While players who preordered the Deluxe Edition began their Team Principal journey a few days early, F1 Manager 2023 is out now across all platforms. One day after launch, F1 Manager update 1.3 is rolling out on consoles.
F1 Manager 2023’s first major update brings a host of bug fixes and improvements. Let's take a look at the F1 Manager 2023 Update 1.3 patch notes to find out what's new.
F1 Manager 2023 Update 1.3 out now
F1 Manager 2023 Update 1.3 has been available for PC players since 27 July, but console players have had to wait a few extra days. This is likely because it takes longer to authenticate patch updates for multiple systems.
F1 Manager 2023’s first update focuses on improving the game’s stability, with fixes for crashes occurring after red flags and resuming Race Replay save among other improvements. There are also balance improvements for driver rating declines as well team as management bug fixes and car performance rebalancing in 'Equal Performance' Exclusive Scenarios.
One of the most important updates is a fix preventing “data discrepancies occurring from a mid-session save.” Console players will also benefit from improved analogue stick sensitivity.
In addition, a minor update was rolled out for PC players yesterday. Update 1.4 fixes a crash that sometimes occurred if a red flag is triggered near the end of race.
F1 Manager 2023 Update 1.3 patch notes
For a full list of changes, check out the full F1 Manager 2023 Update 1.3 patch notes below.
For more on F1 Manager 2023, check out our full review and tips and tricks for beginners starting their Team Principal career.
Game stability
- Fixed issue preventing user from sending out reconfigured car in qualifying
- Fixed softlock after multiple viewings of qualification data screen
- Fixed rare game crash occurring after a red flag
- Fixed softlock after race left on pause for significant length of time
- Fixed rare crash on NVIDIA GPU
- Fixed rare crash after resuming Race Replay save
- Fixed softlock scrolling driver standings panel when running reserve driver in P1
Game balance
- Rebalanced rating decline rate for elite, older drivers
- Rebalanced rating decline impact for drivers that DNF
- Rebalanced progression rate of F2/F3 drivers
Team management
- Fixed inaccurate 'Grid Average' data in Car Analysis
- Improved DHL Fastest Pit Stop Competition end of season flow
- Updated compound performance report for Qatar
Race sim
- Fixed data discrepancies occurring from a mid-session save
- Fixed weather from changing when loading mid-session save
- Fixed "x Laps To Go" notification appearing too early
- Fixed Events in Data View showing as 'undefined'
- Improved garage lighting
- Improved pit exit battle team radio messages
- Reduced frequency of 'overheating tyres' team radio messages
- Reduced frequency of pit stop error replays (for minor pit stop delays)
Race replay
- Fixed some unequal car performance attributes in 'Equal Performance' Exclusive Scenarios
- Fixed tyre compounds showing incorrectly on tyre wear graph in Race Moments
- Improved clarity of Exclusive Scenario Starting Grid objectives
Console
- Improved analogue stick sensitivity
Presentation
- Fixed long pause before selected team appears on screen in team selection and title screen backgrounds
- Fixed gender tag displaying on pitcrew screen in German localisation
- Fixed text truncation on pitcrew screen for all non-English localisation
F1 Manager 2023 update 1.4 patch notes
- Fixed crash that could occur if red flag triggered near end of race