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Project CARS 2

Project CARS 2

THE ULTIMATE DRIVER JOURNEY! Project CARS 2 delivers the soul of motor racing in the world’s most beautiful, authentic, and technically-advanced racing game.

Released Sep 21, 2017 Developer Slightly Mad Studios Publisher BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Platforms Windows RacingDrivingAutomobile SimSimulationVR
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-08-12)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

81.3%positive18,433 reviews
Recommended · 189 found this helpful

“I am a quadriplegic and find most racing seems too difficult to control, especially since I cannot use a steering wheel. However with a "quad stick" controller which I sip and puff and use as joystick I find project cars 2 manageable. The brake assist and steer assist help me…”

— a player, Steam review · 78 hrs played
Recommended · 271 found this helpful

“This is a great game for a lot of reasons but there are some drawbacks. I will explain why you should get this game for most of the career and definitely for the hot lapping/online/custom races bits. Visually it is really pretty nice compared to most other sims out there. I get…”

— a player, Steam review · 51 hrs played
Not recommended · 217 found this helpful

“The AI ruinned it for me. Going through the "campaign" felt more like a chore than fun. The physics and the AI are just ridiculous. It's like you are playing by a set of rules and the AI is playing by another. It feels really cheap sometimes. If you are driving on the wet, the…”

— a player, Steam review · 229 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

6,726all-time peak
0 2.5k 5k 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period 3k avg · Sep 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-23.

47achievements
2.2%median completion
0.5%rarest: The Milk Man
97.0% of players 65.5% of players 40.5% of players 25.0% of players 24.0% of players 23.0% of players 21.5% of players 20.1% of players 16.2% of players 15.7% of players 12.0% of players 11.5% of players 11.5% of players 9.5% of players 7.5% of players 5.6% of players 4.6% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 2.9% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 97.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
97.0%Raving Rookie — Earned your Rookie License
65.5%This Is The Start — Created a new driver in Career and signed your first contract
40.5%May I Ask You Something — Used the Race Engineer in Tuning Setup and made changes based off their recommendation.
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%The Milk Man — Won a full distance (200 Laps) Indy 500 race
0.5%One More For The Road — Earned all other achievements
0.6%Winter Soldier — Drove a clean lap around the Nordschleife in the snow, in less than 8 minutes

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-08-12 07:53 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 28, 2020
Project CARS 3 is Available Now!

Race 200+ elite-brand cars on 120+ gorgeous layouts and chase your racing dreams. Upgrade your cars, customise your drivers, battle through a fully-fledged career, and experience the emotions and thri

Dec 04, 2018
Project CARS 2 - Update 1.7.1.1

Update 1.7.1.1 includes: Added support for Tobii Eye Tracker.

Oct 02, 2018
Project CARS 2 - Update 1.7.1.0

Update 1.7.1.0 includes: Adjusted issue with the number of drivers in an online game to allow for private broadcaster/director games without a broadcaster role being assigned. Resolved a problem where

Sep 10, 2018
Project CARS 2 - Update 1.7.0.0

Update 1.7 includes: Fixed various stability issues. Improved usability of in-game tools. Improved AI ability at various tracks. Improved the penalty system. Improved pitstops and repair logic. WMR he

Jun 05, 2018
The 24-Hours of Le Mans comes to Project CARS 2 with the “Spirit of Le Mans” Pack.

The 24-Hours of Le Mans comes to Project CARS 2 with the “Spirit of Le Mans” Pack, available as a standalone purchase, or as part of the Project CARS 2 Season Pass. Experience two of the most thrillin

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresRacing
Player tagsRacing · Driving · Automobile Sim · Simulation · VR · Multiplayer · Realistic · Sports · Singleplayer · Open World · Controller · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · VR Supported · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese *
Achievements47
Official sitehttp://www.slightlymadstudios.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 10 (+ specific versions of 7) Processor: 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 3450, 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX680 or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 50 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card