But what if you don’t want to do any racing?
What if you love F1 but racing games aren’t your thing?
Well, that’s where F1 Manager 23 comes in.
Mistakes were made.
It brings a raft of improvements and new features that really make the game a more compelling experience.
Take your favorite team to the title and live out your dreams.
There’s the main focus of the game which is the Career Mode.
As always this takes you through an entire season with all of the variety that F1 team management brings.
It’s also a good way to get used to the game before jumping into Career Mode.
The same goes for the third mode called Exclusive Scenarios.
This drops you into an extraordinary situation that you must adapt to.
This means you get more explainers on how everything works.
I naturally chose McLaren as my team (Papaya fam for life!)
and right away I started spending the budget I had.
You are provided with limited time and resources for this research.
And the number of engineers you have dictates how long this research will actually take.
Mistakes were made.
I do really like what it allows you to do with the pit crew.
it’s possible for you to schedule when they train, rest or do pit-stop drills.
Drivers also react to decisions taken during the races.
Or it can become more positive if the driver is gaining positions.
Driver Tactics also play into driver confidence.
These things and more play into what events can occur during a race.
Lando is excited for the future.
My first couple of races went well…
The first race of the season is in Bahrain.
The race was a disaster.
Lando spun part way through the race and Oscar was last for pretty much the entire thing.
In the 7th fastest team I finished dead last.
I found myself questioning reality and how this could even be possible, but we moved on.
My optimism for the next race at Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah circuit was much higher.
The race was good.
I managed to get Lando Norris to 16th place.
I really enjoyed the challenge it provided, and I think these kinds of games should be challenging.
If it’s easy you’re not really learning to manage anything.
No multiplayer?!?
There’s no multiplayer.
My friends were hugely positive about the prospect of it being an option in future.
For a game that is a yearly sports title release it really needs to increase its value proposition.
Multiplayer would do that.
Make it happen Frontier I beg of you!
The physics look a little janky though.
Then there’s a situation where I seem to be coming together with Alfa Romeo cars a lot.
It’s not a big deal, but it just seems odd.
I’m playing the game on an Nvidia RTX 4070 alongside an AMD Ryzen 9 7900.
It’s a management game.
You’ll have nothing to worry about.
Multiplayer is the fix for this.
I think the future for this series is bright.
