F1 Manager has an absolutely atrocious gameplay and that's coming from someone who preordered and played 20 hours in 2 days. Yes it is pretty and shiny and UI/UX are nice. But you can't have transfers until off season, upgrades are exploitable, game is too easy, tires are mostly the same(no difference between C1 and C5 tires in speed, only degradation), wets are quicker than slicks, drivers dont decline, AI doesnt use overtake ERS nor faster options for tire wear and engine wear (forgot names), they do stupid pit stops, AI doesn't respect blue flags, can't re-lap yourself under safety car, all animations are predetermined and sometimes lockups end up as animation with wheels flying off the barrier... etc
ALL essential to the gameplay. It looks pretty. But when every race is sim p1, sim p2, sim p3, get 100% driver set up due to a website (https://f1-manager-calc.vercel.app/), get screwed over in quali due to AI not letting you go on flying lap, go medium - hard with fastest options, overcut everyone, end up higher than should. End the race and develop car using custom sliders cos that's OP. Williams ends up as best team in season two.
This is not fun. I'd rather play FM with outdated graphics and gradual improvements because FM already has all the proper stuff in the game. Just need at least fifa 08 graphics. If people have potato pc let them run on 2d.