Patch 1.03 - Why did you change the handling?

[xCRONOZx 0]

Turned on my PS4, noticed patch 1.03 was installed. Go for a try in the game, Bakú, last córner, i feel more grip in the rear, so i went to Eau Rouge, that moment i was pretty sure it was changed de handling. I went to my Whatsapp and i had 2 notifications of friends talking about it and 80+ messages in the group, talking about the same. Don't care what Codemasters said, it has been changed ! That's a fact.

Wheel user/G29

[bax 0]

kevinkirk said:

Note that the comment below states that David Greco commented on facebook nothing changed. Now I have went thur every facebook post and every comment and couldn't find any comment from David Greco although I could have missed it..............   comment in queston on bottom of page   http://forums.codemasters.com/discussion/comment/220494/#Comment_220494 

There is a comment by D.Greco on our Facebook page, below the article link with italian translation of 1.03 patch changelog, saying "physics not changed" ("la fisica non è cambiata"). Maybe it is not the only one by DG with similar words, I don't know. https://www.facebook.com/Italianvscom-109372242738169/

[mrgrumpy20 0]

I don't feel any difference in the handling.... 

[Ho3n3r 122]

PC still feels the same.

PC still feels the same.

[SpaceMonkey 0]

I can tell you it hasn't been changed. But in light of what people have said here, it is being looked at to see if anything else has caused changes in the handling.

[JamesG 4]

I haven't noticed a difference, but maybe they fixed the controller steering issues... 

[Seriously 0]

The thing I don't like at all from the handling is , that in career mode in the practice session the handling is like bullshit and then in qualifying and race so much better . I don't like. I hate it. Why is the handling in practice so shit and why in qualifying good. For me it's shit ,because that's no practice then,when I'm driving with a shit car in practice and then great car in qualifying . That's for me the most disappointed thing in the game !

[hardbaked 30]

I know now with the patch if you have TC off you can spin the car around now, like if u run off track and need to spint he car around as they do in real F1 this can be done 

[PumaSpec 0]

Seriously said:

The thing I don't like at all from the handling is , that in career mode in the practice session the handling is like bullshit and then in qualifying and race so much better . I don't like. I hate it. Why is the handling in practice so **** and why in qualifying good. For me it's **** ,because that's no practice then,when I'm driving with a **** car in practice and then great car in qualifying . That's for me the most disappointed thing in the game !

Because like in real F1 the track acquires more grip as the race weekend progresses. 

I use practice 1 to simply practice the track and put some laps in, second practice I may do the track acclimatisation and wait for 3rd practice to do the rest of the programs.. 

[Runalf 0]

Seriously said:

The thing I don't like at all from the handling is , that in career mode in the practice session the handling is like bullshit and then in qualifying and race so much better . I don't like. I hate it. Why is the handling in practice so **** and why in qualifying good. For me it's **** ,because that's no practice then,when I'm driving with a **** car in practice and then great car in qualifying . That's for me the most disappointed thing in the game !

Its just like in real life? There is less grip when the raceweekends start. So good job codies! 

Man I really hope you werent a beta user.... 

[dirt3joe 0]

Handling isn't just about the controller. It's about how you see the environment. So maybe worth pointing out that perhaps thay changed the FOV or improved the frame rate or something that leads people to believe the handling has changed.

Also, given the huge range of control options its probably very difficult to check them all. It would probably help if the people who believe that the handling has changed post some more information about their settings (controller type, custom or standard controls, custom or standard cameras) and maybe a pattern will appear.

[Seriously 0]

Runalf said:

Seriously said:

The thing I don't like at all from the handling is , that in career mode in the practice session the handling is like bullshit and then in qualifying and race so much better . I don't like. I hate it. Why is the handling in practice so **** and why in qualifying good. For me it's **** ,because that's no practice then,when I'm driving with a **** car in practice and then great car in qualifying . That's for me the most disappointed thing in the game !

Its just like in real life? There is less grip when the raceweekends start. So good job codies! 

Man I really hope you werent a beta user.... 

Yeah . Sorry my mistake forgot it completly .

[Ryne 25]

SpaceMonkey said:

I can tell you it hasn't been changed. But in light of what people have said here, it is being looked at to see if anything else has caused changes in the handling.

Please, if your team does change something, please make it clear in the patch notes. It would help everyone with better communication and would help situations like this.

[mfluder 0]

JamesG said:

I haven't noticed a difference, but maybe they fixed the controller steering issues... 

Still the same delay for me. 

[afcruleCOYG 0]

I can't put my finger on it but the handling does feel different to me since the patch it feels more like 2015 and my ffb seems weaker, but a couple of people who use my wheel (g29) say there handling feels the same after patch and also  codemaster saying they ain't changed anything, it seems weird to me that some are saying its changed and some are saying it feels the same, like I said I can't put my finger on it but something does feel different. 

[carpa 303]

dirt3joe said:

Handling isn't just about the controller. It's about how you see the environment. So maybe worth pointing out that perhaps thay changed the FOV or improved the frame rate or something that leads people to believe the handling has changed.

Also, given the huge range of control options its probably very difficult to check them all. It would probably help if the people who believe that the handling has changed post some more information about their settings (controller type, custom or standard controls, custom or standard cameras) and maybe a pattern will appear.

I'm on PS4 with T300 GTE and stock pedals. I also have the controller plugged in to have the microphone so I can use voice commands. 

[Woqrr 0]

Protious said:

Ravey34 said:

If they say they haven't changed it, they haven't changed it. 

It it wasn't in the patch release notes either 

It HAS been changed. 

I am usging G29 wheel and I can confirm that indeed they changed handling doing it easier than before the patch.

Curves are easier to take now than before, I did 1 seg. less with no major effort.

In fact I would say that handling before the patch was not realistic as you had to turn much much earlier when you approached a curve, now is easier but is also more realistic than before.

So to me is better now the handling.

The problem  now is not the handling but the on line mode; yesterday we did 4 o 5 re-starts because players were constantly taken away by the server, and that didn´t happened before the patch.

so to me the conclusion is this:  please get back to the previous handling (I don´t care),  and also to the previous on line mode !!

[Runalf 0]

Im playing on PS4 with a wheel. 

My handling is not changed! :smile:

So do not panic. 

[kevinkirk 35]

Seriously said:

The thing I don't like at all from the handling is , that in career mode in the practice session the handling is like bullshit and then in qualifying and race so much better . I don't like. I hate it. Why is the handling in practice so **** and why in qualifying good. For me it's **** ,because that's no practice then,when I'm driving with a **** car in practice and then great car in qualifying . That's for me the most disappointed thing in the game !

The biggest curve ball for me between the handling difference between practice and quali and the race is the default low fuel and hard tire for practice, quali is low fuel soft tire, race is a lot of fuel and soft tire. All three are completely different feeling cars unless you change it

[jennyannem 41]

Woqrr said:

Protious said:

Ravey34 said:

If they say they haven't changed it, they haven't changed it. 

It it wasn't in the patch release notes either 

It HAS been changed. 

I am usging G29 wheel and I can confirm that indeed they changed handling doing it easier than before the patch.

Curves are easier to take now than before, I did 1 seg. less with no major effort.

In fact I would say that handling before the patch was not realistic as you had to turn much much earlier when you approached a curve, now is easier but is also more realistic than before.

So to me is better now the handling.

The problem  now is not the handling but the on line mode; yesterday we did 4 o 5 re-starts because players were constantly taken away by the server, and that didn´t happened before the patch.

so to me the conclusion is this:  please get back to the previous handling (I don´t care),  and also to the previous on line mode !!

Is this offline or online you're able to turn in more easily?

[jennyannem 41]

Just an update: this is being investigated. Are the differences in handling something that's present when playing multiplayer, single player, or both?

[Adolfus58 1]

I too feel something has changed but i actually like it better. Too me it feels as if i can feel the car better on the road. Maybe it has something to do with the tires and how they react to the road but it less of that skating on ice feeling and more like driving on a road.

[Runalf 0]

jennyannem said:

Just an update: this is being investigated. Are the differences in handling something that's present when playing multiplayer, single player, or both?

I only play singleplayer (career) with a wheel. 
And it did NOT change in my case. Just the same as when the game got released. Nothing wrong with it. 

[F1randokalbus22 0]

jennyannem said:

Just an update: this is being investigated. Are the differences in handling something that's present when playing multiplayer, single player, or both?

Its way too easy after 1.03 patch.Its so easy to drift through the corners without losing much time.I'll say that the handling is now more like a arcadey, but it was before the patch more like a simcade

[jennyannem 41]

F1randokalbus22 said:

jennyannem said:

Just an update: this is being investigated. Are the differences in handling something that's present when playing multiplayer, single player, or both?

Its way too easy after 1.03 patch.Its so easy to drift through the corners without losing much time.I'll say that the handling is now more like a arcadey, but it was before the patch more like a simcade

Are you finding this occurs more in single player, multiplayer or both, @F1randokalbus22?