
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.
The revised handling model improves control and steering feel, and supports FWD, RWD, and AWD cars. It brings the game closer to simulation while keeping its arcade spirit.
It’s not just lighting: upgraded particle effects, improved audio, and persistent skid marks make every race feel more intense and alive.
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Languages: English*, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America*languages with full audio support
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Reviews
A clear improvement on the first Pretend Cars Racing, with better pixel art, physics, day / night cycle, more content such as cars and tracks, as well as the option to use the workshop and a few more features to come. As it will be in early access for a short period. As with the first game, I want to highlight the different types of cars, how they handle differently, and how much fun it is trying to beat the lap records on each track with every car. There’s a demo available, give it a chance. [quote] [i] Follow [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44959158-Critiques-Sans-Frontiers/] our curator page [/url] to discover more worthy little games like this one. [/i] [/quote]
今までトップダウンビューのレースゲームを色々と購入して遊んできましたが、その中でもこの作品は非常に優秀であると思います。 挙動はアーケードながら車種ごとに違いが感じられ、タイトコーナーではしっかりとしたブレーキング、立ち上がりもクリーンさが必要で綺麗に走れるととても気分が良いです。 グラフィックはピクセルでありながら車のモデリングが良く、車種がしっかり判別出来ます。コースも実在をモデルとしたコースがあり違和感なく遊べます。コース外の表現もされていたり昼と夜、雨の再現もあり耐久レースなんかは雰囲気出ますね。 アーリーアクセスながら楽しく遊べるので、今後の展開が非常に楽しみです。あえて言えば、AIレベルが120%位まであるといいかなと思います。
This game is super fun and addictive. Perfect for anyone who loves motorsports and just wants to enjoy racing while vibing to a great soundtrack, driving a bunch of iconic cars from different classes. The dynamic weather and day-night cycle make everything even more awesome. You can really feel the developer’s passion in the details. It’s still in early access, so there’s plenty more to come. Definitely worth playing!
Oh snap! It's very good. The driving, to me, is S-tier. Right up there with Woden ... like, this is a solo dev who really gets arcade driving. Wild package for the price. Absolute no-brainer of a purchase imho.
I bought the demo going in blind, i haven't played the first game at all so i had no clue what i was getting into sure the game is fun but nothing is even remotely race-able or winnable in the conditions that you end up playing in. i get its an arcade game and not some sim or something like forza (sim-cade) but i at least want to actually race the ai instead of having a match of "Objective: Survive (Optional)" the game can be fun and time consuming, but i don't get how you can have a championship mode and a career mode up and coming knowing how the AI performs. on a side note, the AI is strangely indestructible and the players car seems easier to spin or wreck than the ai themselves which i don't get either.
Muy divertido y mejoró mucho con respecto a la versión original, hay muchos detalles nuevos y está todo muy cuidado.
First impressions are, this is a good overhead racing game. I am currently going through the championship to unlock the cars. I like the fact that each car handles differently. I look forward to seeing this game develop. Saw this recommended on a video by Higher Plain Games and that's what convinced me to get it.
Прикольная игра чтобы защипнуть на часа 3-4, за это время можно пройти все, если очень постараться
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!!!
Handles Really well and it has a good variety of cars and tracks.
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