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Liam Lawson to Red Bull Racing, Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari, Carlos Sainz to Williams – the real-world Formula 1 grid has a spate of driver changes, plus two new-to-F1 faces.
Traditionally, if you would like your in-game season line-up to match the latest season, you would have to buy an all-new F1 Manager game. But not this time, as F1 Manager 2024 has received the ability to create a custom season.
That means, in the Create A Team mode only, you can alter the lineups of rival teams to your heart’s content with the strong existing driver roster – which includes 2024 Formula 2, Formula 3, reserver drivers and affiliated drivers. Or in other words, every driver on the actual 2025 grid.
The changes also allow for the creation of completely fictional drivers and team members for your fictional squad – selecting likenesses from a roster of available looks, plus setting their attribute levels across 11 performance-affecting attributes. These can be added to any team on the grid, too.
Curiously certain rules, such as points allocated, aerodynamic testing and powertrain limits, prize money and cost cap can also be tweaked. Teams’ starting balance, car performance and facility levels are also on the ‘can-now-change’ list.
Of note, these options now allow players to compete as a real-world team within the Create A Team mode – something not previously possible. Although, you must still create a fictional team, and they will still be on the grid, even if, say, you select McLaren.
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