Frontier Developments has rolled out the 1.8 update patch notes for F1 Manager 23. Like Patch 1.3, the latest release brings many bug fixes and adjustments. These include fixing an issue where the flying lap count set sometimes was not followed in the session. Let’s examine the F1 Manager 23 update 1.8 patch notes.
Patch Notes for the F1 Manager 23 1.8 Update
Race Sim
- Fixed AI using the same tire compound for the entire race after the red flag in Sprints
- Fixed AI using the same tire compound for the entire race after saving on the pre-race screen
- Improved the level of impact of rubber on track across sessions
- Reduced the chances of car-on-car collisions during Practice and Qualifying and slightly increased the chance of spins and running wide during Qualifying
- Fixed cars slowing down in Singapore sector 3
- Further improvements made to drivers avoiding crashed/stationary cars on track
- Improvements made to traffic in Qualifying caused issues for cars on flying laps.
- Ensured Q3 soft tire is unlocked for all drivers, including those that didn’t make Q3
- Fixed issue where optimal pit lap dilemma would sometimes not pause the race
- Fixed issue where the flying lap count set sometimes was not followed in the session.
Race Calendar
- Updated Monza to be an ATA qualifying weekend [NEW SAVES ONLY]
Team Switching - Fixed issue where Board Confidence could show as ‘Disappointing’ after joining new team
- Corrected body text of new team email when switching teams
Team Management
- Re-balanced Research/Design slider expertise gains
- Fixed total cost of hiring calculated incorrectly when hiring replacement driver/staff for next season
- Fixed Car Building attribute having the inverse effect.
- Fixed hired F2/F3 drivers from still appearing in F2/F3 standings
Pit Crew & Pit Stops
- Fixed exploit that allowed pit crew to remain at 100% fatigue between races with no penalty
- Adjusted pit crew XP gain and degradation rates
- Fixed first day of month not counting toward stat degradation.
- Increased variation of AI pit stop times
- Fixed issue where total pit stop time did not match the sum of actions in pit stop breakdown
Animation
- Fixed Charles Leclerc’s patchy LOD hair in cinematics (Sorry, Charles!)
- Fixed garage scene showing member of pit crew wearing driver helmet
- Fixed clipping in Marina Bay intro cinematic
- Fixed clipping in garage shots
Presentation
- F1 driver photos updated
- Fixed projected cost cap UI not updating correctly.
- Fixed the issue where scrolling scouting menus with a controller was unpredictable after highlighting the bookmark column
- Fixed code string appearing in Next Season Staff tooltip
- Fixed ‘Race Winner’ appearing on event view in Practice and Qualifying
- Fixed replaced driver being displayed next to ‘Renewal’ after changing driver position during contract renewal.
- Fixed ‘Seasons as team principal’ not updating on profile page
- Fixed panel borders appearing incorrectly when the ‘Laps to go’ notification appears.
- Updated run plan descriptions to clarify that out laps are counted in the run plan
- Fixed email reading ‘0 days to go’ after renewing contract on last day of year
- Fixed issue where times set by drivers in Q2 and Q3 were sometimes not visible until hovered over after the simulating session
- Updated chevrons on tire state when overheating to more accurately reflect the impact on the wear rate
Game Stability
- Fixed crash that could occur when designing new suspension, then highlighting “Brake Cooling.”
- Fixed progression blocker when hiring a reserve driver at the end of the season
- Fixed soft lock that could occur when repeatedly pressing R2/RT controller buttons during end-of-season fanfares
- Fixed soft lock that could occur after pressing New Career with existing save games present
- Fixed progression blocker that could occur when designing car parts during the tutorial
- Game will now pause when the Steam overlay is opened during a race.
F1 Manager 23 and the 1.8 update are available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X. If you’re looking for more patch note articles, you can check out the 1.12 patch for the previous game here.
