Comparison

Carshift vs Driving Simulator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Carshift

Experience realistic driving and drifting with this racing game. Compete in single-player or multiplayer modes, including drag races and infected car challenges. Explore open-world environments, collect coins, and unlock new cars.

Highlights
  • Realistic driving and drifting physics
  • Single-player exploration and races
  • Multiplayer infected cars mode
  • Online drag race competitions
  • Coin collection and car unlocking
  • Open-world city and mountain exploration
Features
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The real world of racing has finally come to you! Beat your adrenaline with the unique experience that carshift offers! Driving and drifting have never been so realistic and fun! Burn the map playing single or multiplayer with your friends. Collect coins joining different races, buy fuel and play online with your team competing on Drag Race or having fun on Infected Cars. Climb the mountains or chill in the city roads experiencing the real graphics or visuals. Make your driving ride come true. Win drag races. Make your choices and GO ON! Single Player Mode Play single without the need to brake! The city is all yours. Explore it. Enjoy it. Join the races around the city following the signs and get rewarded with different amount of coins! Once you have the coins, you have the chance to buy fuel and save a little to unlock your favorite car! Infected cars Play online with your friends and explore how fast can you ride to expand the infection or get away from it. Five players can join and only one is infected in the beginning! Will they be able to share the syndrome to other cars or not? Who will stay un-infected? Who is the fastest? There is only one way to find out. Hurry up!! Drag Race Gives you the opportunity to compete with your friends online, so you better prepare! Play single, win money, buy the fastest car and come to win against your competitor in the Drag Race Online.

About

Driving Simulator

Experience realistic driving with over 40 luxury cars in a stunning open-world city. Engage in endless challenges, customize your vehicles, and enjoy next-gen graphics and physics.

Highlights
  • 40+ luxury cars
  • Realistic driving engine
  • Open world city environment
  • Endless driving challenges
  • Car customization
  • Next-gen graphics
Features
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► 40+ luxury fast cars with realistic driving engine ► Real city open world environment with stunning graphics ► Endless driving challenges for maximum driving fun ______________________________________________ DRIVING SIMULATOR: ULTIMATE – 3D REAL CAR FREE DRIVING Are you looking for new exciting open world car games in 2022? Want to drive fast cars, but yet keep a real driving experience with a realistic driving engine and stunning graphics. Meet Driving Simulator: Ultimate, which is a simulator real driving game with real car free driving in the city gameplay. This ultimate car racing simulator gives you a variety of car racing modes with multiple vehicles to drive. Not only do you get to enjoy stunning visuals, but you also get to drive a variety of different luxury and sports cars and enjoy a realistic driving simulator on an open world car driving map. REAL DRIVING EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY WITH THRILLING CHALLENGES Love the fast car driving? But still, want to keep it real? Well, our simulator real driving gives you just that. Start driving in the events of our 3d car game. Complete the goals and follow the directions. Can you beat the real driving time limits? Try the realistic simulator driving and experience unlimited car driving in its best form. RIVETING NEXT GEN GRAPHICS Delight in every second of driving due to the next-gen graphics, stunning open world map, and realistic vehicles. Not only that, but the city driving race car simulator is enhanced with realistic driving sounds and upbeat music for the complete experience. There are no limits for you to drive on an open world map where you can discover endless challenges. 40+ LUXURY FAST CARS It wouldn’t be an ultimate racing car simulator without luxurious and fast cars. Start with an average car to practice real driving. Then upgrade to more superior cars for extreme car driving. Our driving simulator features something for every taste. From classy, retro, and European luxury cars, to sleek, modern, fast, and more robust beasts, you are sure to satisfy your needs for empowering, yet realistic, driving. CUSTOMIZE YOUR CARS IN THE GARAGE Your cars and garage, your customizations. Our 3D auto simulator makes it easy to customize the Paint, Rims, and Window Tints of each car. DRIVING SIMULATOR FEATURES: ● 3D drive car game ● easy controls with on-screen buttons ● More than 40 cars to drive (sports, classics, SUVs, and luxury cars) ● Stunning graphics and realistic engine effects ● Extreme car driving simulator with a real physics engine ● Open world map with endless challenges ● Customize your cars in the garage Now it’s time to try one of the best vehicle simulation games of 2022. Download Driving Simulator: Ultimate 3D to experience super-exciting ---- REACH OUT If you have any queries, or feature suggestions, regarding our open world car game, please send them to the car driving ultimate support email at contact@hancedigital.co.uk Till then enjoy the realistic driving simulator with a real driving experience in the city!

Screenshots

Carshift4 screens
Driving Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Carshift at none against Driving Simulator's 10. Carshift also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 50%) and ratings volume (104 vs 10). Driving Simulator's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ads and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Driving Simulator sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Carshift asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Carshift against 4.3 for Driving Simulator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Carshift has 104 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of Carshift's written reviews are positive against 50% of Driving Simulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Carshift ships an update every 3 months, Driving Simulator every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Carshift versus Driving Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarshiftDriving Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (104 ratings)4.3 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings104 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size391 MB1.6 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGenc SadikuVasile Calin Filigean

Customer experience

Carshift

All ratings104 ratings
Positive76.0%
Neutral7.7%
Negative16.3%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive75.7%
Neutral5.7%
Negative18.6%

Driving Simulator

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Carshift

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Driving Simulator

One-time10
  • 25 000 Cash$1.99
  • 50 000 Cash$2.99
  • 50 Gold$2.99
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  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • 100 000 Cash$3.99
  • 100 Gold$4.99
  • 200 Gold$6.99
  • 400 Gold$8.99
  • 400 000 Cash$9.99
  • 1000 Gold$14.99

Questions

Is Carshift free?
Carshift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Driving Simulator free?
Driving Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Carshift or Driving Simulator?
Driving Simulator is rated higher. Carshift averages 4.2 out of 5 from 104 ratings, while Driving Simulator averages 4.3 from 10 ratings.
Do Carshift or Driving Simulator have ads?
Both Carshift and Driving Simulator show ads.
Which is updated more often, Carshift or Driving Simulator?
Carshift ships an update every 3 months, and Driving Simulator every 2 weeks. Most recently, Carshift was updated on October 20, 2026 and Driving Simulator on October 13, 2026.

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