As the Formula One season starts to draw to a close, F1 Manager 2024 has been hit with a big update that could set the scene for a much more advanced effort for next year's game.
An unexpected number of new and interesting features have found their way into version 1.9 of
F1 Manager 2024, including Pit Lane Starts, Driver Development, Team Suitability, and the integration of driver contract rumours.
Lando Norris, Monaco. Image: Frontier Developments
Although management simulators are not for everyone, this new update shows the developer's dedication to giving their players an in-depth experience with fresh content and features, even when their yearly game cycle is coming to an end.
The standout new features are the Pit Lane starts, which are designed around real-world regulations with penalties being applied for several different rule violations, and the change that incorporates how suitable a potential hire could be for your team. With these new updates, comes a pile of bug fixes and changes. Here is everything that has been either added, changed or fixed for
F1 Manager 2024 version 1.9.
F1 Manager 2024 1.9 Patch Notes
NEW Feature: Pit Lane Starts
- Pit lane starts now fully supported for player and AI teams based on real-world regulations
- Principals will be prompted before making a change that break Parc fermé rules and incur a pit lane start
NEW Feature: Driver Development
- Principals can now focus drivers into three new distinct areas of development in order to use their skills to benefit your team
- This is also applicable to affiliate drivers, giving extra reason and purpose to make use of affiliate positions
NEW Feature: Team Suitability
- Added new "Team Suitability" rating uncovered when scouting staff and drivers to help inform hiring decisions
- The rating consider a variety of factors and results are dynamic dependent on the context
NEW Feature: Contract Rumours
- Added new email content providing insight into negotiations and hiring happening elsewhere on the grid
Stability & Performance
- In cases where there is a risk of save file corruption, additional protections have been implemented. The option to 'Restart Season' will be removed in order to mitigate this risk.
- Fixed crash that could occur during processing
- Fixed crash that could occur when confirming sponsor plans in quick succession
- Fixed crash that could occur at the end of the Australian GP during a long play session
Updated Powertrain Costs
- Updated powertrain cost balance
- Changed powertain payment structure to monthly from annual
- Updated finances screen to accurately reflect costs
Finances
- Fixed occurrence of mandatory activities not paying out at the end of the sponsor period
- Fixed occurrence of DHL Fastest Pit Stop prize money not being paid
- Fixed occurrence of cost to break contracts not being charged
- Updated Finances help screen to reflect monthly payment structure for board and prize money
Contracts & Hiring
- Fixed Hamilton not going to Ferrari at the start of Season 2
- Added positive and negative opinion considerations to the driver and staff contract negotiation process
- Updated email content when player staff/drivers are approached by other teams
- Fixed counter offer reminder email not sending when counter offer is received and left unresponded on day of deadline
- Fixed Staff Changes email displaying incorrect contract info
- Fixed Accepted Contract email displaying incorrect cost to hire
- Fixed Team Roster Update email including incorrect contract info
- Fixed Staff Poached emails displaying contract length as 0
- Fixed incorrectly displayed affiliate contract length in Affiliates Overview panel
- Fixed incorrect or missing cost to break contract for immediate start dates
- Fixed the empty reaction window when a contract offer results in a negative reaction
Team Management
- Fixed 'One for the Future' achievement not being awarded after signing an affiliate with an offer deadline of 7 days
- Improved AI regulation voting logic
- Fixed issue preventing player continuing with their current team after selecting to switch team having not been fired
- Fixed Car Performance Overall Ranking not aligning with individual attribute rankings
- Fixed engineers not returning after Design Centre fire dilemma
- Fixed engineer increase not applying correctly after Design Centre Improvement email
- Fixed "Best Driver Position" in End of Season Board Review not considering drivers who left during the season
- Fixed board attending grand prix after selecting 'Deny' in 'Board Attendance at Grand Prix' email
- Fixed issue where an affiliate driver could be selected for both cars
Race Weekend
- Players will now see the Results page after simulating a Sprint session
- Fixed cars not attempting to unlap themselves during a race
- Fixed incorrect classification of drivers who DNF on the last lap ahead of other lapped cars
- Fixed driver and constructor standings shown during race weekend not including previous sprint race points
- Fixed 'DRS Enabled' notification displaying at beginning of practise & qualifying sessions in wet track conditions
- Fixed driver entering pit at end of flying lap when taking manual control during qualifying
- Fixed fastest lap being awarded to a driver who retires on lap 1
- Fixed Track Acclimitisation resetting to 0% after loading a mid-session save
- Fixed loss of focus when navigating to the 'Car Set Up' during Qualifying
- Fixed timing tower losing coloured border after opening menus during a yellow or red flag event
- Fixed the data view snapping to top when scrolling down during a race
- Fixed affiliate drivers having no position shown in their Driver Panel after setting lap times in practise
- Fixed full screen map briefly showing blurry textures
- Fixed rear lights on cars not turning on during a race
- Fixed cars sometimes appearing to not touch the track
- Fixed Create-A-Team cars clipping through safety car
Circuits
- Albert Park: Fixed cars driving over the kerb on pit entry
- Austin: Adjusted cars' speed out of pit lane and into turn 1
- Hermanos Rodriguez: Fixed missing and incorrectly positioned cars in team garages
- Las Vegas: Fixed incorrectly placed 2nd DRS Zone
- Monaco: Fixed rare instance of safety car blocking pit exit
- Shanghai: Fixed incorrect pit lane marker
- Suzuka Fixed possibility of cars going through the barrier on Turn 2
Create a Team
- Improved balance when randomising generated staff when beginning a new 'Create a Team' career
- Fixed car livery model colour not being consistent with colour selected in UI
- Fixed incorrect starting budget being displayed for 'Your Story' origin
- Fixed incorrectly categorised livery sponsors
- Removed duplicate 'Team Name' header from the Team Branding menu
- Removed 'Undo' button when no changes present to undo
Presentation
- Fixed Charles Leclerc's career history not showing for 2022 and 2023
- Fixed Jack Doohan's career history not showing for 2022
- Fixed Ayumu Iwasa's career history not showing for 2022
- Fixed incorrect race distance listed for Las Vegas and Qatar in the Circuits screen
- Fixed the monthly affiliates development email not showing affiliates signed in the previous season
- Fixed missing text in Design Centre Improvement email
- Fixed the Seasons Remaining value showing '-1' in the Mid-Season Board Review
- Fixing 'Engine Cooling' not being displayed as a Negative Effect of sidepod and chassis damage
- Improved logic prompting notifications in UI
- Fixed cancelled projects still incrementing the part number
- Various UI improvements to the Facilities screen
- Various corrections to strings and formatting
- Updated Race Replay difficulty indicators
Alongside all of these changes is a long list of fixes that players have been calling out for. The changes consist of everything from fixing UI bugs and in-game irregularities to simplifying the 'Create a team' mode and rectifying a long list of circuit errors and bugs.
This update does comb through F1 Manager 2024 and has eliminated a large portion of what the community has reported over the last few months. Whilst they are not perfect, these changes will aid players in enjoying the game as the real F1 season is drawing to a close.
F1 Manager 2024 car livery designer. Image: Frontier Developments
To run you through this content-heavy update for
F1 Manager 2024, our very own
@Rene / GRunner is going to be taking the OverTake.gg Formula One team from rags to riches in
today's stream at 5 pm UTC over on our Twitch channel!
Are these new features enough for you to give F1 Manager 2024 another try at this stage in the year? Do management games have a place in the world of motorsport? Let us know in the comments down below!
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