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  1. 2 points
    Don't sweat it once you reach your plateau. Theres a good reason we call the best drivers who manage to get better times than us 'aliens' (without cheats or assists!). The more realistic you play the closer you get to emulating the real world sport which is dominated by the most skilled drivers in the world. Imagine being a Williams driver watching the whole pack disappear into the distance. Yet even their drivers are in a different league from the majority of us. Aim for a realistic goal in the race like real world drivers do. In a donkey car aim to finish anywhere but last. In McLaren aim for regular top ten finishes. In a Red Bull aim for a podium every time etc etc. 'Winning' is how YOU define it. Happy lapping!
  2. 1 point
    I've written a post about it in the bugs topic, but decided this needs its own topic because it really bugs me. Anyone else has no unexpected moments during rallies anymore? No drones, no cars on the side of the road. Both in career and freeplay (random events set to on obviously). It's a big shame because I really liked that system. What's weird is that it seems to be tied to a save, because when I logged in to my wife's profile (PS4), the random stuff started happening again. It stopped as soon as I logged back to my own account. I have no idea what triggered this. The patch? The DLC? I've got Day One Edition with additional deluxe content. I could just delete my save and start over to see if it resolves the problem, but I don't feel like losing all of my progress.
  3. 1 point
    Headlights in DR2.0 are way too weak and the light beam they emit is way too short. It's like low-beam only, and when the extra headlight pods break it's like DRLs only. They should be changed so the light beam goes much, much further down the road. Would make night racing much better and more realistic. A few screenshot to illustrate the problem. The beam is very wide but pitifully short. They only illuminate the road a very short distance For comparison look at this. Difference is night and day, no pun intended
  4. 1 point
    I'm trying to learn to drive with no assists, except the racing line. I like the feel of the car with not assists, but I'm more consistent with the assists on. If I'm not careful I wind up in the wall. At least with assists I get to finish the race. I'm not that fast. Australia time trial in the Haas is 1:27 something and I don't really see any difference in the speed other than the consistency. Acctually I checked again after posting this and I was about 1 to 2 secomds faster at Britain with abs and medium tc. The question is do I drive in my races with assists or take a chance with no assists and risk the DNF's? How did you learn to drive without assists? PS4 format. On the controller. The last 2 assists that I'm turning off are ABS and Traction control medium. ABS makes the braking feel "spongy" for lack of a better word and I often miss judge the stopping distance and wind up in the back of the car in front of me. Traction control on medium, doesn't bother me.
  5. 1 point
    Yeh they missed an opportunity there for sure. F1 2019 Couch Edition (PS4) : For only $1499 you can play locally with family or friends! Don't be a splitscreen-osaur, rock your lounge in style! Included : 2x copies f12019 2x PS4 Pro consoles (livery of your choice!) 1x Dualshock 4 F1 Williams Livery (2 recommended for dual play) 2x 43" Sony HDR 4k tvs with HDR (Please note all cables extra.. See Codemasters online for details) PLEASE NOTE MULTIPLAYER NOT SUPPORTED ON RELEASE-CHECK ONLINE FOR PATCH DETAILS.
  6. 1 point
    Learning this is very frustrating. I can tell I have gotten a lot better at driving without assists. Full lockups are less frequent and more often than not I avoid locking up at all. My spinouts are less frequent and I can easily string consistent laps together. BUT, at the same time I don't see where the speed can be gained. Can't brake any later or I will lockup. Can't go any heavier on the throttle or I would spin out. Yes attacking the corner differently could gain me some time, but 7 or 8 seconds seems like I would need a cheat code or something that I don't have. I know setups make a difference but, once it is close I don't see where there would be that much time gained there either.
  7. 1 point
    Look how they attack corners. You will see that they go as far as possible to the left or right before steering in. That will help a lot with the “slow in-fast out”. You will also see that they take corners in a higher gear than you are used to. Look at the braking point and try to memorize that point. These are the first things you have to learn to get faster.
  8. 1 point
    Thanks for the reply. I am watching some and even slowing them down. It has helped with gear changes. I'm learning that a lot of things I did not know mattered do matter. I really don't know enough about how to race to know what to watch for. If that makes sense. I thought it was just about going fast and trying to minimize your time on the brakes or going slow, but I'm learning that it is a lot more than that.
  9. 1 point
    Spot on. The more you drive, the more you learn. And what’s consistency; being three seconds slower every lap is also consistency. Over time you will improve and that won’t take that long. Also, try to watch some movies from the hardcore YouTubers, you can learn a lot from them.
  10. 1 point
    Thanks guys! Great advice, thank you. @sloppysmusicA lot of ways to have fun with the game that I had not thought of.
  11. 1 point
    If you're racing online might as well use assists as most others do for consistency. If you're doing time trial turning assists off is a cool way to see how much faster you're getting. If you're doing career and intend to put plenty of time into the game for several months you will feel more achievement by turning assists off and noticing the gradual increasing of your abilities. If you plan to blast thru a season with short races might as well use assists for the fun factor. If you want to get more involved and do half or full length races you may find assists get pretty boring after a while as you never crash or make a mistake. Remember in real life most drivers don't have perfect races every time, it's part of the drama of the sport. With longer races I promise you will have much more fun if you relax, turn the ai down pretty low (so if you spin off you can still get back at least once during a race) and race with no assists. After the first season you will then turn racing line off for a further challenge (after a full length race you wont need it anymore! Theres no shame in playing the game how you want to, after all you paid for it! Maybe when you have a day off or a boring weekend ahead try a full length grand prix with all assists off. You can lap to your hearts content in practice learning the car and track and no amount of wrecks will stop you. Turn medium damage on to get more of a thrill or off at street circuits for less frustration! Don't do qualify until you feel confident in the car and your skills then go for qualifying using the full length real life sessions. It's very exciting just getting into q2 then maybe q1. Treat each car you pass or beat for a lap time as a victory in itself. Live the dream but have fun too!
  12. 1 point
    Assists off is definetly the way to go. While I agree its easier to be consistent with assists. You cant be on the edgecall the time with assists off I find my race pace is slower than qualy but a fair amount and I have to drop the AI by 5 points. Doing one fast lap is not a real representation of speed is what I learned 🙂
  13. 1 point
    Finally wanna thank SkyRex for another amazing championship format! I also enjoyed your christmas tree pickup video for Christmas very entertaining! Happy New Year to everyone and take care were less than a month from new WRC season!
  14. 1 point
    Yeah, the official forum might not be the place.
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  16. 1 point
    Can't see what is stopping you. It will 99.8% remove the ability to do online and save career etc etc though for those that wishes to use it.
  17. 1 point
    Agree. They need to start adding stuff to the game, mainly tracks, and idk... maybe new modes or something. Lobbies can't come fast enough. The game started to drastically wind down online, and now being like 60% off isn't a good sign either. I hope they give the game one strong push during the coming months and try to save it. Otherwise will be just the three packs and done for good...
  18. 1 point
    I find the AI is inconsistent between circuits. I can comfortably match the pace of the AI on some circuits, but really struggle on some of the newer ones (especially Mettet).
  19. 1 point
    Merry Christmas. i agree don't waste your time hoping for a bug fix because according to codemasters the f12019 works as it should do, it has not been officially announced but what we thought were bugs and got asked to post and report bugs was just to keep the masses quiet,. Which meant in the meantime Codemasters could continue changing the core dynamics with each patch to sell to a younger audience on pads , when f12019 was 1st released the game was great on a wheel , but once you got reeled in and bought the game they then on purpose set there sights targeting a new customer, and that's the part I don't like, I personally won't get tricked again and will now wait every year until the game is around £20 , I will now go back to PC and leave codemasters to trick and mislead there loyal customer base , there ought to be a law against this sort of thing and I guess the loophole is 3 yrs plus ,but that can backfire if a child gets hurt while using a wheel on any racing game, theres always good and bad in every company, instead of searching and finally finding out the truth I should have been racing and actually reporting about bugs that we shouldn't have to report in the 1 st place ,, i wish codemasters the all the best for the future, and wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy new year.
  20. 1 point
    The track in Skirmish could be changed to something better, the empty and ugly wasteland is a mood killer. Wish it was in a city, or a track, or anywhere rather than that grayness
  21. 1 point
    Why do I get the impression NONE of this stuff will ever happen. Unless of course its on STADIA because CM seems to only care about that platform.
  22. 1 point
    I saw plenty of drones and broken ai cars to begin with but have seen nothing in the past few weeks... strange (ps4). also strange that it seems from this thread the pc guys are still getting them 🤔
  23. 1 point
    That's really wierd. But if they were programmed to stop after a certain time of play, why have the option to turn them on and off in free play? There is a setting for it only in free play, and it's set to on. Still, no wrecked cars or drones on the stages. I want my wrecked cars and drones back. 😞
  24. 0 points
    Hi @Robby1982, Have you tried uninstalling and re-installing the game? We've tested the solution here and it worked every time for us.
  25. 0 points
    Here is a temporary solution until what you've reported can get fixed: 1. Find the F1 2019 folder (Default location: Steam Folder/steamapps/common/"F1 2019") 2. Navigate to F1 2019/audio/2019/speech 3. Rename all files that start with en_ to something else 4. Rename all files that start with it_ to start with en_ This means that you've renamed the Italian voice files to the English ones, but this may cause issues, and if you encounter any, please revert the changes. If you do not have the language specific files, try to change your language to English and then back to your preferred language 🙂
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