[Bug!] What the hell! Safety Car Issue has ruined my race

[MrApex1623 0]

So Lap 30/70 at Canada and I am running 20 seconds behind my teammate as I'd made my 2nd stop and the safety car comes out (flashback bug) 

Vettel has just lapped me a couple of laps ago so I am now a lap down my teammate is not as he is up the road. 

Vettel now joins behind the SC and I am also behind him with Ericsson in front BUT Gasly was up the road so was in front of the safety car and is now driving round at nearly full pace to join the back of the queue.

THAT MEANS I HAVE NO CHANCE TO BEAT HIM AS HE WILL COME ROUND TO JOIN THE QUEUE AND BE NEARLY A WHOLE LAP AHEAD OF ME WHILE I SIT BEHIND THE SAFETY CAR GIVING THE CARS IN FRONT OF THE SC A HUGE ADVANTAGE! 

Is this a known issue and is Codemasters going to fix it? I think it's massively unfair to allow AI to have a huge advantage.

I know its a game lol but when I do 100% races and put the time in I'd like a fair race 

Has anyone else got this problem?

XboxOne V1.05

[Ho3n3r 122]

Is it just me, or has the level of outrage increased immensely this year when people report issues?

[MrApex1623 0]

Ho3n3r said:

Is it just me, or has the level of outrage increased immensely this year when people report issues?

I didn't mean it to sound bad but its frustrating to do a race and go from being in contention for a good race for an SC issue to ruin it.

As I'm running with STR and likely to be lapped again disabling the SC seems to be the only fix 

[MrApex1623 0]

I have quit the race. What's gone from a nice potential P9/10 position has dropped me to 17th and a lap behind Gasly.

The real life system of lapped cars overtaking the SC and leaders needs to be added. As it will ruin people's races otherwise 

[UP100 1,151]

So... what was the bug? The flashback thing?

[MrApex1623 0]

UP100 said:

So... what was the bug? The flashback thing?

Yes but, the issue is that lapped cars cannot unlap themselves on the game subsequently my teammate and other cars I was racing with gained a lap advantage by being ahead of the SC while I was in the queue so lost a lap disadvantage. 

[niblips 6]

you probably could have avoided the SC by using flashback again.....just saying.

[MrApex1623 0]

niblips said:

you probably could have avoided the SC by using flashback again.....just saying.

I did flashback it still came out anyway. 

The issue was that because lapped cars cannot unlap themselves, those that aren't lapped yet (or close to being lapped) will end up in front of the safety car and like in this race will rejoin the back of the queue meaning they gain a whole lap advantage which is not right 

[FRACTURED 30]

Regardless what caused the safety car shouldn't he be allowed back pass?

Have codies implemented virtual 'clark of the course' and he doesn't like OP lol

39.12 If the clerk of the course considers it safe to do so, and the message "LAPPED CARS MAY NOW OVERTAKE" has been sent to all teams via the official messaging system, any cars that have been lapped by the leader will be required to pass the cars on the lead lap and the safety car. 

[lilfurbal 77]

I had an issue where I was also lapped by some of the AI, had to stay behind the cars that lapped me behind the safety car.  Meanwhile all the other cars that still need to lap me line up behind me, mixed with a few cars who I'm actually racing against.  When the safety went in it was a crap fest of blue flags, had to let like 10 cars in front of me at once, mixed with cars who shouldn't have been given a free overtaken.  Was pretty garbage.

This happened in f1 2017 as well.  For some reason I recall f1 2016 not having this issue and having the best functioning safety car of the past 3 games... where you could unlap yourself properly.

[MrApex1623 0]

FRACTURED said:

Regardless what caused the safety car shouldn't he be allowed back pass?

Have codies implemented virtual 'clark of the course' and he doesn't like OP lol

39.12 If the clerk of the course considers it safe to do so, and the message "LAPPED CARS MAY NOW OVERTAKE" has been sent to all teams via the official messaging system, any cars that have been lapped by the leader will be required to pass the cars on the lead lap and the safety car. 

Yes. Lapped cars should be allowed to pass the SC. Not just for the reason as mentioned that it causes a ton of blue flags but also because if you are in front of the leader/SC the AI are able to drive back around at pretty much full speed to join the back of the queue and so gain a huge advantage as the cars behind the SC cannot unlap themselves.

Leclerc, Vandoorne, Gasly, Alonso and everyone ahead had not been lapped and so did not join the SC queue but myself, Ericsson, Stroll and Sirotkin were lapped so got stuck behind the SC while everyone else all gained a huge advantage.

I ended up finishing the race over a lap off my teammate because of it 

[SmiX 8]

FRACTURED said:
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Have codies implemented virtual 'clark of the course' and he doesn't like OP lol
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I believe that unlaping lapped cars is not in the game.

Codemasters has implemented only part of the rules, so there is nothing more than blue and yellow flags, VSC&SC (badly implemented) and drive through for jump start. And don't forget badly labeled penalties "stop&go", which are actually time penalties, not a stop and go. Or do I miss something?

[FRACTURED 30]

I think there was confusion with the stop/go (serve at pitstop before working on car or add on after race) and 10 second stop and go (mandatory stop, no working on car)

Could have it backwards of course think that's the problem lol