I loved Wreckfest 1..
Wreckfest 2 definitely feels like a visual upgrade to that..
The crash deformation is definitely better as u don't end up in a ball of metal with a driver somewhere pretzeled in the middle,
And now being able to paint parts of your car any colour u want (hopefully we get a designer mode for stickers and numbers too)
The game also looks a lot nicer overall
......BUT......
The "physics" are BAD..
Cars spin so easily its frustrating...
When hit both yours and the Ai Bots spin as if they don't have any grip and the cars have no weight...
This happens constantly during racing, where tiny taps that send vehicles spinning out of control,
this is only made more frustrating by the fact that half the Ai Drivers will choose to try to take you out constantly even to their own detriment

I had a race where i was 4th and the Ai Bot in 5th just decided we're both going off a cliff turned hard into my front qtr panel and drove us both straight off the edge not once did they even try to save themselves from the same fate..

Cars also seem to be "sticky" not as bad as games like Beam but rubbing doors (when the cars dont have any massive dents that would cause crash welding) is like velcro you get stuck to one another and this usually results in both of you being unable to steer, The Ai also dont seem to attempt to steer out of it, they mostly just opt to accelerate and drag you both off into a wall..

To top this all off the handling is VERY disappointing..
I found all the cars seem to handle about the same only differing if they were FWD or RWD ..
and all seem to suffer from insanely bad understeer..
Unless your going really slow or are drifting the corner.
In Wreckfest 1 was fine cause the Ai also did the same however in Wreckfest 2 u can get out turned by a Motorhome missing both its front tyres (happened to me multiple times) cause for some reason you just cant turn the wheels,
like they physically won't turn even if your at full lock/ full stick.. to me this is the most frustrating part as i have to be going so much slower around a corner than the Ai to be able to not just understeer off the track... so much so cars missing tyres would still out turn my car even if i kept it in pristine condition..
the only way was to steer the car using the rear end by getting it very sideways, which is slower than grip cornering and the Ai catch up right away/ pull away ahead.
and to someone who has raced cars in real life this is highly frustrating..

i even upped my steering sensitivity to maximum and turned down the deadzone and still would understeer off corners at lower speeds than the Ai were driving in a better condition car...
it might be ok for those players who use a Sim rig or wheel setup but on controller its disappointing to say the least..

the demolition derbies are chaos the Ai have no regard for their own lives and the Derby Arena's are huuuuuuge so yes "last man standing" mode has been added but the Ai drive like its regular deathmatch and with huge arena's if your playing on realistic damage u can die in 2 hits, the Ai also love to reset now when stationary meaning u can have them lined up and them pooof they just disappear... i can see it having more potential in multiplayer but its excessive chaos and if your a fan of real demolition derbies you wont like this mode right now as the only way is to run out the "contact clock" 115 seconds long so basically just sand bag the entire match...

in its current state it feels like a demo...

i hope as this early access progresses these issues are improved or straight up fixed cause as it stands i wouldn't recommend Wreckfest 2 unless your wanting to help support the Development..
(i wont be refunding for this reason)
i do hope they can find the same successful handling and physics mix as Wreckfest 1 and i will be checking back periodically in hopes its improving ...

But playing it today was very disappointing and frustrating, and as it stands i cant recommend it sadly..

Again its early access so its likely to change and i am really hoping it improves..

My friends and I liked the original Wreckfest. So far, Wreckfest 2 has been just as fun. The detail and realism is even better than the first and I can't wait for the full release. I love that you can get really serious into the details or just go have fun. It doesn't matter if you win or lose as long as it's fun. It's fun beating your friends, but it's also fun just bashing the hell out of them, win or lose.

I highly recommend this game but BEWARE!
It's early access and it lacks a lot of stuff from the previous game, in fact it might be way too early for some.
But to be fair this is peak banger racing, nothing else comes close

Sort of fun, but not much is there yet, very alpha. No AI difficulty setting - it's too difficult for me.

can you have fun in this game? absolutely.

can you do the simplest thing like use reverse in quickplay mode... absolutely not. if youre using automatic transmission mode, there is no functionality of reverse whatsoever. this means that even if you mapped the key for reverse, you cant use it... because the mapping is for manual mode only. in quick play, you have to press r to reset the cars postion. you cant reverse with holding the brake like a normal game. you cant force gears either without manual mode. i keep checking periodically. its been ages since the last update, and still theres no fix to this, so id say to gamble on your own terms. if youre easily aggrivated, dont buy the game just yet.

Who me???

very good and funny as hell

This game in early access stage doesn't really have much to offer right now. In my opinion in it's current state the game is only appealing to Wreckfest 1 players(like myself). But for what it is, it's a good start. The cars feel really good, the graphics are good. At the release I had MASSIVE performance issues with my 3060 laptop like it was totally unplayable at 20 FPS in multiplayer but now they optimised the game better and it runs pretty good. The game is continuously evolving since release and I am looking forward to what it has to offer in the future. I really hope this will be the successor that every Wreckfest 1 fan dreams of!

It's starting to become something but there's still very extreme crashes that make a system restart necessary. Also some issues with monitors and performance that haven't been fixed since WF1 (new pc 9800x3D, fresh windows and still the exact same problems). The tracks are great, the cars feel good to drive. Happy I bought the game, hope you can fix some of the problems

yes. just yes