Game Refuses to Launch, Help please!

[Beeekaaay]

when i click the green play button it switches to "stop" with an x and appears to be launching, but then nothing happens and the play button is back.

My best guess is it cant launch the install files it needs upon first launch, i can see an icon flickering on my taskbar trying to install for a few seconds when i launch after verifying files, but it disappears and no pop up window comes up to accept like you would normally expect...

Issue persists even after clearing game cache and verifying files, fresh install etc. im stumped. Never had any issues with previous F1 games on PC all the way back to 2019. any help is appreicated, thanks.

[Twinkle]

same problem fck ea

[W]

same issue here.

[robertCABECHON]

Guys it worked for me to disable the antivirus.

[Beeekaaay]

Originally posted by N&E CABECHON:

Guys it worked for me to disable the antivirus.

still doesnt work for me

[dio_mio]

Do you have a Xeon processor?

[Interl@ce]

Originally posted by dio_mio:

Do you have a Xeon processor?

Newer-gen Xeons do have AVX-support so that makes it a bit more complicated question; generally Intel cpu's released before 2011's "sandy bridge" or before AMD's "bulldozer" cpu's lack those instructions, and can cause that issue.

If a game requires AVX2 you're looking at 2013's Haswell-series and beyond.

Tip: when in doubt the tool CPU-Z will show a list of instructions supported by your cpu, including AVX and beyond.

[lil ♥♥♥♥♥ hot]

same bro

[Beeekaaay]

Originally posted by Interl@ce:

Originally posted by dio_mio:

Do you have a Xeon processor?

Newer-gen Xeons do have AVX-support so that makes it a bit more complicated question; generally Intel cpu's released before 2011's "sandy bridge" or before AMD's "bulldozer" cpu's lack those instructions, and can cause that issue.

If a game requires AVX2 you're looking at 2013's Haswell-series and beyond.

Tip: when in doubt the tool CPU-Z will show a list of instructions supported by your cpu, including AVX and beyond.

my CPU is quite old, that could be whats causing issues.

just wondering if you can elaborate on your tip as it may be the key for me? I have CPU-Z just not sure how to use it in this case

[Interl@ce]

Originally posted by Beeekaaayツ:

my CPU is quite old, that could be whats causing issues.

Aw man that would suck and I can relate :( donated a Xeon W3550 rig to my stepdad years ago, basically a "first-gen" i7 on steroids that's got an RTX3050 today, and has no problem running the latest games until they refuse to run without avx support .. which basically means no new Call of Duty for him, which is his fav series.

Originally posted by Beeekaaayツ:

just wondering if you can elaborate on your tip as it may be the key for me? I have CPU-Z just not sure how to use it in this case

Sure! On the main "CPU" tab about halfway down there's an "Instructions" list with stuff like MMX, SSE etc. If there's no AVX/AVX2 in that list you found the cause of your problem

[Ricky Bruges]

Originally posted by Interl@ce:

Originally posted by Beeekaaayツ:

my CPU is quite old, that could be whats causing issues.

Aw man that would suck and I can relate :( donated a Xeon W3550 rig to my stepdad years ago, basically a "first-gen" i7 on steroids that's got an RTX3050 today, and has no problem running the latest games until they refuse to run without avx support .. which basically means no new Call of Duty for him, which is his fav series.

Originally posted by Beeekaaayツ:

just wondering if you can elaborate on your tip as it may be the key for me? I have CPU-Z just not sure how to use it in this case

Sure! On the main "CPU" tab about halfway down there's an "Instructions" list with stuff like MMX, SSE etc. If there's no AVX/AVX2 in that list you found the cause of your problem

Same with me. I have an older i7 870 that also doesn't support AVX/AVX2. Worked perfectly with my RTX 2060 in F1 22. Can this still be fixed or do I have to ask for my money (90€) back?

[🅺🆁🅾🅽🆆🅰🅻🅻]

Basically just bought champions edition and the game cannot run.. same issue like you guys.. 89 euro, really??!!

[Ricky Bruges]

Originally posted by 丨卩Ҝ丨丂丂:

Basically just bought champions edition and the game cannot run.. same issue like you guys.. 89 euro, really??!!

It is now a week since the Champions Edition has been released....very frustrating !!!

[W]

for me resetting the bios worked, reset bios, reinstall the game then redo your bios settings.

[Interl@ce]

Originally posted by Ricky Bruges:

Same with me. I have an older i7 870 that also doesn't support AVX/AVX2. Worked perfectly with my RTX 2060 in F1 22. Can this still be fixed or do I have to ask for my money (90€) back?

There's a software workaround in Intel's SDE which can "emulate" AVX but I didn't get around to trying it and if it's actually used intensively it'll hammer your performance.. but it's the only way.

Get it here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/tool/software-development-emulator.html

If you get to trying pls do let us know your findings; best of luck, fingers crossed!

[Interl@ce]

Originally posted by 丨卩Ҝ丨丂丂:

Basically just bought champions edition and the game cannot run.. same issue like you guys.. 89 euro, really??!!

Originally posted by Ricky Bruges:

Originally posted by 丨卩Ҝ丨丂丂:

Basically just bought champions edition and the game cannot run.. same issue like you guys.. 89 euro, really??!!

It is now a week since the Champions Edition has been released....very frustrating !!!

I'm no fan of EA or some of its business practices, but f it turns out your cpu's also don't support AVX it'd be unfair to blame that on the devs or publisher.

Please share your specs and troubleshooting steps taken so far so we can maybe help fix it instead.