Formula 1 fans can delve deeper into the role of an F1 team boss this summer when Frontier Developments launches F1 Manager 2022a management simulation of the red hot popular racing series. F1 Manager 2022 will be launched on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X. At the same time, it will also be available on Windows PC via both Steam and the Epic Games Store.
F1 Manager 2022 is licensed by Formula 1 and the development series Formula 2 and Formula 3. As Team Principal, players must promote, demote, hire and/or fire personnel; Include developments on the car week after week; Balancing budgets and the demands of superstar drivers; and make in-race decisions related to tyres, pit strategy and other team assignments.
As a management simulation F1 Manager 2022 will be a career level that’s more detailed than the hugely popular My Team mode that introduced Codemasters two years ago F1 2020. The main difference, of course, is that it doesn’t include the hands-on racing game seen in every event. With many new fans coming to love Formula 1, the tensions between drivers on the same team, the intrigue and highly specific rivalries between two teams, and the hot pressure of a Grand Prix have all contributed to it being scheduled TV.
I can’t tell from the video above, and the press release announcing the game didn’t give any further details, but if it allows for full customization – livery, sponsorship, team name and such – I assume F1 Manager 2022 lives up to the sense of vicarious mogulism that enlivens so many who play sports career modes.
F1 Manager 2022 is the first licensed sports video game developed and published by Frontier, which was last launched in 2021 Jurassic World Evolution 2 and the elite dangerous: Odyssey Extension.
