Reviews

• gamedeal user

  May 27, 2015

  This review is based on Early Access launch Version: The game is abit bare on Content but that should change as it progresses. The game itself is pretty solid and fun to play. It's a mix of the sit back and watch your strategy play out as a "Manager" but more involved aswell as you have enough control over what the car does to make quite a difference. This game is Multiplayer Only, which i personally like and enjoy, but those of you looking for a Simgleplayer Experience may not be satisfied with this. the lack of cars/tracks/features aside, this is a pretty solid game and has got alot of potential. I would Recommend this to those who enjoy Online games where you'r managing a racing team but not quite having direct control of the cars themselves and watching your strategies play out.
• gamedeal user

  May 28, 2015

  I have been playing multiplayer games for ~ 20 years now and after all that time i usually don't end up having adrenaline rushes anymore while gaming.. anger.. sometimes.. but not the good adrenaline rushes. but this game.. i just had a race were the competition for place #1 was so close, i was clenching in my chair and hoping that my driver doesn't make any mistake anymore, when i pulled out of pitstop just a car length in front of him, i was so happy and then he overtook me, but i could get back in a corner and it kept going like that, back and forth and then in the last curve he was on my ass and his car was faster in the straights, but with a good use of the block feature i just managed to stay first by half a car length.. it was so epic. it doesnt matter if the game has placeholder sound or lacks content at the moment (its early access, remember other reviewers, there will be more stuff added, there is a roadmap posted). the gameplay is right and it is fun and they are on the right way so far for sure it has the thrill, and so far a very nice community that talks to each other and with people appreciating a good fight, hoping for a good race for each other vs the bots. i like it.. i should be playing Witcher 3 or GTA5 and i sit here and play this early access game hour after hour.
• gamedeal user

  May 30, 2015

  It's real fun, and even though it's buggy, the devs are active, also in multiplayer, and I have faith it will be a great game! It's not an in-depth manager, I hope they will improve on that in the future. Once you have done a few races and get a hang of the controls it's a real blast! This is a multiplayer racing game where you can only blame yourself for getting bumped off the track :)
• gamedeal user

  May 31, 2015

  UPDATE 12/24/2017: Developers up and abandoned the game. This had ALOT of potential to it. Sad to see!!! And HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED!!!! It still is a fun game, but it is DEAD. I think I am the only one around still playing it. I would still recommend it, but ONLY while on a discount. As stated above, developers left it so do not expect any updates from them. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After 120 hours playing this game (2nd most in my library, behind FSX) I thought I would write a follow up review. The developers hqave did an awesome job on the game. They fixed a lot of the bugs. There is still a lot of potential in the game. The last update was at the end of August. It is now almost the middle of November. Hoping they add more soptions to the game. That is the part that it lacks, the variety of options to do in the game. Also there is almost a 2 minute wait time to start a race, wish they would knock that down to like 30 seconds. There are a few things in the game that say "coming soon" so hopefully the developers are working on things :) My overall opinion as of 120 hours later. If you like racing and a semi-manageristic game, you will like this. Like I said, there is not many options to choose from in the game to do. So don't give high hopes. I WOULD recommend the game. I have invested 120 hours into it. So you know I like it :) And going to spend many more hours in game. I look forward to the developers adding things in the future. They do listen to the fans, which is something you don't get from developers much these days. So that is an added bonus! I would recommed the game. Especially if it goes on sale! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I been playing it for a bit now and I can definitely see alot of potential. I was hesitant on spending $20 for the game, but decided to buy it to give it a spin. As you know right now it is still in the developing stages and is being updated often. Which is a good thing. It is pretty nice to be the pit crew chief and tell the driver what to do. You have various views. My favorite view is inside the car. There is a lot more players now, so theres more competition. Theres a few things I wish they would add in the future: Single player mode More laps, so you have more than 1 pit stop Overall, they have been working on the bugs and glitches and been doing a great job at it. And I plan on playing this for a very long time.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 1, 2016

  Spent about an hour with it here's what I got: Pros: 1) cars look good (but theres only 6) 2) for the few tracks I tried, they seemed interesting and challenging 3) I did enjoy trying to strategise how I was going to get past cars, and it felt satisfying when you passed someone 4) wait times were around 1:30, 2:00 min max. That might seem high to some, but it's not bad for a new game. The maximum is that you will be pitted against bots; so your not stuck if no one is available. Cons: 1) Not a fan of the sound track 2) Hoped for more detailed car modding rather than "packages" 3) 2/4 races failed for one reason or another. In one my car got stuck trying to pit and just didn't move. In another the race never started. Had to quit to menu. 4) In another race I did not finish because I ran out of fuel... Now I may be wrong here, but why couldn't I just take a time penalty to get more fuel? Seems silly. 5) Watching the cars felt a bit like watching RC cars race... Steering felt a little rigid. 6) There's a NOS-like feature that fills up after every lap. That's a little 'gamey' if you ask me. (EDIT: I've been corrected that this is a real thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_energy_recovery_system) 7) You collect experience to spend on your team, but I never found a way to do that. 8) You can lobby sponsers for contracts, which is neat, but it feels a bit arbitrary to build a high enough chance to get them to sign. I realize this was a simple way to simulate going out and getting contracts, but it's not terribly immersive and feels more like a mini game that is artificially handicapped by the 'TU' (time units). So its sorta like the TU are quarters and the contract 'game' is a bit of a slot machine you handicap in your favor over time. 9) No camera controls. The follow cam stays on one side of the car, making it difficult to see where the car is going. You could zoom out, but that works dyanmicly so the camera is constantly panning in and out. That's not a huge issue... the main issue, is not knowing when a turn is coming to strategise your abilities (which side to overtake, when you might want to use your boost or overcharge..) 10) I could be wrong, but it felt like you were racing against whomever was available regardless of skill level. That's fine, but it should be spelled out clearly that you might be up against someone with a tricked out car and a number of wins or fresh n00b. It's a little unfair to not know your competition. I expect that will get ironed out in the future, but again, its out of EA so who knows? I could go on, as I noted far more bugs and oddities than I listed, but I'm trying to be fair. All in all though, this game though I got it on sale wants me to believe its retail price is close to $30CAD. So I will compare it other games I've gotten at that pricepoint - and it really, really is not there. Mainly I was looking for a more serious racing manager... But as one reviewer said, whos warning I really should have heeded more strongly.. This is a game that would work better as an iOS app than a desktop racing manager. One thing is clear from looking at the game, it's clearly a work in progress. A number of modes for example are "coming soon", and there's also only 6 (albeit highly detailed) cars that are clearly modeled on real life cars. So one expects that in the future one will see more tracks, more cars and probably more features. This makes me think that someone of the game mechanics may simply be placeholders for future, better versions. In the end though, this isn't EA anymore. What you see, is what you get right now and for a game where the retail price is close to $30. or multiplayer only plus the severe bugs (pathing errors and non-starts are like getting uncooked food at a resturant. Unacceptable in 2016 at this pricepoint). That's too rich for me. I've requested a refund. tl;dr; Not a serious racing manager. Lacks content. Heavy on the bugs. Clearly a work-in-progress still. Priced too high, when it's current version would compete better with App Store games than other titles.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 2, 2016

  TLDR; Cool concept, for a pretty niche community. Unfortnately there's no singleplayer mode and finding other players can take upwards of 10 minutes. Controls can feel unresponsive, but gameplay is genuinely fun. Online community feels dead and the game lacks varitey and customisability. I imagine they'd also be rolling out more updates in the future for more content, as it is there are 6 tracks and 6 different cars. When you start out you have no cars theres 6 to pick from and you have a choice of the first two as they are under 200K which is what you're given when you start out. The car models do look pretty good and was impressed with the details they were able to put into the models. After buying the car you want, take it to your garage and with whatever spare cash you have left you might be able to get an upgrade. The upgradeable aspects of your car are the brake, ECU, Exhaust, bodywork, suspension, KERS, spoiler, cooling and a few others. Upgrades will change the car in terms of fuel economy, top speed, accleration, drag, braking power and do matter. For instance the car I was using was kitted to last only about 25km's without pitting but I had constantly more power to use and ended out on top. Most races won't be longer than 50km's, also note drivers can be more fuel economic whilst driving. Once you're actually in-game it's pretty fun, you instruct your AI driver around and tell him when to use KERS, push harder, when to change the car's fuel map, pitstops and block. Controls can feel like they are unresponsive at times but that's due to driver stats which can be upgrades with experience points. Experience points can be used to increase the speed of certain aspects of your pitstop, increase the skill of your driver; how confident he is with braking and overtaking and how much speed he can carry through corners. You also have a manager who handles all your sponsorship contracts, you can give him greater chance of securing a contract and he can land better contracts for you aswell. Contracts themselves aren't overly fun to handle. You're given 10 time units and every action uses a certain amount of time units, time units are replentished after each race. Pretty easy mechanic but monotonous is a good way to describe sponsorship (10/10 immersion there). To actually land a deal you need to call up the sponsor which you might or might not get through to. Once you're in you can invite them out to dinner, send them gifts, give a presentation on your raceteam few other options I've forgotten. Each option will better the relationship between you and whomever you're chasing up. Once a you manage to squeeze out a contract offer you can change the aspects of the contract, how much you get paid, for how many races and what position you need to come in to adhere to those conditions of receiving the funds. All up I would recommend this game if they added more varitey and the online community was bigger, it's a fairly niche market so this game may never live up to it's full potential. In it's current state I wouldn't recommend this game. Apologies for the length of the review, it all got a bit out of hand. Cheers.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 3, 2016

  i really like this game. most games if there is a small player base you can't play online because there are no ai to take their place and this game has them. pit stops, fuel, tireware,car upgrades, crew upgrades and even if your terrible at the game which im sure i am it doesn't take long to start getting a few upgrades on your car.between overdrive mode and battery for nitrous and slipstream and passing controls there is alot to do when it comes to racing considering your not even driving the car. pretty good game i think and i havent even been able to play anything but quick race atm.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 3, 2016

  I really think this game has great potential but it needs more polish doesn't feel like a complete game. I want more.... Only time will tell.....
• gamedeal user

  Apr 3, 2016

  This game has much potential and the developers are very communicative but right now the game feels like early access and kinda unfinished. Right now there are 6 tracks and 6 cars which seem kinda unbalanced. There is also only one race mode, quick race, right now. If this games expands and gets better I will change my rating accordingly. If you want to support the devs and the potential of this game buy it now - if you want a finished game and you would give up when you see some bugs, please wait and come back later.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 4, 2016

  I can easily understand why the reviews are mixed about Trackday Manager. So let's get to the Pros and Cons. Pros Has a bit of a learning curve making it challenging even against ai. Graphics are decent. Variety of upgrades and customization. Sponsorships and skill upgrades not bad. Enough tracks and cars to not make it boring. Cons Game freezing from time to time is my biggest complaint. Has happened to me right before start to 2 laps to go. Very disappointing for a game that is out of Beta and "live" For a game that is not FPS intensive it sure does have lag issues from time to time making it incredibly annoying when it happens. Needs to be some explanation of usage of controls/commands to the driver. All in All this game is not bad but needs some TLC on the above issues. 6/10 Stars. Edit: 5/22/16: HAving played the game now for many hrs it is fun and challenging. Arctic Hazard has made some very good updates to clean up some of the issues with lag among other things. The lack of a large community is the only complaint I now have, the game is worth the money.