Comparison

Dirt Trackin 3 vs DRAFTYCAR 2

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

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About

Dirt Trackin 3

Experience realistic dirt track racing with cutting-edge technology. Customize your car with real sponsors, race across diverse tracks, and build your career from street stocks to top-tier series. Compete against up to 20 players online and relive your best moments with detailed replays.

Highlights
  • 27 realistic tracks
  • 5 real-world car classes
  • Over 100 real drivers
  • Dynamic grip physics
  • Extensive car customization
  • Full career mode
  • 20-player multiplayer
  • Detailed race replays
Features
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Dirt Trackin’ 3 brings full-throttle American dirt oval racing to your phone. Slide it through the corners, pound the cushion, battle through traffic, build your own race team, and customize your car exactly how you want it. From local-style short tracks to high-speed dirt ovals, Dirt Trackin’ 3 is built for players who want real dirt racing energy, real drivers, real classes, and a whole lot of sideways chaos. FEATURES 27 Dirt Tracks Race across a growing lineup of officially licensed tracks, re-imagined Dirt Trackin’ favorites, and brand-new venues built for close racing, big sliders, and full-send moments. 5 Real-World Classes Jump into Super Late Models, Crate Late Models, Modifieds, B-Mods, and Street Stocks. 170+ Real-World Drivers Race as approved real-world drivers from across the dirt racing world. Paint Booth Customization Build your own look with a powerful free-range Paint Booth. Paint individual parts, place numbers and logos where you want, use real-world sponsor decals, and create cars that actually feel like yours. Dynamic Dirt Racing Feel Track conditions change across the night. Time Trials, Heats, and Mains each have their own grip level, forcing you to adapt instead of running the same lap every race. Career Mode Start in Street Stocks and work your way toward the top Super Late Model seasons. Earn money, upgrade your car, sign sponsors, hire crew members, unlock customizations, and build your team from the bottom up. Race Weekends, Hot Laps, and Single Races Run quick laps, chase ghosts, jump into single races, or go through full race weekends. Multiplayer Racing Take the action online with up to 20 players and battle it out against the Dirt Trackin’ community. Race Replays Relive the chaos from multiple camera angles, including in-car, on-car, static cameras, director mode, and TV-style views. Controls and Setups Choose your control style, adjust assists, and fine-tune your car setup to match how you like to drive. BUILT FOR DIRT RACING FANS Dirt Trackin’ 3 is for the players who love sliders, cushion runs, door-to-door racing, custom cars, and the kind of finishes that make you want to run it back immediately. We are committed to continued updates, support, improvements, and new content. Follow us for news, updates, challenges, and community events: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dirttrackinapp X: https://x.com/dirt_trackin Having issues? Use the contact form in the game settings menu or email bennettracingsim@gmail.com and we’ll help however we can.

About

DRAFTYCAR 2

Build a stock car racing dynasty from the ground up. Manage your team, upgrade cars, and strategize in races to climb through multiple series and collect trophies. Every decision impacts your career.

Highlights
  • Stock car racing career mode
  • Team and employee management
  • Car building and repair
  • Performance upgrades and R&D
  • Financial system with entry fees and payouts
  • Multiple racing series progression
Features
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Race, build, wreck, repair, upgrade, and manage your way through a stock car career where every decision matters. This is not just about holding the button and hoping for glory. You are building a team from dad's garage floor up. Start small in the Rookie Rush Series with limited money, slow cars, and a dream that still has primer on it. Enter races, collect payouts, repair damage, hire employees, develop upgrades, and decide when to save money or take a shot at the next level. As your team grows, you can move into bigger shops, build better cars, hire teammates, win trophies and compete across multiple series. DRAFTYCAR 2 keeps the racing simple to play but packed with strategy. Draft behind other cars, time your moves, block rivals, avoid wrecks, and fight for every position. A perfect finish can help fund your next upgrade. A rough race can send you back to the shop with a repair bill and not-so-happy employees. Between races, manage the parts of racing that happen away from the track. Build and repair race cars, hire employees for increased productivity, upgrade aerodynamics, engines and chassis performance, purchase bigger and better race shops, manage entry fees, payouts, weekly expenses, and prepare for each race weekend. Each series brings bigger opportunities and bigger pressure. Rookie Rush is your proving ground. Haulin’ Trucks raises the stakes. Grand National demands a stronger team. Pro Cup is where every mistake gets expensive and one good decision can change your career. The heart of DRAFTYCAR 2 is the career mode. You are not just trying to collect 89 unique trophies. You are building something. Your engines wear down. Your team has limits. Your money has to stretch. Your shop matters. Your upgrades matter. Your race results matter. Sometimes the smartest move is pushing for one more position. Sometimes it is surviving the weekend and keeping the car in one piece. DRAFTYCAR 2 is designed for quick mobile racing sessions with long-term team-building depth. Run a race in a few minutes, then spend your winnings on the next step forward. Build another car. Hire drivers to race for you. Repair the car you wrecked in the big one. Hire another employee. Unlock a new upgrade. Buy a better shop. Make the kind of decisions that turn a backmarker into a contender. Features include fast stock car drafting gameplay, career mode with race weekends, a robust financial system, upgrades, and progression, multiple racing series to climb through, transportation systems, team management with employees generating productivity, car building and repairs, R&D upgrades for performance gains, shop upgrades that expand what your team can do, strategic entry fees, payouts, and expenses, offseason decisions, and long-term planning. DRAFTYCAR 2 is easy to pick up, but the deeper you go, the more the little decisions start to matter. One race can pay for a new hire. One wreck can drain your budget. One clean season can launch your team into the next series. Build the cars. Race the schedule. Manage the shop. Win trophies. Stay in the draft. This is DRAFTYCAR 2.

Screenshots

Dirt Trackin 34 screens
DRAFTYCAR 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DRAFTYCAR 2 at Free against Dirt Trackin 3's $5.99. DRAFTYCAR 2 also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). Dirt Trackin 3's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 46) and chart position (#6 vs #108). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

DRAFTYCAR 2 is free to download; Dirt Trackin 3 costs $5.99 up front. Dirt Trackin 3 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and DRAFTYCAR 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Dirt Trackin 3 against 4.7 for DRAFTYCAR 2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dirt Trackin 3 has 1.5K ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Dirt Trackin 3's written reviews are positive against 75% of DRAFTYCAR 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dirt Trackin 3 ships an update every 9 days, DRAFTYCAR 2 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Dirt Trackin 3 versus DRAFTYCAR 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDirt Trackin 3DRAFTYCAR 2
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better4.7 (46 ratings)
Positive reviews70.4% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K — better46
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#6 — better#108
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.4 GB764 MB
Age rating12++12
DeveloperBENNETT RACING SIMULATIONS, LLCSpeedway Labs, LLC

Customer experience

Dirt Trackin 3

All ratings1,420 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews203 reviews
Positive70.4%
Neutral10.8%
Negative18.7%

DRAFTYCAR 2

All ratings34 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Dirt Trackin 3

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Issues with car-to-car contact

Requested features

2 requests
  • More AI driver options
  • Ability to import custom livery designs

DRAFTYCAR 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Dirt Trackin 3

One-time2
  • WRS Skin Pack 1$1.99
  • Celina 52 Pack$2.99
1 purchases

DRAFTYCAR 2

One-time1
  • DRAFTYCAR 2 Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Dirt Trackin 3 free?
Dirt Trackin 3 costs $5.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is DRAFTYCAR 2 free?
DRAFTYCAR 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dirt Trackin 3 or DRAFTYCAR 2?
Dirt Trackin 3 is rated higher. Dirt Trackin 3 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while DRAFTYCAR 2 averages 4.7 from 46 ratings.
Do Dirt Trackin 3 or DRAFTYCAR 2 have ads?
Neither Dirt Trackin 3 nor DRAFTYCAR 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dirt Trackin 3 or DRAFTYCAR 2?
Dirt Trackin 3 ships an update every 9 days, and DRAFTYCAR 2 every 4 days. Most recently, Dirt Trackin 3 was updated on November 7, 2026 and DRAFTYCAR 2 on November 8, 2026.
Which is more popular, Dirt Trackin 3 or DRAFTYCAR 2?
Dirt Trackin 3 currently peaks at #6 in the App Store charts, and DRAFTYCAR 2 at #108. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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