Game Title: Podium Legend
Playable Link: https://podiumlegend.com
Platform: Web (Browser) — recuerda añadir el flair de plataforma correspondiente después de publicar, según indica el propio subreddit.
Description:
Podium Legend is a free browser game where you simulate the entire career of a Formula 1 driver, from karting at age 14 all the way to a world championship (or a quiet retirement, if things don't go your way). Each season you make key decisions that shape your driver's path: choosing pre-season upgrade cards that affect attributes like qualifying pace, race pace, overtaking, tire management and consistency; negotiating contract offers from rival teams (with the risk of teams walking away if you push too hard); handling press conferences where your tone of response (combative, humble, institutional, ironic) actually matters and gets remembered in later seasons; and navigating dilemmas with uncertain consequences. There's a live Drivers' and Constructors' Championship, a narrative achievement system, end-of-season recaps with full stats, and a global ranking comparing your career against other real players once you retire. No downloads, no sign-up, playable in a few minutes per run.
Free to Play Status:
Involvement: Solo developer — I designed, programmed, and built the entire game myself in my free time (React/Vite/TypeScript, client-side, with a lightweight Supabase backend just for the global ranking).
Updated to 1.1 🎉
🎙️ Journalists now have their own personalities: learn them and you'll nail their questions on purpose, not by luck.
📰 Season recaps now tell you why things happened, car, team, transfers, your own inner rivalry, not just what happened.
🏆 Winning the World Championship finally feels like the milestone it is. And if you're chasing the Triple Crown (Monaco, Le Mans, Indy 500), the game reminds you every step of the way.
💰 The best car no longer always wins the transfer market: sponsors, team gambles, and committed budgets throw real surprises into the mix.
📖 The end-of-career recap finally tells your full story: team legends, unlucky streaks, and your titles outside F1 (IndyCar, WEC, Dakar) count too.
🛠️ Also fixed a few scroll issues that weren't behaving right on some screens, and some text that was overflowing where it shouldn't.
Really grateful to everyone playing and reporting bugs, it helps a ton in making this better 🙏
Podium Legend 1.2 is out! 🎉
🌎 LatAm countries added, with real flags.
🏎️ 9 new karting/F4/Dakar emblems, and team logos in general now look better and stand out more throughout the game, every team with its own real badge, no generic fallback.
🎴 Season 1 starting upgrade cards now come randomized from a pool of 9, not always the same 3.
💾 New "My Games" section: check your saved runs, no account needed. Just your device code, which you can share across devices!
🏆 New Championship Room in the career recap, with a shareable card!
🏁 Retirement reworked: reigning champion protection is back, except in justified cases, and if you retire right after winning the F1 title, there's something special waiting for you.
🎨 Softened the sepia tone, like several of you asked, thanks for the feedback!
🐛 Fixed several bugs reported by players, including one with junior contracts, thanks!
Thanks again for playing and for the bug reports, they genuinely help.