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This is closest I think anyone has gotten to the definitive racing simulator, with mods at least. If you don't add any mods it's a 5 or 6 out of 10 and it's just something that exists, but with mods it is a masterpiece. You can race at any circuit you can think of, even fictional ones and places you have never heard of (beware, the quality varies, but most major circuits are pretty high quality). You can race anything besides most boring econoboxes and SUV's. The day-night cycle with SOL works flawlessly. The AI isn't amazing, but it is passable and better than Gran Turismo. Online works pretty well, but in the lobbies at least you are pretty much restricted to random motorway driving, Nordschleife hotlapping or GT3 at Spa. Rain only works on select cars and venues and is pretty wonky, and gravel physics weren't implemented so I would avoid the gravel or snow rally mods. With a little bit of improving to the AI and the addittion of rain and gravel physics whilst still retaining the incredible moddability of the original ,Assetto Corsa 2 will become the definitive racing game.

I really want to love this title, but I just can't. The driving is absolutely incredible, but it is such a pain to set up, and if you don't get DLC (which is pretty expensive), there is not a lot to offer. This game could have been the definitive racing sim if it had the modding capabilities of the original rfactor, but unfortunately for rfactor 2 that game was Assetto Corsa. The only saving grace of this game is the driving. If the driving was average like Dirt Rally 2.0 or RaceRoom, I would give it a 2 or maybe a 1 because there would be no reason for the game to exist.

Not a traditional Gran Turismo game, but the online racing was very cool. Sort of an iRacing that you don't have to sell your organs to afford. The updates were cool, it has most of the tracks you would want in a racing game besides from Silverstone, the car selection, although a little bit now is still interesting. The driving is not hyper realistic, but it is easy to play without feeling unnatural. In my opinion, it get's a lot of undeserved hate because a lot of people expected a traditional Gran Turismo game even though the marketing team made it clear it wasn't (unlike a certain other game GT7). But I guess people were just really desperate for a PS4 Gran Turismo game so I can understand their disappointment.