Motorsport Manager (PC)

[Burning Bridges]

I am currently doing my second major playthrough and just wanted to say that this is an immensely great game.

I already cracked the 200 hour mark and it only got more interesting when I got better. While the formula appears simplistic the true beauty is that your decisions play out on the racetrack and that part is done extremely well.

I would probably not much good about the vanilla game but the modding scene is also great, and adds the missing pieces. Currently doing my second season in the 1982 mod and loving every race.

 

[Teut Busnet]

Didn't a recent update break a lot of the mods?

I wanted to start a new game with the Alpha Romeo Classic Team mod but couldn't - I could however continue my old savegame with the same mod, strange.

 

[Burning Bridges]

Possible, but my mods got updated.

The only thing I didn't understand was how the Ferrari F1C-88 disappeared from workshop. So I must never unsubscribe it.

 

[Burning Bridges]

Unfortunately my game now bugs out with a CTD everytime I try to advance to the third season. The crash is absolutely unavoidable, always happens on the same day.

I had a lot of fun in those two seasons but long term stability is dubious. Yes I used mods, but there seem to be many people who have the exact same problems without them. I will wait a few months and see if they update the executable so it can handle small problems. Still great game I just cannot get myself to play this vanilla, the fantasy drivers look simply too retarded.

 

[IDtenT]

Been playing this again lately.

Slowly working my way up the track in the 3rd division. Starting with a base of 1 for components makes the first few seasons pretty tough.

Game seems to have been deserted by the devs, but it's not too bad.

 

[Burning Bridges]

Especially with the mods its really a great game. With Chris Fire mod 2017 I got a full run of 6 yeasons from F2 to eventually becoming top dog in F1 and winning the championship.

What brings this game down and made me not want to play anymore were the endless loading times and delays between mundane actions. You cannot move fast through things that you have done already 1000s of times and it becomes a chore.

 

[Riso]

Do any of hte mods not make the engine the most important part?

 

[Burning Bridges]

Spec engines?

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

that'd be like asking for a game about airplanes not to be so centered on wings.

 

[Riso]

I don't think you understand. The game seems hardcoded to make the engine be the absolute most important part.
Everything else can be shit on the car but if the engine is the best you will win.

 

[Teut Busnet]

I don't think you understand. The game seems hardcoded to make the engine be the absolute most important part.
Everything else can be shit on the car but if the engine is the best you will win.

And if everything else is 'top 3' but your engine sucks, you'll still fight for 15th place. It's engine >> drivers >> other stuff.

A bit of a trap for new players, because the engine is the most expensive and takes the longest to improve, so you start developing other parts first.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

I don't think you understand. The game seems hardcoded to make the engine be the absolute most important part.
Everything else can be shit on the car but if the engine is the best you will win.

i don't think you understand. the game seems hardcoded to be a f1 management simulation.

 

[Riso]

If that was remotely realistic, Williams with its Mercedes engine would have never fallen below P5 instead of rounding out the grid at P19/20 at every race.
And Red Bull would have never won four titles with their aero advantage despite only having a middling Renault.