Huge car and track variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“PC2 might have the largest selection of content any racing sim has ever had.”
Steam review · 58.8 h played ↗
Project CARS 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 81%Very Positive · 81%Slightly Mad Studios2017Racing · Driving · Simulation
The verdict
A content-rich sim-cade racer with a deep career mode, great weather and strong VR, but cheating AI, slippery handling and fiddly wheel setup hurt it. Skip it if you want a rigorous sim or play on a pad.
Great for
Wheel and VR racers who want huge car, track and weather variety in a single-player career
Main risk
AI ignores physics and wet grip, and cars feel icy, so races feel unfair
What players love
Good graphics and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“this is one of the most beautiful Sim Racing titles of all time.”
Steam review · 246.1 h played ↗
Great VR support
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Still the best vr car sim in 2025, after all these years!”
Steam review · 44.1 h played ↗
Excellent career mode
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Best career mode for an actual and still viable racing sim.”
Steam review · 531 h played ↗
Dynamic weather and time of day
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“better weather than 95% of simulators out there”
Steam review · 51 h played ↗
Balanced physics between sim and arcade
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“If iRacing is too much of a hassle and Forza is too easy than this is the perfect middle ground.”
Steam review · 23.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Slippery, unrealistic handling
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The cars feel weightless and gripless in my opinion, and it's like driving around on an oil-slick.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
Wheel and controller setup problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“it frequently takes me 30-45 minutes of set up every time just to play this game”
Steam review · 9.5 h played ↗
AI cheats and ignores physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“It's like you are playing by a set of rules and the AI is playing by another.”
Steam review · 101.9 h played ↗
Delisted and abandoned, online features cut
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Time trial and community events have been shut down! And there is no rating for online races anymore.”
Steam review · 117.4 h played ↗
Bugs and clunky menus
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“this is the only game i've ever seen require a restart to do something as simple as change resolution”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
Harsh penalties and bad multiplayer
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The penalty and Race Director is killing this simulator.”
Steam review · 141.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported50 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (+ specific versions of 7)
Processor3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 3450, 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX680 or equivalent
Storage50 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel i7 6700k
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVidia GTX 1080 or AMD Radeon RX480
Storage50 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (+ specific versions of 7)
Processor3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 3450, 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX680 or equivalent
Storage50 GB available space
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