ToCA Race Driver 2: Ultimate Racing Simulator

ToCA Race Driver 2: Ultimate Racing Simulator - ToCA Race Driver 2 tried to show motorsport as a whole, and not just one discipline, and this is its main difference. In your career you have to combine incompatible things: touring cars, sports cars, trucks, rally racing and open wheels. Different series place different demands on the pilot, so moving from one to another becomes a separate challenge. The damage model here is one of the most severe for its time: a dented wing and damaged suspension change the behavior of the car, and sometimes you have to continue the race with a broken body, because stopping for repairs costs time. Because of this, racers learn to take turns carefully, rather than ram their opponents while braking. The career is designed as a path with contracts: good results allow you to move to a prestigious series, and failures leave you in a simpler league. In addition to the single part, there are local and online races where you can test yourself against live opponents. Artificial intelligence deserves special attention: rivals make human mistakes, but at the same time they know how to put pressure and punish for open doors, so few manage to stay in the first group right off the bat. The controls support both a gamepad and a steering wheel, which was important for the time, and the difficulty settings allow you to gradually move from arcade style to simulation. The challenge here is felt from the first laps. The graphics have long been outdated, but the spirit of motorsport has been preserved: victory in this game goes to those who know how to keep the car in check and not lose their head. ToCA Race Driver 2 is still remembered as one of the most honest racing games of the decade.