F1® Mobile Racing Update 29 Notes

Today a new update is available for F1® Mobile Racing, F1® Mobile Racing, the official free-to-play* mobile game of the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship™ on iOS and Android devices.

Update 29 includes various fixes and improvements based on feedback from our community, introduces new legendary parts and brings the usual post-season update for all cars, now with an added bespoke steering wheel model for each car.

Updated Cars

As is customary in F1®, teams spend time upgrading and tweaking their cars throughout the season. New aero pieces are added, the size of the air intakes changes, or even at times, some parts are completely reshaped or even replaced altogether. As such, the cars from each team look quite different from when the season started, so some teams' cars in-game may also differ.

Additionally, we've finally included each team's bespoke steering wheel! No longer do our official cars use the standard steering wheel, but each team offers its own flare on the wheel.

New Rarity Level

Update 29 brings a host of brand-new and amazing Legendary parts for players to collect and upgrade. All players can collect these parts regardless of their league level and offer a massive boost to the R&D setups! 

Legendary parts offer a boost to 3 stats instead of 2 and can massively improve the car’s performance. They can be earned from any type of box, but the chances of getting one improve with each level. Check the drop rate info of each before opening them for more information.

Below is a list of all the new parts available in U29, including a full list of those at the new rarity level Legendary:

New parts:

• Simulator and Bespoke Simulator; used to improve your driver stats.

New parts available as Legendary:

• V6 Hybrid Engine
• Rearwing Mainplane
• Front Wing
• Ultimate Floor Inlet
• RearWing
• Undertray
• Engine Valve
• Crank Shaft

New Driver cards available as Legendary:

• Max Verstappen
• Lando Norris
• Fernando Alonso
• Lewis Hamilton
• Charles Leclerc

New Team Principal cards available as Legendary:

• Mike Krack
• Frederic Vasseur
• Toto Wolff
• Christian Horner

Summer Break Special Events

As the world of F1® takes a break from the action, we give you plenty to do so you don’t miss it too much. Over the next coming weeks, a series of special hot lap events will take place in the events section. These events are themed around specific teams and engine suppliers and feature some of our favourite circuits.

New Showdown Event

Daniel Ricciardo added to the game. Driving for Scuderia AlphaTauri, you’ll be racing alongside Daniel Ricciardo in races as he replaces Nyck De Vries on the grid. Like any other official driver card, Daniel Ricciardo driver card can be added to your car setup. Players who already own the Nyck De Vries driver card will get to keep it.

The Daniel Ricciardo Showdown is available from League 6, and will remain active until September 9th. Winning this Showdown will earn you a handful of Daniel Ricciardo’s driver card’s and his Official Helmet for the 2023 season.

Update 29 notes

General Fixes:

• Fixed the issue where the McLaren 60th Anniversary livery would appear black on some Android devices.
• Fixed an issue where the white livery would appear black on some Android devices.
• Fixed the issue where the driver’s gloves would appear white and have incorrect texture.
• Improved sponsors' textures on some of the official car's halo where previously were very blurry.
• Fixed rare issue where the grass, gravel, and sand textures would remain on the tyres for the entire race.  
• Fixed an issue where the end-of-event rewards animation would not be correctly shown. 
• Fixed issue where “Beat [X] time to unlock next GP” was not present in Hotlap events.
• Fixed rare issue where players could become soft-locked when ending a career race, forcing them to retry. 
• Fixed an issue where a player could not continue an already started event after loading their save via cloud save functionality.
• Fixed poor FPS performance issue when selecting the player's age on specific devices. 
• Fixed an issue where the slipstream effect would not be activated correctly shortly after starting the race. 
• Fixed the issue where the Grand Prix™ join button is greyed out until the player leaves and re-enters the event screen.
• Fixed the issue where if a player lost their first race during onboarding, their win ratio would never progress past 0%.
• Fixed missing link to Privacy and Cookie Policy in the Usage Sharing pop-up. 

Challenges:

• Fixed the progress counter for numerous challenges so they are showing the correct variable. 
• Fixed issue where specific event-related challenges were not progressing correctly.
• Fixed an issue where a player could experience poor FPS performance when claiming a completed challenge reward.
• Fixed an issue where the "Sign contract step [X]" challenge did not work retroactively. 
• Fixed an issue where the “Reach Pro League division [X]” challenge did not work retroactively. 
• Fixed issue where “Collect [X] parts challenge” would progress incorrectly.
• Fixed issue where specific challenges would not progress for currency & parts earned from end-of-event rewards.
• Fixed issue where the “Collect [X] Parts” challenge progression would not be saved correctly after the player reboots if the chassis parts were earned through a Career Mode mission reward.
• Fixed the issue where the “first step” tab under challenges would not disappear after the player had completed all the challenges within it.    

Career Mode:

• Fixed issue where the “Contract overview” progress would be displayed incorrectly even if the player meets the requisite to unlock it.
• Fixed an issue where the Career Mode team mission "Receive no penalty for 14 races" would not progress correctly. 
• Fixed the issue where the "An error occurred while saving your progression" pop-up message would appear when the player tries to rejoin a Career Mode race after closing the game. 

Circuit Improvements:

• Autodromo Nazionale Monza; fixed issue with DRS zone 2 placement.
• Bahrain International Circuit; improved lighting for lower-quality devices.
• Silverstone Circuit; fixed glare effect on specific sponsor board.
• Circuit de Monaco; fixed floating crowd.    

Additional Improvements:

• Added a “controls settings” tutorial to the onboarding process.
• Added a “racing line” tutorial to the onboarding process.
• Improved performance on Samsung S22 Ultra device. 
• Added “New Event Available” UI element above the play button when the player has an event available that they haven’t joined.
• Added a timer to the event rewards screen showing the remaining time until the event ends.
• Changed the short-time loaned car from Williams to McLaren.
• Replaced all references of “League 0” with “Pro League”.

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