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A deep yet accessible motorsport management sandbox inspired by the 1990s games of this genre. Manage teams, drivers, finances, engines, and regulations in a fully customizable, ever-changing world where no two seasons play out the same.

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Update Patch Notes for 0.95 - The Physics Overhaul

14 Mar

🚨 **MAJOR UPDATE ANNOUNCEMENT** 🚨 @everyone

I dont even know where to begin when announcing this, so I’ll go over the highlights here and release **full patch notes later this weekend / early next week**. This has been, by far, my LARGEST undertaking, and the game feels incredibly different to me now. I want to say thanks to everyone who have helped make this steam launch as good as it has been, and I cant wait to see whats next direction wise after this patch. In addition, in the spirit of the real season, I have also created a vanilla-inspired 2026 grid with realistic performances to the real life season as it has just begun! I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed building this. (and yes, a clanker helped me write this announcement. My fingers are tired from coding lol)

## 🧠 Complete Physics Engine Overhaul

The update I am **most proud of** is the **complete top-down rebuild of the physics engine and race simulation**.

Previously, sessions relied on **target lap times**. Now, lap times are **generated dynamically** using:

* Cornering speeds
* Acceleration
* Braking

This means **every lap is calculated live based on the car and driver performance**, completely transforming how sessions play out.

### New systems tied to this:

🔧 **Dynamic Car Setups**

* Affect cornering speeds
* Straight-line speed
* Braking performance
* **Tyre heating** *(new)*

🏁 **Free Practice Sessions**

* Occur before qualifying
* Allow you to dial in setups
* Analyze sector performance
* Compare **sector times and speed traps with rivals**

👨✈️ **Driver Traits Now Affect Physics**

Driver skill is now integrated directly into the simulation:

* **Braking rating → affects actual braking performance**
* **Cornering rating → affects real cornering speeds**

Drivers are no longer just modifiers to lap time — their skill now **interacts directly with the physics calculations**.
## 🏎️ Completely Reworked Car Development System

The **entire development system and car attributes have been rebuilt**.

The old attribute system has been replaced with a **1–100 rating scale**, along with several **new attributes**, including:

* Acceleration
* Braking
* Car weight
* Engine weight
* Realistic horsepower ratings for each engine supplier

Development has also been redesigned. Managers now choose **different development focuses for both current and next season projects**, allowing you to shape your car’s philosophy.

Want a car that:

* Hits **350 KPH on the straights**, or
* Flies through **low-speed corners like it's on ultrasoft tyres**?

That’s now **your choice**.

Combined with setups, you can now **build cars suited to specific tracks and performance philosophies**.

## 👥 Staff System Overhaul

The staff system has been rebuilt with **six important roles**:

* Chief Designer
* Technical Director
* Head Aerodynamicist
* Head of Engines
* Head of Dynamics
* Chief Mechanics

Each role now plays a **meaningful role in development and performance**.

⚙️ **Engine suppliers now compete for staff as well.**
Third-party engine manufacturers will compete with factory teams for **Head of Engines talent**, influencing engine development progress.

Engine development itself is now a **passive project**, handled by your **Head of Engines and engine plant staff**.
## 💰 Sponsor System Updates

Sponsors have also been **lightly reworked**.

Sponsors now belong to **different industries**, which can experience **boom or bust cycles**.

This means:

📉 Industries in downturns may cause sponsors to **terminate contracts early**
📈 Booming industries will bring **more sponsor opportunities**

## 🏁 Track Overhaul

All **18 vanilla tracks** have been **rebuilt from the ground up** to work with the new physics system.

Each circuit now has **unique performance preferences**, meaning certain car concepts will perform better depending on the track layout.

## ⚙️ Driver Aids & Event Rework

Driver aids must now be **researched and physically installed on cars** before they can be used.

Additionally:

* **Every single event in the game has been reworked**
* Technical regulations now dynamically influence **car concepts**
* **Regulation changes occur every few seasons** to shake up the grid

Events now have **very different impacts compared to version 0.902**.

## 📜 Regulation Updates

New regulation features include:

* Minimum chassis weight rules
* **DRS implementation**
* Fixed bugs involving **seasonal engine and gearbox allocation limits**

## 🧩 Miscellaneous Additions

There are also a **ton of smaller improvements**, including:

* Welcome emails explaining game systems
* A new **Contracts Center** screen showing all contract details in one place
* Lock-ups
* DRS
* Slipstream
* Enhanced dirty air

This update also **greatly improves moddability**.
## 🐞 Bug Fixes

Alongside everything else, this update includes:

* **~25 reported bug fixes**
* Several smaller issues and annoyances I personally wanted to clean up.

📋 **Full patch notes will be posted later this weekend / early next week.**

I’m really excited for everyone to try this version — this update **completely changes how the game plays from session to session.**

Team Principal: A Racing Manager

Game Tutorial and Game Manual

I have purchased this amazing manager and I understand that the game is in early access. I would like to see it in the near future game tutorial and game manual.At the moment, I don't know where to start, as many of the buttons are not intuitive, and there are no explanations for them, which makes it difficult to understand. This is causing a lot of stress, and I am looking forward to the changes. Thank you."...

Zulaltank

24 Feb @ 10:41pm

General Discussions

Roadmap for the Game Post-Launch

16 Feb

Hi everyone,

Thank you so much for the support and feedback since launch. I know the UI is still rough in places, and some systems/info are hard to find, this is very early in the game's build (I started building this in August), and I appreciate everyone sticking with it while I improve.

I’ve got some really exciting news about the first major post-launch patch. I like shipping updates in “big waves”: I’ll pick one core area, expand it heavily, then ship it alongside bug fixes and UI improvements. Wave 1 is a complete physics overhaul.

Patch 1: Physics Overhaul

This update replaces the current target-laptime approach with a fully simulated, realistic race model. Cars will behave like cars — slowing for corners, accelerating on straights, and responding to aero/engine/tyre changes in a way that’s consistent and extremely realistic.

What’s included:

A brand-new, realistic physics/race engine (top-to-bottom overhaul), and a full-practice session to monitor rivals potential setups, race pace, and to help build your own to see what the ideal setup is track to track (no mini games).
Unique car characteristics: weight, braking force, cornering performance, drag coefficients, etc.
Full engine modeling: horsepower + torque differences between engine packages
Tyre model upgrades:
- longitudinal + lateral grip
- tyre temperature effects (including temperature-driven grip changes)
Overhauled aero interactions:
- dirty air / turbulence
- slipstream / tow
- DRS zones (optional in regulations)
Realistic setup options
- Adjust wing levels, tyre pressures in an effort to find the best setup for the track.
- See the tradeoff in real time (yes, your setups will ACTUALLY make a live difference depending on what you set, the trackmap and speedtraps will show :D)

On top of the core physics work, I’ve also been expanding tracks to support sector-by-sector timing, so performance is broken down more realistically across the lap (and you’ll be able to see where time is being gained or lost, not just the final lap time). I’ve already posted a few clips of the new system in action in the Discord.

Also coming in the same patch

Alongside the physics overhaul, I’m planning to include:

Expansions/improvements to staff and sponsors
A batch of UI improvements and bug fixes
Steam Workshop integration
Lightweight helpers/tutorials for anyone who’s been struggling to figure out how the game works (that one’s on me 😅)

Target release window

I’m aiming to ship this patch late February / early March.

Thanks again to everyone who’s played, shared feedback, and supported the launch. I can’t wait to get this next update into your hands.

Best,
Patrick

Team Principal: A Racing Manager

Team Principal is LIVE on steam

12 Feb

It’s been an incredible journey getting to this point, and I truly can’t thank everyone in the community I have for the support that made this possible. This launch is a huge milestone, but it’s only the beginning. I have so much more planned for this game, and I’m incredibly excited to keep building, improving, and expanding it in the weeks and months ahead. There are some beautiful updates already in the works, including a major physics overhaul and additional features that I can’t wait to share with you.

I want to give a massive shoutout to the amazing mod-makers who have helped shape this project, and especially Little0nion for contributing a huge amount of the artwork you see throughout the game. This project has always been community-driven, and it genuinely would not be what it is without the community.

Steam Workshop integration is coming within the next few days, but for now, players can continue to download and play mods through the existing community discord channel until that goes live. I highly recommend anyone not in the discord to join, as there is a lot of ample advice, mods, and knowledge regarding the game. For those of you who purchased the game on itch.io, I’ll be sending out Steam keys over the next 24 to 48 hours via email or Discord DMs — thank you so much for your patience while I get those sent out!

One small request: if you’ve been enjoying the game, especially if you’re transitioning from itch to Steam, please consider leaving a positive review. Reviews make a huge difference for visibility and long-term success on Steam, and they truly mean everything for a small indie project like this. And as always, if you have any concerns, questions, or feedback, especially if you’re new please reach out to me directly either through the community hub, or the discord server. I’m always happy to clarify, fix, or improve anything that needs attention within a quick turnaround time.

I highly recommend new players to join the discord server :D

https://discord.gg/qddXGjxs

Thanks so much everyone, I cant wait to keep working on this game and making it a fantastic experience.

Team Principal: A Racing Manager

Question about the game.

I'm less of a team manager and want to manage the entire league from the ground up. How much am I able to do regarding that? Am I able to just let the races happen and such without input or do I have to add input? Can the AI control all the teams while I make changes to the league itself?...

[ZSG][BT]Tommyspud

27 Feb @ 11:45am

General Discussions

Mods not working after update?

The default folder doesn't work after the update. Is there a way to integrate it? I tried editing the names of teams and motors in the default26 folder, but it crashes.

Zulaltank

16 Mar @ 10:05am

General Discussions

Lots of Teams and Game Editor?

Hi Patrick, I would like to know if it would be possible to recreate the 1989 season with 20 teams or the 1994 season, but there were at least 14 teams, and 13 teams were allowed to participate in the race. If you can implement this, it would be a new and immersive experience! Will the Game Editor and Steam Workshop be present?...

Zulaltank

3 Feb @ 2:21pm

General Discussions

Game crashes

When I launch the game,it crashes immediately with this error: Failed to execute script 'main' due to unhandled expection: exprcted str,bytes or os.PathLIke object,not int Traceback (most recent call last): File "main.py", line 149, in <module> main() ~~~~^^ File "main.py", line 82, in main big_font = pygame.font.SysFont("consolas,monospace", 32, bold=True) File "pygame\sysfont.py", line 416, in SysFont File "pygame\sysfont.py", line 355, in initsysfonts File "pygame\sysfont.py", lin...

Milcup

21 Feb @ 2:14am

General Discussions

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2.7 hrs on record

Posted: 31 March

Early Access Review

If you liked Grand Prix World, you will like this.
You can tell its a passion project as there's so much attention to detail which I love.

The only negatives for me is the navigation around the menus and the race screen. I struggle to see where my cars are on the track and in the standings. It would be nice to have them highlighted.

Looking forward to v1.

saxoross

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