With yesterday’s announcement from Frontier Developments that the next update from F1 Manager 2022 will be the “last significant” patch that addresses player-reported feedback, it seems the studio has miscommunicated what it meant.

In an email sent to MP1st, Frontier Developments has clarified their statement saying that while they are not going to push out new features, the studio will continue to support F1 Manager 2022 with title updates.

It looks like there are some crossed wires within Frontier in relation to F1 Manager 2022.

To be crystal clear: we will continue to support F1 Manager 2022, with multiple updates currently in the pipeline, focused on addressing the most important topics raised by the community.

This continues with our upcoming update, which includes a number of changes and improvements, including resolving issues around Estimated Race Time calculations and fuel usage in Qualifying sessions, as well as additional updates, where required, focusing solely on improving your experience and addressing more player reports.

Yesterday’s post was to explain that the addition of any new significant gameplay features for F1 Manager 2022 requested by players would not be possible, but this was not clear.

Everyone on the F1 Manager 2022 team remains focused on further improving the game, and your feedback is the driving force behind that. Thank you for your support, and we’ll be in touch with a status update as soon as possible

While this sounds nice and all, players on the game’s subreddit are NOT happy, with multiple people stating that Frontier is backpedalling after the backlash, and have highlighted the studio’s announcement as “proof” of this:

We’re not going to pour fuel into the finger-pointing here, but the community has a point, though the same can be said that Frontier’s initial statement were just misunderstood. At the very least, F1 Manager 2022 players have more fixes to look forward to in the foreseeable future.

In a surprise statement, Frontier Developments has announced that F1 Manager 2022 post-launch support will come to an end after the upcoming update that will be the game’s final major update. The announcement comes less than two months after the initial release of the game.

F1 Manager 2022, the first installment in Frontier Developments’ official racing management sim series that contractually includes three more future titles, was released at the end of August this year. Two months into launch, the team is dropping F1 Manager 2022 post-launch support, seeking to dedicate their resources to the upcoming F1 Manager projects instead following the release of one final major update:

Our team are currently working on an update for F1 Manager 2022 that addresses more player-reported topics. This includes multiple visual updates to the car models for the official F1 teams. We’ve further differentiated their look by implementing some of the key characteristics of many teams’ 2022 designs, including car parts and liveries. Also, we’re making positive changes regarding fuel usage issues during Qualifying sessions, and amending instances of incorrect ‘Estimated Race Time’ calculations, amongst other optimisations.

This next update for F1 Manager 2022 will be the last significant update that addresses player-reported feedback, or suggested changes and additions. Any potential updates following this would be minor patches that do not noticeably affect gameplay. To ensure upcoming F1 Manager projects realise their potential and meet the expectations of both our team and our community, the development team’s focus must move fully onto projects beyond F1 Manager 2022, after this upcoming update.

Disappointingly, major issues, headlined by a unsatisfactory drag reduction system (DRS) and unlapping glitches, will remain unaddressed in the current game, but the developers have reassured players that they will be “continuing to investigate” such issues as they work on future F1 Manager projects.

F1 Manager 2022 is available now for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.

Source: u/Frontier_F1MChris (Frontier Developments)

Update: Frontier Developments has contacted MP1st, and has given out a new statement clarifying what was said about post-launch support.