What to expect from upcoming F1 25 game patches

F1 25 has seen a marked uptick in average review scores, thanks in part to the return of Braking Point, a revised My Team mode and a host of smaller changes to handling and AI performance.

Outside of the game mode overhauls – those who enjoy single-player progression are in for a treat – ostensibly, the rest of the experience is similar to what went before.

The same goes for the patching process, with issues raised on the EA support forum, and then transparently published in terms of update status.

Posted by Community and Creator Manager James Bralant, there are four main categories: Closed ( no longer reported as an issue), Resolved (pushed out in a recent patch), Awaiting Patch (fixed and will be released in the next game update) and Investigating.

As ever with these posts, they are ‘live’ and updated regularly. But, on the release day of the standard F1 25 game, it’s worth a look now to provide a sense of what is just around the corner.

The full list, as of 30th May 2025, is listed below.

Of note, some odd presenter timing and radio message timing have already been fixed and are set for the next patch, alongside a tweak that prevents APX GP and Konnersport from being overpowered in the career modes and a change to the light rain visual effect.

For VR users who are unable to complete the rewarding tutorial, for now, use rewind once in non-VR and then switch back on your headset and skip back in time at your leisure – a proper fix for this has already been identified, also deploying in the next game download.

In the ‘investigating’ camp, which means there could be a fix, but it has not yet been found, important items including AI performance off the line (which is tardy at best presently), awry Asetek SimSports wheel vibrations, game crashes on PC (which afflict specific hardware builds (one out of three Traxion team members receive regular game crashes presently) and frustrating, balance-upsetting, bumps at the Spanish and Japanese venues.

Based on last season’s F1 24, however, the Traxion team believes that the issues here are much smaller and hopefully more straightforward to fix – time will tell now after the main release if the list starts to grow…

F1 25 bugs and issues, work-in progress, 30th May 2025

Investigating

A significant number of people have reported this issue occurring. The development team is currently investigating the issue to understand how, or if, this can be resolved.

• AI | Uncompetitive race starts from AI opponents
• AI | ‘Flying lap’ in Qualifying can cause AI to bunch together around the track
• Career | Incorrect driver numbers assigned in My Team
• Graphics | Ghosting when using FSR/Frame Generation (PC Only)
  • Note from Dev: An update to the FSR 3 version used in-game will be made in a future patch, aiming to improve ghosting. To avoid ghosting, please use a different Frame Generation technique for the time being
• Graphics | Gamma slider locked with HDR enabled
  • Workaround: If you wish to adjust gamma before we look to publish a fix, please disable HDR
• Graphics | Glasses in character customisation appear incorrectly
• Graphics | XeFG non-functional on Intel hardware (PC Only)
  • Note from Dev: XeSS Frame Generation is not working as expected at launch and will be fixed in a forthcoming patch.
• Graphics | Incorrect specular highlight in drivers eyes (PC Only)
• Graphics | Light under wheels in Photo Mode when Path Tracing is enabled
• Misc. | Visual effects of light rain are incorrectly represented, resulting in damp conditions appearing dry
• Misc. | Kick Sauber car in Time Trial displays driver number 77
• Peripherals | In-game wheel vibrations do not match actual wheel (Asetek) 
• Peripherals | Force feedback may drop when restarting in Time Trial (Direct Drive)
• Stability| Game crashes on PC
  • Update: AMD Adrenalin Edition 25.5.2 is now available as of May 30, adding support for F1® 25
  • Workaround: In pre-release testing, we discovered the majority of PC crashes can be resolved by ensuring graphics drivers are up-to-date. For more information, please see this post. If you are still experiencing problems, please consider reporting a new bug
• Stability| Crashes when using triple-screens (PC Only)
  • Workaround: When using triple screens, please disable DLSS for the time being. We are being supported by NVIDIA to resolve this problem
• Tracks | Incorrect track limits/penalties at Miami and Spa 
• Tracks | Small track bumps at Japan (Turn 15) and Spain (Turn 14)
• UI | Missing XP Boost logo on post-session results screen
• UI | Unable freely to move some OSD elements
• UI | Unexpected text capitalisation on OSD elements

Awaiting patch 

A fix/adjustment has been made and will be issued in a future patch. Items marked as 🆕 in here may have previously been in the Investigating section.

• Audio | “Welcome to sunny Spain” commentary line plays when it’s raining
• Audio | “Forza Ferrari” radio message plays when racing as Carlos Sainz
• Career| APX GP and Konnersport are overpowered in Career mode
  • Note from Dev: A fix for will be made in an upcoming patch. More information will be shared along with the patch notes. 
• Misc. | Incorrect sponsors during ‘Talk to Press’ scenes (Braking Point)
• Tracks | Visual effects of light rain are not represented correctly on-track
• VR | EA Music tracks display the wrong cover art
• VR | Unable to complete rewind tutorial (PC Only)
  • Workaround: Complete the Rewind tutorial in non-VR first, then Rewind should work as expected