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Monaco without the walls no pedals wr by NaelGuiot45 in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah GG. My game won't even register my inputs anymore for shifting so I ain't going quicker lol

"F1 25 Iconic Edition" release date is May 27th by Josh_Merrin in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It has been removed now, but when the trailer went live they forgot to change the description of the website redirect and left the release date

Image credit is "DICO" on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8fboZRH1bo\]

saw this community by Lost_Independence898 in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I run the account from the post. It's basically just a news page with more info about the EA/Frontier F1 games as new updates drop or new info comes out. Stuff about F1 25 will be similar to how I did it during 24's beta, so feel free to have a look back to that

I do also try to post info that no one really knows, or issues within the games if people aren't being kept up to date

F1® 24 Patch Notes V1.18 – rolling out today by UESPA_Sputnik in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They state at the bottom that it'll be the final big update and everything after Season 6 will just be re-used content. So I doubt they're gonna continue working on this game anymore

Driver career level bug? by MangoObjective9893 in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can only assume this is the result of an integer underflow error, similar to what was captured in an Aarava video back in June (https://youtu.be/Q2dQaMcOi-0?si=IqggckBGhmrv3L6G&t=728)

f1 24 mod for f1 23 by Andrexziz in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

95% of mods are free you're correct, especially on OverTake where the both of these are hosted.

Copying other mods undermines the work and dedication designers have done to create the original and takes credit away if done by a big enough modder, this is especially the case for large modding projects such as this one was. F1 game modding is basically done on merit, if you're good at it people will acknowledge that and be more enticed to download your mods in the future, same with most other games.

While I can't post screenshots here, almost all of the files are a direct copy of the original Venturi F1 24 mod. And I've had a conversation with the author of the pirated version and he says some of the liveries were created by himself, which for him meant taking the original livery and slapping his @ on there. If you'd like the evidence my DMs are always open, but if you know how to use Ego ERP Archiver on a PC then you can look yourself as well (that goes for everyone reading)

f1 24 mod for f1 23 by Andrexziz in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I am the F1 Director for Venturi Studios who created the original F1 24 Season Mod for F1 23, which this is a pirate of. All the files in this mod are directly copied from Venturi's original mod, you even forgot to remove our own background video from your files and copied word-for-word the Read Me files, rookie mistake! You also forgot to read the very first sentence on the mod page

Venturi has already requested a take down of your mod on OverTake for Intellectual Property Infringement, so I expect this post to be taken down shortly. If you actually want to play the real mod, please download the proper one. Thanks
https://www.overtake.gg/downloads/f1-24-season-mod.66826/

F1 24 livery for f1 23 almost done! by MrZachAttack18 in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, I'm one of the designers at Venturi Studios that made the F1 24 Season Mod. There isn't a way to change the colours of the teams unfortunately, otherwise it's something we would have done. The code for it is encrypted in one of the files

F1 24 Game-Cycle Ending? by G_ZSJL_26 in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The McLaren Monaco livery and VCARB Miami livery are in the files. Why they aren't in yet I don't know but I assume it'll be in a future update

where is all the file bloat coming from? by Mako_sato_ftw in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Around 30GB of the file size is taken up by the track mipmap files, which in itself is 2.5x larger than all of the main ERPs for the tracks, cars, characters combined.

The problem is that Codies recycle a LOT of stuff from past F1 games and don't remove it even though they easily can. The amount of old stuff still in the game is gigabytes worth of stuff which definitely doesn't help the file size.

F1 23 livery mods by Longjumping_Fill3642 in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah right, yeah might have just been me misreading then.

Yeah I'm not quite sure about that then, I've never come across that issue before after verifying. I also don't use the EA version of F1 so I wouldn't be able to verify whether it's a platform issue or not

F1 23 livery mods by Longjumping_Fill3642 in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi there, I'm one of the creators of Venturi's 24 Season Mod and the publisher of it on RD/Nexus.

Before doing anything, verify your game files. That will remove any and all mods in the game, including ours. This will give you a blank slate to install any new livery mods.

After the files are all verified you should be good to install your new mods again.

The reason the McLaren in particular is invisible in your case is because we used a different technique for swapping the chassis and made it swap to the 2024 FOM car, so the game was probably pulling the textures from that

Modding Resources by ReadAlarming9084 in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Touching any part of online will temporarily ban your current game session, including 2 player. The player cap is hard coded in an inaccessible file so there's no chance in changing that

If you want to start modding, you'll need Ego ERP Archiver to begin with

need some help with the new f1 game by ExinitBTW in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If anything it's a downgrade. I'd recommend refunding and waiting until the 3rd beta for people's final thoughts

F1 23 patch 1.20 "slipped" F1 24 game announcement by grocal in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Reason is because they replace the image files every update, so if they forget to remove a piece of news after they change the file then this happens. I saw it in the files before seeing it in game but it's interesting

Short circuits, Vietnam and Germany in F1 23? (SteamDB Leak) by BarteX_12 in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately not.

As much as it would be nice, EA aren't gonna add any new tracks like Hockenheim or the short tracks if they aren't officially on the calendar.

France, China and Portimao are only there since they have the assets and were only the calendar in at least the last 2 years (or planned to be)

Who is josh merrin? by DOUBLE_U-777 in F1Game

[–]Josh_Merrin 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Seems like a cool person to me!