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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 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

81.1%positive18,374 reviews
Recommended · 27 found this helpful

“I know that writing a review for a delisted game is basically pointless.. but.. this game really deserves it. I'm a hobbyist simracer (have a decent setup with motion simulator, Fanatec DD, triple monitors, VR etc..) and after a few years away from the hobby I decided to have a…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“PC2 is absolutely in the top 3 for all-time best sim racing games. Not only are the driving dynamics on point, (only challenged by simulators like Assetto Corsa), but the career gameplay is amazing. I've never played another game that actually makes you feel like a race car…”

— a player, Steam review · 79 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“51 hours in this game and cannot force myself to get to 52. Wholly unpredictable from race to race, if it "rains" for a race just turn the game off. Car setup may as well be done with a ouiji board for all the good it does. A frustrating waste of money.”

— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:07 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

71playing at last check
14424-hour peak
6,726all-time peak
0 2.5k 5k 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 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 2026-07-25.

47achievements
2.2%median completion
0.4%rarest: One More For The Road
97.0% of players 65.5% of players 40.5% of players 24.9% 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 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% 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 0.4% 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
0.4%One More For The Road — Earned all other achievements
0.5%The Milk Man — Won a full distance (200 Laps) Indy 500 race
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 2026-07-26 08:39 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 2026-05-20.

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
Estimated owners1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy)
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