PC Patch Notes - 02/09/2016

[licencem 0]

Will we be able to change our helmet design anytime soon ?

[Sadler 1]

Any feedback guys in the changes they've made to practice programmes? Are they slightly easier in legend and harder on expert? Any changes to AI pace and difficulty levels?

[WelshSossy 0]

Not at home to check but which platforms has the patch been released on? Just PC?

[Encarnia 10]

@jennyannem can you comment on the difficulty levels? Is the gap between Expert and Legend AI being looked at? I don't think it's wise to adjust the current levels, but adding a level in between will help a lot of players who find Expert too easy and Legend too difficult.

I get that you cannot commit to a solution, but can you at least confirm if it is being looked at or not for F1 2016?

For 2017 ideally we would have a percentage system.

[barca9 0]

Thanks for the patch. There's also a problem with the feature of AI cars having mechanical issues (when the engineer tells us someone will be slow). Can we have this feature fixed or removed? Because I was driving behind Hulkenberg once and as soon as my engineer told me he has problems he almost stopped on the track which is as we know is a big problem for the AI as they are struggling to overtake slow cars

[thecraicbear 0]

Fantastic patch - nicely done.                             

[eddiegz 0]

how about the pit guy asking every other lap for a change in strategy. playing on ps4 25 percent race and was asked five different times throughout the german gp.

[Kartu14 0]

Jennyannem,
Thanks for this big patch and all the work put on this game.
What about you Guys, we've got the best F1 game ever, Codies crew are working hard to fix
bugs and you are complaining.
Just relax and take fun with this very good game.
Good race at Monza this week.
See you

[twisted 8]

The amount of work they've put in this patch in such a short period of time is absolutely amazing! The devteam must have worked really hard to bring this update to us... almost every issues I had seems to have been fixed and we're just one week after release, I can't believe it. Absolutely brilliant work Codemasters, really good job!!

[skiwi 4]

Having played for about an hour I've got some bad news on the patch: I've got sound glitches now especially in higher revs and the higher gears, I didn't have those issues before, it sounds like the sound is cutting out but it's not as bad as it was in AI packs prior to this patch, and the weather updates are still too frequent.

On the other hand the Safety Car queue works great now.

[sjsharp2010 225]

WelshSossy said:

Not at home to check but which platforms has the patch been released on? Just PC?

so far yes but then with Steam it's just a quick upload so PC is at an advantage there unfortunately console patches have to go through vartious testing hoops. Blame Sony and MS for that as they're the ones who demand it.

[Versicarius 2]

Kartu14 said:

Jennyannem,
Thanks for this big patch and all the work put on this game.
What about you Guys, we've got the best F1 game ever, Codies crew are working hard to fix
bugs and you are complaining.
Just relax and take fun with this very good game.
Good race at Monza this week.
See you

This is hilarious.

[MichaelRacing 0]

Finnaly SC add VSC come out at the right time. AI are SO MUCH better. Thank You Codemasters <3

[FarukhAbd 0]

Is it  on PS4 yet?                         

[R0lexi 0]

I thought the horrible dog whistle sound when accelerating would receive a toggle option to disable it. Can't find the toggle option?? Can't play the game because I have tinnitus and the dog whistle aggravates it. When do you guys plan to implement the thoggle option cause I'd love to play this awesome game. 

Thank you

[Runalf 0]

Aww R&D isnt patched :neutral: 

No 10 season career for me then since I will have the car upgraded in 3 seasons....

[Runalf 0]

And do we have to restart our career for the Safety Car fixes? 

[thombrouwer90 15]

Runalf said:

Aww R&D isnt patched :neutral: 

No 10 season career for me then since I will have the car upgraded in 3 seasons....

R&D is good as it is.

[Runalf 0]

thombrouwer90 said:

Runalf said:

Aww R&D isnt patched :neutral: 

No 10 season career for me then since I will have the car upgraded in 3 seasons....

R&D is good as it is.

lol you must be kidding. 

So you can upgrade your car to the max in 3 seasons or something like that. What do you have to do in the next 7 seasons?  

R&D should be a part of the game for 10 seasons. Not just for 3. 

I really love the R&D and thats why I want it to last for 10 seasons. 

[Britpoint 4]

Runalf said:

And do we have to restart our career for the Safety Car fixes? 

No, Safety Car changes will apply automatically to your future races.

[Runalf 0]

Britpoint said:

Runalf said:

And do we have to restart our career for the Safety Car fixes? 

No, Safety Car changes will apply automatically to your future races.

Ah nice. Thanks. Can you maybe please also give a reaction about the R&D system?  Like in my previous post?  

[Kartu14 0]

Versicarius said:

Kartu14 said:

Jennyannem,
Thanks for this big patch and all the work put on this game.
What about you Guys, we've got the best F1 game ever, Codies crew are working hard to fix
bugs and you are complaining.
Just relax and take fun with this very good game.
Good race at Monza this week.
See you

This is hilarious.

And can you tell me why ?

[Britpoint 4]

Runalf said:

Britpoint said:

Runalf said:

And do we have to restart our career for the Safety Car fixes? 

No, Safety Car changes will apply automatically to your future races.

Ah nice. Thanks. Can you maybe please also give a reaction about the R&D system?  Like in my previous post?  

Currently there aren't any major changes planned to the R&D.

[Runalf 0]

Britpoint said:

Runalf said:

Britpoint said:

Runalf said:

And do we have to restart our career for the Safety Car fixes? 

No, Safety Car changes will apply automatically to your future races.

Ah nice. Thanks. Can you maybe please also give a reaction about the R&D system?  Like in my previous post?  

Currently there aren't any major changes planned to the R&D.

Aww. So in 3 seasons you have your car maxed. And the next 7 seasons you cant do anything anymore on your car. 

There are only 25 upgrades.... 

So the R&D is only for like 33.3 % active in a 10 season career in the same car. Thats really bad news. 

Looks like we have to find a way to make the system perfect ourselfs. Do only 3 or 4  upgrades per season or something like  that. 

Its a shame we have to "fix" it ourselfs. 

[Sadler 1]

Runalf said:

Britpoint said:

Runalf said:

Britpoint said:

Runalf said:

And do we have to restart our career for the Safety Car fixes? 

No, Safety Car changes will apply automatically to your future races.

Ah nice. Thanks. Can you maybe please also give a reaction about the R&D system?  Like in my previous post?  

Currently there aren't any major changes planned to the R&D.

Aww. So in 3 seasons you have your car maxed. And the next 7 seasons you cant do anything anymore on your car. 

So the R&D is only for like 33.3 % active in a 10 season career in the same car. Thats really bad news. 

Looks like we have to find a way to make the system perfect ourselfs. Do only 3 or 4  upgrades per season or something like  that. 

Its a shams we have to "fix" it ourselfs. 

I've started to do this already by making it more like real life.

Upgrade 1 European season starts -Use all available upgrade points and do a big upgrade (so play with launch car for fly away races)
Upgrade 2 Canadian GP (Power upgrade)
Upgrade 3 British GP (Aero/Downforce upgrade)
Upgrade 4 Belgian GP (post summer break upgrade, power upgrade for Spa and Monza)
Upgrade 5 Singapore GP (Final upgrade for remaining races)