Pro Cycling Manager 2014
- June 19, 2014
- Cyanide Studio
Not quite the ride of your life
Get on SteamPro Cycling Manager 2014 is a cycling simulation and management game. As the team manager, you'll need to recruit racers, manage training, and lead your team to victory in over 200 races and tours. The game features official teams, cyclists, and races, including the Tour de France, for a realistic experience.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- Incredibly detailed game with a strong modding community, enhancing the cycling management experience.
- Great graphics and gameplay that provide an immersive cycling simulation, especially for fans of the sport.
- The game offers a comprehensive career mode that allows for deep management of a cycling team.
- Frequent crashes and bugs lead to significant frustration, often resulting in lost progress and the inability to complete races.
- The activation process is problematic, with dead links and unresponsive support making it difficult to start the game after a long period of inactivity.
- The user interface is cluttered and not user-friendly, making navigation and management tasks cumbersome.
- graphics30 mentions
- 40 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 10 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players appreciating the visual improvements and overall aesthetic, while others criticize the graphics for not living up to promotional materials and feeling outdated. Many users report minor graphical glitches and performance issues, particularly when settings are pushed to higher levels. Overall, while some find the graphics appealing, others feel they do not justify the price, especially given the game's lack of significant updates over the years.
“The graphics look nice, I haven't had any crashes, there are loading screens but they aren't that slow, and the 3D races make it somewhat interesting.”
“Nice graphics, new interface... and perhaps what we love the most: nice community behind!”
“Beautiful graphics.”
“Not like the video preview, avoid buying if you wish for better graphics.”
“I cannot believe I just paid 40 dollars for the same game with the slightest graphic and interface improvement.”
“This game is such a waste of money; if you want to play on the highest graphics, you can forget it.”
- gameplay12 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
Gameplay reviews are mixed, with some players frustrated by broken or bugged new features that often require purchasing the next year's version for fixes. However, others appreciate the small improvements that enhance realism, suggesting that despite its flaws, the gameplay remains enjoyable and is considered one of the best in the series.
“For one, let's highlight the positive mechanics that I found in the game:”
“Gameplay is nice.”
“Note: the general gameplay is much as you know it, but I think all the small improvements they made in this year's edition make it probably one of the most realistic and best PCMs I have ever played.”
“The game mechanics at times make me want to pull my hair out.”
“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 game mechanics at times make me want to pull my hair out.”
- stability4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's stability is marked by a few minor glitches and occasional crashes, but these issues do not significantly detract from the overall experience. Players report minor graphical anomalies during races, such as cars passing through each other, yet the core gameplay remains enjoyable.
“Although there are a couple of glitches and crashes, the game itself is good.”
“A few minor graphical glitches during the race that don't impact the quality of the game (cars driving through the race formation, racers 'ghosting' through each other).”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of career mode to be tedious, as it requires managing various responsibilities to run a racing team over the long term.
“Career mode is the long-term play mode that involves all the tedious duties necessary to run/manage a racing team.”
- emotional2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The emotional impact of the game is significant enough to prompt users, who typically do not express their feelings or write reviews, to share their experiences, indicating a strong connection to the game's narrative or characters.
“Usually I don't get emotional and write comments, reviews, etc... this is my first review.”
