Open Wheel Manager 2
Open-wheel racing management sim with hiring, car development, and race strategy
Paprikash Games · Published by MicroProse Software · Released Dec 17, 2024
RacingSimulationSportsStrategy
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 73% of 112
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 1
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 6 months ago
- Mar 17, 2026
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
What is Open Wheel Manager 2?
This single-player open-wheel racing management sim puts you in charge of a team across multiple seasons. You hire drivers and engineers, negotiate with sponsors, develop cars, and make decisions during races. You can watch races in 2D or 3D, or simulate them to see the results.
For you if...
- +you enjoy long-term planning more than driving races
- +you like old-school motorsport management games
Not for you if...
- −you want direct control of a racing car
- −you dislike managing contracts, sponsors, and team resources
What players say
73% of 112 reviews are positive
Players praise its old-school motorsport management feel. They criticize limited management depth, implausible tire and wet-weather behavior, and bugs and crashes.
Screenshots and trailer
Open Wheel Manager 2 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 x64
- Processor
- AMD Athlon 200GE or Intel Pentium 4560
- Graphics
- AMD RX 550 or Nvidia GT1030
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 12 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 x64
- Processor
- Ryzen 5 1600 or Intel i3-8100
- Graphics
- RX570 or Nvidia GTX 1060
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 12 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Polish.
Tags
- Racing
- Management
- Sports
- Singleplayer
- Strategy
- Old School
- PvE
- Simulation
- Moddable
- 2D
- 3D
- RTS
- Turn-Based Tactics
- 1990's
- Base Building
- Resource Management
Recent updates
- Mar 17, 2026 · Update 1.2
- Nov 3, 2025 · HOTFIX #11
- Oct 11, 2025 · Update 1.1.1
- Oct 3, 2025 · HOTFIX #10
- Sep 27, 2025 · HOTFIX #9
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