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CSR 2

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User verdict / 100 High confidence Divided

CSR 2 offers realistic drag racing with impressive graphics and extensive car customization, but recent updates have introduced numerous game-breaking bugs, 'pay-to-win' mechanics, and frequent freezing issues, leading to a decline in user experience.

4.7★ lifetime (893,601) Free + in-app purchases since 2016 by Zynga Inc. updated 0.0 mo ago recent negative 48% 120 reviews across 4 regions
Bugs & Glitches Pay-to-Win / Monetization Graphics & Realism Repetitive & Unfair Gameplay Customer Support Ads & Pop-ups
5★284
4★101
3★103
2★109
1★337
recent reviews across 4 regions, vs the 4.7★ lifetime average

CSR 2 is a mobile drag racing game praised for its realistic graphics and car collection, but recent user reviews highlight significant issues with game stability, including freezing and black screens. Many players also criticize the increasing 'pay-to-play' aspects and the difficulty of progression without in-app purchases.

What users like

  • Realistic drag racing experience with good graphics and car varietyR2R38R74R80
  • Extensive car customization and collection features are enjoyableR9R17R65R100
  • Engaging gameplay for car enthusiasts, especially those who enjoy manual shiftingR16R87R93R103

What users complain about

  • Frequent freezing, black screens, and crashes make the game unplayable for many usersR1R4R7R18
  • Strong 'pay-to-win' elements and aggressive monetization force players to spend real money for progression or event participationR8R11R23R35
  • Numerous bugs prevent access to events, upgrades, or basic navigation, often requiring app restarts or reinstallationsR10R14R22R27
  • Rewards for free players are insufficient, and obtaining rare cars or high-value currency (like gold keys) is extremely difficultR31R32R41R133
  • Lack of customer support or effective solutions for recurring bugs and lost in-game itemsR13R15R45R46
  • Repetitive gameplay and unfair matchmaking in live races and showdownsR12R21R84R109
  • Excessive ads and pop-ups disrupt the gameplay experienceR71R216R217

Latest update · v6.6.1

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

Get ready for The Circuit — a brand-new 8-week season inspired by iconic locations from around the world. Collect exclusive cards from races, events, and activities across CSR2, complete seasonal posters, and earn rewards throughout the journey. Every race, reward, and challenge brings you one step closer to the season’s ultimate prize. Update 6.6 also includes bug fixes and performance improvements to keep your racing experience running smoothly.

Recurring themes

Bugs & Glitches negative
Many users report frequent freezing, black screens, crashes, and unclickable UI elements, making the game unplayable. These issues often occur after updates and prevent access to races, events, upgrades, or general navigation. The developer's notes mention 'bug fixes and performance improvements,' but recent reviews contradict this, indicating ongoing and severe stability problems.R1R4R7R10
Pay-to-Win / Monetization negative
A significant number of players feel the game is 'pay-to-play' or 'pay-to-win,' requiring substantial real-money investment to progress, win events, or acquire desirable cars. Free rewards are seen as insufficient, and events often demand specific cars that are difficult to obtain without spending.R8R11R23R35
Graphics & Realism positive
Many users praise the game's realistic graphics and immersive car models, contributing to an enjoyable racing experience.R2R34R38R65
Customer Support negative
Several reviews mention unresponsive or unhelpful customer support, particularly regarding lost items, payment issues, or persistent bugs.R13R15R45R46
Repetitive & Unfair Gameplay negative
Some players find the gameplay repetitive and report unfair matchmaking in live races and showdowns, often being paired against significantly stronger cars.R12R21R84R109
Ads & Pop-ups negative
The game is criticized for an excessive number of ads and pop-ups, which frequently interrupt gameplay and diminish the user experience.R71R216R217

Who it's for

CSR 2 is for car enthusiasts who enjoy realistic drag racing, extensive car collections, and customization R17R65R74. It might appeal to players willing to invest time or money to progress R8R11. However, it is NOT for players who get frustrated by frequent game-breaking bugs, 'pay-to-win' mechanics, or unresponsive customer support R4R23.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, focusing on bugs, monetization, and stability issues, which contrasts with the high lifetime rating. This suggests a significant decline in user experience with recent updates. While some positive aspects like graphics and car variety are mentioned, they are often overshadowed by critical problems. The developer's release notes mention bug fixes, but recent user feedback indicates these fixes have not resolved widespread issues.

Frequently asked

Is CSR 2 a 'pay-to-win' game?
Based on recent reviews, CSR 2 is heavily criticized for being a 'pay-to-win' game, with many players stating that significant real-money purchases are required to progress, win events, or acquire desirable cars R8R11R23R35.
Does CSR 2 have many bugs or crashing issues?
Yes, recent reviews indicate that CSR 2 has numerous bugs, including frequent freezing, black screens, crashes, and unclickable interface elements, which often make the game unplayable for users R1R4R7R18.
Is customer support for CSR 2 helpful?
Several players report that customer support for CSR 2 is unresponsive or unhelpful, particularly when dealing with issues like lost in-game items, payment problems, or persistent game bugs R13R15R45R46.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R2] 5/5 · US Un 1/4 de milla muy realista: Brutal. 🔥
  2. [R38] 2/5 · US My review: Really fun game and I love how realistic it is
  3. [R74] 5/5 · US Best Drag Racing Game: I’m ain’t never gonna be a better drag racing game than CSR2 and that’s a guarantee
  4. [R80] 5/5 · US 👍: Very good It has shifting you can upgrade your cars leveling up very good game if bored.
  5. [R9] 5/5 · US Love the game but: Hi im turbo power i love this game so much my mom gets mad im always racing my cars and trying to get mome easily but the game would be way better if u could sell your cars for full brice and i don't know how to get respect points it's kind of hard i wish it was easier but that's all im gonna do im gonna go play the game.
  6. [R17] 5/5 · US Fun: Very fun for car people that like to put on add on there card
  7. [R65] 4/5 · US 1vs1 private , car trades ,Gas Limit and adds: I’ve been playing CSR Racing 2 for years, and it’s one of my all-time favorite mobile games. I love the realistic graphics, the huge variety of cars, the customization, and the feeling of building an incredible collection. That’s exactly why I’m taking the time to write this review, I care about the future of this game and truly want to see it become e
  8. [R100] 4/5 · US Customization of certain cars.: I love the game. Been playing for years. My only issue is that with certain vehicles you can’t customize it because “it has a certain freshness”. I feel like that if I can’t choose the wheels for the car. I should at least be able to choose the color. Even if it’s another factory color. But I have so many cars that I won’t use. Just because I don’t like the color an
  9. [R16] 5/5 · US This is the best game ever: It was so fun I grinded day and night its uper fun I really recommend it im almost on the leader board
  10. [R87] 5/5 · US This is the best game: Best learning game for Manuel cars
  11. [R93] 5/5 · US Love: I love the game it’s very challenging But I love it
  12. [R103] 5/5 · US I’m din: Skibdi toilet
  13. [R1] 2/5 · US Game messing up: My game keeps freezing and the screens blacked out when you go into the showdown. I can’t click on any race
  14. [R4] 1/5 · US Froze: I can not race the game literally freezes when I go to the map to choose a race fix this cause I have spent money on this game and would hate for it to go to waste
  15. [R7] 2/5 · US Glitches: The game is constantly glitching and blacked out races I’m currently looking for a new game unfortunately
  16. [R18] 2/5 · US Freezing: My game keeps basically freezing everytime I go to click race, I can’t click on any of the events I can only move the map around
  17. [R8] 3/5 · US Fixed: This game is so rigged it’s sickening. Forget about doing any showdowns, when you get to a certain point you can’t win. It’s about them taking your money. You need real money to play this game, it’s a joke
  18. [R11] 1/5 · US Pay to play: Would give 0 stars if I could. It’s a great game but it’s definitely pay to play. If you don’t pay a mass amount of money than there is no way of beating a bunch of the series that are put out randomly. Also there is not enough time to beat the series either. With little time and having to spend tons of money to achieve or win things makes this game not the best. It’s a waste of time
  19. [R23] 1/5 · US Money hungry: Sick of the pay to participate event. This game doesn’t just want your money in hand in wants your savings as welll! It’s a GAME & you all ruined it. Let’s quit supporting phone games like this
  20. [R35] 3/5 · US Real Review: Do not fall for it. Reviews like “game is fun” or “I love this game 10/10”!. No these are fake or bought reviews or reviews done by 12 year olds who do not value money. The game is designed to drain your wallet. Here is how. The more you play the more it induces dopamine in your brain. This creates an addiction or a hook. Once the hook is created the free features become unavailable a
  21. [R10] 2/5 · US Game is bugged for me: I can’t get the game too work because it’s wanting me to do a showdown and I can’t do anything on the map as of now also can’t get into crew or anything
  22. [R14] 4/5 · US Bug: New to game fun bout 3 hours in and every menu I go into it has no back button I half to reset the game completely if I click anything off the menu screen please fix
  23. [R22] 1/5 · US Game glitching: New Amelia trip event for the Mazda RX 8 not allowing for customization to get stars every time I click on exhaust or exterior game freezes up
  24. [R27] 5/5 · US Glitched: Game has been glitched for over a week now requiring me to run some specific race and it won’t let me even let me upgrade the car that I have to drive.
  25. [R31] 3/5 · US Bugs and fixes: This game is great, it’s fun I enjoy playing a lot on my free time, I have been playing for a couple years now, my brother was the one that actually introduced this game to me. There aren’t to many bug and glitches apart from the occasional freezing which I have to then close the app and open it up again. I play good amount of the game I try and log on every day for rewards but eve
  26. [R32] 5/5 · US Fun: It’s really fun the graphics are good but why are the gold keys so hard to get?
  27. [R41] 3/5 · US The worst rewards and update ever!: I truly lost interest playing this game except for collecting the daily rewards (which they became useless lately). For the past year or so I have not gotten any good cars , I always get the ones I already have …I completely stopped playing the silver keys events, because you get the worst cars ever. In addition, any event you can only play the first three raci
  28. [R133] 3/5 · US Pay to play leaning: The game is good, input response is nice and satisfying. But the progression both story and currency wise is tight. A bit too restricting to me, makes the game feel heavily pay to play. *general canned response from company. It’s a grind heavy game. I have been play free to play for over a month now and still have not earned 10 gold keys. There is grinding because you’re f2p
  29. [R13] 5/5 · US HELP IMMEDIATELY!: I chose the wrong car by accident for the return rev it up challenge 💔 I have 2 bentleys and it wont let me sell 1 cause its rare, so I accidentally chose the non modded one, i’m on chapter 7/7 and tomorrow is the last day! please let me use my good bentley gt PLEASE, I’ve spent money with yall, dont lose a loyal gamer :(
  30. [R15] 1/5 · US Win a car out creates and they take it from me: So I put a little money into the game for Create keys and won the LB Nissan GTR R35 Premium. Log off for a little to come back to my GTR R35 missing.
  31. [R45] 1/5 · US CSR: It used to be I great game, until support let all the cheaters take over
  32. [R46] 1/5 · US Csr racing: The game was real nice at the beginning… now the game allows other players to still from your acccount and it’s allowed. Can’t win the events unless you mod your car ….. and support is the worse and they claim to stop cheaters ……….. now if your a cheater that’s still everything it’s the game for you…..I played for 10 years big waste we of money
  33. [R12] 2/5 · US Mid: Boring
  34. [R21] 2/5 · US Cool until you realize: Game has a decent structure and cars are awesome but as soon as you realize that your launch doesn’t have much influence on winning or losing the race it becomes pretty pointless and mundane. You can have a perfect launch. Basically no launch or just hold the throttle wide open the entire time and the outcome is pretty much the same every time. Stupid.
  35. [R84] 4/5 · US Hear me out….: Gets a little repetitive but the game has a good system and it’s fairly easy to make money.
  36. [R109] 3/5 · US CSR 2 racing concerns: It’s a good game overall but I don’t understand why in live races and showdown races I’m almost always getting paired with people who have insanely fast cars for example if my car is rated at 701+540 I get paired with cars that are like 715+1050 or something like that I understand the races are randomly generated and I can see it being ok if it was only every once in a while
  37. [R71] 1/5 · US Terrible UI: I used to play this game all the time years ago, and decided recently to redownload it and see what’s changed. Turns out all of the changes have been terrible. You can’t login to the game without being completely bombarded by dozens of pop-ups that you can’t close out of for some reason. After closing and reopening the game several times I’ve given up. It’s unplayable in the current s
  38. [R216] 3/5 · US Ad problem: I love the game but now there are so many ads. Last year, I stopped playing this game to take a break but when I got back on, ads are so frequent. I only used to see ads when I wanted parts or fuel but now I watch them without any of the thing. I have no choice but to watch ads after ever 2 or 3 races.
  39. [R217] 3/5 · US Ads: Holy ads Batman. Give it a rest guys the pop ups are ridiculous
  40. [R34] 4/5 · US Beautiful Graphics, but Please Improve the iPad Display: I first played this game around the time it was released, but I stopped after a short while. Then, around September 2025, I reinstalled it and started playing again. The graphics are absolutely beautiful, and they make the game so immersive that I sometimes lose track of time while playing. If I had to point out one thing that could be imp

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store