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World Racing 2 - Champion Edition

World Racing 2 - Champion Edition

World Racing 2 is back - revamped with a new look! The highly acclaimed racing spectacle makes the streets on your screen glow like never before! The new Champion Edition offers modding and Steam Workshop support. Are you ready to start the race of your life? The roads are waiting for you!

Released Dec 8, 2022 Developer Synetic GmbH Publisher UniqueGames Publishing GmbH Platforms Windows SportsActionRacingArcade3D
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.

85.1%positive349 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“INTRO I was ignoring this game 20 years ago when physical copies were still available in stores. I was stupid. THE GOOD, NOT SO GOOD AND THE BAD + Peak mid-2000s keyboard-friendly car handling and physics + Rather impressive selection of vehicles including often ignored basic…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“A very competent arcade racer with a wide selection of cars. While they had to get rid of the car branding for the champion edition, there's a mod that can bring the cars and liveries back to their licensed counterparts. It even has a free roaming mode for people who just want…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“This is one of the most frustrating racing games I've played. Not because it's bad or badly made but because it is a prime example of a developer having a basic grasp of the fundamental gameplay mechanic they're working on and yet are completely detached from the reality of…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

52achievements
8.5%median completion
1.7%rarest: Track Tester
67.7% of players 57.0% of players 53.2% of players 42.9% of players 42.1% of players 40.1% of players 34.8% of players 29.7% of players 29.0% of players 28.4% of players 27.0% of players 23.9% of players 23.5% of players 23.2% of players 20.6% of players 18.0% of players 16.4% of players 16.3% of players 16.3% of players 15.5% of players 15.0% of players 14.3% of players 11.5% of players 10.1% of players 9.6% of players 9.4% of players 8.5% of players 8.1% of players 6.9% of players 6.4% of players 6.3% of players 6.1% of players 5.9% of players 4.6% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 4.0% of players 4.0% of players 3.7% of players 3.5% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 67.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
67.7%Beginner Careerist — Complete "Your Fastest Lap" mission in Career mode.
57.0%Navigator — Complete all checkpoints within the allotted time in Waypoint Race mode.
53.2%Sunday Driver — Complete the "Aptitude Test" before starting Career mode.
Rarest badges of honor
1.7%Track Tester — Race on every track in the game.
1.9%Test Driver — Drive every car in the game at least once.
2.5%Traveler — Buy every track available in the game.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$1.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-25
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil39.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$6.3 Japan Brazil Canada US Australia UK EU≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

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

Mar 16, 2025
Patch notes - 2025.03.16

Fixed a crash when loading car mods with too long texture names. To clarify: The latest patch introduced a safeguard against oversize texture names. Before this patch, and in the original WR2, the gam

Mar 11, 2025
Patch notes - 2025.03.11, Synetic Pack DLC

A free World Racing 2 Champion Edition - Synetic Pack DLC is now available, bringing all the official Add-On cars and rims from Synetic back in a new CE style. Multiple new Vinyls graciously provided

Nov 09, 2023
Patch notes - 2023.11.09

Fixed a minor issue introduced in the latest patch where some mod sceneries were left with untextured models, e.g. trees. Fixed the gear change indicator in the UI not working with Damage disabled.

Oct 25, 2023
Patch notes - 2023.10.25

Sceneries have been updated to support file deduplication. Alongside V1 , V2 and V3 subdirectories, a new All subdirectory has been added that contains files shared by two or more versions of the same

Dec 23, 2022
Patch notes - 2022.12.23

Hello! A new patch has been pushed live, containing several bugfixes to original and new issues, and introduces a single input-related design change borrowed from later games from Synetic. Fixed Racin

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Racing, Simulation, Sports
Player tagsSports · Action · Racing · Arcade · 3D · Simulation · 3D Vision · Beat 'em up · Realistic · Old School · Retro · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain
Achievements52
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 8,10,11 Processor: 1.8 GHZ Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 64MB 3D Graphic Card DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2000 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX Supported