Motorsport Manager – GT Series Steam
NOTICE: Activation key must
be used on a valid Steam account. Requires an internet
connection.
The GT Pack brings a fresh and exciting challenge, expanding our
world of motorsport to the thrilling environment of closed-wheel
racing! Managers can fight it out in two series, the proving ground
of the GT Challenger Series and the prestigious International GT
Championship, with both championships populated with new teams,
drivers and staff.
Our beautiful GT cars utilise the brand new Energy Recovery
System, which is a real game-changer. As the car moves around the
track, it harvests energy, which managers can decide to use in two
ways: Hybrid mode, which saves fuel, or Power mode, which gives
your car an huge surge of energy, allowing for dramatic overtakes
and defences of a position.
The ERS can transform a manager’s approach to race strategy,
adding a new layer of strategy. Rival teams will be boosting and
enter hybrid mode as well, meaning that managers will need to keep
on top of their opponents’ strategies in order to maximise their
performance.
The vehicles themselves operate on a modified version of the
simulation model, so that they better reflect real-life GT cars.
There are notable differences in braking and cornering speeds, tyre
wear, pit stop times and the weight impact of fuel. The pack racing
is much tighter, meaning that the first few laps are often
white-knuckle thrillrides, with high speed overtaking action a
regular occurrence.
It’s not just the races which have changed. A ballast system
(exclusive to the GT series) changes up practice sessions,
impacting the way that managers think about their drivers, with
driver weight impacting how flexible your setup can be. Meanwhile,
Three Stage Qualifying makes its first appearance in Motorsport
Manager, bringing a new challenge on Saturdays. Cars are eliminated
after each qualifying round, meaning that getting through to the
final stage is all-important. The top 10 cars have their tyre
choices locked for the start of the race, forcing more care over
tyre usage, as well as new qualifying and race-start
strategies.
GT teams are financed differently, with different car part
prices to deal with. Smaller sponsor payments mean that profit
margins are lower then the single-seaters, meaning that the player
will have to make even tougher decisions on how to improve their
team.
On the political front, if a manager owns the GT Pack, Three
Stage Qualifying and the Energy Recovery System can be voted into
the single seater category – or make use of Steam Workshop to start
a new game with those rules active!