| F1 Manager 2022 | |
|---|---|
 Cover art of the game | |
| Developer | Frontier Developments |
| Publisher | Frontier Developments |
| Directors | Andrew Fletcher Michael Brookes |
| Producers | Adam Woods Eddie Symons Gary Richards Stuart Warren |
| Designer | Gareth Hughes |
| Artists | Nick Rodgers Sam Denney (art director) |
| Composers | Jasper Scholma Andrew Barnabas Paul Arnold Vincent Welch Ross Fortune Dan Millidge Tom Langan Alex Burnett J.J. Ipsen Stefan Almqvist Brian Tyler |
| Series | F1 Manager |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 4 |
| Platforms | PlayStation 4,PlayStation 5,Windows,Xbox One,Xbox Series X/S |
| Release | 30 August 2022 |
| Genre | Racing management |
| Mode | Single-player |
F1 Manager 2022 is the officialracing management simulation game of the 2022Formula One,Formula 2, andFormula 3 championships byFrontier Developments. It is the first installment in theF1 Manager series and the first licensed manager game sinceF1 Manager byEA Sports. The game was released forPlayStation 4,PlayStation 5,Windows,Xbox One, andXbox Series X/S on 30 August 2022.
As aracing management game,F1 Manager 2022 offers a more detailed career layer in comparison to theMy Team mode thatCodemasters introduced inF1 2020.[1] The game provides a strategy editor, where player can schedulepit stops,tyres, and pace for each stint.[2] The game features parts development, cost cap, ERS as well asonboard cameras used in real life byFormula One teams.[3] It also features the professional English commentator voices ofKarun Chandhok andDavid Croft, as well as the opening titles for Formula One broadcasts shown after theFrontier Developments logo, while the transitions are recreated while being more faithful to the Formula One broadcasts.[4] The game includes real engineers and drivers fromFormula One,Formula 2 andFormula 3.[5] Team radios from realFormula One drivers andrace engineers are available as well.[6]Red flags are also featured.[7]
F1 Manager 2022 was officially announced in March 2022.[8] It is the first video game in theF1 Manager series, which holds the official license of theFormula One,Formula 2, andFormula 3 championships from 2022 to 2025.[9] It is also the first Formula One licensed management game sinceF1 Manager ofEA Sports in 2000.[10] The game is developed withUnreal Engine 4.[11] It is developed and published byFrontier Developments,[12] a British video game studio who developedElite Dangerous.[13] The game was released onPlayStation 4,PlayStation 5,Windows,Xbox One, andXbox Series X/S on 30 August.[14] Players who pre-ordered the game were able to pre-access to the game five days earlier on 25 August.[15] By that October,Frontier Developments 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.[citation needed]
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | PC: 79/100[16] PS5: 74/100[17] XSXS: 80/100[18] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| GameStar | 78/100[19] |
| IGN | 8/10[20] |
| PC Gamer (US) | 79/100[21] |
| PCGamesN | 6/10[22] |
| Push Square |   [23] |
| The Games Machine (Italy) | 8.4/10[24] |
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F1 Manager 2022 received "generally favorable" reviews for Windows and Xbox Series X/S according to review aggregatorMetacritic;[16][18] the PlayStation 5 received "mixed or average" reviews.[17]
It was the fourth best-selling physical-media retail game in the United Kingdom in its week of release.[25] 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".[26]
