First off the game to me is a 7.5/10, a good start to a game with a lot of potential.

To start off this game is actually really good fun if you're into managing stuff like the team which this does way better than my team in F1 22, although I know you race in game I wish there was a little bit of control like offering a team strategy or something like that. This game does challenge you in how you manage drivers pace, fuel, tyres, ERS, strategy, car development, spending cost, research and so on and so fourth. I have had fun managing Alpine and for people looking for a bigger challenge starting with lower team could be your thing. I love managing my drivers setup throughout practise programs which adds a layer of dedication to spend time throughout practise sessions and overall I enjoyed my time on this game...... but it does have issues.

You will see in a lot of reviews that this game needs improvements and that is true. Right now I have had some issues with the game where tyre deg at high temp isn't good enough, the traffic is diabolical especially when it comes to blue flags. There isn't a section to develop anything for the engine when it comes to reliability besides maybe cooling but I would love something a little more in depth stuff like the tech tree in the F1 22 game. I would love to be part of press conference to have an affect on the team or at least address the media. The game has couple more issues like bugs which are kinda annoying but can be ironed out but I am annoyed that games are released this way so I still feel disappointment in that department. I want to touch on the blue flags and traffic because it drives me insane sometimes. There are moments throughout the race where you are in a battle and the way cars move out the way and how your AI drivers deals with them is horrendous, it's like suddenly your drivers become the biggest puss*es to pass a car that you are lapping it's ridiculous. I would love for that to be addressed because it really impacts the race dynamic and sometimes it really does ruin a race. The AI need to at least need to be improved to a level of codemasters where drivers know how to act on a track. I also want to touch on drivers and overtaking in this game. When you try and get drivers to overtake sometimes the AI is so weird at overtakes and sometimes they let off even though they have the right to overtake or just hold position. I remember in Baku down the second straight there was space for my driver to use his overtake but he just stayed behind them and it was really annoying because I waste my ERS for absolutely nothing. It's ridiculous that your driver has high aggression and overtaking stats but it doesn't look like it. They have a good car but they can't overtake for sh*t. I hope they can address this still because I want this game to be good but stuff like this is immersion breaking and sometimes it puts you off and you don't want to play the game for a little bit.

Overall this game is pretty good and to be fair I pre ordered this game. Luckily I don't regret it because I enjoy the game but in my opinion I would suggest to wait it out, let the price drop and maybe by then there will be couple of patches. The prices itself right now isn't bad compared to industry standard but I would wait if it's like maybe £25 or something like that. I would recommend this game for sure but don't be in a rush, if you're looking for a manager game that is motorsport related then give this a try and don't be afraid to buy it. You can look past some issues but I pointed out the ones that personally affect me but it's not that drastic. I just think they have a good blueprint and they need to work on improvements for now to make this game really good because it has good potential and it's up to the devs to unlock that potential.

First off the game to me is a 7.5/10, a good start to a game with a lot of potential. To start off this game is actually really good fun if you're into managing stuff like the team which this does way better than my team in F1 22, although I know you race in game I wish there was a little bit of control like offering a team strategy or something like that. This game does challenge you in how you manage drivers pace, fuel, tyres, ERS, strategy, car development, spending cost, research and so on and so fourth. I have had fun managing Alpine and for people looking for a bigger challenge starting with lower team could be your thing. I love managing my drivers setup throughout practise programs which adds a layer of dedication to spend time throughout practise sessions and overall I enjoyed my time on this game...... but it does have issues. You will see in a lot of reviews that this game needs improvements and that is true. Right now I have had some issues with the game where tyre deg at high temp isn't good enough, the traffic is diabolical especially when it comes to blue flags. There isn't a section to develop anything for the engine when it comes to reliability besides maybe cooling but I would love something a little more in depth stuff like the tech tree in the F1 22 game. I would love to be part of press conference to have an affect on the team or at least address the media. The game has couple more issues like bugs which are kinda annoying but can be ironed out but I am annoyed that games are released this way so I still feel disappointment in that department. I want to touch on the blue flags and traffic because it drives me insane sometimes. There are moments throughout the race where you are in a battle and the way cars move out the way and how your AI drivers deals with them is horrendous, it's like suddenly your drivers become the biggest puss*es to pass a car that you are lapping it's ridiculous. I would love for that to be addressed because it really impacts the race dynamic and sometimes it really does ruin a race. The AI need to at least need to be improved to a level of codemasters where drivers know how to act on a track. I also want to touch on drivers and overtaking in this game. When you try and get drivers to overtake sometimes the AI is so weird at overtakes and sometimes they let off even though they have the right to overtake or just hold position. I remember in Baku down the second straight there was space for my driver to use his overtake but he just stayed behind them and it was really annoying because I waste my ERS for absolutely nothing. It's ridiculous that your driver has high aggression and overtaking stats but it doesn't look like it. They have a good car but they can't overtake for sh*t. I hope they can address this still because I want this game to be good but stuff like this is immersion breaking and sometimes it puts you off and you don't want to play the game for a little bit. Overall this game is pretty good and to be fair I pre ordered this game. Luckily I don't regret it because I enjoy the game but in my opinion I would suggest to wait it out, let the price drop and maybe by then there will be couple of patches. The prices itself right now isn't bad compared to industry standard but I would wait if it's like maybe £25 or something like that. I would recommend this game for sure but don't be in a rush, if you're looking for a manager game that is motorsport related then give this a try and don't be afraid to buy it. You can look past some issues but I pointed out the ones that personally affect me but it's not that drastic. I just think they have a good blueprint and they need to work on improvements for now to make this game really good because it has good potential and it's up to the devs to unlock that potential.