I Played Every Racing Sim Game and Ranked Them

I spend 99% of my time playing iRacing, but how do other sims compare? Today we rank Assetto Corsa Competizione, rFactor 2, AMS 2 (Automobolista 2), Raceroom Racing Experience and Rennsport in this fun Sim racing comparison review of the best sim racing games, and the worst sim racing games that you should buy.

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Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - iRacing
03:28 - Rennsport
06:02 - Assetto Corsa Competizione
09:23 - Race Room Racing Experience
12:27 - Automobilista 2
15:11 - R Factor 2
18:10 - Outro

[daniel_gray]

Thanks for watching that, I just wanna say quickly since it might be easily missed in the video.

I was only ranking the overall feel of the car on the track and what I was experiencing driving the car.
If I were to rank the games in order of what I wanna play the most, It would completely be a different ranking.

Also as always, these are my opinions, please feel free to give me yours <3

[TheMineA]

Mario Kart Wii with the wiimote wheel > Rocket League > iRacing

[motelghost-ACurtis]

For graphics I'd give iracing 10/10 - if I was living in 2005.

[marcosvsantosdev]

What players of each racing sim has to say about this video:

iRacing player: "iRacing is better becau..*this comment was taken out by a netcode bump

Rennsport player: *This comment is available only for owners of at least one Founder's Pack. This comment is currently on open beta and does not reflect how the final version will be

ACC player: "ACC is better."

RaceRoom player: "It's been 84 years, so I don't even know what to say about it anymore."

AMS 2 player: *This comment was promised to launch August 4th 2024, but the day is already over and yet no updates about it from Reiza.
But it will become available sooner or later and it will arrive in three parts.

rFactor2 player: *To continue reading you need the necessary DLC of all the alphabet letters

AC player: *Comment available only through paid mods

LMU player: "Do I seem non-existent to you, bro?"

[ETR_Unicorn]

"With that being
The mating call of every YouTube reviewer.

[askeladden]

Modded AC is easily the most fun, especially now with LFM support. Best graphics, best feeling physics when driving on the edge, best drift physics, most content, best sounds, most customizability etc. Other sims are for pure racing enthusiasts, AC is for people who love both racing, cars and motorsports in general.

[abecede]

raceroom and sound six of ten? seriously? The one sim with the most gorgeous engine sounds? I start this game from time to time only for the audio...

[lukacindaric]

Giving iRacing 9 on sound while giving RaceRoom 6...welp i heard everything now.

[kenstewart]

It might not be the most realistic, but AMS2 is the most fun sim for me, especially in single player. It has so much variety without having to pay a fortune or install a bunch of mods. Looking forward to seeing how the tire model improvements will be in 1.6.

[BW_]

rFactor2 is such a ball ache to get going it really put me off. Spent hours just to get into a session and realised I STILL needed to do more setting up to get the car to drive properly! No thanks, I’ll stick with iRacing

[argiovi]

There is an error in this type of rankings and is that you give the same importance to all categories.
In a simulator the most important thing is driving and it cannot carry the same number of points as sound, for example. If you had a simulator that drives 10 points with a sound of 5 points and another mid-arcade simulator that drives 6 points with a sound of 10, the latter would be the winner. Has no sense. I think you have to put a multiplier on each category according to its importance. For example, driving x2, sound x1.0, graphics x1.3 and so on.

[hrmfa]

Did you update Raceroom before testing? I agree with the graphics part, but handling, force feedback and sound is quite good imo. Something must have gone wrong with your wheel setup when you installed Raceroom.

[d-z-]

rFactor 2 is certainly the best simulator for the driving physics, feel & experience, but if you want unlimited modding & free DLC with similar (top level) physics, the best choice would be to use rFactor 1 or Automobilista 1 😁

[stevenmelling]

ACC you can change the camera to lock to the horizon and adjust it on a scale .Game changer

[cav-_-]

rFactor 2 heavily depends on the mod though. The paid cars and tracks are usually a joy to drive, but when you get in a league and they use custom stuff, it can get really, really unrealistic/annoying to drive.

[NewcastleScotch]

I love AMS 2! The randomness is what makes it great, you can run stock cars in random tracks in Brazil. Not including the vehicles and all the different track options. Im drunk though. Happy New Year.

[skraegorn]

It’s pretty old but GTR 2 has aged really well with the HQ Anniversary patch and Crew Chief. It has the older version of Spa with the bus stop, obviously not a laser scan but very fun. The driving experience holds up well all things considered.

[gerardsitja]

AM2 it's the best by far if you don't want to pay Iracing subscription.
I love that the cars are already with good setups not like many other sims that give you undrivable stock cars.

[Django]

raceroom has got update to the tyre model and the FFB response tells you perfectly what the car is doing. I rank it about the best right now among the games I play just behind RF2. It was basic before the update last year. I dont like how long the tyres stay dirty after a touch of grass or out of track parts.

Overall the damage model is pretty forgiving and it feels like a lite simulator, but that just means new racers could find a lot of fun in this to get going.

[GaryFromAccounts]

Rennsport: Were we looking at the same game? It looks way uglier than even Raceroom.