Last year’s F1 Manager 2022 scratched an itch for many motorsport fans, giving players an opportunity to look at the tactical and managerial side of Formula One. There hadn’t been an official management title in over 20 years, unlike the immersion of the brilliant Football Manager series, but games like 2016’s Motorsport Manager showed that there was definitely appetite. Frontier Developments, who has a long history of successful management games like Planet Zoo, is now back with F1 Manager 2023 with a refreshed line-up and some additional features.
F1 Manager 2023 certainly gives players something that they can’t quite find anywhere else: that officially licensed tactical experience. The game is an opportunity for players to delve into the less glamorous but just as fascinating part of the sport, and its importance is all-too-well-known to Formula One’s fans (particularly, of late, those who follow Ferrari). Although there are some hiccups, F1 Manager 2023 is a strong complementary game to F1 23’s varied and enjoyable racing.
Much like games like the Football Manager series, F1 Manager 2023 is moreish to play. It’s very easy to get pulled into its central gameplay loop, either picking through individual races or going through its comprehensive career mode. There’s a ”just one more race” line of thinking that will see players keeping the game going for a little bit longer than they initially planned.
That said, there are some minor issues that stop F1 Manager 2023 from being as immersive as it truly could be in a wider sense. There are still some bugs and glitches that have to be fixed, taking the player out of the moment, and there are some also some design elements that perhaps need ironing out. One smaller example is the use of real-world dialogue between the team and driver, as although the authenticity of this is commendable, it does come across as quite stilted when the situation doesn’t quite match the driver quote.
The core gameplay mode of F1 Manager 2023 is certainly its career mode. This sees the player take control of one of the ten existing Formula One teams, taking them through championships to try and either maintain a position of power or build them into something that can challenge for the top spot. This is where the player will definitely be spending the majority of their time, whether they want to choose their favorite team or decide to take on the challenge of bringing back markers to the front row.
2023-08-15 23:48:03
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