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I downloded FC26 using Steam, it's been 2 hours and there are SO MANY ISSUES

1. It snatches my audio driver, it just changes my audio output to null when I start it - Ok fine, I made it default, removed app changing permission, ran as admin I can hear shit now

2. If I alt tab, if I click with a mouse, if I go to sound settings, if I do absolutely anything else, game crashes thats the end - and no, nothing on event viewer, it is not anticheat crashing or whatever

3. Somehow I made it to quick match or whatver it is called, it shows connecting to ea servers and then nothing, nope, no options, no menus, can't do B, nothing

Please tell me how the hell am I supposed to run this game, every other game works fine, even F1 26 works fine (also EA), how the hell do I fix this

I downloded FC26 using Steam, it's been 2 hours and there are SO MANY ISSUES

1. It snatches my audio driver, it just changes my audio output to null when I start it - Ok fine, I made it default, removed app changing permission, ran as admin I can hear shit now

2. If I alt tab, if I click with a mouse, if I go to sound settings, if I do absolutely anything else, game crashes thats the end - and no, nothing on event viewer, it is not anticheat crashing or whatever

3. Somehow I made it to quick match or whatver it is called, it shows connecting to ea servers and then nothing, nope, no options, no menus, can't do B, nothing

Please tell me how the hell am I supposed to run this game, every other game works fine, even F1 26 works fine (also EA), how the hell do I fix this

Genuine question here folks, I have tried all iterations of where to deploy, where not to deploy and I'm just so confused!

Sector 1 you don't deploy much I get it, then sector 2 ends up taking so much that there is barely any for sector 3

And again, where are you guys charging it, because currently it just feels like the AI is supremely fast here, and there is barely anything you can do because you don't have battery

UPS/PSU Power Cut Issue

This is my pc build:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 GPU: Zotac RTX 4060 8GB Mobo: MSI B650M Gaming WiFi RAM: Crucial 16GB 560OMHz Storage: Kingston NV3 1TB SSD Power: RCX650 PSU

I have a CyberPower UT1500E 1500VA UPS

Now during high gaming, if the electricty goes away (before my generator kicks in), it shuts off my pc - it can't sustain micro cuts either. I tried just switching it off/plugging it out during gaming, and it works okay then for some reason, but during gaming if my electricty goes away - it ends up just shutting it off, BUT THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT A UPS SO THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN 😭

Now I have tried undervolting my GPU, and again the only other thing connected to my ups is my monitor which is only another 50w maybe. And during gaming my wattage is 250-300watts max, so it should be able to handle it too. My cyberpower software shows that the ups battery health is good/normal, so nothing bad there too ig

I don't know whether I need to change my PSU or my UPS, but I need advice on what to do - because if I end up buying a ups and the psu was a problem it'll be too expensive to do that

Hey All - So it's that time of the year again xD
I had made a very similar post last year based off the F1 25 Game-> https://www.reddit.com/r/F1Game/s/FnA7zril6R - and this sort of blew up so decided to do it again this year since I have gotten 4ish hours on the new DLC now

So what's changed - Obviously new cars, new drivers, new regs, and new track (Madring), and a whole lotta racing changes, but tbh, I am happy for the first time that this is a DLC rather than being a full priced game, because honestly the changes are also just those as mentioned, and it is really nice to have all of these and not pay another bomb

1. Car Handling 🏎

Handling is so just completely different as to F125 and all the cars before, and I wouldn't say it's better or worse, it just feels like it is a whole new regulation set I am driving on.

The car obviously feels a little slower, because it also is in the newer regs, battery dependency is a lot more - That being said, the cars do feel like they don't wanna turn as much as they did before, there is a significant amount of understeer to get used to and tweak around there.

The breaking is also much much lighter now, which essentially means you got to hit the brakes a lot earlier than before, and it is not necessarily good or bad, but just different for sure

All in all, the default setups are not that great (which I felt like they were in F125), and there is a lot you can change now in terms of that

2. Racing

The racing is better and worse - It is certainly more fun because the cars are able to keep alongside you a lot more, and also sort of trail you better, so there is a lot of they'll overtake, you'll overtake again which is fun, but then, if you are overtaken, it is significantly more difficult to get that place back.

The AI is well, the standard AI, sometime it ends up being really good and clean, and well sometimes it is in the middle of the track doing absolutely nothing and not get a penalty for it, so no major changes there I'd say

3. Madring

Loads of thoughts here, obviously there will be a lot of changes to this in the future, but honestly - Meh. It has a lot of "forced" corners, which I personally am not a big fan of, and the racing line I feel is very off in the Madring for now, so beware of that - better to switch it off honestly if you don't already (always better)

It's obviously very fun to be driving on a new circuit and learning it all again no doubt, but it is comparatively an OK experience at best. Was very neutral, the AI is all over the place on this circuit for now, and the strategy doesn't make a lot of sense either (you start on softs or mediums, it tells you to pit on the same lap for hards which I found odd)

Defo try it out, some might love it, some might hate it, I personally am not a very big fan of it

4. Energy, Tires, Aero

Tire degradation has increased by I guess a buttload - You constantly have to lift to save them (and obv also LICO to get more energy in), but tires I feel like are for sure a problem for now

Energy deployment is interesting to say the least, still getting used to it since it has only been a couple of hours, but essentially there are purple lines on the minimap as well now indicating where you can use your S-Mode and stuff - You get overtake for the entire lap if you are within one second of the car ahead, and yeah, the cars sound and feel a lot more energy more than power thing which they are irl as well

Active aero was interesting to see, it is fun to see it in action, but yes, no points there, just a quick mention. Also active Aero only works when the throttle pedal is fully down - so, if you lift off early before a corner, it'll affect how you perform

5. Car Rankings

So far I feel Merc/Ferrari/Mclaren are pretty much on top, then Redbull, Alpine goes next, the Haas/Audi/RB/Williams very similar -> and then Cadillac and Aston are just very slow in the end

Obv the higher the AI the more you'll feel it, but even if you are driving at 60 AI let's say, the top 6 would have a considerable gap to the rest of the grid - and in the top 6, you'll all be vv close (depending on the track)

6. Team Mode/Career Mode

No crazy noticeable differences, just the cars drivers yada yada same as before, but no big overhaul like it was with F125

FYI there is no F126 for Two-Player career yet, so if you heavily just play on that, they want to include that through but no progress their yet -> https://forums.ea.com/discussions/f1-25-general-discussion-en/add-coop-career-mode-on-the-season-pack-2026/13435762/replies/13452542

7. Still to Explore

Haven’t dived deep into: The whole team career (mostly spent time on time trial, and madring for now, will tell if I find something different), All tracks and cars -> I tried all of them out basic, but they'll have a lot more to uncover the more I drive them

8. Letdowns (?)

Genuinely not a lot, and that is because it is a DLC and not a full game. For the price point, and the fact that it's all of these new stuff in it, for that much it justifies the price a lot actually - It's nothing more than what was promised, it's just exactly that

Conclusion

All in all 9/10 so far, for the price, having an update of all cars, tracks, teams, madring, seems worthwhile - because it is just fun to learn all of it again, learning the battery, the cars, it's all just too much fun, and there isn't a lot that's bad, just some racing lines here and there, a few minor glitches they'll fix later, but yeah, so far so good (didn't expect a lot because it is a DLC, and got what was imagined)

💬 What are your thoughts on it so far, and do let me know if there is something else I can explore and help you out with! :)

24M, loves F1, wants more friends to talk about that, ciao! 🏎

PS: I also love Music, Gaming, and a whole bunch of random stuff - So you wanna talk about absolute nonsense? Well why not! I'm always up to talk about random bs xD

24M, loves F1, wants more friends to talk about that, ciao! 🏎

PS: I also love Music, Gaming, and a whole bunch of random stuff - So you wanna talk about absolute nonsense? Well why not! xD