Pro Cycling Manager 25

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72%Audience ScoreBased on 162 reviews

graphics10 positive mentions

stability5 negative mentions

The game offers a detailed and strategic cycling management experience with deep career mode and team management features.
Significant graphical improvements powered by Unreal Engine 5 enhance immersion with better lighting, terrain detail, and atmosphere.
The revamped sponsor system and difficulty sliders add depth and customization, providing a more dynamic and realistic gameplay experience.

The AI behavior is frequently criticized as unrealistic and frustrating, with issues such as poor peloton dynamics, broken breakaway tactics, and erratic sprinting.
The game suffers from numerous technical problems including crashes, lag, and bugs—especially in career mode—making it unstable for long-term play.
There is a lack of meaningful innovation and gameplay improvements over previous installments, leading to repetitive and stale race experiences and poor developer communication with the community.

graphics
52 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
19%
75%
6%
The game's graphics have seen notable improvements thanks to the Unreal Engine 5 upgrade, offering more vibrant visuals, faster load times, and smoother race simulations compared to prior editions. While many praise the enhanced visuals and overall graphical polish, some users feel the changes are modest or not groundbreaking for 2025 standards, and performance demands can be high for average hardware. Overall, the graphics upgrade is widely regarded as a positive step, elevating the experience despite some technical and optimization issues.
- “The most immediately noticeable evolution in this installment is its graphical upgrade, powered by Unreal Engine 5.”
- “The graphics are greatly improved from that version.”
- “Loads super fast, the simulations run quickly so you can really get through seasons fast and spend more time racing, game runs way better than past years with a more stable and higher FPS in races, and graphically it's a complete upgrade across the board!”
- “Warthunder has better low-end PC graphics than this and could run just fine. Thought this game would be low-end since the game has really nothing to it.”
- “If I purely look at the graphics on my 4K gaming PC which is brand new and runs everything on ultra high, I could honestly not tell you the difference from this version or 2016.”
- “Comparing this UE5 graphics with other products, I'm very sad to see the outcome.”
gameplay
27 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
11%
78%
11%
The gameplay of this installment largely carries over from previous versions, retaining core mechanics and race-day tactics, but is hindered by outdated and problematic AI, causing frustration and limiting depth. While visual and sponsor system improvements are noted, technical issues like lag and bugs persist, preventing the game from feeling fully polished. Some users appreciate smoother menus and faster simulation, but overall desire more meaningful gameplay updates in future editions.
- “Race-day tactics remain central to gameplay.”
- “Its visual overhaul and expanded sponsor mechanics represent meaningful forward steps, while longstanding AI quirks and technical growing pains prevent it from achieving complete polish.”
- “Previous played version was 2022... this does feel like an upgrade (finally) - looking forward to getting through a bit more gameplay etc, but all good so far - please devs keep the development work going so I don't have to wait 3 years each time!”
- “Unreal Engine changes very little in the gameplay from prior years but makes it unplayable for many.”
- “Pro Cycling Manager 25 feels like a straight copy-paste of previous versions, with the same flawed AI and core gameplay issues still unresolved.”
- “The race simulation/AI feels the same as 10+ years ago and some of the mechanics which work for the pro cyclist character don't seem to be working for AI.”
stability
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's stability has improved with updates but remains problematic, with frequent crashes, freezes, and bugs—especially in career mode—making it unplayable over multiple seasons and indicating it is not yet ready for full release.
- “It is not ready for release; even after almost a month, it is still buggy and it is not possible to play a manager career over multiple seasons.”
- “Constant freezes occur when trying to start a mode.”
- “On race start, the game freezes and does not respond 8 out of 10 tries.”
optimization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The game shows significant improvement in optimization compared to previous versions, running smoothly on high-end systems without mods. Expanded features like the sponsor system add complexity without compromising performance.
- “The sponsor system has been expanded, adding more nuance to contractual obligations and performance targets.”
- “The game runs smoothly on my system - at least if I am not using any mods.”
- “Previous versions were really slow and had low performance.”
- “Performance (RTX 3080, i9-12900k, 64 GB DDR4, SSD)”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
Users feel the game lacks music, with some suggesting adding toggleable background music would improve the experience, as many currently rely on external music sources like YouTube.
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The story, centered on Oscar Pereiro in the Tour de France, is engaging but feels overused, which can disrupt immersion. Users express a desire for future games to include tools for editing and customizing the storyline to enhance variety and personalization.
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The atmosphere is praised for its enhanced depth and immersive environments, featuring detailed cobblestone classics, mountainous summit finishes, and rolling countryside routes that collectively create a rich and engaging experience.
- “Cobblestone classics, mountainous summit finishes, and rolling countryside routes are rendered with enhanced depth and atmosphere.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Replayability is highly praised, enhanced by a multi-season career mode and customizable difficulty levels that keep the experience fresh and engaging.
- “Replayability is significant, driven by multi-season career progression and adjustable difficulty settings.”

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Pro Cycling Manager 25 is a management game with horror theme.

Pro Cycling Manager 25 is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 2 hours playing Pro Cycling Manager 25.

Pro Cycling Manager 25 was released on June 5, 2025.

Pro Cycling Manager 25 was developed by Cyanide Studio.

Pro Cycling Manager 25 has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Pro Cycling Manager 25 for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Pro Cycling Manager 25 is a single player game with multiplayer support.

Similar games include Pro Cycling Manager 2022, Pro Cycling Manager 2023, Pro Cycling Manager 2019, Pro Cycling Manager 2017, WRC and others.

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