
A deep yet accessible motorsport management sandbox inspired by the 1990s games of this genre. Manage teams, drivers, finances, engines, and regulations in a fully customizable, ever-changing world where no two seasons play out the same.
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Welcome to Team Principal: A Racing Manager. Initially a passion project, this game has become much more for me. It is a completely customizable grand prix/motorsport manager game, with a simplistic top down 2d race view. Most of the game is in the in-depth management aspect. Some key features include:
- An ever-changing grid: Teams & engines can leave, go bankrupt, join, rebrand, get bought out, fluctuate season to season. No two seasons will ever be the same, with a virtually limitless grid size.
- Simulate ANY era in this sandbox with infinite possibilities and infinite replayability. This game can handle ANY era, or season of racing in a realistic manner, with over decades of seasons of content.
- In-depth race simulation complete with REAL physics, live speeds, hyper-intelligent AI, setups that impact your actual car speeds in corners/straights, customizable temperature, weather, dirty air, tire wear, fuel consumption, safety cars, mechanical wear, and realistic results, with both simulated and non-simulated options available.
- Easy to use in-game editor, and save editor, so you can have your career mode the way you want.
- In-Depth finance system with stock, ownership, and ability to purchase stakes in rivals.
- Completely in-depth academy pipe-line system with ability to pay to assign your rookie drivers in junior series teams, have them test for you, learn the ropes in rival junior teams you own, and eventually promote them to your team.
- In-depth regulatory system that can change the environment of the game season to season.
- In-depth negotiation system for tyres, parts, sponsorship, works engines, customer engines, and drivers/staff.
- Ability to build and sell your own engines through an engine plant, or partner with an existing engine supplier.
- AI who compete with you every week of the season, on and off the track, in engineering, developing, strategy, and signing talents.
- Fully fleshed out car attributes, driver attributes, staff attributes, headquarters, etc.
- In-depth chassis, aero, engine, ERS, driver aids, and tyre development.
This game aims to be a FULLY customizable racing management sandbox experience for racing in any era. Every aspect of the game able to be edited and changed. Team names, performance, dirty air, tire model, points model, anything one can think of can be edited to your liking.
This game is in active development & will receive extremely frequently updates. Please join the game's discord server, wherein I will share future plans, update timelines, provide bug support, as well as the track editor. This game is extremely mod friendly, and an open canvas for any situations one wishes to develop.
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Languages: English
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This game has huge potential. It's still early access, but the developer is dedicated. The game is highly moddable. It is very basic, so there is virtually no feature or complexity that couldn't be implemented due game engine limitations. It is relatively basic as of March 2026, so it's easy to learn, and even to master. But new features and updates coming roughly every month, so I expect it to become gradually harder and more complex. The potential in this game is huge, the greatest since Grand Prix Manager 2 from 1996! Yes, it's not pretty, it doesn't have fancy 3D animations, nor it most likely will have in the future. But if you are looking for a pure, retro management game, if you want to have a great challenge, or if you just want to create your own dreamed-up championship with custom rules, this is the game for you! Very highly recommended!
For a management game in early development, it already offers a rich experience when you consider this is being developed by one person. There are a few bugs at the moment but the developer is quick to address and release patches. The discord server is a must join if you purchase this game. Easy to make mods and there are more being made available every day. Runs on my work laptop at the moment so i wouldn't worry about what specs you have.
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I've been playing this game since August 2025, when it was only available on itch.io. The game has evolved a lot since then and has improved drastically. The developer, Cookie (his name on the official Discord server), is always looking for ideas and works very closely with the community. He implements their ideas and suggestions and is always open to feedback on how to improve the game. With the mods available, you can play through every decade of the sport and even create custom championships. Manage a team or simply observe how teams rise and fall through the championship standings. This game is a huge sandbox for modders, and you can create awesome stories with it. I recommend this game to anyone who enjoys F1 or motorsport management games from the ’90s and 2000s. The best part is that there’s still a lot more in the pipeline! If you're interested in learning more about the game, I recommend joining the Discord server.
Game is good with lots of customization waiting for further updates
oyun çok keyifli bir f1 sandbox dünyası sunuyor. topluluk modlarıyla beraber en piyasadaki en keyifli f1 menajerlik oyunu olabilir. bu oyunu kısaca özetlemek gerekirse kendi f1 dünyanızda istediğiniz her şeyi yapabileceğiniz, aklınıza gelen her fantastik f1 senaryosunu simüle edebileceğiniz bir oyun. tabii simüle etmek yerine 2d yarış motorunda klasik olarak antrenman, sıralama ve yarışları izleyebilirsiniz de, orası size kalmış. örneğin benim oyunumda bmw ile renault birleşip birdenbire en hızlı aracı ürettiler, farklı lastik üreticileri spora dahil oldular. ferrari lenovo ile sponsorluk anlaşması imzaladı ve adı lenovo ferrari oldu, red bull da santander red bull oldu, bunun gibi scripted olmayan birçok şey başınıza gelip sizi şaşırtıyor. bunun dışında devam eden kariyerde yarış takviminden yarış silip ekleyebiliyorsunuz bile. hatta takım ekleyip istediğiniz kadar bütçe verip istediğiniz pilotları, mühendisleri o takıma gönderip denemelik işler de yapabiliyorsunuz. veya o takımın başına istediğiniz zaman siz de geçebiliyorsunuz. acayip bir oyun içi editörü var. çok keyifli bir oyun, f1 severlere net tavsiyemdir.
Love it
Great Job. Triggers all the right elements for enthusiasts. Great Bridge between economics and results on track. Elements of surprise combined with the logics of motorsports. Beats all the high polish products.
It has a lot of potential, but for the moment it is not really in a shape to actually have fun playing. I guess it requires some more balancing and tweaking. The potential is there. So I don't yet recommend it, as it still needs work. I will revisit this review once it's out of EA. Probably I've been dissapointed by many games in EA that stopped development at some point and became abandonware. So I will buy this if and when it's done and ready.
Good game, similar to FB Manager
Good game.
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