u/Character-Day-971

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I play on controller at around 105 difficulty. I’m not amazing, but I’m decent.

I tried F1 25 before through EA Play and didn’t really like it. I even bought it on Steam after, thinking I’d get used to it, but that didn’t really happen.

The biggest problem for me is the traction and dirty air. On controller it just feels really hard to manage — the car either snaps out of nowhere or just refuses to turn, and it’s super frustrating to control consistently. Every time I play, I end up getting annoyed because I’m just not enjoying it.

Today I went back to F1 24. I didn’t like it before since I came from F1 23 (lost that with my old EA account), so now I’m basically stuck choosing between 24 and 25.

But honestly… F1 24 feels way better to me.

Yeah, I know the grip is kind of unrealistic and there’s probably too much of it, and dirty air barely does anything. But at least it’s actually fun. I still make mistakes, but I’m not using flashbacks every single corner just to stay on track.

Am I crazy for thinking F1 24 is better than F1 25?

Also, where do you guys find good controller setups? Most of the ones I find are supposed to be “racing setups” but either have crazy wing levels or just feel off.

I just finished a race in Azerbaijan. I boxed at the end of lap 9 for mediums, then pitted again at the end of lap 16. At that point, my rear right tyre had around 45–50% wear. I switched to inters, and from lap 17 to lap 26 I again had about 45–50% wear (although I did run 2 laps on a basically dry track).

I just want to know how bad my tyre wear is. Of course, I know the main reason is traction—I’m playing with no TC. I can’t use medium TC because I get random snaps and the car just slides out. Maybe it’s my driving, I’m not sure.

The most annoying thing is dirty air. I just can’t drive in it—it feels so bad. I know it’s already difficult, but I want to hear from other controller players if they struggle as well and what kind of tyre wear they get.

For reference, I did a 1:40.500 in Baku.

Are there any solutions for the traction problem? Dirty air and worn tyres feel impossible to drive with.