ToCA Race Driver 2: The Ultimate Racing Simulator

by Codemasters

Product Features

• Race in 31 championships covering 15 different motor racing styles -- all with fantastic graphics, sharp AI and great racing physics
• All the standard racing modes are here - go to any open track for Free Race, race the clock in Time Trial, or take on friends in split-screen multiplayer mode
• Give the wildest new racing styles a try - Ice-racing, street races, oval racing, Rallycross, even Super Truck Racing
• Test yourself against 35 champions, each with their own cars & racing styles
• Experience 50 of the world's toughest tracks, across Europe, Australia and North America

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00024I0GA
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: April 13, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,923 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

ToCA Race Driver 2: The Ultimate Racing Simulator brings you a world of new features and options, for a new spin on racing games! Multiple racing modes from around the world combine with new role-playing elements, bringing you racing action, variety & a solid storyline. It's the most spectacular racing game you've ever seen! As you play, you'll unlock the world's fastest racing machines - Aston Martins, Jaguar XKRs, Nissan Skylines and other prime racing machines are yours for the taking Immersive storyline covers your progression through the racing world -- presented in entertaining reality-TV clips Multiplayer support for up to 16 racers -- test your skills against racing fans from across the world!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars this is not the one, I've had better, January 20, 2006

By 

Ruigang Liu "lruigang" (Beijing, China) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: ToCA Race Driver 2: The Ultimate Racing Simulator (CD-ROM)

1, if you start on full throttle, your speed will remain at around 18 MPH for about 5 seconds. the RPM is on red line and the car's going straightly but you gain no speed. this happens sometimes even when you start up with 2nd gear. how real huh?

2, if you crash into a spinning opponent at a high speed, your car will be totalled while that opponent can keep going like nothing happened. how fair!!

3, you are always placed waaaay behind your key opponents at the beginning of every race even if you came in first place at the previous one.

btw, i just finished 91% of the career mode using a computer keyboard. and I was really bothered by the facts i listed above.

and my suggestion is to buy Project Gotham Racing 2 on Xbox instead. PGR 2 is a far better game than this one. more tracks, more cars, better graphics and the most important thing is the game has no stupid flaws like this one.

for PGR 2, you don't have all the cars in the beginning, but you can have at least 2 in each class. It took me a lot of time to unlock ALL the cars in PGR 2, but unlike this one, I don't regret my time and my effort and my money.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brill, December 27, 2005

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RM (London Colney, HE UK) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: ToCA Race Driver 2: The Ultimate Racing Simulator (CD-ROM)

I own both Toca Race Driver 1 and 2 and while both are great games, I have to say that TRD2 is that little bit better. What I particularly like is the fact that it's a mixture of Arcade and Sim, so you get to experience the best of both worlds. There are far more tracks and championships then there were in the original and the graphics and FMV have had a noticeable improvement.

However, there are some things which I found to be inferior to TRD1. Firstly, while the range of different driving championships has improved (e.g. off-road and supertruck racing) there are in fact fewer vehicles in the game (35 compared to 42 in the first one) Also, with the fine exception of Seat, European manufacturers such as Alfa Romeo, MG, Vauxhall and Saab have been replaced with mainly Ford and Ford owned companies, such as Jaguar and Aston Martin, although you do also have Mercedes and Audi.

While I do like these manufactuers, there isn't such a broad range of manufacturers as there was in the first game. Another drawback is the fact that in any one championship, there are only a maximum of 3 different types of cars. For example, in the Vintage Classic chamionship, you have the Ford Mustang '68, the Jaguar E-Type and the Aston Martin DB5. In TRD1, there were chamionships which had 6 different types of cars on the track at the same time.

However, all of these are relatively minor criticisms that can be easily overlooked once you start playing the game and having lots of fun. Just be aware that full installation is almost 4gigs.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great driving model, December 16, 2004

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Orthogonal "~Orthogonal" (Western Washington) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: ToCA Race Driver 2: The Ultimate Racing Simulator (CD-ROM)

This is one of THE BEST, most accurate driving models on consoles today.

It's not easy, and the interface isn't the greatest, but the driving on the track is top shelf. Lack of replays, locked cars, and all that is annoying enough, but; if you are a driving enthusiast and find console games lacking in realism - GET THIS TITLE! The on track racing is the best on any console I have seen so far, which is most of them.