Author: Kirkus Octavius

What’s Coming Up? 201904, Tondela B (Broadcast Dates 11, 12 and 18, 19 Aug 2018)

There will be only one episode this weekend, I’m afraid. The leadup episode will be going out when the race episode normally would have.

For once The TM1 Channel needs to do something related to the actual “TM1” thing. I’ll be giving a talk at a user conference next week and need time to prepare. I’m therefore going to be splitting Tondela over Two! Big! Weekends! This weekend will be the leadup, and next weekend will be the practice and race.

And let’s be brutally honest; after the way the planets aligned for Little Max last weekend, and knowing that they won’t for either driver at Tondela… I’m not in a rush to get there!

Race 5, on the other hand… well then.

What’s Coming Up? 201901, Black Sea F (Broadcast Dates 21 and 22 Jul 2018)

Ooops. Mea culpa. I meant to display the car summary sheet during the intro to the race episode (and even said that I would do so in the Practice episode), but then completely forgot about it. So if you’re interested…

The car summary sheet for race 1 of 2019.
The car summary sheet for race 1 of 2019.

Motorsport Manager Evolves. But Not Here, Not Yet

PlayMotorsport has been dropping hints for some time that Something Big Was Coming for Motorsport Manager.

Today, the other boot has dropped; they’ve announced (but not yet released) Motorsport Manager 3… for mobile. The web page will be found here.

It’s interesting that the drivers look much more realistic and less cartoony. It’ll be interesting to see what Gomes looks like behind the shades.

{Max: “Peed off”, I would say, after the method of his “dismissal”.}

Thank you, Max.

Although my first response was to be half-relieved, half-disappointed that it wasn’t PC, this exchange raised hopes:
MM Owner: “So is the PC version is dead? Pretty disappointing….”
PlayMotorsport: “PC is still super important to us. We’ll talk about that more when we can.”

As you all know, I see the Motorsport Manager series on The TM1 Channel as being less “gameplay demonstration” than “grand operatic storyline with more than a few eccentricities” these days. Had they dropped Motorsport Manager 2 on the PC, I would have had no choice but to switch to covering it (unless it turned out to be a total dog, which the history of the series suggests it would not be) or be left behind in the dirt the way Little Max will leave Iannizzi behind in the 2019 season. The fact that I can’t (regularly) crack triple figure viewerships on Motorsport Manager is in part a testament to how woefully late I was getting on board. (More specifically, I wasn’t even doing videos when MSM released on the PC.)

So with a bucketload of luck and a bit more time, I may yet stand astride the WMC podium with Max before the time comes to move on.

Welcome To Scuderia Quantistica

Doubtless you are a fan of the European Racing Series. (Unless you are reading this after we’ve been promoted to higher tiers.)

You are also most likely a fan of the Italian racing team Scuderia Quantistica.

If so, I congratulate you on your excellent taste.

Perhaps you are instead a fan of Ozu, Krüger, Silva, Dragon Race Team China {chortle!}, ZRT or Octane Racing. If so, there is still a chance that your eternal soul can be redeemed.

If you are a fan of Archer or Vexala, though, there is little hope for you.

Still, if you would like to stick around for a while and bask in the throaty roar of our mighty engines… OK, our engines aren’t that mighty yet but Freddie is working on it… you may yet find a path to motoring salvation.

Welcome to the madhouse.

Breaking the 4th wall for a moment, this site is dedicated to a YouTube series on a motorsport management game called Motorsport Manager. You will find the series >>here<<.

No, I’m not taking the game that seriously. In fact, if you have ever watched the series you’ll find that it swings much more toward parody and absurdity with a splash of dry humour (much as the game does itself), except for the data analytics part which is real enough.

The real reason for the existence of this site is that I wanted to learn to use the WordPress Content Management System, and this seemed as good a way of doing it as any. And incidentally, thus far I am massively impressed by WordPress. This entire site to date was built in under 20 minutes. It’s massively easier than hand crafting a site in Dreamweaver or some such thing. I speak from experience.

Important disclaimer: Neither this site nor the associated YouTube series have any connection with the developers, producers or publishers of the Motorsport Management game. They just supplied the building materials, I built the storyline with them.