Disappointment is an inherent part of motorsport. Maybe it's not where you'll find the bulk of the appeal, but it's certainly a massive part of the reality. It's about crashing out in your final ever home grand prix, coasting to a halt within minutes of a surefire victory in a 24 hour race or frittering away thousands of your own hard-earned cash for the unsung glory of a midfield finish; it's the heartbreak that defines the sport, and it's something that's central to Motorsport Manager's depiction of it. Here's a racing simulation that'll have your heart sinking more often than your pulse racing, and it's all the better for it.
Spend the weeks in the run-up to a race scouting then assigning staff to research, develop and build a new front wing, then hand it over to your number one driver to reap the benefits only to see it fail in the dying stages of a race, the 8th place that was essential to meeting your sponsor's targets slipping out of reach. It's disappointment that comes at great cost, your travel expenses, staff outgoings and everyday operating costs pushing you further and further into the red. Motorsport Manager shows that life at the tail-end of the grid can be utterly miserable.
Which makes any successes all the sweeter - investing time to dial into the circuit over a practice session, working with drivers' feedback to fine-tune settings while reading track conditions to execute the perfect strategy as you storm to a points finish. The 7th place that follows might not quite be the stuff that legends are made of, but such small achievements won through incredible effort are enough to make heroes of us all. Motorsport Manager, when conquered, is as satisfying and rewarding as any more action-oriented racing games.
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