With Frontier Developments’ F1 Manager 2022 just a few days away, here is a retrospective at the older, officially licensed F1 manager games.
All of them were released over 20 years ago and in many ways they’ve aged quite badly, but there’s also a lot they did well and features they’ve implemented that we’ve yet to see in an F1 game since. Everything from spying on other teams, to additional manufacturers to the banning and legalising of driver aids. In this video I go over what the Grand Prix Manager series, Grand Prix World and EA Sports’ F1 Manager did so well.
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Nico Gorsberg
23.03.2023You know what would be legendary ? A F1 Manager game, inspired mainly by GPW and GPM2, with of course up-to-date graphics and content, that could be played in a multiplayer mode, up to 12 players controlling a team (Real or Fictional) Let's get crazy and bring back the Minardi team with a Lamborghini engine
lamp
13.03.2023nice
Raymond89
13.03.2023Cant wait for your video's mate ! Was alot of fun with the EA and GPworld vids !
AnthonyMemes
13.03.2023THE BEST F1 MANAGER ON THE INTERWEB IS BACKKKK
ORT Racing
13.03.2023I’m so excited for F1 Manager 2022 I loved in the regulation changes you get in, I enjoy the transfers in those games and the teams in Grand Prix Manager 2 going bankrupt and new teams going in was interesting. What’s your plan for F1 Manager 2022 Career Mode?
Adam Smith
13.03.2023would be cool all of the above and have your own team to run (as it'll prove that a 26 car grid is needed) -> would be cool to see how an academy system would work in it as well
Flintey
13.03.2023Can't wait for your manager career. Massive fan of your channel
Jori Bremer
13.03.2023If F1 manager 22 quality is very close to grandprix world I,ll be very happy
Jori Bremer
13.03.202311:19 haha just seen that video 😀
Resur_84
13.03.2023One thing that I would like to see is to see some team change their livery for sponsor reason. Another point is to see some unpredictable issues, such as stalled to the formation la/start of the race. And final point is the possibility that a driver can stay out for a period after a hard crash, like GPM2
Retro Roast
12.03.2023I've been watching your F1 manger 2000 videos while I wait for F1 manger 2022 to come out
Dmitriy Bozhanov
12.03.2023Low balling, eh? None of those were even remotely close to Software 2000's F1 Manager (or Pro). Second best, is probably Ascaron's F1Team, and third is Pole Position. Never been a fan of Microprose's garbage and EA stuff is so buggy that I could get it to work only once in a blue moon. Special shout out to Sinclair's version of F1 manager from 1985, as rudimentary and crude it might have been- it's what got me into the management gaming to begin with.
Hloni M
12.03.2023can players change teams in f1 manager 2022?
MackisLife
12.03.2023I am still a bit skeptical towards F1 Manager 22. Main concern I have is sponsor negotiations and how/if pay drivers work🤔
dair919
12.03.2023Licensed or not the only recent game to compare this to is Motorsport Manager.
In terms of presentation F1 Manager 2022 looks amazing. There are just a few things that concern me:
* Not being able to transfer from one team to the next.
* Driver negotiations happening instantly rather than over a number of days
* Not being about to manage teams in the lower tiers
* Having to restart a brand new game after being fired
Anonymous One
12.03.2023They started banning anyone from the sub reddit who questions any aspect of the game
SVV_Brunorcs
12.03.2023Shoutout when i showed u a picture of Ligier with Bennetton sportsystems in real life and appeared in a video lol
Good times
Himuchan
12.03.2023I played a lot of Grand prix world and I mean a lot and i really loved that game, but once you reached the "endgame" that's it you were there and losing if you played normally was impossible.
Now I get it when you have the most money the best drivers and the best team you should be winning but I really wonder how the new game Will address this. All in all i'm super excited for the game and your series!
floscan
12.03.2023I also hope for variability across seasons. For example, Alonso joining McLaren just when they produce the worse car on the grid happened in reality.
lazlo623
12.03.2023Having watched this video, it makes you wonder how different the licencing agreements and terms were with the FOM during the Bernie/Max Moseley-era compared to now with Liberty Media.
When things like teams dinamically change sponsors and engine suppliers, nowadays, we're lucky, if driver transfers are allowed.
And I agree, from a licencing standpoint, Motorsport Manager is still one of the best games in this genre.
Scott Hiland
11.03.2023For its time EA F1 Manager was pretty decent!
Ashton Harvey
11.03.2023Will you do a series on f1 manager 22 if you do will you do a road to glory or a return to glory
James Zhou
11.03.2023Came here after playing f1 manager 22. I played a lot of grand prix world in the past and I adore it.
In comparison, f1 manager 22 feels more like micro-management at the track side while grand prix world is more like a factory based management.
In terms of graphics and illustration of the race itself, new game smashed it out of the park. But Grand Prix world still holds a place in my heart for how unique of an experience it was
Nils Geier
11.03.2023You missed F1 Manager Professional (1997) by Software 2000. This game was the most deep and complex F1 Manager game ever.
My personal all time favorite F1 game ever.
UncleDad81
11.03.2023Im incredibly dissappointed by the lack of multiplayer.. This has been on the top of the community wishlist for years
Mário P
11.03.2023F1 Manager 2022 is not that good simulator, just a good looking game, is like a football Manager with FIFA graphics bud dumbed down managerial activities, you're just a passenger MM was more challenging, and copying the worst of MM (setup minigame) doesn't help.
Jason Murphy
11.03.2023Its a pretty low bar for F1 Manager 2022 to beat. Yet it doesn't beat it in many ways….sad
Federico Felle
11.03.2023How can u play this game in 2022, i mean seems a good old retro game, someone know how to download? I don't think u can buy it anymore
Andreas S
11.03.2023It would be great to see you have a go at F1 Manager Pro from 97. It's UI is horribly dated, and the game is quite complicated, it and GPM2 still stand out as the best F1 Management games of all time (Team F1/Pole Position is close up there). F1 Man 2022 just looks a bit shallow and arcadey to me. I think the official F1 license is holding the game back, amongst other things, but I suppose without it they wouldn't make enough money for such a game to be worth it.