MOTORSPORT MANAGER REVIEW DRIVERS
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MMM 2 has improved every aspect of the original, from the car development to race day simulation and the drivers market. In a nutshell, in MMM 2 you build a racing team, hire drivers and engineers, and then manage your drivers during race day. As one of the first motorsport management games on the App Store, Motorsport Manager definitely entertained, and I’m happy to say that Motorsport Manager Mobile 2 ( MMM 2) has improved the original formula (pun intended) and turned it into a much more substantial game with a lot more fuel in the tank, despite some relatively small issues. Still, the game was accessible to those who weren’t that much into motorsports and good-looking enough to draw the attention of people just randomly looking at my phone screen.

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While the racing part was fun-even though I sometimes felt that my choices didn’t have much of an impact-the lack of long-term driver development made each season feel insulated from the rest, which blunted my desire to play through multiple seasons. MM3 is a great evolution of the franchise, and an absolute bargain at the price given the hours of play time on offer.The original Motorsport Manager was a very entertaining racing game that I played quite a lot, initially at least.

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Most importantly, MM3 is a game that has clearly been put together by people who know and enjoy their motor racing – this is evident from the circuit design, series structure and some of the subtle humour throughout. As in MM2 I’m not quite sure the young driver development element works as well as it could (it is often cheaper and easier to hire a driver with potential and develop them through improvement points), but this is hardly a showstopper. That said, I find developing and managing the team in the game to be a lot of fun and the balance between investing in this or next year’s car can have big consequences either way. However, the true task of scouring karting for someone with a hedge fund or fashion label owner father, or latching on to a gentleman driver with deep pockets just wouldn’t work.

For the game to structurally hang together it is necessarily a huge departure from real life – the sponsorship and prize money funding mechanics in the game would reduce most team managers to tears. I also have enormous sympathy for the developers. As a counterpoint, I really enjoyed the elimination races in the invitational section – it’s not pure racing, but I found it more involving from a strategy perspective. The races in the current edition are also quite long, which particularly for the endurance races shifts the game into train ride home territory, rather than a good way to kill five minutes. I can’t quite put my finger on why this is, but I think the addition of boosts/ERS goes beyond strategic management and into driver input. My biggest gripe with the game is that I find the in-race management quite dull. The action moves between decisions back at base and the race weekend. MM3 offers the opportunity to expand rapidly, moving up the ladder with each season, or to stay put and dominate before progressing. Whichever career route, the main aim of the game is to progress up the motorsport ladder, developing drivers, facilities and supplier networks as you go. This makes for a more diverse offering and a somewhat broader winder on the world of motor sport. Motorsport Manager 3 is another step forward – with the introduction of GT and Endurance racing, together the addition of invitational events.

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