Still getting the "invalid characters" error after trying all four methods? Leave a comment below with a screenshot of your save file's first 10 lines.
Inside this folder, you will see files named 0 , 1 , 2 , etc., or savegame.dat . Look for a file with a .dat extension. 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. Step 3: Find your "Blank" Name Press Ctrl + F to open the search box. Type in: Driver Name or Name Keep pressing "Find Next" until you see something like: "Driver Name" : "" or "Name" : " " f1 2013 change name fix
The is not magic—it is just editing a single line of text in a single file. Whether you choose the Notepad method, the ANSI encoding trick, or the third-party editor, you will be back on track in less than five minutes. Still getting the "invalid characters" error after trying