American Speedway Manager

To be clear I think in its current state this game is 3 stars, but because this game may still have developers working in it I’m giving 5 to boost the ratings. For those thinking about trying it out please do because it is very fun. The first issue with the game is exiting the pit lane. At least 1-2 times a race I’m stuck in a position where I can’t avoid either hitting or getting hit at the pit exit. A simple brakes button would suffice or no collision for 10 seconds on exiting pit. The second and third is a general lack of information and development. I should be able to see the stats the different ai cars have either before the race, after the race or in the season ranking section of the game. Currently there is no way to actually tell a difference in the upgrades and why you are winning or losing. To the devs or dev. I do freelance working on games in my spare time and I’m guessing the constant exiting pit collisions stems from a lack of non-developer testing. There’s little I can say about the lack of information given to players other than the game is great I’d just love more quality of life improvements. With a little better graphics, better ui during races and play testing this game could go a long way.

I love this game, it’s really fun to drive around and battle other cars for victory. One problem though it gets to easy when you get the lead. You can just stay at there bottom and the AI can’t really pass you unless they are much faster than you. It would be cool to see different lanes be more competitive at different tracks like at one track the outside is the fastest lane or the fastest lane changes throughout the race. Another thing I would like to see is road courses. Road courses in this game would be so fun and would give the players and extra challenge to pick the right lane at every turn. One final thing is with the AI. There is always one dominant car at every track and they always start in first. A different starting order for each race would make it more interesting for cars to make it towards the front and another thing, the AI should be able to change lanes even if they are not behind another car which would make the racing more fun if the AI had more strategy and it would also improve lap traffic to where we have to maneuver around cars instead of them just being in the outside lane and never coming down. Overall it’s a great game and I recommend buying it.

Overall the game is good and fun to play. Not impossible to win and upgrade your car. Graphics and sound are good as well. Issues: draft, tires and AI. The dynamics of the draft are wrong. Usually when it comes to draft around the AI. Stock cars do not have options on tires except for rain tires on road courses. No super softs, no intermediates etc. AI is mostly impassable even with your car having SS and the AI on H tires. You should have 10-15 mph advantage onSS compared to H. You get additional power by drafting, but with the additional power you cannot pass AI. The AI always starts first and most of the time you start 12th. You are generally behind AI many seconds by lap 2 and impossible to catch it. It is good, but needs a few adjustments to be great.