F1 2017 Wont launch

[scn1sla 0]

When i launch the game in steam nothing happens. It says on my steam profile that i am in game but there is no window or anything. Checking task manager reveals that there is this under the details tab http://puu.sh/AsH2Z/a2c8bd2ce0.png. . However there is nothing in the processes tab.
Ive updated nvidia drivers, reinstalled the game (twice), verified game cache and let it through my antivirus and now im not sure what else to try.

Any help is appreciated

[scn1sla 0]

also i should note that the game worked fine a couple months back and since then i hadnt touched the game files

[RadioactiveJim 0]

Had the same problem, had to uninstall the latest windows update. I also clicked on the suspend updates for 30 days option or it would just reinstall that update as soon as the computer restarted.

Not saying that this is your problem as well but I had similar indication in task manager just sitting there taking up 8% of CPU.

[scn1sla 0]

ive uninstalled a few updates and none seem to work,

do you know which update you are on?

[scn1sla 0]

issue is still persisting and im very frustrated.
any else had this issue?

[RadioactiveJim 0]

Make sure to also uninstall the Adobe flash player update
latest versions I have on are Adobe KB410329
latest cumulative for windows KB4103727

[scn1sla 0]

didnt work :(
thank you though :p
going to try reinstalling it for 3rd time and pray

[scn1sla 0]

STILL NOT fixed !!

is there anyway to get offical help from codemasters directly?

[UP100 65]

You can try to contact Codies directly I guess.

[steviejay69 5]

scn1sla said:

When i launch the game in steam nothing happens. It says on my steam profile that i am in game but there is no window or anything. Checking task manager reveals that there is this under the details tab http://puu.sh/AsH2Z/a2c8bd2ce0.png. . However there is nothing in the processes tab.
Ive updated nvidia drivers, reinstalled the game (twice), verified game cache and let it through my antivirus and now im not sure what else to try.

Any help is appreciated

Check you do not have any secondary displays, like screen sharing software

[Koppara 0]

What are your computer specifications?  

[scn1sla 0]

my gpu is gtx660 and i5 4670k.

and i also cant find any secondary displays

[Koppara 0]

Run DxDiag, click on "save all.." and upload the file please

[scn1sla 0]

https://pastebin.com/Na6mNVpX

here it is :P

[steviejay69 5]

scn1sla said:

https://pastebin.com/Na6mNVpX

here it is :P

You're running an old BIOS. I think your motherboard is ASUS Z87 variant, maybe you could confirm?
Realtek drivers are outdated v2.82 works for me http://www.realtek.com/downloads
Did you DDU your GeForce 397.93 Driver?
Unplug the USB dongle for the G430 and plug directly into the sound card, trust me.
v1709 and I never got along well with GF drivers, so much so I defected to Team Red.

[scn1sla 0]

yes my motherboard is: SABERTOOTH Z87 
i updated realtek drivers
i didnt originally use DDU but tried it just now and still nothing

[steviejay69 5]

scn1sla said:

yes my motherboard is: SABERTOOTH Z87 
i updated realtek drivers
i didnt originally use DDU but tried it just now and still nothing

https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z87/HelpDesk_BIOS/ 

version 2302 (7 Apr 2017)

One of the fixes is microcode for 4th Gen CPUs but it recommends to use the USB Flashback button to upgrade. You must download and uncompress the .CAP image to the root of a USB 2.0 device (FAT32) and use the bottom blue USB port underneath the LAN socket. 

P59 of your User Manual.

P118 outlines the other update and recovery methods.

When updating, perform 'load setup defaults', save and exit then go back in and change anything you need changed for a successful boot.

Also when reinstalling the game did it reinstall the Microsoft runtimes?

[scn1sla 0]

I'll try the bios thing soon,

How exactly do you reinstall the runtimes stuff?

[steviejay69 5]

scn1sla said:

I'll try the bios thing soon,

How exactly do you reinstall the runtimes stuff?

When you remove the game on Steam, restart your machine and restore it from a backup or redownload it. When you play it for the first time it should restore some Kinect speech runtimes and DirectX and I think some other runtime (there are 8 IIRC).

[scn1sla 0]

Didnt work unfortunately.. i cant believe nothing is working

[steviejay69 5]

scn1sla said:

Didnt work unfortunately.. i cant believe nothing is working

I'm going to ask three more questions.

Are your HDD and DVD plugged into the Asmedia SATA controllers (beige/red)? If so, try the Intel ones (brown).

Did you remove the Logitech USB dongle?

Have you tried setting the Realtek sound as the deafult device and setting the sample rate to 48000Hz?

[scn1sla 0]

yes to the 2nd and 3rd questions. 
ill try the hdd thing in the morning and report back

[scn1sla 0]

doesnt work.
ill send codies an email i guess