As in many a management game, it’s all on you to handle sponsors, driver happiness, research and development, travel, budgets and more – not to mention running the actual race weekends.Īfter a few in-game weeks of sheer panic, though, this is all actually more likely to pull you further into its clutches than to scare you away. Sure, the game walks you through everything when you begin, but this is done all at once – and there’s a lot to take in. It does mean, though, that you’ll need a degree of commitment to make playing Motorsport Manager worthwhile – something that isn’t helped by the relatively steep learning curve. While this can get overwhelming, it’s also thoroughly realistic, with very little hand-holding, despite the accessible feel of the interface and dialogue. Not that you’ll have much time to worry about little things like that, mind: like any good management game, Motorsport Manager makes you feel responsible for things. Motorsport Manager review: Get your bossy boots on It’s not a major distraction, particularly as the architecture and layouts of the circuits tend to match their real-world equivalents very closely – Doha, for example, is a thinly veiled Abu Dhabi fake – but it would’ve been an excellent final touch. The only shame? This is an unofficial game, so the circuits and cars themselves are similar interpretations of well known teams and locations. Rendering is excellent, with cars zipping around naturally – without a sense of things feeling overwhelming, even with time sped up threefold. That said, even in top-down Motorsport Manager feels truly immersive. If you’ve got the power to go full-scale, with crowds and full detail enabled, though, it’s definitely worth it. On an i7 MacBook Pro, we had to switch to top-down to avoid lag and jitter. You can play either in top-down or isometric view, with the latter sapping quite a bit of graphics power. It uses a heavy tilt-shift focus effect which won’t be to every taste, but it’s an incredibly detail-focussed interpretation of a Formula 1 race. But above all: stop watching, start winning, take control.Better, still, the racing simulation itself is absolutely divine. Tweak your car’s setup to focus on a particular driver, or seek to achieve a balance that takes in both styles. Find consistency and the sweet spot for your drivers, allowing them to hit a state of perfect flow and become ‘Fired Up’, improving their lap times. New rules, such as average qualifying time, present a new challenge as you seek to build a team which outdoes the sum of its parts. Design your machines with survival and speed in mind as you put them to the test in entirely new conditions. Manage a new layer of race strategy as you keep a careful eye on their stamina, and be prepared to make tough calls during the longest races yet. Manage six drivers per team as you strive to find the best combination of drivers to score you the best times. Experience new race lengths – 90 minutes, 3 hours or even 6 hours! Try two new competitions – IEC A and B – and meet new teams along the way. Take iconic long-distance cars for the ride of your life as you navigate epic distances with the goal of winning championships. New ERS options, new rolling starts and moreĮmbark on a fresh Motorsport Manager challenge with the Endurance Series. Twenty-four cars compete in each race, jostling for lap times as they seek to win out over their greatest threats Take in the iconic curves and sleek lines as you guide your mechanical masterpieces to championship wins Test your wits over average lap qualifying, picking two drivers per car and building the best average lap time. Manage a group and find the drivers with the strength, skill and stamina combinations to win you the race. Keep track of your drivers’ alertness using the new stamina bar, and swap them out at the crucial moment.ĭrive over 90 minutes, 3 hours or even 6 hour epic races! Go the distance, with a brand new two-class endurance championship to test your mettle.
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