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[matcapgame]

if you want to see how is the best F1 manager game you should see the old but the best F1 Manager Professional (1997). We need a game like this with new F1 regulations, new user friendly menu-interface and moden graphics, that's it!

the level of management of this game is unbelieveable, we was able to design and build every part of the car starting of their measurement...and so on, i felt like a real team manager while i was playing

[Sigi_Reuven [CH]]

100% true and it is still the best F1 Manager by today.

If this one can come close, well....for me it depends on this development part.

[Hollywood]

Agree with you but do not forget Gran Prix World.

[Frosted Frakes]

This is 100% the best F1 manager ever.
Software 2000's F1 Manager Professional from 1997 was NEVER been topped by ANY F1 Manager game. From the graphic aspects of the offices to the complex design possibilities of the car components, like the great editing possibilities of the datasets, although 1997 is the best F1 season in my opinion anyway but this is subjective. Also to mention are unlimited season's to manage, old drivers retire, new young drivers get generated in new seasons. Also you could change real existings team's color to any color you wanted, if you changed this in the ingame editor. So you could edit the Williams 1997 which was blue with rothmans to black or green for example.

I also made real-life datasets for the game many years ago for myself.

But I kept going back to the original 1997 database though, as other seasons in the game just feel wrong in my opinion.
It's just a shame that there never was a worthy real sequel for this game.

There were so many F1 Manager games out there which were good - but F1 Manager Pro was the only one that really stood out from alls other F1 Manager games with emmense deep mechanics, the drawn offices, audio scenery, unique office navigation, design elements, etc.

The only F1 Manager game I still like to play today besides this F1 Manager Professional, is the F1 Manager 2001 from EA SPORTS.

Otherwise, I also liked the Edward Grabowski games Grand Prix Manager 2 (although GPM2 is miles better than the sequel GPW) and in early days also Grand Prix World by MicroProse. Although I can't play Grand Prix World in these days, because I don't think it has aged well and has many logicial bugs is very limited. And the races to watch in this game are a pain, as it's graphics are very ugly in my opinion which makes this game nearly unplayable for me in these days.

All in all F1 Manager Professional is up to this day the very best F1 Manager game that was ever released.

The original game was released in germany. Later in 1998 was it also released GB in english.

[kingarthur772]

They were good for it´s timeline and the stable Formula-Time with small and medium Growups up to the last 4 to 6 Years. Yes, I missing the old Teams too (Minardi, Tyrell and so on), but it´s time to let them go.

The Managers were nice, but some were to complex for the Causal-Gamers. The ones from Microprose were better for Causal-Gamers, the others for Pros / Veterans. All had their Advantages and Weaknesses.

Yes, it was a very good time with the old official Managers. The F1 Prof 97 I never played, but all from Microprose (GP 1 Manger, GP 2 Manger, GPW) and the not so good last one announced from EA (F1 Manager 2000 / 2001).

Sadly I have missed Pole Position from Ascaron, which were announced as the best one of that Time. Otherwise there wouldn´t be tries to bring him back, but unfortunatly only unofficial Fan-Mangers (PP 2010 / 2012 and RM 2014) from that came out.


Today no one of that old Mangers would raise someone from the Couch. The Generation today wanna have everything combined and for Causal-Gamers useable. In that Case Frontier have to go the Middleway between Causal-Gamers and Pros / Veterans.

And the complete new Formula 1 since this year with the pre-stages from 2020 / 2021 bring the premisse incl. totaly Refits in the Reglements to do that. We will see the Outcome in June / July (Summer) or August / September (Fall) this year.

[Oggmeista]

hmm played most and i'd argue that Grand Prix World was the best, till motorsport manager came along which imho has some improved features but not all...they are all pretty good games though, given this is frontier, i'm actually hoping this game surpasses all the others in every aspect

[Chop]

Publicado originalmente por kingarthur772:

The Generation today wanna have everything combined and for Causal-Gamers useable.

That is just not true. The most successful sport manager game in the past 30 years (Football Manager) is incredibly deep and anything but casual.

[kingarthur772]

Sadly the most of Todays-Generation wanna play Ponnyhof (maximum Outcome with minimum Work). That´s very sad, but the Truth.

I look in many Forums like Paradox, 2K and similar which you read it everytime. There the latest and prevouis easy to learn, easy to play and easy to handle Games are still to complex for them.

Chop then you seem one of the less expections from that Generation.

[strato_master]

100% best F1 management game ever

[FriendCalledFive]

Just did and it reminded me of how far games have come and why I don't want to play old ugly games like that in 2022.

[strato_master]

I rather play a ugly game with good comprehensive gameplay, then a game with good graphics and hardly any gameplay like this game

[Andy1966uk2]

loved this game, especially when you could visually see new parts you had designed...