Why I buy this one ?
- Gameplay Career mode with upgrades that affect the vehicle's appearance, performance, and sound. Define AI opponent types, strength and aggression. Races can be lap based, time based or both. More configurable keys than you can shake a stick at.
- Camera/Replays Full screen monitor and ability to rewind Multiplayer Completely new multiplayer engine! Built in race statistics reporting to web based RaceCast system with a built in friends list.
- RaceCast Join or watch any race from RaceCast. Search through past races, Downloadable XML race results. Driver profiles with statistics, rRank formula utilizing a wide range of driver statistics. See who's online and on what server
- Open Architecture Extensive support for modders Easy to use customizable multi-language support, Define a league schedule. Rules to simulate different types of racing, Completely customize your controller.
- Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/XP 64-bit (will not run in Win95 or Win98 first edition) 1.0 GHz processor 256 MB RAM Geforce 3 or Radeon 8500 DirectX 9.0c 1.1 GB of hard drive space for installation Internet connection required for one-time activation

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What our customer's say!

"Best Sim Ever", I'm not going to write about all the tech stuff. I've been driving sims for many years. There were some good ones from EA Sports and a couple of NASCAR games.
GTR2 is a great sim and RFactor in my opinion is the best. I play both regularly but RFactor the most.
Buy either one and you can't go wrong.

"Very good", As far as a racing sim, it certainly has a better physics model than most other racing games. Car types include open-wheel, touring and NASCAR offering something to fans of many a genre. The only negative aspect of the game was the lack of real-world cars, products, drivers that gamers and race fans tend to expect in racing games today. Other than that, it's a blast.

"The best value in sim racing !!!", Great game, wonderful online community. Hundreds of cars, hundreds of tracks. Check out rfactorcentral.com to see all that is available. New cars and tracks released almost daily. Always something new to try. F1 cars racing against huge semis at Bristol or NASCAR at Monaco. Off road trucks & buggies, sprint cars, late models, modifieds, rallycross, F1 from 1955 to present, champs cars, IRL, AMLS, stock cars, touring cars, sports cars and many more.
Can you tell....I'm an rFactor junkie.

"Excellent racing simulator", I purchased this game for use with my Logitech G25 force feedback wheel. Man, am i happy with it! the cars are completely tuneable in fine incriments from rev-limit to brake bias. almost all the cars are upgradeable too (not the F1 cars). there is a good selection of open wheel racers from low hp trainers to F3000 and F1. there are stock cars and several different closed cockpit vehicles too with FWD, 4WD, and RWD trims. unfortunately the vehicles have that "generic" style too them that somewhat poorly emulates the real vehicle it was styled after. its obvious this title was designed around extremely accurate car physics and not aesthetics, however the cockpit view in each vehicle is very detailed and realistic.

there is a small handful of courses to choose from with a few variations of each. there is a large mixed dirt/tarmac rallye style course that lets you test your off-road capabilities- highly recommend! it winds through mountain s-turns then back down to the valley and through a small town. a skilled player can enjoy drift style technique on the tarmac s-turns; incredibly difficult but challenging and fun on a racing wheel. the oval style racing in either the F1 or stock cars is also really fun. it lets you fine tune your car to find the perfect setup to get a nose out on your competitors.

overall this is an excellent racing simulator. the graphics and sound effects are super realistic. the only room for improvement would be name-brand vehicles and a few more tracks to choose from. definitely one that will stay in my gaming library for years to come. i only recommend this title if you have or will be getting a force feedback wheel with clutch and 6spd gearbox capabilities.