F1 22 has no traction

[kurjala]

I see driver telemetry IRL and they are full throttle before 4th gear. While turning as well. In F1 22, I can't go full throttle before fifth gear, in a straight line.

No, it's not a 'sKilL isSuE' as the forum addicts will say, the game is completely unrealistic. Makes it unplayable.

[Maya-Neko]

It's rather a setup issue as it seems. If 4th gear can't be taken flat (or high 3rd gear without turning), then your setup is way to unstable and therefore not race ready.

And no, just copying setups from others doesn't automatically mean, that they're perfect, since you still need to adapt them to your very own driving style.

[kurjala]

Originally posted by Maya-Neko:

It's rather a setup issue as it seems. If 4th gear can't be taken flat (or high 3rd gear without turning), then your setup is way to unstable and therefore not race ready.

And no, just copying setups from others doesn't automatically mean, that they're perfect, since you still need to adapt them to your very own driving style.

There's only so much a setup can fix. Esports drivers secret setups likely don't fix this problem. They probably give them high stability in high and low speed turns, but low speed traction on throttle is just the games code being unreasonably difficult. It was bad before the tyre update, but afterwards it was worse. It's something to due with the in-game code.

[Maya-Neko]

There are tons of people, who actually make working setups, where they can flat out the car in these gear. You can now decide, if you try to look into why others can do it, while you've problems with it or you can keep on hating the game for it. Just bare in mind, that only one of them really solves the problem.

[Alice Cooper]

As long as you don't feel like using assists is cheating I would suggest setting the traction control to medium in the Assists Menu. While this is not as fast as when you learn to drive without it you will find traction a lot better overall and in particular for starts!

[kurjala]

Originally posted by Alice Cooper:

As long as you don't feel like using assists is cheating I would suggest setting the traction control to medium in the Assists Menu. While this is not as fast as when you learn to drive without it you will find traction a lot better in particular for starts!

I drive no assists since last game

[kurjala]

Originally posted by Maya-Neko:

There are tons of people, who actually make working setups, where they can flat out the car in these gear. You can now decide, if you try to look into why others can do it, while you've problems with it or you can keep on hating the game for it. Just bare in mind, that only one of them really solves the problem.

Send me a video of somebody going full throttle before 4th gear

[TJPuhle]

Try setups by Simracingsetups: https://youtube.com/c/SimRacingSetups

Those tend to be quite stable, focusing more on corners and overall drivability vs straight line speed.

Depending on whose setups you are copying, or how you've developed them yourself, you might find those linked easier to drive.

I use Simracingsetups as a base from which I tweak to match my style and skillset. Often, I just use them too as they match me quite well.

Many setups from the top laptimes tend to be only suitable for Esports level drivers, or those with skills and reflexes most mortals don't have.