Pro Cycling Manager 2019
I love playing this game on my mid-spec laptop. The publishers haven’t marketed this, but on low-mid spec machines the graphics smoothness and simulation speed is MUCH improved.
The new traits in Pro Cyclist mode are a much needed strategy layer to a mode that has become slightly stale (or as the in-game commentators would say, “monotonous”). Perhaps video tutorials/clearer UI can be added to explain the effect and limitations of each technique upgrades (e.g. What does teammate transcendence actually do? Is it a stat buff?)
– Real player with 1095.1 hrs in game
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In recent years, the release of the Pro Cycling Manager games were always overshadowed with launch problems. (e.g. bugs, steam issues)
This year is the first year we had full communication between the larger communities and the developers and publishers. We were up to date throughout the whole process which makes the experience already much better than in the past.
When it comes to the game, annoying issues like 80 riders being involved in every crash are fixed. There are atleast 3 or 4 other AI improvements I noticed so far.
– Real player with 488.1 hrs in game
Pro Cycling Manager 2020
PCM20 is an great update. I do recommend moving to the new game from ‘19.
My favorite improvement is the in-race graphics: PCM20’s are a step or two above the ‘19 game. You might not notice it at first. But I saw pretty quickly that some of the 3D textures – on buildings and other surfaces – are nearly photo-realistic. It might just be the result of using the latest Gamebryo utility, but it’s definitely a bigger step than the upgrade between ‘18 and ‘19. The rider faces are also sharper and more realistic.
– Real player with 616.5 hrs in game
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Another year, again another version ;-)
This year there are again some changing extra’s in the game, giving it a bit more challenge in managing but helas.. not the (bigger) changes my friends and me where hoping for.
Never the less, we enjoy this game every year again.
We would like to see some changes in CARIERE mode.
- For now the rewards from sponsors are out of balance in many ways : unrealistic demands for winning races (certainly for continental and pro continental teams) + errors and no good system to satisfy the sponsors (need a complete reworking there) + no extra money for going up in grade (from conti to pro conti and later to cya team).
– Real player with 430.3 hrs in game
Tour de France 2020
Few things to say:
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No energy management by AI - They either go full out until blow up, or basically stop riding so they can regain energy. Simply stupid to see on some mountain stages where peloton goes hard for like 15 km only to basically stop for final 3 km before summit.
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Predictible - after riding like 3 TdF you can easily tell where breakaway is going to be caught, where breakaway can actually go away, what time will breakaway have at specific moment of stage(!)… (amazing “blockade” on some stages on 5 minutes mark, like 50 km of racing when time difference neither goes higher or lower than 5 minutes). Heck, on almost every single stage there is a certain “scenario” going on. And it repeats every single TdF. Fun, for sure…
– Real player with 199.8 hrs in game
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I have owned several different versions of these games over the years. I was super excited when they announced that they were finally bringing it to PC. It is a cycling game through and through, if you are the type of person who will watch stages of the Tour live on TV and you like gaming then you will probably enjoy this game. However if watching hours of the peloton sounds boring to you maybe look elsewhere :P
With that being said, yes the game has some glitchy animations and moments and the graphics are definitely on the sparse side. These things seem to be there every year but for the only real game of its type its not a deal breaker by any means.
– Real player with 39.8 hrs in game
Trials of Wilderness
Well i have been playing this game since very EARLY days, and seen it grow and become something which i consider now worthy of a good review.
It has had its problems i agree, but we all know this as it clearly says “EARLY ACCESS” if you cannot handle this then dont buy, instead of purchasing then realise its not complete as you did NOT READ the description and then you complain about it after, but its actually YOUR OWN FAULT for purchasing.
The game plays nicely now, it was clunky before i admit, but now it is nice to play, ive tested this in SP and MP and even in MP it works very well as others who played with me have said the same.
– Real player with 56.1 hrs in game
“Trials of Wilderness” amazes and surprises. All through the game your survival skills are challenged by everything around you, from spry and aggressive aborigines, to wild animals, to exhausting landscapes. Every now and then you have to apply something more than weapon: you need agility and logic. Yes, graphics and animation isn’t the most impressive part of the game, but after an hour you are so deep into gameplay, that you just stop noticing those crooked models and monotonous landscape.
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– Real player with 35.8 hrs in game