FIRST LOOK: Check out the official announcement trailer for F1 Manager 23 and learn about the exciting new features in the game.

Can you imagine yourself as the next Christian Horner, Toto Wolff or Guenther Steiner? Well, F1 Manager is back for 2023 and better than ever, with a host of carefully designed new features that add even more detail to an already highly sophisticated offering.

Created by British video game developer Frontier as an officially licensed F1 product, F1 manager 23 allows players to live their dream of becoming a team manager and oversee the multitude of elements that make an F1 operation work, from car development to staff management and everything in between.

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After a successful debut edition, the first look at the 2023 version has arrived with the official announcement trailer (see below), which captures year-over-year car developments, driver changes, new circuits in Las Vegas and lusail and the 6 F1 Sprint events.

But in addition to these 2023 spec updates, there are several much-requested all-new features that budding crew chiefs can try out when the game hits shelves, features that F1.com recently got their hands on with an exclusive demo.

The sweeping changes begin with the incorporation of a Sports Director, whose function is to train pit crews and enhance their performance throughout each season. Get the balance right and your pit stops will be quicker, with reduced risk of errors, but if the balance is wrong, you could lose valuable time changing tires.

another arrival is expanded series simulationwhich allows you to track the results of emerging talents from the Formula 2 and Formula 3 feed series (and scout them accordingly), with their form affecting how each driver develops on the road to F1.

Revised driver development It allows you to focus and improve performance ratings with a selected focus area, while the development rate of experienced drivers fades over time, meaning consistent and strong performances are needed to ensure they don’t regress.

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With this, contract changes give team principals greater flexibility in terms of how they build their F1 operations for the future, as drivers and other team staff can now be hired for the start of the following season.

Along the way, significant developments have been made in three key areas: driver confidence, tactics and tires. Each will bring new considerations for players, where much time can be won and lost, over the course of each Grand Prix weekend.

A new ERS ‘battle assist’ option applies to both defensive and overtaking strategies when using DRS, with implemented tactics affecting tire temperatures. Surface and casing readings change throughout a race, taking into account ambient temperature and driver skill, impacting degradation levels and the likelihood of errors.

These features go hand-in-hand within a new Driver Confidence system, which gives you a visual indication of whether your drivers are overperforming or underperforming, adding another layer of insight when deciding how hard you can push drivers. who are behind the wheel.

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Improved racing simulation It further enhances the experience, encouraging drivers to try bolder overtaking maneuvers through racing lines that change from corner to corner. An updated incident system also replicates exciting wheel-to-wheel battles and dramatic incidents.

Last but not least, replay of the race is an exciting new game mode coming to F1 Manager 2023, bringing players closer to the real-life action of the current season and allowing them to rewrite key moments – Frontier promises that there will be more to share on this topic soon.

As players get sucked into the 2023 edition, every key moment will be narrated by the Sky Sports F1 commentary pairing of David Croft and Karun Chandhok, the icing on the cake that makes the Career Mode journey feel the ultimate. authentic possible.

F1 Manager 2023 will be released in summer 2023 digitally on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, as well as physically and digitally on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It can be added to your wishlist on Steam , Epic Games Store and PlayStation Store now.

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