A FAST PACED PIXEL RACING MANAGER.

The Circuit Guide shows the weather and downforce configuration. Use the downforce hint to get a head start on practice setup. Wet races usually create more mistakes, and your cars rating matters slightly less than in the dry.

You get 3 practice runs. Before each run, adjust four sliders: Front Wing, Rear Wing, Suspension and Ride Height.

Drivers give feedback such as perfect, smidge higher/lower, close, higher/lower, or miles off. Better setups give better race performance, from Terrible through to Perfect.

You should usually fit in 3 qualifying runs. Choose between Banker, Normal and Risky.

• Banker is safe but slower.
• Normal is representative, but carries a small mistake/crash risk.
• Risky is faster, but has a higher chance of mistakes or crashing.

Track grip improves through the session, so sending a driver out around 2:30 remaining is usually a good time for a final run.

Before the race, choose your starting tyre. Soft tyres are quicker but wear faster; hard tyres are slower but last longer. In wet races, the game uses wet tyres.

During the race, control your two drivers with Easy, Normal and Push.

Push makes the driver faster but increases tyre wear and risk. Easy slows the driver but helps save tyres and reduces risk. Normal is the safest default.

Push and Easy also affect tyre temperature. Pushing too long makes tyres hot; staying on Easy too long makes tyres cold. If tyres overheat or cool too much, returning to Normal is the cleanest way to recover.

Safety Cars bunch the field and reduce pit-stop time loss, so react quickly — but remember, it will not always make sense to pit.

Every 3 races, both of your drivers are assigned a rival. Beat the rival in 2 or more races and you win the challenge, earning upgrade points.

The Statistics page tracks championship records and your personal manager records. Shared records are grouped when multiple drivers or teams are tied.

At the end of each season, you can stay with your current team or move elsewhere. Staying lets you continue developing the same car; moving gives you a fresh challenge.

You can also decide whether to keep or replace your drivers. The available drivers depend on how well your team performed and where it sits in the championship, so you usually cannot attract drivers from teams that performed better than yours.

Other teams can change line-ups too. Drivers can retire, underperforming drivers may be dropped, and new rookies can join from the talent pool. AI teams can also gain or lose car performance, so each season can feel different.

Do not expect to win everything straight away. Season 1 is about building the team, learning strategy and collecting upgrade points.

Use practice to improve setup, qualifying to gain track position, and race strategy to beat faster cars. Sometimes the clever move is saving tyres. Sometimes it is pushing and hoping nobody checks the repair bill.