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iGP Manager media resources, brand assets and studio background

Everything needed to cover iGP Manager in one place: key facts, brand materials, screenshots, video, background information and testimonials.

Studio overview

Factsheet

Regular price
Free
Developer
iGP Games
Based in London, United Kingdom
Release date
December 11, 2011 (Browser)
March 22, 2017 (Android & iOS)
Website
Press / Business contact
Address
iGP Games, Third Floor
207 Regent Street
London
W1B 3HH
Platforms
Browser, Android, iOS
Circuits
25 international race circuits
Game overview

Description

iGP Manager is a massively-multiplayer online motorsport manager game. Hire drivers and engineers, develop your car and technology, find the best car setups and race in real-time multiplayer, formulating the best tactics to win with your friends and opponents. The race engine features rich 3D graphics and real-time weather, streamed directly from weather stations at real-world race circuits, with a slick interface to make strategy decisions and send orders to your team. Your decisions in every race impact the outcome of the championship.

Studio story

Background / History

iGP Manager was founded in 2011 by Jack Basford after pursuing a career as a racing driver. In 2008, Jack won a talent search looking for a future Formula One driver. The competition was set to be televised, until the rights changed hands at the conclusion of the competition, and the new rights holder dropped the show. The promised prize, a fully paid season in Formula BMW, vanished overnight. This setback led Jack to shift focus and pursue his passion for technology, learning software development, business, game design and more, mostly by reading.

After explaining his vision for iGP Manager to a friend, they moved in to a cramped flat and begin building it, hiring any extra help they needed using loans. Launched in December 2011 as a browser game, iGP Manager was the first of its kind, offering real-time multiplayer strategy. A loyal community grew around the title, which would later reach new heights when it became cross-platform.

By 2017 iGP Manager arrived in the app stores, where it went on to amass an audience of millions of players around the world. 2021 marked the addition of 3D graphics and wheel-to-wheel racing, making iGP Manager the first game in the genre to offer onboard and TV cameras, comparable to a racing game. To this day, it remains one-of-a-kind in the app stores, offering an experience and visuals normally reserved for desktop titles. One of the largest games of its kind to this day, with an ambitious team behind it, fully embracing remote work, iGP Games remains a fully independent studio. Jack is also the sole remaining founder, having persisted through the early startup years.

Jack Basford, CEO, iGP Games
Jack Basford, CEO, iGP Games
Key selling points

Features

  • Create and customize your own racing team
  • Live & interactive races with team orders, strategy and live weather streamed from real-world race circuits
  • Race online with your friends or head-to-head with real people from around the world
  • Race how you want, when you want - setting race length and times to suit you and your friends
  • Create your own racing championships
  • Hire drivers and staff, upgrade your cars and build facilities, train your team and invest in technology
  • 25 international race circuits
  • A loyal community of motorsport enthusiasts and gamers
  • Automatic updates and improvements to the service
Trailer

Videos

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Screenshots

Images

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Brand assets

Logos

These are official iGP Manager graphical resources that you can include on your article, blog, webpage or printed material. All uses of the iGP Manager trademarks, logos or other branding elements are subject to our Marks Usage Agreement.

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Default

This is the main iGP Manager logo and should be used in this form wherever possible, preferably with a black background.

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Light

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Brand palette

Colour Palette

These are iGP Manager's core brand colours, with RGB and hex values for editorial or design use.

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RGB: 0, 0, 0

#7ab542

RGB: 122, 181, 66

Editorial praise

Awards & Recognition

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

"I've enjoyed auto racing management style games for years. iGP Manager does a great job of providing an easy to understand fun experience for me and my friends."

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

NASCAR Driver

Two-time Daytona 500 Winner

Edd Straw

"iGP Manager is a very enjoyable and involving game, allowing participants to develop cars, staff, a team, develop facilities and select race strategies. I would recommend it to any fan of Formula 1 racing."

Edd Straw

F1 Editor, Autosport

Stuart Taylor (AKA. Chain Bear F1)

"iGP is great fun - there's a huge amount of depth to the mechanics meaning I keep having to push to find the secret of a great team. But being a real-time league, it doesn't require a massive time commitment so it's well balanced with my busy schedule and need to go 'all in' on the simulation!"

Stuart Taylor (AKA. Chain Bear F1)

F1 video producer

Pablo Elizalde

"I love iGP. It's like having your own Formula 1 team but without the politics. And you don't need pay drivers to keep the team alive."

Pablo Elizalde

Managing Editor of Autosport.com

Simon Melluish

"iGP has found a fantastic niche in the gaming market that is perfect for motorsport fans. It is detailed, realistic and fun, whilst seemingly ever evolving to include more and more of the things involved in running a Formula One team. It is the Football Manager of the F1 world, and if it goes on to be as successful as that franchise then we could be looking at iGP becoming a true classic. I sincerely recommend it."

Simon Melluish

Former FIA F2 press officer

Steven English

"Succeeding where massive gaming companies have failed for the last 15 years since the Geoff Crammond era, there is now a Formula 1 management game that is actually worth playing. And being able to race in a championship against your friends means they know exactly how slow and rubbish your team is!"

Steven English

Digital Manager at Caterham F1

Dennis Lind

"iGP Manager is great fun. It's the first manager game to get me hooked, and now it's the only one I play."

Dennis Lind

Formula Ford Festival Winner

Steve Tremayne

"At first I was sceptical about iGP, but it has been a revelation. There's enough depth to make the die-hards happy, while the easy functionality means those who just wish to play every now and then won't be penalised. Now if only I could figure out how to win, all would be rosy."

Steve Tremayne

Autosport

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