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Keep getting kicked for cheating in any F1 game, tried everything

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Hello,

I have had F1 games in my Steam library for a few years and recently got offered the 2019 edition so I decided to get back into racing games, and after a season of career mode I decided to try online. Besides from the usual Destruction Derby shows on Unranked, everything was fine for like 3 days. Then, out of nowhere (and also while leading a race in Italy, what a coincidence), I got disconnected and a warning saying "You have been kicked for cheating". I was completely speechless, firstly because I didn't even knew there were cheats for racing games, and because I had a vanilla game. No mods, using a default setup, and a custom controller configuration, within the game itself. Since then I managed to play 1 race no problem and then in the 2nd one it always gives me the same warning and treatment.

Now, here are the things I tried:

- I tried other F1 games, precisely 2017 and 2018, and the same happened, in the exact same way, but this time on a Co-Op season with a friend and AI. Nothing else.

- Verified game cache integrity, on all 3 games, no result.

- Checked background programs, besides my custom PC software (which I disabled and tried again, with the same result), Nvidia programs, MSI Afterburner and ThrottleStop (i7-8750H laptop, needs a mandatory undervolt and that program is for it), and the usual background services (Anti malware, Office stuff and Windows services), again, with no result. But in the background programs I noticed other anti-cheats like Pnkbstr and Easy Anti Cheat were running in the background, so if the AC F1 games use could be conflicting with it, it would be great to know!

Is there any log files that either me or you at the support team can check from my account to see what was the problem? Because I actually enjoyed some online races and now that I can't play any game, it is pointless to keep buying the games since the same will keep happening.

Thank you, and here is my steam account: https://steamcommunity.com/id/lioth_/

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