
Experience fast-paced top-down retro racing: build your own tracks, climb global leaderboards, challenge friends in split-screen, and race through dynamic day-to-night transitions in multi-category events.
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Pretend Cars Racing is back—rebuilt from the ground up. Keeping its signature balance between arcade fun and simulation feel, Pretend Cars Racing 2 brings more cars, more tracks, and more ways to race. Create and share custom circuits with the built-in Track Creator and Steam Workshop support, experience a dynamic day–night cycle designed for long multi-class events, and enjoy a long list of improvements across the board.
A refreshed physics approach makes the game instantly enjoyable from your very first laps—yet deeply rewarding as you improve. You’ll find yourself chasing that perfect lap time whether you’re racing AI, battling friends, or pushing for the top spot on the global leaderboards.
The game supports split-screen multiplayer so you can race against friends, locally or via the Internet even if they don't own a copy, through Steam's Let's Play Together!
The base game includes 37 tracks inspired by real-world circuits and original layouts, plus 7 car categories spanning multiple eras of motorsport—each demanding a different driving style.
Alongside nearly 40 included tracks, you can expand the roster with your own creations or community-made circuits. The Track Creator is easy to use and fully integrated with Steam Workshop. You can also customize the names and looks of the entire driver grid to make every championship feel personal.
Time progression during races adds fresh challenges. Let the hours pass naturally—or speed them up for faster transitions—to recreate night races and endurance-style events, even under the rain.
Follow the journey of a young sim racer as he takes his first steps toward becoming a real racing driver.
From his early years to the challenges of professional motorsport, the story takes you through different stages of his life and introduces a variety of racing categories along the way.
The revised handling model improves steering, weight transfer, grip, and overall control while supporting FWD, RWD, and AWD cars.
Every car has its own character, bringing the game closer to a simulation without losing the fast, accessible feel that defines Pretend Cars Racing.
Racing feels more alive thanks to upgraded particle effects, improved audio, dynamic lighting, and persistent skid marks that leave a visible trace of the battles taking place on track.
From tire smoke and debris to changing lighting conditions, every race builds its own visual story.
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An absolute blast to play on all my devices (PC of course but also steam deck and it docked onto the big screen) Pick and play. Easy peasy. Mastering it is tough though and the AI on full makes for pure madness. If you are a kid from the 80s, this is a must play.
I have played many racing games in this genre and believe this to be one of the best. Once I got accustomed to the car handling the game became very addictive (just one more race). The developer is very attentive on the discord server and seems intent on listening to the community to better the game. I'm looking forward to the upcoming editor and the community-made maps. I fully recommend the game as one of the best values around!!!
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Languages: English*, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America*languages with full audio support
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A fantastic little racer that gives you plenty out of the starting gate. I really like how the cars have actual weight to them; you'll understand what I mean once you give it a try. There's a nice selection of fictional and real world courses, plus a bunch of different car classes to choose from. I also rather enjoyed the very retro sponsors you see on the trackside, very cool throwbacks ;)
Pretend Cars Racing 2 is an awesome racing game. Just like the original but with everything turned up to 11. More cars, more tracks, better graphics.. And it's even getting a campaign & map builder. Watch this space - I will edit this and link to a full review when 1.0 releases! For more niche curation, follow me at: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27440015-CSH-Picone/ Want more honest niche & indie reviews? Check out: https://www.cshpicone.com/gaming
Pretend Cars Racing 2 is a must-play top-down racer! I love how the physics feel; you can really throw these little cars around, which makes cornering incredibly rewarding. This game offers so much for its size, featuring fun multiclass racing, endless Steam Workshop maps, and an easy-to-use circuit creator.
Наконец-то желание просто кататься вернулось. Особенно, после кучи часов в фх6, где весь контент упирается в то, что тебе придётся делать метабилд, либо кататься в спек-р, где у тебя определённый набор машин, который НУУУУУ ОЧЕНЬ МАЛОВЕРОЯТНО, что будут расширять. Спасибо разрабам, кайфанул смачно
I'm always looking for games that don't need a ton of processor or graphics power that I can run on my laptop for killing some time every now and then. I have a few other top-down games like Super Woden, Ultimate 2d and Art of Rally (the latter not really falling under the "low power" games...but it is top-down). This one runs perfectly on my older Thinkpad running Fedora Linux and I found it quick to suss out the controls. I started it on the lowest AI settings, but quickly bumped it up as I learned. The AI is decent...nothing to write home about, but typical of this type of an arcade game. Very happy with the game and look forward to seeing it grow!
I tried many racing games recently and always ended up uninstalling because the driving sensations were not good enough or IA was not “human” enough. PCR2 manages to perfectly scratch that itch: it’s surprisingly fun, and I think that all the feedback provided during early access has brought IA to a near perfect spot. The game has very good foundations with great driving sensations, competitive races and many tracks and cars to try. Can’t wait to see what’s coming next!
Great Game! Tight controls. Good career mode.
i love this game. it is very fun i stay on it for hours just immersed in the game and it's features
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