F1 Manager 2022

 PlayStation 5
User Score
7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20

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  1. Dwideshrude
    Nov 12, 2022
    0
    Bad events are scripted. Tire allocation is insultingly wrong. The AI are terribley coded. (So bad, theyl go out on a wet track in quali after setting a dry time LMAO) The races are all just ERS management to stay competitive (why would a team boss have to tell the drivers when to use the ERS every single lap????? Shockingly bad.) And not only that, but the drivers WONT EVEN DEPLOY ENERGYBad events are scripted. Tire allocation is insultingly wrong. The AI are terribley coded. (So bad, theyl go out on a wet track in quali after setting a dry time LMAO) The races are all just ERS management to stay competitive (why would a team boss have to tell the drivers when to use the ERS every single lap????? Shockingly bad.) And not only that, but the drivers WONT EVEN DEPLOY ENERGY WHEN YOU TELL THEM TO. REGULARLY LEAVING HALF THE ALLOTED BATTERY PER LAP UNDEPLOYED. Idk what else i need to say. Just...an insulting representation of what F1 is. You will waste hours of your life, because your driver will always do something wrong, many times right at the end of the grand prix (almost every time, have fun with scripted events! Reload your save and it will still happen, 99% of the time), and its not like you can fast forward and do well. Your driver will *100%* of the time make mistakes when in fast forward mode. Drivers crash WAY too much. This is such a waste of time at the moment. And it NEEDS to be updated. At least make it so you can save mid race. Otherwise, this game is just rigged to make you pissed. Put sessions on simulation mode, and they'll waste all your tire options. Not only that, it's unbalanced! Finish 1 season, and even a Haas is fighting for regular race wins. Might as well start with Williams, next season youl be fighting for the championship regardless. The radio messages are repetitive and the people designing them dont even know what "option" means in regards to tires vs prime tires. You will be regularly losing time to your driver's ai getting all bugged out behind a slower car, meanwhile the rival ai overtakes them as they should. Theres so many other small issues. It is death by a thousand blows. And oh boy. Are there a lot of crappy blows.A serviceable game. But it needs A LOT of work. Im shocked at how consistently this game will go to lengths to make the player upset. You put points into control to stop your drivers from spinning. They still spin. Every race. Doesnt matter what you do to manage tire temp. They just spin. To piss you off. Its wayyyyyyy more than a F1 driver should spin. Theyd be fired irl. Its shockingly insulting to the skill they have in reality. And to add insult to insult - you cant handle contracts like in real life, you cant hire people for next season, only right away. Meaning youre firing drivers mid season. lOL… Expand
  2. MinePlay512
    Aug 26, 2022
    10
    F1 Manager 2022 is a great manager game worth recommending to. With a lot of features to manage a F1 team, I think this is one of the best manager games.
  3. crymoreidiots
    Oct 17, 2022
    8
    Solid entry by the developers into the f1 management/sim sphere... Hoping they continue the good work on future installations.
  4. Jt0429
    Sep 3, 2022
    7
    Good-
    Decent UI; Simulated races are great fun; Occasionally great graphics.
    Bad- Fairly bland presentation; Depth could be better in several areas. Thoughts- F1 Manager 2022 brings a lot of key elements that have emerged in previous iterations of the genre as well as manager modes from other – more recent – simulation sports games. While a lot of its ideas are borrowed from one    Good-
    Decent UI; Simulated races are great fun; Occasionally great graphics.

    Bad-
    Fairly bland presentation; Depth could be better in several areas.

    Thoughts-
    F1 Manager 2022 brings a lot of key elements that have emerged in previous iterations of the genre as well as manager modes from other – more recent – simulation sports games. While a lot of its ideas are borrowed from one or the other, it integrates them pretty well for the most part and sprinkles in a few neat touches like managing team confidence with accomplishing tasks and approving budget requests. It doesn’t do any one thing outstandingly well, but also never really fails to feel like a fully-featured simulation manager game. If an officially licensed F1 game totally focused on preparing, executing, and learning from data collected after F1 races is an itch you’ve been wanting to scratch for a while, then this will probably take care of that for you to some extent. Unprecedentedly deep or extremely addicting it is not, but it does serviceably take care of the audience it seems primarily aimed at, while hopefully laying the foundation for a steady stream of new and improved sequels to follow.    … Expand
  5. alexdim00
    Sep 1, 2022
    7
    Great game with depth and details. But it has some bugs that ruin the experience. Especially with two trophies (constructors and finish the season).
  6. eaglebird
    Sep 1, 2022
    8
    I'll likely update this to 10/10 after patches. The reason for the 8 is that cars block you on qualifying laps, when on out laps or in laps or when lapped during the race, far too often, in real life this would force a huge penalty, sounds small but cost me two wins in one season, it is a steep learning curve but it's worth it.

    Positives are to many to count, this is better than the f1    I'll likely update this to 10/10 after patches. The reason for the 8 is that cars block you on qualifying laps, when on out laps or in laps or when lapped during the race, far too often, in real life this would force a huge penalty, sounds small but cost me two wins in one season, it is a steep learning curve but it's worth it.

    Positives are to many to count, this is better than the f1 game, not surprising since EA are behind it.    … Expand
  7. Unreal979
    Sep 1, 2022
    8
    Great game a few things need a rework though.
    Lapped cars get in the way in races and in qualifying which causes you to lose time.
    Sprint races and making your own team would of been nice.
  8. Targaryen96
    Sep 2, 2022
    9
    Lovely. Good foundation for future f1 games. Needs some tweaking, but real fun to play
  9. Federicz200
    May 5, 2023
    0
    This is the worst game i ever had: when It got annunced i was really excidet, but when i bought it o found out how many problems the game had. In first place, even F1 2001 was more realistic, considering graphics but in particular crashes that are always the same. When you get for the first time on the game you realize how much it wasn't ready for lunch, with a lot of empty menus in theThis is the worst game i ever had: when It got annunced i was really excidet, but when i bought it o found out how many problems the game had. In first place, even F1 2001 was more realistic, considering graphics but in particular crashes that are always the same. When you get for the first time on the game you realize how much it wasn't ready for lunch, with a lot of empty menus in the home and lack of thing to do out of the race. And in my opinion, you cannot think that a player will care about his virtual team as much as he cares about his real one, since if he wants good results he should follow full-length sessions, that take the most of the game, unlike in real life. From the fact that a non-F1 fan will never enjoy that game, that you cannot do almost anything to make your car better and the ui and menus are very unclear, i can say that this is the worst game i ever had.… Expand

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74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Het Nieuwsblad
    Oct 20, 2022
    60
    In 'F1 Manager 2022' you manage an existing Formula 1 team and literally decide everything. Which mini-part of the car will be further developed, which departments will be expanded, which sponsors will be brought in and which goals will be set. Even during the grand prix, you determine the race strategy and try to lead your team to victory. Great detail, but therefore rather meant for a certain niche.
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  2. PlaySense
    Sep 23, 2022
    70
    As an aspiring manager, you enter Formula 1, mainly turning the knobs behind the scenes. The sport is also incredibly interesting on that side and this is presented in an excellent way, albeit with a high entry threshold. Furthermore, F1 Manager 2022 still has some issues here and there regarding the AI and tires, but that will be fixed. A pity is that crashes look visually lousy and it can be very difficult for newcomers. However, connoisseurs of the sport will have a good one here.
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  3. XGN
    Sep 15, 2022
    80
    F1 Manger 2022 is a strong management game that eases you into the role of managing your entire F1 team. On the get-go, you get introduced to the basics, but the more complex options are for you to find out. Some implementations leave room for improvement, especially the handling of DRS and tyre-choices. The races are visualized excellently. ideal for those new or interested in the sport, but those that find themselves experts might find it lacking in tweaking options.
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