F1 2012 Current PS3 & XBox console patch info

Graham Laing · Oct 23, 2012

Current PS3 & XBox Patch Info.

I will update this thread with the patch notes when released.

23-10-2012

The patches for PS3 and Xbox 360 have now been sent for submission with the relevant first parties. We anticipate that the PS3 patch for Europe - English / French / German / Italian / Spanish and Japan will be released at the end of this week. The Xbox 360 patch should be released early next week. Finally the PS3 patch for European Polish / Russian and American versions will follow in another week or two.
All of these dates are estimates and subject to the relevant approvals.

Graham Laing · Oct 25, 2012

Update: 25/10/12

The F1 2012 patch for PlayStation 3 (SCEE & SCEJ) is now available.

The Xbox 360 patch is currently in approval and is expected to go live next week.

No patch notes available yet ....

Graham Laing · Oct 26, 2012

Updated: 26/10/12

**Note: Hatta stated the following in a later post : "All fixes included in PC patches 1-9 are included in the console patch. Obviously this excludes those that were PC specific".**

F1 2012 – Console Patch #2 News

The second patch for console is now available for PS3 in Europe and Japan and will be released for Xbox 360 some time next week.

This patch includes all of the relevant fixes that were included in PC patches 2 – 8.

New / Updated Features

On PS3 only we’ve enabled the full rotation for 900 and 1080 degree steering wheels. This will require the player to set their wheel up using the options available, specifically we suggest setting the Wheel Saturation to around 65 – 70% as a good starting point.

Added an option to turn the Parc Ferme rules on or off in online Custom Race, Co-Op and LAN games. This option can be found within the Simulation Settings and defaults to on. Setting this to off will allow players to set up their cars in Qualifying sessions and will also allow players who join in progress during qualifying to edit their car setup before the race.

Added a Skip Session option so players can leave any session without having to complete it.

Made Pro level AI quicker so that the time gap to Legendary AI is smaller.

Changed the Prime tyre compound to Hard for Suzuka. This change will not affect Time Attack which will continue to use the Medium compound tyre.

Added a white cross to the DRS OSD to indicate to that it is unavailable because of a fault.

Improved the lighting on Singapore.

Weather

Reduced the frequency of wet weather races for all tracks greatly reduced it for Sakhir (Bahrain).

Fixed an issue where the track could become wet without any rain being visible.

Fixed the weather system so that cars will no longer start the race on the wrong tyres.

Cars will need to change to intermediate tyres when it has been raining with sufficient intensity.

Fixed issues with the weather system in Instant Replays / Race Replays which could instantly change the track wetness level.

AI no longer pit after one lap when wet weather races have been restarted.

Misc

Car setups will no longer revert to the default settings if players quit back to the main menu from Parc Fermé.

Fixed Catalunya so that it’s no longer possible to cut corners to gain an advantage.

Fixed an issue where the point’s totals on the Constructors Championship table were incorrectly doubled.

Fixed an issue where the engine could be damaged or destroyed when using a flashback.

Fixed the Trophy / Achievement “The Equipment May Be The Same” to unlock in Career as per the description.

Fixed an issue where using a flashback could result in an engine blowout effect.

Removed engine damage from the list of damaged parts that can force a pit stop to take priority over a drive through penalty.

Rebalanced engine wear so it will go below 99% during a Career season.

Fixed an exploit in One Shot Qualifying where users could post impossibly quick lap times.

Medals awarded in Season Challenge now update the player statistics correctly.

Reduced the amount of starting fuel that the user is given for races Austin as it was previously too high.

Players are no longer able to drive through barriers/environment after using a flashback in pits.

Camera angles when exiting the pit lane has been fixed.

Various fixes to cameras including the 3D effect and pit lane cameras.

Time attack times no longer overwrite RaceNet event times.

AI drivers now pit to change tyres at the correct time.

Fixed an issue where some players would experience a crash in Career tutorials after completing a Season Challenge.

Driver name plates can now be seen.

Numerous text and localisation fixes.

Online / Co-Op

Fixed several issues which would display the incorrect number of players in a lobby or a race.

Fixed a crash in Co-Op when disconnecting on the results screens.

Fixed a crash in Co-op when trying to resume a session at the start of a Qualifying session that neither player would take part in.

Fixed some issues in Co-op Qualifying when only one user progresses to the next session.

Penalty System

Reduced the likelihood of the player getting a penalty when involved in a collision with an AI car.

Handling

Understeer: Adjusted track information to provide a more uniform level of grip across the entire surface

Fuel consumption when using manual gears has now been brought in line with automatic gear usage

Graham Laing · Nov 6, 2012

The XBox 360 Patch has gone live today (November 6th) .....

Hatta - Codemasters:
The Xbox 360 patch has gone live. Sorry for the delay guys, and thanks for your patience.

Graham Laing · Nov 11, 2012

I don't know whether this statement implies that there will not be any further console patches after Patch 2, or whether it's just a work around until the next console patch. Whatever it means, CM have stated this :-

The R&D issue has been addressed in the latest PC patch for F1 2012:

"After completing an R&D objective the upgrade was not applied to the car and the same objective would have to be completed again at a subsequent race weekend."

However, we understand (and are aware) that players with the console version of F1 2012 may still experience this issue. Players can work around this issue by not using a flashback, restarting/quitting the session any time after they have completed the R&D objective in a practice session.

Graham Laing · Nov 20, 2012

There will be another console patch, this is all that has been stated so far :-

F1 2012 – Console Patch #3 News

Hi all,

I can confirm that we have another patch lined up for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 that features fixes found in PC patches 9-12.

The PlayStation 3 SCEA patch will also contain fixes from the previous console patch.

Thanks for your patience, we hope to have more information on this (including time frames) later down the line.

Graham Laing · Nov 29, 2012

Status update 28/11-2012 :-

F1 2012 – Console Patch #3 News [Update]

Console patch #3 is now live on the PlayStation 3 (SCEA). This patch features all fixes found in PC patches 1-12.