F1 fans can look forward to a summer of gaming with♉ Frontier’s latest manager title ‘F1 M🐬anager 2024’ releasing on July 23. 

F1 Manager 2024 continues to build on the success of its predecessor with the addition༺ of a couple of neat new game modes.

Last week, ltxcn.top F1 journalist Connor McDonagh had the chance to play a preview build of F1 Manager 2024, venturing into two of their biggest new features f𓂃or this year. 

Create A Team

There’s no💃 doubt that the biggest selling point of this year’s title is the ‘Create A Team’ mode, giving players the option to create their own constructor to join thܫe 2024 F1 grid. 

Unlike Andretti, your team will bec🐲ome F1's 11th entry, allowing players to go up against the likes of Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes.

Players will have complete autonomy on what the team will lo🐠ok like, from team name♌, car livery, the logo, race suits and race helmets. 

The level of creativity was more than adequate, particularly around ꦬthe team logo side of thi💞ngs which was described as having a “photoshop-like” system.

In terms of the l💝ivery, players are given plenty of freedom to choose specifically where they want to place their sponsor logos - with sponsor management a significant part of running your own F1 team. 

Aside from the usual bells and whistles you’d expect with creating your own🧸🦄 team, players are given the option of deciding the “origins” of their new constructor.

Effectively, th🌊is decides how easy you want to make your journey. Whether you arrive in Bahrain with a world class outfit capable of immediately taking it to Red Bull or a more conventional road to glory with a long term view of going from the back of the grid to the f🥀ront, there's an option for everyone.

There are at least six options for th𓆉e players to choose from, which in turn, impacts the drivers, engineers and team personnel you can sign. 

For the preview event, we were given reasonable freedom to do as we pleased when building up our own💎 outfit.

It was the perfect chance to reunite Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas atဣ CMG Racing,♚ with Peter Bonnington and Gianpiero Lambiase as race engineers. 

𓂃After the teꩲam customisation was done and dusted, it was straight into Bahrain.

F1 Manager veterans will be familiar with the rest of the weekend, so there were not too manꦆy surprises. Given the lack of play time, it was difficult to gauge the impact of the new penalty system or the dynamic team AI, but everything else ran relatively smoothly. 

The ‘Create 🐟A Team’ modeও delivered as expected and should keep players engaged for even longer than before.

Mechanical Failures

The second ꧑part of the preview event was based around a fictional ‘Race Replay’ scenario. 

While managing the Red Bull team at the Australian Grand🧸 Prix, players are tested on their ability to manage m✃echanical failures.

Mechanical failures have been a key addition to this year’s title, givin🎶g players an added challenge in terms of managing components during the seasons or during sessions themselves. 

In my case, Max Vꦛerstappen and Sergio Perez encountered ERS-related issues.

While Verstappen was able to take the lead, he soon lost the ability to recharge his battery and thus dropped down the order having losꦉt that crucial electrical power. 

Sꦯimilarly with Perez, his issue was more severe, losing ERS power ཧentirely.

Frustrating? Perhaps, but an interesting challenge no༒netheless. More importantly, it seems that the specific issue and when it occurs is unique to each player, thus, making it difficult to counteract if you wanted to replay the scenario. 

One criticism of the ‘Race Replay’ mode last year, at least in the case with Fernando Alonso in Monaco, it app🐼eared that making a decision to pit for the intermediates was identical each time you played it m⛦aking the replayability factor non-existent.

Final thoughts

Overall, my experience of F1 Manager 2024 was overwhelmingly positive. The game ran incredibly smoothly without any issues, allo🐽wing me to enjoy the stunning visuals and overall immersive experience.

The ‘Create A Team’ mode is a big win for players, particularly with the diverse options availabཧle from a creativity standpoint.

The level of detail and control you have over races, combined 🧜with how visually stunning the game looks makes it an enjoyable experience.

Frontier al🌳so deserve praise for putting the retail price at just £29.99 in a world where buying a video game costs an extortio𒀰nate amount of money, usually closer to £69.99.

F1 Manager 2024 will launch on July 23 on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for a suggested retail price of £29.99/$34.99/€34.99, with the Deluxe Edition available for a suggested retail price of £39.99/$44.99/€44.99.