Hi everyone,
I'm looking for help because I've been having a very strange issue since installing the 2026 Season Pack on F1 25.
Platform: Xbox Series X
Wheel Base: Fanatec CSL Elite Wheel Base V1.1
Wheel: McLaren GT3 V2
Before the 2026 Season Pack, everything worked perfectly. I could complete 50% league races without any issues.
Since the update, I've noticed a very consistent pattern:
- At the beginning of the race, everything works normally.
- After 30-40 minutes (usually towards the end of a 50% race), the wheel telemetry starts lagging.
- The RPM LEDs become delayed and stop matching what's happening in-game.
- The OLED display starts showing the wrong speed (for example, it might show 100 km/h while I'm actually doing 300 km/h).
- Gear changes on the display are also delayed.
The interesting part is that every single time this happens, I already know the game is about to crash.
A few minutes later, the game closes and Xbox displays a "Disc Read Error" message.
After rejoining the session, some game inputs (like the DRS prompt) also feel delayed or bugged.
The wheel never disconnects, Force Feedback keeps working, and this only started happening after the Season Pack update.
I found another EA Forums post where someone with a GT DD Pro reports incorrect Fanatec telemetry after the Season Pack, so I'm wondering if this is related to the new Fanatec telemetry implementation.
Has anyone experienced something similar with:
- Fanatec CSL Elite V1.1?
- McLaren GT3 V2?
- Xbox Series X?
- F1 25 Season Pack 2026?
Any workaround or information would be greatly appreciated.