F1 2021 is a great instalment in Codemasters' ongoing annual series, but the developer really seems to be having a tough time with the PlayStation 5 version. Not long ago, the game's ray tracing features were causing visual issues elsewhere, so the team removed it entirely while it straightened things out. This was fixed, and ray tracing is now back in, but a new patch has disabled another key PS5 feature: 3D audio.
Patch 1.06 has gone live, and on the PS5 version, 3D audio for headphone users has been taken out. In the patch notes, Codemasters says the following: "3D Audio for headphones has temporarily been disabled on PS5. This will be re-enabled as soon as audio issues relating to it have been resolved."
We hadn't noticed any audio-related problems ourselves, but we suppose they must've been causing trouble for Codies to disable the feature altogether. Fortunately, the team will likely turn this around pretty fast, and you can all get back to finishing your F1 season immersed in 3D sound.
The new patch makes a bunch of improvements and fixes elsewhere, so if you're interested, check out the full patch notes here. Have you been having trouble with 3D audio in F1 2021? Zoom into the comments section below.
[source ea.com]
Comments (18)
What are they gonna disable next? Haptic Feedback and adaptive Triggers?
Came here just to give props for the tag line.
"It's evolving....Just backwards"
@Th3solution
Same. One of the best.
Perhaps there could be a “Best Tagline of the Month” poll? Or maybe prizes for those that can better the best? 😆
Best.
Agreed that's some lovely tag game @Quintumply
What the heck is going on with this game?
Hmm seems to be like they have some trouble with their engine on the Ps5.
Should be resolved soon and definitely improving over time when devs are more focussing on the next gen consoles.
@Milt Just wait until they disable textures
@Jackpaza0508 or disable the cars on track?
Only spectator mode to visit the tracks until cars have been fixed.
I'm having an issue where if I am turning right occasionally the car is just straightening up and I'm going into walls. I reported it and was told it wasn't a known issue even though 6 or so other people had complained about it on their forums. It's made it unplayable for me unfortunately
I'm a newbie with this game. When I'm doing time trials I'm told I'm low on fuel then I try to go into the pits to refuel but the car will not allow me to drive into the pits. Any help appreciated. Maybe they disabled the pits ?? 🙂🙂
I started playing this last night with headset on and the engine noise was all over the place. So its probably that.
@Vacuumator my favorite was the Returnal review: "Selene Die-on" 😂
1.07 patch notes: "The PS5 version has been temporarily disabled. It will be re-enabled once the issues regarding it have been fixed."
So they've taken it down a notch and now it's plain ol' 2D audio? That's so last gen... 🔉👂😏
They'll disable the cars next. Eats up too much performance.
They will disable the cars only let u do time trial in safety car 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It really is a joke how poor the game is it weird codemasters do it on there own and its amazing they do it with ea and its poor 🤔🤔🤔 they better get 3d audio back pronto and fix the voice problem aswell !!!!!
Said this when they removed ray tracing and it might still be valid now...maybe they're using ray tracing for sound too (the new Forza horizon does this) which might be causing the issue.
Either way, it's not a good narrative to keep removing things
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