Safety Car Frequency

[Cappuccino]

Is there a setting that turns down the safety car frequency? I cannot seem to find one other than turning it off completely which i do not want to do. I love having the safety car as it allows for different strategies, but i legit get one every single race and it is kind of annoying.

So if there is a way to turn down the frequency, that would be fantastic.

[Dreagon]

You are almost litterally the only person with a safety car per race. I and many others have maybe a safety car per season. The thing barely shows up at all so expect CM to increase safety car frequency.

[Cappuccino]

Originally posted by Dreagon:

You are almost litterally the only person with a safety car per race. I and many others have maybe a safety car per season. The thing barely shows up at all so expect CM to increase safety car frequency.

hahaha well I feel honoured but it's getting very annoying! Literally at the point where I always try to stretch my first stint until I get one. (but sometimes it happens on lap 3 so at least its not that predictable!)

[EXLR]

Safety car usually happens when an AI has a mechanical failure or a crash on a part of the track where the car is considered a hazard, especially if its a corner where the car is parked specifically in a part of the track that other cars may also crash or park into after having problems. I only got a safety car once when an AI driver crashed into three other cars and became a track hazard on the kerbs and at the apex of the corner, but a similar crash a race later did not bring out the safety car because the cars were all the way to the side and away from the track itself.

[Herrun]

I am half way in season two, only had one race with no sc. 100% race with 22 race per season. I just plan after getting a sc now every race. Sometimes it happens at a good time other times i lose a few spots :)

One race i had 3 sc and one vsc and no i don't hit any cars due to my bonus with clean race and need those money :D

[DEFAHKTO]

I'm now at Singapur race (16 or 17/22 idk) and happened to me only once that there was NO SC deployed. I got you man, it quickly gets annoying. Always one car has mechanical failure and boom ... SC. My races are very repetitive in that way.

[Cappuccino]

Yea these are all exactly like mine, every time a car has a mechanical failure the SC is deployed. Very rarely because of crashed. But, there are mechanical failures every race lol

[EXLR]

This is strange after reading the replies. I have AI drivers with mechanical failures nearly every race but it never brings out a safety car. It only creates yellow flags at the specific sector where the AI driver is currently parked after the mechanical failure. Either way, it does sound really annoying that an SC is brought out in your races just because of a mechanical failure.

Have you all tried reporting it to or asking Codemasters Customer Support?

[Cappuccino]

Originally posted by EXLR:

This is strange after reading the replies. I have AI drivers with mechanical failures nearly every race but it never brings out a safety car. It only creates yellow flags at the specific sector where the AI driver is currently parked after the mechanical failure. Either way, it does sound really annoying that an SC is brought out in your races just because of a mechanical failure.

Have you all tried reporting it to or asking Codemasters Customer Support?

Its normally the first mechanical failure in the race that brings out the SC. Sometimes, if there's a second failure, the SC comes out, but usually not.

For example, I was at Japan, Ocon had a failure in S1 on lap 2 and brought out the SC. Couple laps later, I cause a crash at the exact same spot, took out Kmag and caused a 5 car, car park, No SC or VSC.

Haven't contacted them yet. Wanted to see if this happened to other people as well.

[DEFAHKTO]

As I wrote earlier today about my Singapur race, there was no SC! Finally! It is strange - Leclerc had a mechanical failure (again) and no SC was deployed. For the second time in 16 races in my team season 1.

[Dreagon]

So far in my second season I've only had a safety car for a DNF in Monaco. Every other time it's nothing. And first season I maybe have had one or two of them.

[DEFAHKTO]

Originally posted by DEFAHKTO:

As I wrote earlier today about my Singapur race, there was no SC! Finally! It is strange - Leclerc had a mechanical failure (again) and no SC was deployed. For the second time in 16 races in my team season 1.

Russia - again no SC for my race, but every car completed the race. I'm happy now

[Cappuccino]

Originally posted by DEFAHKTO:

Originally posted by DEFAHKTO:

As I wrote earlier today about my Singapur race, there was no SC! Finally! It is strange - Leclerc had a mechanical failure (again) and no SC was deployed. For the second time in 16 races in my team season 1.

Russia - again no SC for my race, but every car completed the race. I'm happy now

I have Mexico next and I’m hoping there isn’t one if they’re not coming out for you anymore!

[Freddi Fish & Missing Kelp Seeds]

The last safety car I had was at Vietnam during season 1. Not had a single one since then and I'm in Russia on season 3.

[ThomasRe]

I had safety car out in all but two or three races during my first season! I also had the same idea as Cheeno (quote) "Literally at the point where I always try to stretch my first stint until I get one."

Strange that it differs so much between us?

[EXLR]

The difference in safety car frequency seems to be too absurd. While I haven't even gotten a SINGLE physical safety car in my first season even with major crashes (only yellow sectors or VSCs that don't even last half a lap)

I guess it brings out a variety in playthroughs with different people. However, this does seem INCREDIBLY annoying when you get a safety car in nearly every race and it ends up ruining your strategy or your fun especially when the SC stays in for like a few laps.

Usually, mechanical failures shouldn't even bring the safety car out especially when the car is in a safe run-off area. When you actually use flashback and go to the car that had the issue, they will park the car in the nearest run-off area and then get a DNF. How this even brings out an SC? No damn clue. The car with the mechanical issue gets removed after half a lap anyways.