Comparison

Draftmaster 2 vs Thunder Stock Car Racing 3

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

Head to head
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.

About

Thunder Stock Car Racing 3

Experience high-speed stock car racing with up to 40 cars on super speedways. Utilize drafting to overtake opponents and aim for victory lane in this intense simulation.

Highlights
  • Fast-paced stock car racing
  • Race with 40 cars
  • Banked super speedways
  • Drafting for overtaking
  • Victory lane pursuit
Features
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Thunder Stock Car Racing 3 lets you experience fast paced stock car racing. Get behind the wheel of a powerful stock car and race in a tightly packed field of 40 cars around banked super speedways. Use drafting to sling shot your car past your opponents as you make your way to the victory lane.

Screenshots

Draftmaster 24 screens
Thunder Stock Car Racing 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thunder Stock Car Racing 3 at none against Draftmaster 2's 5. Thunder Stock Car Racing 3 also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Draftmaster 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (635 vs 97). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Thunder Stock Car Racing 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.8 for Draftmaster 2 against 3.8 for Thunder Stock Car Racing 3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Draftmaster 2 has 635 ratings behind it against 97, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Draftmaster 2's written reviews are positive against 63% of Thunder Stock Car Racing 3's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Draftmaster 2 versus Thunder Stock Car Racing 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDraftmaster 2Thunder Stock Car Racing 3
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (635 ratings) — better3.8 (97 ratings)
Positive reviews69.7% of reviews — better62.7% of reviews
Number of ratings635 — better97
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB152 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoshua Duffety-WongBlumentals Solutions SIA

Customer experience

Draftmaster 2

All ratings630 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral7.5%
Negative22.5%
Written reviews228 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral11.4%
Negative18.9%

Thunder Stock Car Racing 3

All ratings92 ratings
Positive71.7%
Neutral6.5%
Negative21.7%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive62.7%
Neutral15.7%
Negative21.6%

Bugs and requests

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

Thunder Stock Car Racing 3

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

Thunder Stock Car Racing 3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Draftmaster 2 free?
Draftmaster 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thunder Stock Car Racing 3 free?
Thunder Stock Car Racing 3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Draftmaster 2 or Thunder Stock Car Racing 3?
Draftmaster 2 is rated higher. Draftmaster 2 averages 3.8 out of 5 from 635 ratings, while Thunder Stock Car Racing 3 averages 3.8 from 97 ratings.
Do Draftmaster 2 or Thunder Stock Car Racing 3 have ads?
Thunder Stock Car Racing 3 shows ads; Draftmaster 2 does not.

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