Open Wheel Manager 2

I don't often post reviews but I feel it is warranted in this instance. In short, OWM2 is enjoyable and very playable in it's current iteration and hopefully, the devs will continue on their current trajectory of adding in new functionality and enhancing/polishing what is already in place. Not being held back by the terms of a licencing agreement puts them in a place to make something that can become a true representation of the sport, the editor they have provided makes mod-making fairly straightforward. With a few additions to the editor such as allowing drivers to join the game at a certain date or using narratives to trigger changes in the game world (similar to the Total Extreme Wrestling series), could lead to this becoming the most comprehensive management sim created for racing games.

I initially gave it postive rating because the game is cheap and so far was engaging - until I found game breaking issues. ETA: as I keep playing I discover more and more issues. Game is not ready for v1.0 yet imo, rating changed to negative as there are game breaking issues Lets start with the biggest one: AI tire selection and impact (or lack of) on results. I had a race that started with light rain that quickly developed into heavy rain condition. Whole field started on Inters, and when the rain picked up I pitted both drivers for Wet Tires (heavy rain, 100% wet track). To my surprise the whole field stayed on Intermediates. To add insult to the injury they were posting better lap times than my drivers! My team is one of the worst, yes, but this tire choice should give me an advantage, and a big one. It just didn't, even against teams that are on my level. This makes me question why even bother with the strategy. Normally in a rain like that cars on Intermediates should be loosing few to several sec/lap. [b]This is a very serious flaw[/b] ETA: [i]this may actually not be a flaw regarding my lap times. I noticed that my wet tires are only 80-90% effective in lower temperatures (I don't remember the temperature during a race). I will pay more attention next race when it's raining and will update this. Still, the rest of the field stayed on Intermediates which makes no sense [/i] ETA2: This time race started on Intermediates (rain) and by lap 12 (out of 47) it stopped raining. I pitted both drivers for Hard compound around lap 15. By lap 20-25 racing lane was dry. Temp 22, track tem 31 (Celsius). The whole field stayed on Inters for the whole race. My lap times still worse than frontrunners by a couple of seconds but I started gaining on the backmarkers close to the end of the race (too late though). Track completely dry, Inters not overheating, AI just continues on them like it makes no difference. [b]At this point I'm out, the game is broken[/b], it could never happen in any real race. What is even the point of having different compunds? Another issue that is quite game breaking. I'm past mid-season and I stopped receiving research points for practice. It says I should get 0.04 per lap (I know, low feedback driver) so I set 26 laps just to be on the safe side and I still get 0 research points (driver finished practice, with no issues, so practice wasn't cut short). That is a blow for a struggling team Smaller issues: during 7h I played game crashed 4 times already. I save often and just reload, hopefully it won't get worse as the season progresses From time to time drop down menus keep scrolling down on their own, rendering them unusable. Clicking somewhere else (calendar for instance) and coming back usually helps. If it doesn't quitting and reloading is necessary. It desn't happen very often and is not game breaking but still... The game seems to be still in developement, hopefully it'll get fixed. Right now I'm undecided whether to keep playing or just load Motorsport Manager at this point TL;DR AI can run on Intermediate tires in Heavy Rain for the whole race, without loosing time AI can run on Intermaties on the dry track, for the whole race without overheating the tires and without loosing much time. In fact good teams were still posting better times than my team, by up to a few secs/lap (me on Hard compund, AI on Intermediates, dry track, track temp 31 deg Cels)

I often play F1 Manager and find myself looking for a more in-depth F1 management game. Since this game has less emphasis on visuals, I hoped it would offer a deeper management experience than the F1 Manager series. But, it turns out to be much shallower, as you have less control over almost everything.

Good mod support, developer that cares about the game. If you liked classics like Grand Prix World, or Grand Prix Manager, this is the game for you. There are still things to add and improve, but the updates are coming, considered that is also a small team. Been able to play 20+ seasons, with a few bugs still to iron out, but the game is simple and fun.

A brilliant game to rival the new F1 manager (Frontier Series) I bought this game instead of the latest Frontier/EA re-skin Cash grab. This is like the old Grand Prix World this company created, it is great to play. Great game 12 hours played in 1 day, so it's very addictive. Has been edited as they fixed the bug within one day of this review. Mods are already out for this game, and there is an editor if you want to rename any driver you sign. Improvements Need more details of finances, I'd like to know what everything costs me like the upkeep for each building level. And how much it will cost to upkeep when I improve it. All other financial work is great just an issue as I like to play near the red, but it's too much of a risk when I don't know the added costs. The tyre heating makes no sense, if you run near 30 - 40 degrees it's too cold, but apparently optimum on the (DEVELOPMENT) screens but not in the race. Maybe sort this out, unless I am misunderstanding it all. A bit more tutorial in development, I would still like a game manual, but you will figure out the mechanics of the game as you play The game has a lot of depth not fully explained but I'm getting there from trial and error over 5 seasons. Id suggest a few seasons in a top team before building from scratch as it's hard to learn this way. The game is on offer so may as well buy it with 25% off, I got extra off being I already had the first game. I say it's still worth it at full price with the fix sorted More than worth it, if they sort the improvements out too.

The game is not up to scratch for 2024-2025. Published by MicroProse which is a publisher I am familiar with for a long long time. Game has a max screen of 1080p which looked wrong on a 1440p screen. The UI is awful and not intuitive. I am sure there are better versions in the same theme out there. I have requested a refund as the game is does not work well on a good system.

这是一款F1题材的模拟经营游戏。 游戏的画面水平一般，感觉有点早年足球经理的意思，除了界面，场景和建模基本可以当成低模来看待。 就像我不会要求足球经理的画面能达到FIFA一样，我也不会要求本作的画面达到年货F1的水平，但是这个几乎快Low Poly的画面还是稍微落后了点。 玩法是让玩家扮演一个F1车队的经理，需要玩家经营车队的方方面面。可以雇佣工程师设计制造赛车，雇佣车手参加比赛，寻找赞助商，升级设施，微调车辆，并对经营车队做出决策。 基本上就是模拟性质的玩法，专不专业不好说，但其实玩起来感觉还是比较硬核的，想要玩好就需要耐心，感觉是偏车迷向的游戏。 如果想要玩的开心，玩出代入感，那至少也该是个关注这类赛事的车迷，哪怕只是单纯的喜欢F1也行。 不然没代入感的话，这类游戏就很难玩的进去。 没中文是个比较大的槽点，模拟类游戏界面较多，全英文的话，词典翻译看着也是比较麻烦的。 貌似这个题材在国内受众应该不是很广，对F1赛事感兴趣的话可以试试。 [quote]欢迎关注我们的鉴赏家:[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35402982/]走心评测[/url] 遵从内心，写出真实感受 欢迎加入我们Steam组:[url=https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ZXPC]走心评测[/url] 点击加入，一起探索游戏的乐趣 喜欢这篇评论，也麻烦点个赞，让更多人能够看到！[/quote]

Its poorly explained, has a lot of bugs, and just needs a lot of work.

Freeze after the second test weekend and within the first 30 minute of gametime. It got the '96's feeling alright with that one. I get this is a small (solo?) developer, but a game has to be stable first before anything else. I'm not even far into the game and I'm already thrown off. Unfortunately I have to refund the game as I won't be dealing with this in 2025. EDIT: In response to the developer, I have played it vanilla/without mods.

Good game, Its more about team management and less race management. Game got laggy after year 2010+