''F1 Manager'' was a racing management simulation game series developed and published by

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. It held the official license of the

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, the

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, and the

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, which are governed by the

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. A total of three installments have been released.

History

Following the commercial success of ''

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'' and '' Planet Zoo'',

signed an exclusive licensing deal to release four Formula One management video games. It marked the first motorsport title for

. The series was released at an annual pace. The first video game of the series, '' F1 Manager 2022'', was released in 2022. It marked the first Formula One licensed management game since '' F1 Manager'' of

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in 2000. In the second entry, ''

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'', the

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was updated from

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. The latest entry, '' F1 Manager 2024'', was released in July 2024. This entry introduced "Create A Team" mode, which is similar to the "My Team" feature of the '' F1'' series by

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and

, that allows players to create their own team. The game was released on

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for the first time. After initially planning to release ''F1 Manager 2025'', the game was reportedly cancelled in late 2024 due to poor sales of previous games.

Reception

All three games in the series received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator

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, but they underperformed commercially. '' F1 Manager 2022'' sold around 600,000 copies as of January 2023, and ''

'' also underperformed. This did not meet Frontier's expection, and the company's share price dropped by forty percent. This also contributed to layoffs at Frontier Foundry, Frontier's publishing operations, in an organisational review. In response to the series' underperformance, the next entry, '' F1 Manager 2024'', was priced lower in comparison to

' ''

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''.

References

External links

* {{Formula One games Video game franchises introduced in 2022