$29.99rFactor 2 Racing that rewards real skill
A serious racing sim built for shared track time: mixed-class fields, driver swaps for long endurance runs, and full multiplayer with AI fill-ins. You and your co-op friends can split stints, tune setups, and race changing grip and weather together.
Is rFactor 2 worth it?
rFactor 2 is worth it if…
- you like slow, careful planning and splitting long races as a team
- you want realistic handling, tuning, and changing weather to manage together
- you like mixed-class grids where different cars share one track
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Split the driving in long endurance races
Multiplayer supports driver swaps, so you can run full 24-hour endurance events as a team. One of you takes the night stint under projected headlights while the track dries, the other takes the wet morning when puddles build. You set lap-based or time-based rules, pick AI strength and aggression to fill the grid, and hand the car over. It is slow, coordinated racing for co-op friends who like planning.
Share a mixed grid with friends and AI
You race mixed-class road cars against AI or other drivers, with dedicated servers, voting, and automatic opponent skins. Grids can mix faster and slower machinery, so friends of different pace still have someone to fight. The AI races for position and defends, and you can add it straight into multiplayer games. The tyre model is a highlight, with flatspots, heat, wear, and marbles that punish rough driving.
A track that changes while you race
Day turns to night in real time, rain comes and goes, and the racing line dries last where you would expect it. Rubber laid down through the session adds grip, while painted lines and wet patches take it away. With over 35 licensed cars and tracks plus Workshop mods for more cars, tracks, and liveries, you can keep rebuilding the lobby. The presentation is dated and setup takes patience.
Good to know before you race together?
Can you play it solo?
Yes. You can race a field of AI cars with adjustable types, strength, and aggression, run lap-based or time-based races, and resume from a saved replay if a run goes wrong.
Can friends with different headsets or controls join?
The sim supports open VR for multiple headsets, look-to-apex and head motion tracking, adjustable seat and mirrors, and fully customizable controllers.
Does it support mods and custom rules?
Yes. The open architecture supports community cars, tracks, and plugins, custom showroom, UI and HUD layouts, and rules that simulate different types of racing.
Is it used for organized competition?
Yes. It has been used in hundreds of esports championships, including McLaren's World's Fastest Gamer and Formula E events, with scoring towers and cockpit gauges built for serious running.
