F1 2013 Change Name Fix Review

If the above two methods fail, your registry permissions or Steam Cloud might be hijacking the name field.

This study examines the "Change Name" issue in F1 2013 (the Codemasters racing game): what the problem is, why it happens, how to reproduce it, root causes, fixes/workarounds (official and community), and preventive recommendations for modders and players. Assumes PC (Steam/GOG) and possible console differences where relevant.

Right-click the savegame.dat file. Select Open with > Notepad. You will see a wall of garbled text, symbols, and a few readable words. Do not be intimidated.

A few community tools exist, such as F1 2013 Save Editor by Ryzza5. These provide a GUI but may not work with all game versions (Steam vs. retail, updated vs. vanilla). If using one: f1 2013 change name fix

The issue is usually caused by the game failing to write to its profile files due to permission restrictions or corrupted save data.

Step 1 – Change name inside the game properly

Step 2 – If it resets after restarting If the above two methods fail, your registry

Step 3 – Steam Cloud interference (common)

Step 4 – Manual edit (advanced)

Before diving into the solutions, it helps to understand why this bug exists. The issue is not a corrupt install in most cases. Instead, it is a conflict between how F1 2013 reads Windows User Account Control (UAC) and its legacy save file architecture. Step 2 – If it resets after restarting

Three primary causes dominate the forums:

Let’s fix it.

This report documents the issue, root cause analysis, proposed fixes, implementation plan, testing strategy, and release notes for a bug in F1 2013 where driver/team/circuit names (or related in-game name strings) are incorrect, fail to update, or display placeholder/default text. Assumptions: target is the F1 2013 game codebase (PC/console), localization systems and save-game formats are accessible, and the problem affects in-game UI and saved profiles.