Stock Car Extreme Reviews

This is probably one of the best racing games on Steam. Loads of uncommon tracks, amazing cars (including V8 Supercars YAY!) and runs great on potato computers. Only thing I would change is adding the common tracks like Bathurst or Nurburgring, however, you can get mods for this. 9/10.

Car games nowadays are about graphics graphics graphics. But sadly I found most of the time, they don't make me feel I'm driving it as fast as the speedometer shows. I can "fly" a top Formula series in 300 km/h in-game, but it doesn't make me feel as "nervous" as I'm in a family wagon in 100 km/h. That's what I think they missed a lot, the immersion. But with this piece, in an old-school graphics, it did it. I don't know what magic spell did Reiza cast, but they made it, and they made it beautifully. Playing a Vee or Kart is as fun as the Extreme level now.

I've been playing a lot of racing sim titles and Stock Car Extreme is easily my favorite. The game is a blast and the one of the most completes packages up to date. It has a great selection of cars and tracks, great AI for offline races and great physics and FFB The graphics aren't really that bad, and you can improve them with SweetFX, ReShader or ENBs. If you're a sim racer, have a wheel and play games such as rF2 and AC, chances are you already own this game. If not, just buy it. You won't regret! Reiza has done an AMAZING job with this game. Congratulations! I really can't wait for future updates, bringing more cars and tracks. That's my personal rating of racing sims based on physics and FFB: SCExtreme / rF2 > AC > iRacing > R3E

Stock Car Extreme is a great racing game in its own right, but I would personally just recommend picking up Automobilista instead. Automobilista has working multiplayer, lots of mod support and more base game material and QoL upgrades that would increase your satisfaction playing the game.

First, before you read this, go buy either the reiza bundle or game stockcar extreme, and start installing it while you read this, you'll thank me. At first sight, the title might not seems so appealing, if you are like me and nascar ain't your thing, then likely, like me, you have never checked really what was game stockcar. I've been driving in rF2 since 2012, and I had heard game stockcar mentioned a few times. And often, people were talking about it with convictions. I had enough with rF2 and then AC came out, spent some time with it, realized it wasn't really my cup of tea, so I'm back to rF2. The gMotor engine sims are just the best. It is only recently that I realized that game stockcar extreme is actually brazil's stockcar, which are more like touring cars than nascars. So I bought the bundle. And boy... I should have gotten this long before. You have to know that game stockcar is using an heavily modded rFactor 1 engine. And pushes it so far, that you'd almost think they are using the rFactor 2 engine. For a long time, I believed ISI/Simbin were the best at making tracks, regarding accuracy, details, texturing, blending, repetitions, etc.. they are certainly above Kunos... and I'm not talking about how they look in game, AC have a better graphic engine. But after trying out GSCE, it's clear that Reiza is at the top. I have yet to try out all tracks, but so far, might have tried 7-8, and they all look fantastic. Tarmac textures are the best I've ever seen. And this goes for pretty much everything. The tracks themselves are super nice. I would move to Brazil any day to be able to race these tracks as much as I would like to. I'm a huge nordschleife fan, and I've raced this track for 3 years straight, and the tracks in there are very nice. Why did I mentioned the nordschleife, not because GSCE have such a track, but I mean, the nordschleife is a nice flowing tracks, and most of those in GSCE are like this. Very few tracks with tight hairpins, and lots of tracks with nice fast bends, plenty of challenging S, and all kind of long curves. The track surface (road definition) is probably the best I've seen as well. The tracks feels very alive. The AI is what you would expect from a gmotor engine based game, excellent. I have to train quite a bit on a given track in order to beat the AI at the default 95%. They are certainly very challenging. FFB is awesome, and it's hard to say which I like best between rFactor 2 and GSCE. That's much to say, since it's using an older engine. If you buy the bundle and get the formula truck, then you can race racing semis on the same track selections. If you like real simulators, then you are missing on much if you are passing on this.

This is a fantastic sim! Theres a good amount of mods to find and download yourself, but at the same time this is great with a wheel and pedals! PROS: Lots of car choices All types of tracks good physics can run on any PC and is easy to set up once you know your way around CONS: AI can be OP if you set it up wrong Some track mods wont load in right Multiplayer is kinda dead Not much to say about the Weather. I still give it 10/10, if you want something thats close to Iracing but you dont wanna fork over a bunch of money, this game is for you!

The first sim i bought for the pc was Race the WTCC game. which was about 4 or 5 years ago. I wasnt massively into sim racing then, it was just something i'd occasionally do, and i bought a cheap wheel and pedal set. Main reason i bought Race07 was coz i was into the BTCC and the WTCC in Race were the same cars (not exactly the same, but similar performance though some cars were in the BTCC that were the same such as the BMW 320 si). A few years later i bought ETS2 and decided i wanted to play that properly with a proper good wheel so bought a G27, which was great. Not long before i bought this wheel i bought my second racing sim, Assetto Corsa but i was hardly playing it, mainly due to the steering rotation limit on the cheap wheel i had and i still wasnt into sim racing that much. It was the G27 that really got me into it then as i thought i'd try Race07 and AC with the new wheel and boy did i love it, the FFB and everything, felt great. So ever since i've been mostly just playing racing sims and went on to buy others such as GTR2, Raceroom Racing Experience, and iRacing which is subscription based. One day i saw Stock Car Extreme, and by the sound of the name i thought it was some arcadey type play around game not worth a second look...but it was recommended to me in steam, so i gave it a look and saw so many positive reviews and i watched the videos and liked what i saw, couldnt believe it was a proper sim going by the name of it. So i ended up getting it and i can honestly say that despite the amount of different sims i have, i play this the most by far, in just offline racing as it is great. The physics, the FFB are spot on, despite the old graphics i've been loving it and i'm playing it the most despite paying a subscription for iRacing, along with the content on Raceroom. Now i said that touring cars such as the WTCC as what i like the most so i should really be playing Raceroom the most as that simulates them and has the official cars from 2013 (and now 2014) but theres just something about Stock Car Extreme that i love so much with just the physics and FFB and it has such a great range of different series including multiple types of karts and different eras of F1. I so highly recommend this game and hope everyone makes a contribution to Reiza studios' recent crowdfunding campaign. They deserve it with making such a great sim and adding so much content for free which for games like iRacing and Raceroom would cost you, per car and track, so buy this game you wont be disappointed and make a contribution so Reiza can push it beyond extreme whilst they work on their new sim, which i'm drooling over the thought of! 10/10 The only negative which is a downer for me is the championship scoring isnt implemented correctly and seems to be bugged, but Reiza have said they'll rectify this, even though it has been a while now but hopefully soon they'll have a permanent fix for it.

Well, to start, I have to say this is Hands Down the Best racing sim I have ever played. I've had the game for about a week now and cannot bring myself to even touch AC, PCars, RF2. The cars feel so much better in GSCE than anything on the market. Graphics - 7/10 (this is something that isn't even noticable while driving - the graphics may be slightly dated but are still very nice) FFB - 11/10 Nothing compares - not even close. This is the best ffb I have ever experienced. I can tell what the car is doing at all times. I have never felt this level of detail in any sim, AI - 10/10 Again the best I've seen. While having the ability to adjust the AI's skill and aggressiveness I have found them more than a pleasure to compete against at levels from 90 -105 (this is the only range I've used thus far). They act like real drivers not parading in a line riding a rail, not playing bumper cars or cutting the track. They are absolutely awsome. Car selection - 8/10 enough to keep you busy. May not be the biggest selection of cars but I have yet to race half of them. Can't get myself off the 2013-2014 stock cars . Sound - 9/10 The sound of the cars is very immersive. Sounds like you are actually there. Physics - 10/10 Everything feels dead on here. I'm no race car driver but I feel like one - that should count for something. Multiplayer - placeholder (I have yet to try this against real people yet - the Ai is keeping me company at the moment) Triple screen support - 8/10 I maybe wrong but I cannot find a way to adjust the bezel angle, but it still works great with triple monitors. There are also tons of mods available for this title- tracks, cars and just about anything else you can think of. Everything you can use for RFactor is available here too. Final thoughts: If you're like me and looked at this title on steam, debated on whether or not you needed another sim only to pass it by and visit it again later - then stop it. BUY the game already. There is no chance you will look back after you spent the first hour on it. Plus the Devs are about to add a whole bunch of new content including updating the graphic improving the already more than perfect FFB (not sure how it can be better, but looking forward to it), adding more cars, trucks, dirt tracks and more. Just buy the game

Quick word: No need to buy this game anymore! This was an AWESOME sim racing title but has since been replaced by Automobilista. Reiza is terrific and are the masters of manipulating the original rFactor engine. Seriously though, Automobilista is the same thing but bigger, better and continuously updated.

tl,dr: SCE has tons of great content and compelling gameplay and is worth your time and money. When I first saw Stock Car Extreme on Steam, I thought it seemed like something that wouldn’t interest me. “Stock Cars” mostly means NASCAR in the US, and I don’t like that kind of racing. And “Extreme”? Huh? It turns out the “Stock Car” comes from the Stock Car Brasil series which is similar to DTM. The “Extreme” is from Reiza’s (the developers) connection to “Cockpit Extreme Racing” which is a line of sim-racing cockpit products. I have forgiven the somewhat puzzling name. After reading some reviews and watching some YouTube videos, I tried the demo found on Reiza’s website (actually based on the 2012 version) and it clicked with me right away, so I uninstalled it and bought the game. SCE packs impressive content right there in the box. As of right now, there are 62 tracks included with the game. Most of these are located in South America or are historic versions of tracks from around the world. I think that is very cool. These are excellent circuits that are new to me, but aren’t contrived “fantasy” circuits. (Reiza knows how to make them look absolutely beautiful, too.) For me personally, not seeing Spa, for example, is a little refreshing. I do really like that track, but seems that almost every racing game these days has the same core set of famous tracks while there is so much else to see. SCE supports tons of existing mods as well as SCE-specific mods, so you’re sure to find just about any track or car you like anyway. Even though SCE is named after the Stock Car Brasil series, it offers many other classes of cars ranging from 1976 F1 cars to the Metalmoro prototype to Karts to 2014 F1 cars and more. Each class feels so different from the next that you are offered a very broad range of driving experiences. Scroll up and look at the list of DLC. Hint: it isn’t there. Reiza is continually updating the game and providing new content for free. New tracks and cars just show up in the game updates. For free. SCE has fantastic gameplay. Most sims these days have convincing vehicle physics and SCE is right up there with the best of them. • The engine, tires, and road sounds are all well done and sound great. Some of the metal-on-metal scraping sounds aren’t great, but everything else is really good. • The AI behave realistically and they make realistic mistakes, just like anyone. With the default and most appropriate aggression setting, they won’t crash into you like a dumb human, but will pass you when it’s proper to do so. • The force feedback effects are very good, but can be inadvertently ruined a little by the user if the controller settings are wrong outside of the game. There is a guide on the official Race Department forum for setting up your wheel. Once you have it set up properly, though, the FFB effects are as good as you’ll find anywhere. • There is a 24-hour cycle present in the game, so if you start an evening race (which looks fantastic), you may end up finishing in the dark. • The game modes are the usual simulation kinds of modes: there is Single Race, Testing, Championship, and of course Multiplayer. There are no “challenge” style events or modes. Just the kind of racing you might have in the real world. The in-game options let you tweak all the things you’d expect, but if you dive into the various config files, you can really tweak everything to exactly what you want. For example, I have my track map going the full height of the monitor, but only within the leftmost 20% of the screen. I also have the sectors of the track on the map display in different colors. There are many in-game options you can change while in the garage, without having to go back to the main menu like some other titles. SCE will likely work on whatever computer you happen to have. Because it utilizes the original rFactor engine (though you wouldn’t guess by looking), it is really light on system requirements. It’s almost guaranteed that anyone can get high framerates in SCE. It looks very good, but of course it doesn’t look as sugary-sweet-beautiful as Assetto Corsa or Project Cars, but sim racing is about more than just pretty pictures, isn’t it? One drawback I could scratch up is that the interface in the menus looks dated and stretched by default. There is an easy to install mod (literally just replacing a folder) that makes the front-end much nicer and easier to navigate. Also, it really works best with a wheel. You don’t need an expensive force-feedback setup, but a wheel (even non-FFB) will give you a better experience than a gamepad. When I first got SCE, I tried my Xbox360 controller and a Saitek P990 and never really got the settings dialled in very well like you might have in a Codemasters game. The gamepads were just a little too twitchy, so I dug my 16-year-old Microsoft Sidewinder Wheel (non-FFB, 200-degree-rotation) out of the garage, and it was so good. I played SCE with that wheel for a couple of weeks before the game compelled me to buy my G27. Stock Car Extreme is definitely worth buying whether you’re only interested in trying simulation racing or if you already have a collection of sim titles.