Pro Cycling Manager 2014

From my hours count you can see how I actually love this game (and I bought 12 and 13 versions...). And this is really sad for me to say this: DON'T BUY THIS GAME. Or don't buy it again... The problem isn't if this is the best cycling simulation game (for what it's worth, it's also the only...), but if this game is worth is price. The answer is NO. For the last 4 years the game is remaneid actually pretty the same: some new graphic, some new features and some solved bugs. And today? - The new features are often broken or bugged, you often have to buy the NEW YEAR version to have them working, because the patches are often very modest and don't change much of the gameplay. - The sim engine (3D race and fast sim, there was only a most advanced fast sim, and this was so bugged they decided to remove it rather than improve it...) hasn't changed a lot, quality talking. Same bug, and some modest new features. - The game engine is the ALWAYS THE SAME, and have the same bugs. Bugs? Duri...

[b]Improved since last year? Ohh yes :D[/b] - The menus are much better now. - Riders orders in races have improved alot. - You can even set the riders to auto so they follow a strategy that you can setup before and under the race. (sprint for mountain/sprints/stage victory or defend leaders jersey etc.) - Realistic equiptment sponsors thats allow you to determin the R&D in their frame and wheels!! Riding them in races will speed up the testing process, like in real life :D - Price money is back in a minor scale. Generally I have the last couple of year been alittle disapointed in the improvements of PCM and the pricing for that upgrade wasnt worth it, but I can tell you, this year it is. You have done a great job this year Cyanside! :-) 9/10 Note: The general gameplay is much as you know it, but I think all the small improvements they made in this years edition, makes it proberly one of the most realistic and best PCM I have ever played.. Note: Played them all :-) UPDATED 28...

Making an update to the review since I've been able to play the game more and see more details. Below are my general feelings about the game. Positive: * Graphics are improved and quite good. * Gameplay is nice. * Different skill levels to make it easier for casual gamers. Negative: * Game crashes alot (Like around every second race - this is also reported by others) * Major bug at August 2015 which makes the game crash. According to developer this means you have to start a new career once the bug fix is implemented in order to proceed. The bug fix has not been implemented yet( Ref: http://www.cyanide-studio.com/forumPCM/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=16550) * The loading of races are really slow, even on quite decent computers. * The sorting of players lacks several options to find the correct riders. For example tring to find the best riders without a contract at a certain age is from what I see really difficult to do. * A bit difficult to find things like training, training progres...

I have enjoyed the sport of cycling since I was a little kid, so when I saw this game I was really excited, but after playing this game for a while, I have come across so many issues i just cant recommend it to anyone. Here is a fairly detailed list of major issues I personaly have with the game. 1. It crashes a lot, I cant click on anyting during the loading screen or it will crash for sure. Nothing I care about much though. 2. This Issue hurts me deep inside the most. When ever you tell a rider to accelerate, if he is stuck behind someone, his energy stats will start going down(like what is suppose to happen if he is free to accelerate), but he wont be going any faster. So you are going the same pace as ther person next to you, but using up all your energy. 3. One small issues is you cant sim the rest of the race once all of your people are done, and many when there is an early mountain there are many stragglers and it takes forever for the stage to end. The worst offender I have ...

I haven't played this series since PCM 2009, while I hardly remember some of the features from PCM2009, I can say with confidence that PCM 2014 has a few items that can draw the player into the game - but there are other items that will draw you away. For one let's highlight the positive mechanics that I found in the game: Beautiful graphics Relatively clean interface and menu Somewhat of a comprehensive tutorial Great in game commands R&D feature was a step in the right direction Some negatives: Cluttered inbox, you'll get mail from a bunch of miscellaneous events that don't impact or pretain to your current game which I would just simply classify as spam (Something minor which can be easily fixed by zero'ing off the "announcer/commentator under sound options) But the announcer sounds cheesy as hell, I don't even think ESPN announcers sound that bad. If you haven't played PCM before, the tutorial might not be enough to properly introduce the game to you. There are many screens on...

At the current state I can't recommend this game, because it is full of bugs. When you go to play it as a management game, there are many points in the game which don't work properly. It seems that it is just developed and never been tested before. I played only two full seasons and came to a point where it was impossible to go on, because of a bug. I had something to submit which was impossible to submit (endless loop with no way out). And I'm not the kind of person who stops playing as the first bug occurs. There were many before (small and big ones) and I went on playing. I hope the next patches (if some come) will bring solutions and maybe the game is worth its money. Especially on Steam are so many alpha and pre alpha games which have far less bugs than this piece of shit.

[h1]Does it worth 40 euros ? [/h1] [b]NO[/b] Usually i don't get emotional and write comments, reviews , etc... this is my first review. But this game is a mess. And it's 40 euros. [b]Why?[/b] 1. It crashes . A lot : in menus , or before the 3D race, or... after the race. Take a pick. 2. Where is the SAVE button ?!? Because i think i need it , when the game is randomly crashing in menus / career mode. I've spend 45 minutes setting my team races , traing , etc... and boom . Crash to desktop. Did it save ? Well .. not everything. Do it again. Crash to desktop , in menus. Do it again. I have started a career 3 hours ago, and i didnt play one 3D race. NOT a single one, because i keep setting up stuff that gets lost during crashes. 3. Menus / Lists / Relational Lists : NOT user friendly. Do you want to see one rider objectives related to the squad objectives and/or sponsors objectives? Well...you can't ! Write it down, use a paper and a pen... or do a print screen , etc. Do yo...

broken as broken can be. should not be allowed to sell this game as a finished product. Steam should take an act on this...

Do NOT buy this game if you hate starting all over again and again. This game crashes a LOT. That is not a problem BC it has a autosave function. Well. Guess again. You cannot save yourself and if the game crashes during a day shift, you loose your autosave, so you need to start all over again. The game itself is great. It's a good game with nice graphics, but as long as it crashes and looses the autosave, then it is not worth buying. Wait for a fix!

I feel PCM has grown quite a lot since the original game, and I especially feel like this latest version has made leaps in terms of sponsors and equipment. The only problem is still the lack of change over the years, the stages and races should not be the same each year, in my opinion.