Race Team Manager is a free to play management sim with some arcade twists for iPad and iPhone
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If you like management games that see you taking control of racing teams then you're being spoiled at the moment. First we had Motorsport Manager, a tilt-shifted hands-off sim that won a Gold Award a few weeks ago.
And now there's Race Team Manager. It's a slightly different beast, offering a less indirect form of management. You get to do some overtaking, change the wheels on your car, and weave through crashes.
It's less abstract as well. The graphics are big and shiny, the cars are real, and when you're driving you're swiping and tilting. It feels like a more impressive-looking take on some of the ideas New Star Soccer played around with.
When you pit during the race you tap on the nuts on your tyres to swap them over. Slipstream a car on a straight and you need to swipe at the right time to overtake. Snatch a place on a corner and you tilt your device to steer.
You can block overtaking moves too. And when there's a crash you need to draw a line through the carnage to make sure you don't plough into any of the stricken cars.
The money you earn from each race can be spent on new bits and bobs for your car. Maybe you want a new cam shaft? Or a better exhaust? Go and buy them then. You can hire new drivers and mechanics, and entice new sponsors as well.
Unlike Motorsport Manager though, the game is free to play. That means there's a wait timer in the shape of a service indicator, and you can buy extra currency to make your car faster and your team stronger.
Still, I reckon it's worth a look. You can grab Race Team Manager from the App Store right now for nothing at all.
