Because we recently spent time with the Jordan team during testing at Italy's Monza circuit. In fact, we were there on the day Michael Schumacher careered off the track at high speed, but we were relieved to see the arrogant German walk away unscathed. So what were we doing rubbing shoulders with the great and good of the Grand Prix circuit? Looking at some bleeding game, obviously.
That game was FI , and it was freely available to play in a hospitality suite above the Jordan pits. Juxtaposing a mere game with the real thing was something of a gamble by EA, but one that appears to have paid off, as even at this early stage it appears to be a comprehensive simulation of the sport. And if you don't believe us, ask Jordan driver Ricardo Zonta. The diminutive Brazilian took the seat beside me and proceeded to slew all over the track before sloping off muttering about understeer.
However, he later returned, set up the car to his liking, and promptly posted the fastest lap of the day. What about the average prole, though? How are they supposed to cope? The first thing I did on taking control of Ferrari in Ft Manager was to sack him and bring in good old Johnny Herbert it would have been Jensen Button, but the game starts at the '99 season, which is bloody annoying.
Stewart Racing still hasn't been taken over by Jaguar and Damon Hill is still mooching about at Arrows. Least I would have done, but sadly the game is not that open. Once you pick a team you're stuck with the drivers you're given for at least one season and can only negotiate with different choices for the following year.
Still, I hoped that by shunning Schumacher and refusing to listen to his emails he might get the message and bugger off on his own. A word about those emails: a year or so ago, I berated MicroProse's F1 management effort for its cumbersome front end. EA seems to have been listening, as there's a much more organised system here.
Emails can be sorted by category, making it easy to keep track of what needs to be done in each section. Unfortunately, this whole area once again highlights the fundamental problem with F1 management games all two of them - there's not really all that much to manage. Things such as design, engineering and manufacturing all pretty much take care of themselves, with your involvement limited to just juggling the number of workers on each component.
Mostly, your task is to sign deals with commercial sponsors, decide what part of the car gets which advertiser's stickers and which pencil case company gets your official merchandise contract. Where you do have to put in some effort is during race weekends. Mainly this results in adjusting the car's set up to suit each driver, although again this isn't really that much of a challenge, and instead is little more than an extended version of that old parlour classic Mastermind.
Quote Thiago Rocha January 9th , That was a noob thing he did wrong before start the game U must load data before starts or it will get all messed up. Topic: F1 Manager Dom Tranquille Group Rookie - Posts: Mick Burke Group Rookie - Nick Bayes Group Amateur - The game he's on about is a management game, rFactor is a driving sim ; lol.
Zsolt Varga Group Rookie - 5. Alin Costrasuc Group Pro - 6. I haven't played it. Thiago Rocha Group Rookie - Valentinas Rudys Group Rookie - The best f1 manager game is Grand Prix World. Brad Conway Group Rookie -
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