rFactor 2
Summary
rFactor 2 is a realistic, easily extendable racing simulation from Studio 397. It offers the latest in vehicle and race customization, great graphics, outstanding multiplayer and the height of racing realism. rFactor 2 features mixed class road racing with ultra realistic dynamics, an immersive sound environment and stunning graphics, perfect for top-level esports and a rich single-player experience.
Race against a field of AI cars, or in multi-player mode against others. rFactor 2 supports a full day-night cycle as well as dynamically varying weather conditions such as rain which dynamically builds into puddles. Tracks feature "real-road" technology that changes the grip as more cars drive on it. You can run full 24 hour endurance events and in multi-player mode, driver swaps are also supported. Everything can be customized by the community, including adding new tracks and cars, and a wealth of add-ons are available on-line.Working with several partners, rFactor 2 has been used in hundreds of esport championships all over the world – in particular McLaren’s World’s Fastest Gamer and Formula E.
rFactor 2 is also an evolving product, which will be updated and added to for many years, so the list of features will expand!Features
Physics
- Updated to use multi-core CPU technology
- Advanced physics engine
- Newly updated tyre model
- Driving surface construction, even painted line thickness, affects grip levels
- Engine boost and Turbo modeling
- Complex aerodynamics
- Head physics, cockpit vibrations, detailed bump modeling
Dynamic Racing Experience
- Real-time day/night lighting transitions
- Realistic wet/dry weather transitions
- Dynamically laid rubber increases grip throughout racing session(s)
- Rubber chunks (“marbles”) roll off tyres and can affect grip
- Tyres sustain damage from poor driving (such as "flatspotting" a tyre) or setups, affecting grip immediately and over time
- Dynamically drying racing line after rain
- Environments filled with animated events like planes, flag marshalls and more…
Graphics/Sound
- Real-time day/night lighting transitions
- Projected headlights for night time driving
- Open VR support for multiple headsets
- Look to apex and head motion tracking support
- DX11 advanced graphics engine
- Real-time day/night transitions
- Adjust player and opponent volume ratio
- See the apex with the Look Ahead slider
- Adjust your seat and mirror while in the driver’s seat
- Updating real-time scoring towers
- Expanded and enhanced gauge and LCD features for vehicle cockpits
- Improved loading times
- Updated sound engine
- Changing engine sounds based on upgraded vehicle performance
Gameplay
- New AI who will race for and defend positions
- Define AI opponent types, strength and aggression
- Races can be lap based, time based or both
- Vehicle upgrade system that affects both the appearance and performance of a vehicle
Camera/Replays
- “Resume from Replay” allows you to resume a race from a saved replay
- Full screen monitor and ability to rewind
- Freely move camera from any position including the ever famous exclusive Swingman
- Spectator mode
Multiplayer
- Opponent car skins automatically transmitted
- Completely new multiplayer engine
- Dedicated server
- Native voting system
- Add AI to multiplayer games
- Boot and ban player lists that can be passed around
- Security checks to combat potential cheating
Open Architecture
- Support for modder created car,track and plugin content
- Fully adjustable Showroom, UI and HUD layouts
- More Plugin Interfaces
- Easy to use customizable multi-language support
- Rules to simulate different types of racing
- Completely customize your controller
- Drop in new vehicle liveries
Cars and Tracks
- Over 35 free and paid licensed cars and tracks includiing Silverstone, Renault, Formula E, McLaren, Mercedes, Bentley – the list goes on
- Steam Workshop support for installing cars and tracks
- Steam Item Store for paid content here http://store.steampowered.com/itemstore/365960/browse/?filter=Packs
- For a current list of cars and tracks shipped with the simulation visit this link to the workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/id/studio-397/myworkshopfiles/?appid=365960
Game Discussion
Steam User 7
Old but gold. Still the best handling. The only downside is the amount of paywalled official content, but the mods make up for it.
Steam User 12
Cars' physics is mostly better than any other sim. And, OMG, the tyres! You can feel them.
Racing the AI is really good: way, way better than AC, on a par with the AI in AMS2, maybe even better. I got all of the content (which does cost a bit), but I'm very happy I did. The game can, often, look really good too, almost at the level of AC. I'll be using RF2 for a long time.
Steam User 8
Definetly the best tyre-model available today together with Le Mans Ultimate (a de-facto direct son) and rFactor1-GTR2-AMS1-RaceRoom.
Here you feel the asphalt and you don't get the boring dry fly-over-the-track of iRacing/AC/ACC/AMS2.
Such a great game with great DLCs and an online community with free downloads.
Steam User 6
Getting a bit old now, but can still find a car or track I like to run in this game.
Steam workshop has loads of stuff to play with!
Steam User 5
On sale this game is an <insane> value. For something like 5 bucks you get a fully featured driving sim that is on par with Assetto Corsa (which is also an insane value). It is dated graphically, but otherwise it is excellent -- well, with some notes.... Expert reviewers claim that the FFB modelling, physics and tire modelling in this game are genuinely first-rate. This is literally one of the top sims for driving physics according to folks who claim to know such things. Its car set up features seem very complete. It has an interesting system for setting up quick races v ai, and the UI pretty intuitive. The bad? Well, it has NO career mode at all, lol. (Not a big deal at all imho... and I love the way you can configure the skill and aggression of the AI drving against you in races.) But the bad starts to become apparent as you get deeper into the content. There's a bunch of a la carte premium content that used to be free or at least bundled and priced more reasonably but now it's like 5 bux a track and 4 bucks a car... so, that sucks but then all driving sims seem to be into cash-raping their users now. It isn't iRacing at least. But worse, some of the original supplied content is JANKY. I think this game is in the bargain bin because they lost (or decided to no longer support) licensing agreements. So you get some tracks going by weird names (Monza is Brianza! Lol. Monaco is Monte Carlo... Spa is something silly cant recall) but worse original items can be a bit broken... the pit lane at "Monte Carlo" is totally broken for example... but a premium version (presumably with a functioning pit lane) of that track, Cirque D'Azur (something like that) is available to buy... wtf is up with tht? The free content available on STEAM WORKSHOP is NOT really <<extra content>>... the content there by Studio 397 is the content of the game that gets installed when you buy it... How it's also in "workshop'" I don't really understand, but if you subtract that Studio 397 stuff from the workshop offerings, you'll see whats left is pretty thin. (Although some of it looks pretty cool, gotta try it out.) So yeah for 5 dollars you get some issues. I haven't tried out online multiplayer yet (am waiting for my FFB wheel to show up)... but if the multiplayer is ok at all this game is a major steal despite the negatives such as they are. The core of this thing seems excellent. I think it's been abandoned/moved-on-from by its studio. FYI it is made by Studio 397 which is the developer of the current "hot" car sim, Le Mans Ultimate, which I guess sucks up all the attention. But the sad part is I think rFactor2 is in the bargain bin when maybe it deserved a longer, better run. Which happens to A LOT of games. Look. I only have a few hours in this game and I'm not an expert car simmer so you should research more than my opinion... there are issues I haven't gotten to in this review -- but google AI solves all documentation "how do I?" problems.... bottom line -- at the sale price this game is ridiculously worth exploring for anyone into sim driving.
Steam User 6
Not perfect!!! Nothing is,really...but if you're looking for " A more physics realistic experience " RFactor2 is Uneven, the tyre physics is like no other!!! yes there's good games out there but so far none manage to represent such physics, is all about Graphics and Arcade, away from my preferences.
Studio 397 brought good work into Rfactor2 trying to revive Rfactor2 for the great Sim that is but more work need to be done, hopefully this Sim will be in a continuous developing and more cared for.
Good races to all those that loves the Sim...
Steam User 3
For what experience this game delivers, it costs next to nothing on sale. Just €4! A takeaway coffee costs more, anno 2025! This game delivers unmatched FFB, graphics are fine, just fine and it's so much fun!
But it's the content that lacks within this price tag. While buying tracks and cars individually may not break the bank, and there are plenty of mods too. Wanting to have it all will costs a pretty penny.