F1 Manager 2025 reportedly cancelled by Planet Coaster studio

In September, Frontier said in afinancial statementit had held "commercial discussions with an IP partner" that had "resulted in the voluntary termination of a contract for a future game before full development started".

The identity of that game had previously been kept out of the public eye. Now, however, private analysis from investment research firm Zeus Capital has been shared online, identifying the game in question as F1 Manager 2025.

As first reported byTraxion, this analysis claims the F1 Manager series is yet to turn a profit, compared to Frontier's other profitable franchises Elite Dangerous, Planet Coaster,Planet ZooandJurassic World Evolution.

Zeus Capital's analysis is not intended for public dissemination. However, Eurogamer can verify the information is as reported. We've contacted Frontier for comment.

The cancellation of F1 Manager 2025 does not come as a huge surprise following the poor performance of the series to date. The studio'sshare price tumbled after the release of F1 Manager 2022, and the company washit by a wave of layoffs in October 2023following the launch ofF1 Manager 2023. This year's F1 Manager 2024 also seems to have not made much of an impression.

A report published in Aprilaccused Frontier of mismanagement in the wake of the layoffs, and said the company had struggled to handle its expensive, multi-year deal with the F1 brand.

Frontier's future hopes are pinned on a return to its more traditional management sims, such as the just-released Planet Coaster 2 and the upcoming Jurassic World Evolution 3, which is due next year. A third unannounced management sim is also in production, due to release during its financial year 2027.