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Open Wheel Manager 2

Open Wheel Manager 2

The ultimate racing management sim - Strategize, customize, refine to create your racing edge. Hire, research, win sponsors and attract the best drivers all while managing every aspect of your 90’s race team.

Released Dec 17, 2024 Developer Paprikash Games Publisher MicroProse Software Platforms Windows RacingManagementSportsSingleplayerStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

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73.2%positive112 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Awesome game. Hope it grows.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Tyre strategy is bonkers, speacilly when it comes to wet weather. This makes weather changes during races just an aesthetic feature. This and other stuff has been reported on the game's foruns, but developer doesn't seem to care enough to respond posts regarding those issues.…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Car on soft tires on dry track cant overtake car on wet tires on dry track. Hardly a race simulator”

— a player, Steam review · 51 hrs played
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Latest official news

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Mar 17, 2026
Update 1.2

Hello everyone! This update wasn't planned, but I just wanted to thank you for your support over the last 7 years!. Good luck on the virtual tracks! UI & Navigation Two-tier Game Menu: The game menu h

Nov 15, 2025
Racing Series Manager announcement!

Hi everyone, My name is Ivan — I’m the developer of Open Wheel Manager and Open Wheel Manager 2. A few months ago, after parting ways with the publisher of Open Wheel Manager 2, I began working on a n

Nov 03, 2025
HOTFIX #11

🛠 Fixes Fixed an issue where AI teams could sign a contract with your academy driver before their existing contract had expired Corrected incorrect display of retirement plans in staff profiles Fixed

Oct 11, 2025
Update 1.1.1

A records screen has been added. It features the all-time Top 10 drivers across various categories. Filtering is available both for the entire championship and for individual teams. [img src="

Oct 03, 2025
HOTFIX #10

Fixed a bug where a driver with sponsorship offered zero salary instead of a sponsorship fee. Adjusted sponsor finance parameter when the mod contains not enough sponsors for each team rank. Previousl

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

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GenresRacing, Simulation, Sports, Strategy
Player tagsRacing · Management · Sports · Singleplayer · Strategy · Old School · PvE · Simulation · Moddable · Automobile Sim · Immersive Sim · 2D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, French, Italian, German, Polish
Official sitehttps://paprikashgames.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 x64 Processor: AMD Athlon 200GE or Intel Pentium 4560 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD RX 550 or Nvidia GT1030 Storage: 12 GB available space