F1 Manager 2022 v1.03 Includes Various Pre-Release Fixes, Plus New Trailer

Frontier have deployed an update that those of you with early access may have noticed, especially if you pre-loaded. You can see the changelog below.

If you want to read my review of F1 Manager 2022 please do so here. I also have a video version.

Here is a trailer I had also missed reporting previously where Pietro Fittipaldi runs a race at Spa with Guenther Steiner present:

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Changelog:

AI Teams

Balanced AI staff hiring logic to create a greater variety of outcomes

Audio

Addressed various missing SFX

Cameras

Fixed camera shake effect incorrectly playing in different views/modes
Adjusted depth of field settings on lights out shots to address occasional out of focus shots of the starting grid

Cars

Addressed glitch which led to certain cars displaying transparent cockpits during some cut scenes
Updated medical and safety cars
Removed purple light/shadow that appeared on some cars’ sidepods when viewed on the team selection screen

Controls

Added ability for PC players to advance time with the spacebar

Cut scenes

Fixed misaligned helmets on pit crew during reaction cutscenes

Circuits

Addressed various visual issues
Corrected mismatched corner speed information on Albert Park
Fixed various misaligned driver icons whilst on the circuit map view

Data View

Amended incorrect timing info being displayed whilst the car is on an ‘in lap’ during qualifying
Added missing tyre history data for competitors

Drivers

Balanced various stats for drivers experience gain, improvability, as well as retirement ages to ensure a more competitive driver market during future seasons
Adjusted fictional/generated driver starting ages, retirement ages and growth potential to ensure more competitive future drivers
Improved variation of contract offer lengths
Added missing driver/key staff headshots

Key Staff

Balanced rate of expertise gained when engineers are performing a design project

Pitstops

Fixed various visual glitches with pitstops

Localisation

Various localisation updates

Practice Sessions

Addressed bug that meant players were unable to call in a car earlier than the set run plan
Fixed reconfiguration issue that resulted in cars not being able to be sent out during practice
Fix applied to address error that caused cars to still perform as if they had a broken front wing, even after it was replaced
Fixed bug that could lead to the incorrect tyres being displayed at the end of a practice session

Qualifying Sessions

Addressed errors with the “Safe By” and “Over By” timings in the reconfiguration screen 

Rendering

Applied fix to ensure the game runs correctly in ‘windowed’ mode on PC, when using a 4k screen 

Stability

Corrected a soft lock that could occur when a driver contract expires whilst on the “drivers” screen
Fixed crash that could occur during qualifying

Team Comms

Replaced incorrect comms stating track is dry, when it should say that it’s changing to wet

Replaced engineer comms stating a ‘push’ command, when the players sets ERS to overtake
Updated various comms VO