Rarely has the world of Formula 1 been as popular as in recent times. The Grands Prix enliven the weekends of many enthusiasts and the latter are, each year, more and more numerous to take an interest in the eponymous world championship as well as to comment, support or suffer the slightest decision or action taken by drivers. or team leaders.
From a video game point of view, the presence of this queen category was already welcomed by one of the best sports simulations of recent years with the official game produced by Codemasters and which sold thousands of copies each year. On the strength of its success and always in collaboration with the governing bodies and therefore, under official license, F1 is coming under a brand new range of video games, with a managerial simulation, like Football Manager, a reference on the subject.
A perfect opportunity to put an end to these criticisms and misunderstandings that many observers have fun stating at each Grand Prix. Virtually, the player becomes the boss of a team.
Available since the end of August, the game F1 Manager 22 could well be the first of a long series if the success and the reviews were to be as positive as for the driving simulation.
Appointment with Ferrari on this new game? (Photo by Pixabay, CC0)
Official license
Let it be said, such a game could not have been launched with such great fanfare and afforded such impatience to fans of the genre without official licenses. The F1 logo, the circuits, the sponsors and quite logically the infrastructures and all the other characteristics of the 10 teams present at the 2022 world championship are indeed there. The choices are important and therefore, we can act as a fan or adopt a strategy worthy of the greatest games of Football Manager, starting from the very bottom with a stable with lesser means.
It is up to you to follow a certain logic or from the beginning, to take advantage of the best possibilities in terms of development, for example by joining the Red Bull team, crowned with the title of world pilots' champion with Max Verstappen last season. With ever-increasing popularity and renowned partnerships with certain companies in the entertainment world, Red Bull Racing is still in excellent shape in this 2022 season and could, for sure, obtain a title in the constructors' and drivers' world championship. !
Although the game mechanics are essential to this kind of opus and that patches could have been added in any case as on FM, obtaining licenses was probably a sine qua non condition for the commercial success of this first creation. of Frontier in association with the company F1.
Access to countless performance levers
Aiming to please F1 purists, the game's developers have gone all out on the data and other things to manage throughout a game and career. The levers impacting the performance of a team, a single-seater or a driver are as long as the arm and many technical choices are available to all enthusiasts present on F1 Manager.
New way to enjoy F1, away from the wheels (Photo by Pixabay, CC0)
Thus, the management of the production unit directly from the team's factory, the settings during the race weekend and of course, the instructions and strategies during the race are all options that make this first opus a success. and probably good in time and in its lifespan.
What improvements should be taken into account?
If we stick to the first opinions on the subject, this first edition is a success. However, and not without a certain logic, certain evolutions could be welcome in the months to come or during the next opuses. Artificial intelligence during races is according to several tests, still perfectible on certain facts observed during the sequence of turns.
Our analysis
This article has been compiled on the basis of the first opinions and tests related to the game. An overview, as you are used to, will be available on our site from the end of September, with our usual conclusions and opinions. .
