GT Manager Review – One for the fans

If you’re fan of the GT Series, then GT Manager is right up your alley. Sure, most reviews tend to say that as conclusion but let’s say I was doing an ‘undercut’ for your sake. However, it isn’t without its faults but taking a complete view of the game, it’s hard not to recommend it to fans.

Progression through GTs

The game takes you through the different classes to progressively introducing more features, think of it more like a robust tutorial system than anything else and if you’ve ever played Motorsport Manager, you’ll feel very much at ease throughout the game. The seasons and races aren’t too long making the progression feel fairly quick, but this is a game where just because you can go to the next level, doesn’t necessarily mean you should. The ramp up in difficulty is a bit to handle, one season I was top 3 in GT4, got the promotion to GT3 and I really shouldn’t have taken it.

It lead to a horrifying season of finishing the last 2 positions and a LOT of debt. Thankfully the game offers a ‘Manufacturer Cups’ that lets you race with similar cars for a decent chunk of prize money, this became a very useful source of income for my debt stricken team as I decided to lick my wounds and head back to GT4.

The issues…

The main issue I faced was that the game felt a bit too micromanagement, as most Manager games with racing, you have to control the drivers and tell them to push or hold back and so on, however, GT Manager has a mechanic where the engine overheats. This makes going even ‘normal’ pace the whole race will overheat your engine, which I think is a shame. This is amplified by the fact that it doesn’t seem like NPCs are under the effect and they seem to be able to always be on the pace.

It could be a case of it feeling that way but it definitely didn’t make the races extra fun by having that feature.

There is also a bug where if you accept a sponsor and click next accidentally (which sadly is very easy to do) you can end up not having a secondary or tertiary sponsor for the entire season, this leads to a massive cash drain and only quick way out is to abandon the season and start all over again.

The issues are small bug nags you enough to annoy you, however, the game is a great way for fans to enjoy the managerial aspect of GT with licensed tracks, cars and drivers all able to race across the world.

GT Manager is on sale on Steam and is one we can recommend to those that love Motorsport, but don’t expect too many changes from Motorsport Manager other than the officially licensed teams, drivers and tracks.