$34.99F1® Manager 2024 Your Team, Your Pitwall
Manage every part of a Formula 1 team, from car development to race-day strategy, across multiple seasons.
Is F1® Manager 2024 worth it?
F1® Manager 2024 is worth it if…
- you want to run a team, not just drive the car
- you like slow, careful planning where a season's worth of decisions pays off on race day
- you follow Formula 1 and want the real teams, drivers and circuits of the 2024 season
- you enjoyed games like Two Point Hospital or Game Dev Tycoon and want your tycoon instincts tested at 300 km/h
- you want a management game you can pick up for one race weekend at a time
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A team is a business, and the budget is yours
This is management in the full sense: money in, money out, and a board watching the results. You hire and train staff, develop the car part by part, upgrade facilities, and balance all of it against expectations for the season. Sponsors negotiate for space on your car. A bad run of races leaves people demotivated, and a good one makes rivals circle your talent, so keeping stars happy is part of the job, not a side quest. Profit on the ledger and points on the podium are the same score here, and both are yours to earn.
Build a team from nothing
For the first time in the series you can create your own constructor instead of inheriting one. Choose your origin, design the livery, logo and racing suits, then recruit drivers and staff and negotiate sponsor deals to put on the car. Starting at the back of the grid against teams like McLaren and Ferrari is a real challenge, and dragging a newcomer up through the field over several seasons is where the game is at its most compelling. Every choice, from your starting funds to your first signing, shapes the legacy you end up with.
Race day, called from the pitwall
Races play out in full, with broadcast-style cameras and drivers who execute your commands. You plan the strategy, then adapt it live: tyre choices, pit timing, when to push and when to settle for the points you have. Mechanical failures are new this year, so pushing a car to the edge lap after lap exacts a toll, and a rival's breakdown is your chance to steal an unexpected result. Sometimes the race ends at turn 1 anyway. That is F1. There is a helicam for a bird's eye view of the field, and you can simulate the whole weekend if you would rather skip to the decisions.
The future is signed years early
Success is not just this season's car. Scout and sign talent from F2 and F3 into your affiliate pool, so the stars of tomorrow develop under your banner and their success becomes yours. Rivals poach unhappy drivers, so a demoralised seat is a vacancy waiting to happen. The Mentality System makes personalities and morale matter: favour one over-performing driver too often and the other one sulks, and a team that feels overlooked stops over-performing. How you manage people is as decisive as how you manage the car.
Can you play it solo?
Can you play it solo?
Yes, it is entirely single player. You manage your team against the AI-run grid over as many seasons as you like, at your own pace, with the option to simulate practice sessions or a full race weekend whenever you want to move faster.
Do you need to know Formula 1 to enjoy it?
It helps, but it is not required. Refreshed tutorials and clearer data visualisations ease you in, and playing teaches you how tyre wear, fuel, ERS and race strategy fit together. Fans get the most out of the official 2024 roster and circuits, including the returning Shanghai International Circuit.
How long does a playthrough last?
As long as you want. A full manually played season takes many hours, and careers run across multiple seasons with the 2024 Sprint race format and Race Replay, which lets you relive and redefine moments from the real 2024 championship. One honest note: the challenge eases off after a few strong seasons, so part of the fun is setting your own goals.
What is new compared to earlier entries?
Creating your own team is the headline addition, along with the Mentality System for staff and driver morale, mechanical failures during races, and the Helicam view. Circuits have been refreshed with better trackside detail and clearer racing lines, and the game is more approachable than its predecessors.
