MSM - The Motorsport Manager Browsergame

http://www.msm-game.com/index.php
someone plays ?

Hi Luca

I'm trying it out (thanks for the link) just a few observations/comments on my initial impressions.

Had my first proper race of the season and it has some features I like and some I don't. Although It's the same genre as igp it's a very different game.

A very steep learning curve imo, I like a challenge but found myself looking for things I had seen but couldn't remember where they were and there doesn't appear to be a centralised help. It's getting easier now I've spent some time on it.

It throws you in at the deep end, no rookie/pro/elite ranking. First race I finished 7mins behind the leader who had 16 seasons behind them.

The biggest negative I have is it seems very much a 'pay to make things easier' game, if you want to hire a personal trainer for instance to help with driver health then it costs real money only about one euro but there are a 10 staff members and you don't get them for a season just for 15 days. The race schedule is fixed for everyone with a race every 3rd day so we're looking at 20 euros a month or 40 euros per season.

It has a library of 71 different tracks, (many I've never heard of) and each season is 19 races long. The following season calendar appears to be based on a voting system where every player gets 3 votes.

The sponsor system I like, you can choose a sponsor based on how you think you'll do in the race with extra payment on results achieved.

The development section I like a lot, you have to balance performance against reliability.

The test track section I think is very good, allowing you to test how far a tyre can go, how your drivers compare to each other, changes in setup and it also increases driver training. You also get pre race practice to refine your setup.

The race itself is rather unusual. Each lap lasts exactly 1 minute and the screen is updated after every lap with lap times, who passed who or tried to pass or broke down etc

All in all I'm quite enjoying it now I have a rudimentary grasp of the basics.