F1 Manager (video game)

The player takes control of the management of a Formula One motor racing team from the 1999 Formula One World Championship over a period of ten years. They have the ability to select from a range of eleven teams composed of two racing drivers each and one test driver. There is also a chief designer, technical director and a commercial director to assist the player in managing a team. They are hired through contract negotiation and remain at the team until the conclusion of the season. Contracts are done on a first come, first served basis. Throughout the game, the performance of the player is assessed by the chairperson of the board of directors, who provides them with objectives such as to win both the World Drivers' Championship and the World Constructors' Championship or to finish in a certain position in the latter championship that they are required to meet by the conclusion of a season. Designers can be employed to construct components for the cars, engineers assist in the maintenance and creation of spare parts and commercial assistants work alongside sponsors to maintain their interest in the team. Players have the option to opt in or out of scheduled test day sessions to develop a car. The player may also elect to observe a race on a television screen platform that allows them to select their preferred camera angle, and provides information such as fuel loads and tyre wear to them. They are given the option to accelerate time to lessen the amount of real-world time it takes to complete a session. Rain is not featured in the game. == Production ==

F1 Manager was developed by Intelligent Games in the United Kingdom, Commentary is provided by the ITV commentator Jim Rosenthal in English, and Kai Ebel in German. ==Reception==

Jeuxvideo.com was complimentary towards the game's graphics and was critical of its soundtrack of which the reviewer deemed had no originality. They also said that the level of difficulty is not adjustable according to player's skill in management. Paul Presley of PC Zone felt that the most problematic aspect of the game was not making a difference in it and noted the races continue for a short while after the first car has completed a race. He however concluded that F1 Manager was better in terms of playability than Grand Prix Manager. A reviewer for the French magazine Joystick felt the user-friendliness and aesthetics of the game would make it more endearing to the public than Grand Prix Manager, and was less complimentary on its graphical and sound bugs. Nathan Quinn of The Race wrote that the game "killed off" the racing subgenre of management games for a long time. ==References==