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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 53.4 hrs on record (37.1 hrs at review time)
Posted: 21 Dec, 2024 @ 12:10pm
Updated: 25 Dec, 2024 @ 3:18am

F1® Manager 2023
Yearly Entry will kill this series

To summarise the game is very engaging as an F1 fan but is a little too easy as a MM/GPM veteran. AI errors are good and the safety car is a common site, mixed condition races are fantastic and you can plan undercuts. The whole UI is very good an contains a lot of information. I did have some crazy issues with hiring drivers where they were asking insane amounts or even with all things checked they still declined.

It is an improvement over 2022, HOWEVER! Games like this should never have been released under the yearly edition feature as management games tend to have lifespans of years if not more. With a yearly release and minimal improvements each time Frontier is guaranteed to see diminishing returns. But some moronic shareholder who flys a desk for a living think this is a good method.

At the time of writing this I can see Frontier have already thrown in the towel after 2024. So now we will have another giant void until another F1 manager is made if ever.

Frontier did a great job with the graphics and general gameplay but overall the management and development sides were slightly lacklustre compared to the industry standard of MM/GPM.


F1 Manager 2024 needs these features.
  • Ability to save car setups so you can load them again as a baseline next year
  • More reasons to use your reserves. Main drivers injured or ill for example.
  • Make the game harder
  • More things to do in practice.
  • A photo mode.

Series already at risk?
Series dead

With Frontiers very quick end of support for the title a lot of players understandably were upset. They have the license until 25 providing they meet certain financial criteria. With the negative press the EOS caused who knows what the future holds for this series now.

Personally I hope it continues and is bettered or Sega let playsport regain support of MM or give us MM2 etc for the PC. We really need a good F1 manager title at home on the PC.


SCREW MOBILE GAMING!

Trail-Dave
Oh the series is dead, who could of guessed?
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