Cycling Manager 2

Cycling Manager 2 is a bicycle manager with arcade and strategy elements. The player leads one of sixty professional teams: selects the roster for the race, negotiates with sponsors, looks for new partners and signs contracts. In addition to the sports part, there is a lot of administrative work, and this is what distinguishes the project from simple bicycle racing. Races are presented in varying degrees of detail: you can analyze the stages by key events, monitoring the gaps and distribution of forces in the group, or you can take on the role of a sports director and give orders. Tactics decide a lot: incorrectly distributed forces in the mountain stage result in a loss in the overall standings. In addition to local competitions, there are international tours, including multi-day races, where not only the result of the day is important, but also recovery. Planning a calendar for a season becomes an art in itself, because the roster has to be divided between goals. Separately, it is worth noting that the game has a race editor and lineup data, which is why you can select the lineup for a specific stage. Historical seasons and real races add to the feeling that you are leading a real team. For cycling managers this is a rare and still interesting experience. The project is one of those games that people love for their depth, not for their pictures. For fans of cycling and the management genre, this is a rare option that still remains interesting.