F1 2012 F1 2012 The Game: Patch #4 Available

Tom · Oct 3, 2012

A mere 2 weeks after it's release F1 2012 The Game has received more patches than the F1 2010 & F1 2011 games combined throughout their lifespan. This patch comes less than 2 days after patch #3, both of them fixing lots of issues and todays' patch even changing the constant understeer that's been deemed to be a bug by most of the community and CodeMasters themselves.

Patch #3 (notes):

Fixed an issue with frame rates that was introduced in patch #2

Fixed an issue where using a flashback could result in an engine blowout effect. This would also result in the player doing an unnecessary pit stop if they were trying to serve a drive through penalty.

Fixed the achievement “The Equipment May Be The Same” to unlock in Career as per the description

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

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

Fixed a number of camera and graphical issues

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

Patch #4 (notes):

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

Fixed an issue where some users (especially those on laptops) were unable to change their resolution.

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

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

Changed the Prime tyre compound to Hard for Suzuka to match the race this weekend. 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.

Fixed a number of minor graphical issues.

Fixed a couple of minor issues with timers not resetting correctly.

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

Tweaked force feedback for all devices.

Improved the lighting on Singapore.

The downside of all the fixes is that CodeMasters introduced a new bug in patch #4 - one that's going to be pretty annoying for lots of people.

Saves not synchronising with the Steam cloud. If you are experiencing issues with saves uploaded to Steam’s cloud, we recommend using saved games stored on your local drive/PC.

Due to the nature of console patches their release will follow shortly after the PC version since they require additional submission and authorisation from Microsoft and Sony in advance.

For more screenshots, videos and our review of F1 2012 The Game visit our dedicated thread right here! For more on F1 2012 The Game in general visit our popular F1 2012 The Game forums with the latest discussions and also the place for modding resources, custom club and league races, setups and much more.

[source: community.codemasters.com]

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Mikey Woolford · Oct 4, 2012

Important to note that this is only available on PC at this time. neither #3/4 have been released on console

Diego Lopez · Oct 4, 2012

wow Codemasters is actually patching now...and on the fly, yes there is always something wrong after each patch, but hey, I don't see any other companies patching as fast, and im glad they fixed the understeer, it was about time.

Paul Mullins · Oct 4, 2012

While patching is fine, why not wait another week and release a better finished product? To me, it makes the company look a little unprofessional..

Soupewonton · Oct 4, 2012

Paul Mullins said:
While patching is fine, why not wait another week and release a better finished product? To me, it makes the company look a little unprofessional..

Since CM is a big company and have theire hands tides with the FIA, they have to make deadlines...

Roger Snead · Oct 4, 2012

Mikey Woolford said:
Important to note that this is only available on PC at this time. neither #3/4 have been released on console

Your statement kinda implies there have been two patches issued for consoles? Have there been any patches for the xbox 360? Thank you.

blejky · Oct 4, 2012

So. No real fix related to whether. I guess they think having more rain in the game than in rain forest is realistic to F1 seasons. Nice work! Better name for the game would be Jet Ski 2012.

godiuz · Oct 4, 2012

Where can we download patch #4?

Ho3n3r · Oct 4, 2012

godiuz said:
Where can we download patch #4?

Via Steam only, unfortunately...

Tony Holder · Oct 4, 2012

I have been getting understeer alot....hope this comes to xbox soon!

Adrian Britton · Oct 4, 2012

Its good to see that they are actually doing something about the problems this time.

The more I play this title the more I am liking it.

BlazingRiCO · Oct 4, 2012

I asume version 1.2.3.0 is after patch 3 right ? If so, I can confirm that the blowout effect seems to be gone (at least I can use 4 flashbacks now) but the engine damage/smoke after the use of flashbacks still remains. FPS seems to be a little bit better, but still having FPS drops.. That huge AI fail where most of the cars go off track at turn 1 in Suzuka seems to be gone.

Von Butters · Oct 4, 2012

Are we really talking about Codemasters patching here? What? The real Codemasters, like the one who brought out games in the past, updated once then let us to it? That codemasters?

Wow! I, I'm shocked!

Mikey Woolford · Oct 4, 2012

Zebrawire said:
Your statement kinda implies there have been two patches issued for consoles? Have there been any patches for the xbox 360? Thank you.

There have been 2 patches, one on release day and one soon after

Stanke123 · Oct 4, 2012

From where i can download ?

Tom · Oct 4, 2012

Dewald Nel said:
Via Steam only, unfortunately...

All verions, both DVD and Steam, work through Steam. So it's not a big deal.

Ho3n3r · Oct 4, 2012

Tom Endres said:
All verions, both DVD and Steam, work through Steam. So it's not a big deal.

I know. I have the DVD version.

And it is a big deal for owners who have no or limited internet at home.

Alex Perkins · Oct 4, 2012

I didnt think that there was a problem with understeer, people just tryna take corners too fast with bad setups

Tom · Oct 4, 2012

Dewald Nel said:
I know. I have the DVD version.

And it is a big deal for owners who have no or limited internet at home.

Don't get me wrong but that's part of the minimum system requirements. I sincerely understand your issue but then again, if you don't / can't meet the minimum requirements you can't blame the developer for that (I understand you in particular don't blame CM, speaking in general).

- Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4Ghz or AMD Athlon X2 5400+
- Memory:2 GB RAM
- Graphics:AMD HD2600 or NVIDIA Geforce 8600
- DirectX®:11
- Hard Drive:15 GB HD space
- Sound:Direct X compatible soundcard
- Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection
- Additional:Supported Graphics Cards: AMD Radeon HD2600 or higher, HD3650 or higher, HD4550 or higher, HD5000 Series, HD6000 Series, HD7000 Series. nVidia GeForce 8600 or higher, 9500 or higher, GTX220 or higher, GTX400 Series, GTX500 Series, GTX600 Series. Intel HD Graphics 3000 or higher, AMD Fusion A8 or higher.

Ho3n3r · Oct 4, 2012

Tom Endres said:
Don't get me wrong but that's part of the minimum system requirements. I sincerely understand your issue but then again, if you don't / can't meet the minimum requirements you can't blame the developer for that (I understand you in particular don't blame CM, speaking in general).

Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4Ghz or AMD Athlon X2 5400+

Memory:2 GB RAM

Graphics:AMD HD2600 or NVIDIA Geforce 8600

DirectX®:11

Hard Drive:15 GB HD space

Sound:Direct X compatible soundcard

Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection

Additional:Supported Graphics Cards: AMD Radeon HD2600 or higher, HD3650 or higher, HD4550 or higher, HD5000 Series, HD6000 Series, HD7000 Series. nVidia GeForce 8600 or higher, 9500 or higher, GTX220 or higher, GTX400 Series, GTX500 Series, GTX600 Series. Intel HD Graphics 3000 or higher, AMD Fusion A8 or higher.

Look, I have internet now. But I am speaking on behalf of those many that do not. If you remember last year, I pointed out to Steve Hood that it's ridiculous that they didn't release standalone patches for the many people who cannot afford it because of cost constraints.

In the end they listened and we got the standalones. But I am not selfish enough to believe that just because I have internet now, that the thousands of people who still cannot afford it, are happy now. That'd be ignorant on my part.