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F1 Manager 2023 has landed on Xbox Game Pass

An appearance on the Max Verstappen podcast beckons…

Published: 23 Oct 2023

Get ready to smash doors, prematurely end a Red Bull junior program driver’s career and contest the latest batch of five-second penalties to Ocon - F1 Manager 2023 is now part of the Xbox Game Pass library.

Frontier Developments’ management sim takes you out of the driver’s seat - a blessing, based on the state Piastri and co were left in after the Qatar GP - and makes you team principal, overseeing R&D, making strategic calls during the race, hiring and firing drivers and deciding how to budget for expansion of your facilities.

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In our F1 Manager 2023 review we praised the way it lavishes realism on the right aspects, while leaving just enough leeway for some fantastical results. Like a car that isn’t dark blue taking the chequered flag, or a Ferrari lasting more than four laps on the same set of tyres.

“If you're fully immersed in the sport of F1,” reads our verdict, “and fancy a more cerebral challenge, or just an additional distraction from how dull this season has been so far, F1 Manager 23 is a polished, impressive offering.”

Xbox Game Pass brings a massive library of over 300 games to Xbox Series X and S, and PC. Microsoft hasn’t been shy about pushing up the monthly subscription price lately, and as a result the Ultimate monthly subscription tier currently stands at £12.99 in the UK.

That doesn’t seem to have hurt business though - the subscriber base is 20 million players big, and it’s growing.

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Once you’ve solved Mercedes’ aerodynamic woes and signed Danny Ric back into a championship-winning car, why not check out TG’s picks for the five best games on Xbox Game Pass?

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