The 'Everyone's a Winner' Update

[PomeloFish]

We are happy to announce a big update to Motorsport Manager as an early Christmas present.

The ‘Everyone’s a Winner’ update includes the all-new 2D mode, letting players switch instantly between the 2D and 3D visual of the race.

The 2D mode will also enable lower spec laptops and desktops to run the game by changing the full 3D race engine for a less graphically intensive overhead view.

We have been listening closely to the community and have also included a number bug fixes based on your feedback - yes this includes blue flag fixes.

‘Everyone’s a Winner’ is a free update and will download automatically from 15th December.

We can also reveal that Steam Workshop will go live in February 2017. We’re working hard on making sure that players can create, manage and search for exciting user-generated content, opening up the game to the community.


Updated minimum spec:

Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.5 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: nVIDIA GT 335M, 512MB or AMD Radeon HD 4670, 512MB or Intel HD 4000 series
DirectX: Version 11.0
Hard Drive: 16 GB available space

Mac OS X
OS: Mac OSX 10.10
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.5 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M or AMD Radeon HD 4670, 512MB or Intel HD 4000 series
Hard Drive: 16 GB available space

Linux
OS: Ubuntu 14.04+, SteamOS
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.5 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: nVIDIA GT 335M, 512MB or AMD Radeon HD 4670, 512MB or Intel HD 4000 series
Storage: 16 GB available space

Patch Notes:

Fixed an issue where some teams would pick too many risky parts
Fixed an issue where too many cars would run out of fuel before the end of a race
Improved AI pit strategies
Fixed an issue where a significant number of cars would break down near the end of the race
Blue flags no longer slow cars down but they do move out of the way
Fix to database importing on Linux machines without en-US locale installed

[Ashrafvin]

THANK YOU!!!

[Akkan]

Thumbs up

[wardcat]

thank you

[Xautos]

see what it is like on the 15th first. for now it's good know playsport hasn't forgotten it's community as a few loud voices suggested otherwise :).

[Mike]

Excellent news!! Loving the game anyway but this can only make it even better.

[Racer D]

Thank you gentlemen.

Will make a great game even greater!

[Marc Gravett]

Thanks Team, glad to see most of the annoying bugs should be squished with this update. I look forward to future enhancements to the game.

One note, I hope you don't leave everything to the community workshop, in the sense it'd be nice to get some additional Series from yourselves in future. What I mean by that is it's of course great for users to make mods but they don't always turn out great (judging my other games) whereas Official release are more consistent in quality.

[Sovereign_KB]

Excellent, you guys have done a great job so far!

While I (hopefully) have your attention, I have one question. Are you guys aware of the weird driver hire habits of the CPU teams. It seems that the AI is incapable of making solid driver choices. Since it mostly happens at the top teams I think it might be because of a lack of funds, given the high operating costs of a big HQ and good drivers. Furthermore, this combined with the fact that drivers have (imo) a little to much impact on raceday performance, causes some teams with good cars to become irrelevant. For example, in one of my seasons Rossini hired two terrible drivers which resulted in them becoming 9th with only a handful of points, even though they had the second best car.

Love the game, keep up the good work.

[wolf1455]

Nice, merry xmas to you too.

[PaleRider]

thank you!

[Don Cedinero]

You the men.

[Stainzor]

GJ im looking forward to playing again

[mcleod11]

better zoom...

[rcl4215]

processor is i5 - 1.80 ghz. Wondering by chance, if that will still work?

[TROCH22]

Ugggghhhhh. Feb 17' i cant wait... Lol...

Awesome work on the update boys!