context can help the team compare reports and look for common triggers.
The details shared about this happening more often in larger online multiplayer lobbies, particularly around Baku, as well as the reports of vibration becoming weaker before disappearing completely, are helpful. I’ll make sure the latest report codes, videos, and reproduction suggestions are added to the investigation.
I’m not sure how to demonstrate this with a video, because you might think that lobby will crash —especially on certain tracks — but you can’t be certain it will happen. I think the best solution is to create a crossplay multiplayer lobby (not LAN) with at least 10–15 people in Baku and start intentionally hitting the walls and the other players (without causing yourself fatal damage—there’s no need to break the front wing). It might not happen right away, but after a couple of laps it will surely happen. If for some reason the number of available players is an issue, you could involve the EA Playtesters. Alternatively, you can try a solo 25% race in Baku and crash into walls and other cars there as well. (I specified Baku because that’s where it happens most often, but it’s not the only track where it occurs.)
If it helps, this is the first time this has happened to me. The race started after a oneshot qualifying where the vibration was perfect. No one hits me, and correctly I don’t feel any vibrations from other cars crashing into each other or hitting the barriers. In the exact moment the VSC is deployed, all the vibration suddenly disappears, not gradually over a few laps like it has other times. As can see in the mirror or when I look back, it looks like the lobby is lagging heavily; I don’t know if that had an effect.
Report code: JJBX-SKKD-PXKR-PMTL
YT link Loss vibrations after VSC
