scottishwildcat

" If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” -- Henry Ford

Unfortunately, VR and the Ego engine aren't, for titles with a full field of race cars. That's why they've only ever really done VR for their rally titles. (Apart from the experimental Oculus support for Grid Autosport, on the last-gen Ego engine.)

Not just on Metacritic... the reviews from the two F1 YouTubers I've seen so far aren't great either.

Hardly seems worth it, unless when you play through a season they switch at the right time. Otherwise, it's going to be wrong for half the season either way.

If it was simple they would have fixed it by now. There's clearly some underlying issue that's well beyond tweaking a parameter somewhere.

Why does F1 esports have to be a "simulation" rather than just a game? Nobody complains that FIFA or COD esports aren't "sim enough".

As you'd expect, being somewhat crowdfunded. Different business model (and development schedules) altogether.

Presumably somebody else gets the job, just like every other time the previous incumbent has left?

If they ever do want to give us a proper issue reporting and tracking system, they should use the right tool for the job. A forum is not the right tool for the job.

Looks exactly the same to me 🤷‍♂️

You say that as if they'd want it. I doubt they could afford it.

You do have the right to report them. Each of the services you correctly say you're paying for provides their own way to report cheating, bullying, and anything else that goes against their terms of service.

Public lobbies have been like this for as long as I've been playing racing games.

They've had years to fix it, and either they've chosen not to or it's just not feasible with their current game engine. Either way, there's no chance they're fixing it in a patch.

Anyone else who wants to bid for the licence has always been welcome to do so. In the meantime, I wouldn't wish financial hardship on anyone.