Comparison

American Speedway Manager vs Draftmaster 2

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

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About

American Speedway Manager

Manage a racing team in a strategy game set on 16 oval circuits across the United States. Configure your car, upgrade components, and adapt to changing weather and track conditions to compete in a championship.

Highlights
  • Team management
  • Full car configuration
  • Car upgrades
  • DRAG assist
  • Dynamic weather changes
  • Tire selection
  • Driver skill development
  • Component maintenance
Features
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American Speedway Manager is a racing strategy game. Manage your team, upgrade and configure your car to adapt to each race. Compete in a championship of 16 stages and oval circuits of the nascar style, in cities of the United States. California, Tennessee, Darlington, Florida, Dover, Madison, Carolina, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Arizona. TOTAL CAR CONFIGURATION Full configuration of car settings. Engine power adjustments, transmission adjustments, aerodynamics, and suspension adjustments. These adjustments affect the behavior of the vehicle. Both in acceleration at top speed and in tire wear. Try all kinds of settings to find the most suitable for each race. IMPROVEMENTS Upgrades increase the performance of the car. It is necessary to make all these improvements since the other cars will also improve in each race. DRAG Get behind a faster car and take advantage of the DRAG to gain speed. Approaching a car from behind creates an air bubble that drags you and equalizes the speeds of both vehicles. CHANGING WEATHER Changing weather during races. You can start the race in sunny weather and switch to rain. You will have to adapt and select the right tire for each circumstance. TIRE SELECTION The choice of tire is very important for the performance of the car. A soft tire is faster than a harder tire but has more wear. The selected drive and car settings change the tire degradation time. DRIVERS The drivers improve the car's performance thanks to their skills. It is important to improve these skills with the experience gained in racing. MAINTENANCE During races the car suffers degradation of some of its components such as the engine, transmission etc. It is very important to carry out maintenance to start each race with the car in optimum condition. TEAM Develop and upgrade your team to increase performance during races. A very important factor is the training of the mechanics to decrease the time of the pit stops.

About

Draftmaster 2

Experience arcade-style oval racing with cars from various historical and current series. Progress drivers, unlock challenges, and compete on online leaderboards. Features a transfer system for team customization and modding support for custom car sets.

Highlights
  • Arcade oval racing experience
  • Progression system for drivers
  • Unlockable challenges and rewards
  • Driver and team transfer system
  • Online leaderboards with prizes
  • Modding support for custom cars
  • Realistic AI physics engine
Features
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Hit the track with a fun pack racing experience based on the 2024-2020 Cup Series cars as well as other oval racing series from history including 2000 iRoC and 2023 Indycar, progressing your favourite drivers up through the classes whilst receiving rewards and unlocking new challenges along the way! Utilise the new Transfer system, to swap your favourite drivers, teams and manufacturers to switch up the racing your way! Submit your fastest times to the online leaderboards to find out who the real Draft Master is (and win prizes)! Modding support allows players to create their own car sets! A completely rebuilt drafting/physics engine adds further realism to the AI who will now block, team up and wreck in pursuit of the win! Excellent commentary is provided by CARS tour announcer James V Pike.

Screenshots

American Speedway Manager4 screens
Draftmaster 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: American Speedway Manager at none against Draftmaster 2's 5. American Speedway Manager also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Draftmaster 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price and device support 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. Draftmaster 2 sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. American Speedway Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

American Speedway Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 135 and 616 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of American Speedway Manager's written reviews are positive against 69% of Draftmaster 2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

American Speedway Manager ships an update every 2 months, Draftmaster 2 monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
American Speedway Manager versus Draftmaster 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAmerican Speedway ManagerDraftmaster 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (135 ratings) — better3.8 (616 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews69.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings135616 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB230 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancisco UbauJoshua Duffety-Wong

Customer experience

American Speedway Manager

All ratings135 ratings
Positive70.4%
Neutral13.3%
Negative16.3%
Written reviews135 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral23.0%
Negative17.0%

Draftmaster 2

All ratings616 ratings
Positive70.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative22.6%
Written reviews213 reviews
Positive69.0%
Neutral11.7%
Negative19.2%

User reviews

American Speedway Manager

From 135 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Engaging and addictive gameplay mechanics
  • 🏎️ Unique three-lane racing strategy system
  • ⚙️ Deep car upgrade and customization options
  • 🎯 Good balance of difficulty and fun
  • 👤 Ability to customize driver names

Room to improve

  • 📢 Excessive and unavoidable advertisements
  • 🔊 No audio/volume control settings
  • 🐌 Game becomes repetitive after extended play
  • 💰 Expensive car upgrades and slow progression
  • 🤖 AI behavior inconsistent and overpowered

Draftmaster 2

From 616 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Great gameplay
  • 🏁 Realistic NASCAR experience
  • 🕹️ Fun and addictive
  • 💯 Best mobile NASCAR game
  • 🎨 Awesome pixel art and visuals

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔧 Modding issues
  • 🕰️ Slow progression and grind
  • 🏎️ Unbalanced AI and drafting
  • 🔋 Fuel mechanic limits playtime

Bugs and requests

American Speedway Manager

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Game crashes and freezes after 20+ minutes of play
  • Pit exit collisions causing unfair race outcomes
  • Pit stop scoring issues (cars exiting pits winning incorrectly)
  • AI cars changing tires without entering pits
  • Ghost car glitch (invisible cars phasing through others)
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  • All cars showing number 12 after updates
  • Achievement tracking broken (16-race championship achievement)
  • Game freezing entire device requiring restart
  • Results not matching actual finish order
  • Drafting mechanics making player slower instead of faster
  • AI cars not colliding with each other
  • Inability to cancel pit stop once initiated
  • Inconsistent collision detection
  • Progress not saving properly in some modes
  • Spinning out causes ghosting (no further collisions)

Requested features

23 requests
  • Option to disable or pay to remove ads
  • Volume/sound control settings
  • More track variety and road courses
  • Additional AI drivers and larger grids (40+ cars)
  • Real cars and authentic NASCAR branding
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  • Damage physics and visible crash damage
  • Online multiplayer racing
  • Championship/season mode with standings
  • Ability to change car numbers and colors
  • Caution/yellow flag system
  • Brake button for pit lane control
  • Longer race options and endurance races
  • Different starting positions and grid variety
  • AI strategy improvements and lane changes
  • Qualifying sessions before races
  • First-person/cockpit camera views
  • Fast-forward/speed-up race option
  • Track map display during races
  • Ability to cancel pit stops
  • More cosmetic customization options
  • Coin purchasing system
  • Better drafting mechanics
  • Tire compound options and realistic tire physics

Draftmaster 2

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Controls not working at certain tracks
  • Stuck in race with no ability to move
  • Cloned/missing cars in races
  • Progression and car unlocks resetting
  • Crashes and freezes during gameplay

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more tracks and series (road courses, ARCA, Dirt)
  • Implement qualifying, pit stops, and tire/fuel management
  • Allow custom season creation and driver/car customization
  • Improve AI behavior and lane management
  • Add visual damage and crash physics

In-app purchases

None

American Speedway Manager

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Draftmaster 2

One-time5
  • 150 Gears$1.99
  • 450 Gears$4.99
  • Negotiator$4.99
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  • 1100 Gears$9.99
  • 2500 Gears$19.99

Questions

Is American Speedway Manager free?
American Speedway Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Draftmaster 2 free?
Draftmaster 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, American Speedway Manager or Draftmaster 2?
American Speedway Manager is rated higher. American Speedway Manager averages 4.0 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Draftmaster 2 averages 3.8 from 616 ratings.
Do American Speedway Manager or Draftmaster 2 have ads?
American Speedway Manager shows ads; Draftmaster 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, American Speedway Manager or Draftmaster 2?
American Speedway Manager ships an update every 2 months, and Draftmaster 2 monthly. Most recently, American Speedway Manager was updated on September 26, 2026 and Draftmaster 2 on September 27, 2026.

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