TOCA Race Driver 2: The Ultimate Racing Simulator

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TOCA Race Driver 2: The Ultimate Racing Simulator

Game general and emulation properties:
CERO rating: A
ESRB rating: T (Mild Language, Mild Violence)
PEGI rating: 12+ (Bad Language)
Game supports headset
Game supports steering wheel
Widescreen supported natively
Supports up to two local players
Supported up to eight LAN/online players
Languages supported:
English: SLES-52637 & SLUS-21039 & SLES-52639
Japanese: SLPM-66498
German: SLES-52637 & SLES-52639
French: SLES-52637 & SLES-52639
Spanish: SLES-52637 & SLES-52639
Italian: SLES-52637 & SLES-52639
Region NTSC-U:
Serial numbers: SLUS-21039
Release date: October 5, 2004
CRCs: 22C36E63
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region PAL:
Serial numbers: SLES-52637
SLES-52638
SLES-52639
SLES-52638/P (Platinum)
Release date: October 15, 2004
CRCs: EE5EF293
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region NTSC-J/C/K:
Serial numbers: SLPM-66498
Release date: December 14, 2006
Windows Status: ?
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Codemasters
Publisher(s): Codemasters (US, EU), Interchannel (JP)
Genre: Racing
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: GameRankings83/100, Metacritic83/100
Game description: No more switching games to experience different types of racing; TOCA Race Driver 2 features 15 different motor racing styles, including Street Racing, Rally Cross, and Super Trucks. The game's 31 licensed and fictional global race locations offer 48 tracks, including Hockenheim from the German DTM series and Surfers Paradise from the Australian V8 series. Ride in a variety of cars such as Ford GT, Aston Martin Vanquish, and Nissan Skyline, and battle for position against 21 cars on the track.
The career mode offers a wider selection of championships than previous games, featuring the likes of Supertruck and Rallycross in addition to the traditional touring car formats. However, not for the first time in the series, the British Touring Car Championship was not included, yet the franchise continued to license the TOCA name in the title.


Test configurations on Windows:


Environment Configurations Comments Tester
Region OS CPU/GPU Revision Graphics Sound/Pad
NTSC-U ?
  • Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5400 @ 3.60 GHz
  • NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
0.9.8 GSdx r4600
  • SPU2-X 1.4.0
  • LilyPad 0.10.0
BIOS: Europe v02.20, PAL last tested in 0.9.2 with blue stripes on screens. Probably playable in 0.9.8 too. 45-60 FPS, frameskip can help for 60/60 but less smooth. Machina
PAL Windows
  • Intel Core i5-3330
  • AMD Radeon HD 6850
1.3 Git 29 of April GSdx
  • SPU2-X
  • ?
USA v02.20(10/02/2006) Somes scan lines in hardware mode, software mode fix it.


Trivia

  • Original names: トカ レース ドライバー 2 アルティメット レーシング シミュレーター (SLPM-66498), V8 Supercars Australia 2 (SLES-52639)
  • Also known as DTM Race Driver 2 (EU), V8 Supercars 2 (AU), TOCA Race Driver 2
  • The game sets to widescreen when it is prompted by the 16:9 ratio setting in the PS2 internal menu.


Known Issues

Broken Shadows

  • Status: Active
  • Type: Serious
  • Description: In Hardware mode the car shadow is a big black square.
  • Workaround: Go to Config > Video (GS) > Plugin Settings, click "Enable HW Hacks", go to Configure Hacks and set Skipdraw to '1'. This will remove the car shadow. To keep the it intact switch to Software mode by setting Renderer to any of the "(Software)" options.


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Public compatibility forum links