This is obviously not a racing sim, but for perspective on the other titles, check out the impressive numbers behind ETS2. Three additional tracks have been added post-release, which seems to be having the effect of sustaining the interest of players, as over 10,000 people on Steam alone are still enjoying playing F1 at any time. And unlike recent years, updates to the title have included new content. The official game of F1 has enjoyed mostly positive reviews once again this year. This simulator has more players than even Assetto Corsa, and likely owes much of that popularity to the huge selection of car and track mods on offer, much like AC. Known mainly to the layperson as a crash simulator, BeamNG is perhaps better summarized as a physics playground with a huge modding community. The title has had its share of doubters, but Reiza has kept its ear to the ground in the sim community and has made major strides since the first release version and will hope to see the number of people enjoying the title continue to climb.

Reiza Studios are hard at work on their biggest physics update so far for AMS2, which is set to be released to the public this month. On the eve of the release of another major update, thousands of players are still enjoying this GT sim two and a half years after its release on Steam. The official SRO simulator has been another success for Kunos.

This modding monster continues to enjoy success eight years after it was first released to the public, thanks in no small part to the great community of creators that keeps AC relevant with new and classic cars and tracks, plus the latest skins of our favourite drivers and teams. iRacing statistics are harder to come by, but I will add a footnote if I can gather an accurate player count. So, please don’t treat the figures below as an absolute value of how many people are playing the title, but rather an overall barometer of how many people are enjoying it on Steam. There is also some level of error both in the statistics gathering, and the times when the data was collected.

NOTES: SteamDB of course excludes console players and those who might be using an alternative launch method such as Epic. Below I’ve noted the all-time peak concurrent players for some of the more popular titles here at RaceDepartment, plus the 24 hour peak as taken on November 23rd, 2021. Using SteamDB, we can get a reasonably accurate gauge of how many people are currently playing a particular game through Steam. Racing simulators tend to have more longevity than most sports games, but how many people are still playing some of the bigger titles?

Beamng drive on steam