For the first time in the series’ history, you’ll be able to race the fastest motorsport around with players across all platforms as cross-play arrives in F1® 22 this week.
Ahead of the full cross-play launch at the end of August, there will be two separate cross-play trials running from August 5-7 and August 12-14.
What date and time are the trials?
Session 1: Friday 5th August at 11am UTC – Sunday 7th August at 11pm UTC*
Session 2: Friday 12th August at 11am UTC – Sunday 14th August at 11pm UTC
Timings for these trials are subject to change. If that happens, we will update you over on EA Help.
What modes can use cross-play?
Cross-play is available in Social Play and Two Player Career.
How can you take part in the cross-play trials?
In order to take part in the cross-play trials, you’ll need to enable cross-play in the Game Options > Settings menu.
After enabling cross-play, when you select Social Race you will have the ability to invite and join other sessions across all platforms. Disabling cross-play will only match you with those on your platform.
The Friends Hub is where you can review any pending friend requests or session invites. You can also search for and add friends as well as those you’ve recently raced against. Friends Hub can be accessed from the Main Menu by clicking the left thumbstick (or F10 on a keyboard) and then selecting the Friends Option.
As a session host, in order to invite someone to your lobby from another platform, head to the Invite Friends option in the lobby and invite them from there. They’ll receive an invite through the Friends Hub.
If you come across any bugs or issues with the game, please visit Answers HQ where you can report these for a member of the team to look into. Also, our Community-raised issues thread where you can track upcoming tweaks and changes can be found here.
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*During the first cross-play trial, a crash can occur after using the ‘Player Search’ in the ‘Invites & Requests’ screen in the Friends hub. To reduce the chance of crashes we would recommend relaunching the game after searching.