''F1 Manager 2022'' is the official racing management simulation game of the 2022

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, and

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championships by

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. It is the first installment in the ''F1 Manager'' series and the first licensed manager game since '' F1 Manager'' by

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. The game was released for

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on 30 August 2022.

Gameplay

As a racing management game, ''F1 Manager 2022'' offers a more detailed career layer in comparison to the ''My Team'' mode that

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introduced in '' F1 2020''. The game provides a strategy editor, where player can schedule

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tyres A tire (North American English) or tyre (Commonwealth English) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface over w ...

, and pace for each stint. The game features parts development, cost cap, ERS as well as

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s used in real life by Formula One teams. It also features the professional English commentator voices of

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and David Croft, as well as the opening titles for Formula One broadcasts shown after the

logo, while the transitions are recreated while being more faithful to the Formula One broadcasts. The game includes real engineers and drivers from

and

. Team radios from real Formula One drivers and

race engineer A race engineer is a motorsport team member who analyses data to achieve the best performance from the vehicle and driver. The race engineer communicates with the team's data analyst, mechanics, and driver, both between and during races. Off the ...

s are available as well. Red flags are also featured.

Development and release

''F1 Manager 2022'' was officially announced in March 2022. It is the first video game in the '' F1 Manager'' series, which holds the official license of the

, and

championships from 2022 to 2025. It is also the first Formula One licensed management game since '' F1 Manager'' of

in 2000. The game is developed with

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. It is developed and published by

, a British video game studio who developed ''

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''. The game was released on

, and

on 30 August. Players who pre-ordered the game were able to pre-access to the game five days earlier on 25 August. By that October,

ceased development and support just two months after the initial release; this decision to stop development was met with negative reception from players, who had reported bugs in the game, and Frontier decided to backtrack on their previous statement to continue pushing updates for the title.

Reception

''F1 Manager 2022'' received "generally favorable" reviews for Windows and Xbox Series X/S according to review aggregator

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; the PlayStation 5 received "mixed or average" reviews. It was the fourth best-selling physical-media retail game in the United Kingdom in its week of release. The game sold below Frontier's expectations, selling around 600,000 units by January 2023. Despite the game's underperformance, Frontier reiterated their commitment to the franchise, describing the title as "a good first game in an important new annual franchise".

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