F1 Manager 2022

1. Jujuscha

   Sep 9, 2022

   10

   This game really surprised me and it is for sure a must have for any F1 Fan. What I personally really adore about the game is that theThis game really surprised me and it is for sure a must have for any F1 Fan. What I personally really adore about the game is that the complexity of the game is not super deep so it is approachable for a wider Community.
   The Teams are perfectly balanced, the tracks are realistic and the whole Management System behind the Race can be done in minutes or in hours, depends on how big of a perfectionist you are.
   For my part its like watching and management a real F1 race and since you can adjust the speeds (1x-16x), it takes at least 60 minutes for me to just finish the race without Qualification etc.… Expand

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2. MinePlay512

   Aug 26, 2022

   10

   F1 Manager 2022 is a great manager game worth recommending to. With a lot of features to manage a F1 team, I think this is one of the bestF1 Manager 2022 is a great manager game worth recommending to. With a lot of features to manage a F1 team, I think this is one of the best manager games.… Expand

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4. C0lDsp4c3

   Aug 28, 2022

   10

   The game is a must have for every F1 fan.
   It gives you some great insights and is fun to play.
   Unfortunately there are some fixes they'll haveThe game is a must have for every F1 fan.
   It gives you some great insights and is fun to play.
   Unfortunately there are some fixes they'll have to do, especially on tire degradation which seems strange to me that they haven't fixed/realized this before the release of the game. I'm hopeful they will fix some of these issues with an update and then the game will be a clear 10/10.… Expand

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5. nicorzF1

   Sep 10, 2022

   6

   My opinion about this game has been changing throughout the 35 hours I've played it until the moment I'm writing this. It's not bad, it's justMy opinion about this game has been changing throughout the 35 hours I've played it until the moment I'm writing this. It's not bad, it's just not enough.
   
   For me, the reference on the genre is not Motorsport Manager, but Grand Prix World, a 1998 season management video game released by MicroProse. Well, in the first few days I thought it was inferior, but that some things were better than GPW. My biggest points on this were both setup perfectioning and development focus on car parts. I thought it was very interesting to configure your new parts for better performance on some tracks, so I thought of focusing (let's say) in high-speed corners with rear wing and low-speed corners with front wing. And the car setup part during the weekend seemed similar to MM, but harder, so it was pretty interesting. I don't talk about graphics because obviously, a game released 25 years ago is much worse than F1M on that side. Implementing team radios, even though they're repetitive, is quite original.
   
   The rest is very inferior. Strategies are always the same, and when it rains, it's very easy to pit first and gain lots of positions since AI usually pits one or none of their drivers in the first lap of rain, which is the one where if you keep your cars out, you can be dead last in the next lap. Driver and staff contracts are weird to manage, you can't say 'I will hire this guy for next season' because the moment when you hire someone, his contract comes to effect immediately, and you're forced to pay a lot of money in some cases to release your current employee. Sponsors are non-existent, you can only decide some things for which they will pay you more but on which you don't have to do anything. At first I thought you could negotiate them from season 2 onwards, but there is nothing about that here, which is pretty dissapointing (since the tutorial says you can do it). Driver and staff development isn't any realistic, I don't think giving them points is the best idea, giving them some potential rating like in FIFA games could be much more useful if it was implemented correctly. HQs are basically MM remastered, regulation changes are quite basic and that's all in the team management side. When you move from one season to another, you can change engine suppliers, but engines are always the same every season and at the same price, not even changing values in reliability (which I understand would be the point since real engines are frozen until 2026).
   
   And then, race management comes to place. Probably the messiest part of the game, there are countless bugs or irrealistic things. DRS trains last for the whole race, you can keep up with new tyre holders with your driver on 40-50% until your tyres get to 30-35%; in the rain, when pitting for inters or wets, you can't overtake cars on slicks and all cars but one or two stay on single line behind them, so if you avoid backmarkers you can easily finish in the first positions and even win the race, especially on monsoon conditions. Apart from this, both fuel and ERS management are nonsense, you can be saving fuel and on -5 laps and pushing hard with +2 laps, it's just very random. And then with ERS you can put overtake mode and your drivers will start trying overtakes in the most unusual places, most times backing up and losing a whole second or even more if it happens in the middle of a straight. Finally, you can't unlap yourself, which is stupid in a Formula One officially licensed game.
   
   This game has a lot of potential... if his reference wasn't Motorsport Manager. Even though it has its flaws, I consider it to be better, but it's miles behind Grand Prix World. Most fans who never played a racing management game or who played Motorsport Manager and F1 Manager from EA will consider this to be a nice game, since both of those games lacked depth and were ridiculous as you could have the best drivers and staff in the first day of your career. But most classic people who know Grand Prix World exists will probably agree with what I said.
   
   For those who don't know, GPW had the only ever existing (and obviously best) sponsor negotiation system of all-time in a game of this genre, very strict conditions for driver and staff contracts, and a 10-year-long career mode on which just making Minardi or Tyrrell score points could take you two seasons perfectly, obviously much more to win or even contend a championship. I still don't get why F1M doesn't follow those steps.
   
   And to finish: NO, ALL BUGS OR ISSUES NAMED PREVIOUSLY AREN'T FIXED WITH PATCHES. THAT IS THE PROBLEM OF RELEASING A GAME WHEN IT'S NOT EVEN FINISHED.… Expand

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6. thezora99

   Aug 29, 2022

   5

   Just not good enough for the price and Motorsport Manager as its competitor. It has immense potential, but I am not rating the game for whatJust not good enough for the price and Motorsport Manager as its competitor. It has immense potential, but I am not rating the game for what it could become, I do for what it is at the moment.… Expand

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7. muhasus

   Aug 31, 2022

   2

   The game is heavily 'inspired by' Motorsport Manager, but seems to have less depth. There is not much to do as far as team management isThe game is heavily 'inspired by' Motorsport Manager, but seems to have less depth. There is not much to do as far as team management is concerned, most actions feel meaningless. Most team management screens are difficult to understand and/or unappealing.
   
   The driver AI is poor overall and they make very strange decisions. I had a driver run into the back of the same car 4 times in the same corner during the first 10 laps at Miami - he lost over a second every time, but has not learnt anything, it would seem. The events were not registered as incidents, there was no damage. Drivers overtake faster drivers thanks to DRS, when they should stay behind and go faster as a result. Then they get overtaken and the story repeats itself. The way you micro manage drivers during the race is a huge letdown; the drivers (and engineers) do not have any intelligence, experience or autonomy. If you tell your driver to use the highest engine mode, the mindless drone will follow the order until they run out of fuel. It feels like all drivers could be described with one single parameter - pace.
   
   Race strategy does not seem to matter. Tyre compound/condition does not seem to matter.
   Cars racing side by side through corners don't act like racing cars, they act like toy cars being pushed by children.
   Most/all? drivers are a 'they', not sure why.
   Graphics are nice. The drivers look great.
   The commentary is irritating and feels fake.
   The game is very shallow overall. Once you have managed 3-5 races there is nothing more that will (positively) surprise or excite you.… Expand

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8. mrswitch2687

   Sep 6, 2022

   0

   A game that gets worse the more you play it. A fun experience that is very easy to exploit once you understand how the game systems work. TheA game that gets worse the more you play it. A fun experience that is very easy to exploit once you understand how the game systems work. The first 5 hours are fun but every hour after this becomes an unenjoyable, disappointing slog.
   DRS trains are terrible. Fuel saving for 50 laps yet not reaching the finish? Overtaking fails and forces a car to simply stop for 10 seconds for no reason. Honestly, and it pains me to say this, the game feels unfinished and after 50 hours, I have to call it a day. It's just not as good as it could be. Better UI than Motosport Manager and that game is no perfect product either but it is far deeper and a better experience than this.… Expand

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