Final Freeway 2R vs Derby Madness
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Final Freeway 2R
Experience a retro arcade racing game with an 80s vibe. Choose your character and path through 14 stages, racing against the clock and challengers. Enjoy fast-paced action, pixel art, and catchy tunes.
- 14 stages of old-school arcade racing
- Real-time road splits for branching paths
- Fast driving action
- Pixel art graphics
- 3 selectable characters with different skills
- Game Center Leaderboards and Achievements
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Speed through several exciting stages. Pick a character and choose your path as you drive! The impressive sense of speed, catchy tunes and a super-retro look, will kick you back to the 80s! Beat the clock to the next checkpoint and don't let the pesky challenger beat you! FEATURES - Old-school arcade racing through 14 stages - Real-time road splits (choose as you go) - Fast, fast driving action! - Awesome pixel art, for a perfect retro feeling - 3 fantastic pop-rock tunes - 3 selectable characters, with different skills - Game Center Leaderboards and Achievements - Touch, accelerometer and MFi Game Controllers support - 3 difficulty levels REVIEWS - Touch Arcade: "I just can’t believe how hooked I’ve been on it since it came out." - Pocket Gamer: "A pitch-perfect blend of retro nostalgia and blistering, hair-flapping arcade racing."
Derby Madness
Experience intense, real-time demolition derby action with realistic car deformations and crashes. Engage in various game modes, customize and upgrade vehicles, and enjoy dynamic pile-ups and destructions on diverse tracks.
- Real-time simulated driving and crashes
- Upgradeable and customizable vehicles
- Multiple racing tracks and locations
- 8 diverse racing game modes
- Up to 32 cars in a single race
- Replay mode
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Derby Madness offers a unique real time simulated driving experience with full of actions such as pile ups, crashes, overthrows, push outs, spin outs, slaloms and destructions. ================ The Main Features ================ * Unique gameplay with many actions and crashes - fast and hard actions with push outs, spin outs, overthrows and pile ups - real time simulated car deformations and crashes - with skill tests and destruction series - a lot of cars in one race (up to 32) - replay mode * Many locations with different racing tracks * Wide variety of upgradeable and customizable vehicles to choose from - old cars, big cars, fast cars, racing cars - customize your vehicle with unique paintings - upgrade your car for better performance and longer durabilty * 8 racing game modes, such as - single races - destruction series - skill series - tournaments * 5 achievable difficulty levels with different events * Easy handling - choose between touch, tilt or gamepad steering Derby Madness is the sequel to Bus Derby racing game. If you liked Bus Derby, you will love Derby Madness. Immerse yourself in a world of real, fast-paced demolition derby games with Derby Madness, where every race is an adrenaline-fuelled smash of speed and destruction! The game was featured in "The Best New Games This Week"
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Derby Madness at Free against Final Freeway 2R's $1.99. Derby Madness also leads on ratings volume (7.6K vs 36) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months). Final Freeway 2R's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, device support and iOS requirement 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
Derby Madness is free to download; Final Freeway 2R costs $1.99 up front. Derby Madness sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Final Freeway 2R asks for nothing beyond the download.
Derby Madness holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Derby Madness has 7.6K ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Final Freeway 2R's written reviews are positive against 85% of Derby Madness's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Final Freeway 2R ships an update every 7 months, Derby Madness every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Final Freeway 2R | Derby Madness |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (36 ratings) | 4.8 (7.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 85.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 36 | 7.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #91 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 1.4 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | NEWTYPE K.K. | Dimension Technics |
Customer experience
Final Freeway 2R
Derby Madness
User reviews
Final Freeway 2R
From 36 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Excellent retro arcade aesthetic and nostalgia
- 🚀 Smooth, fast gameplay at 60fps
- 🎵 Great soundtrack with custom music support
- 👍 Multiple control schemes (tilt, wheel, touch)
- 💎 Outstanding value at low price point
Room to improve
- 🐛 Previously incompatible with newer iOS versions
- ⏱️ Short gameplay length (15-20 minutes per run)
- 🎮 Limited content and repetitiveness
- 🔊 Audio issues on some devices
- 🎮 Steering wheel controls lack sensitivity
Derby Madness
From 7.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great game
- 🚀 Awesome physics
- 🚀 Realistic damage
- 👍 Fun gameplay
- 👍 Addictive
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unstable after in-app purchases
- 🐛 Overheating issues
- 🐛 Unresponsive controls
- 🐛 Unfair AI behavior
- 🔋 Drains battery quickly
Bugs and requests
Final Freeway 2R
Reported bugs
7 issues- Game incompatible with iOS 15 and older versions
- No sound on iPad 5
- Bluetooth prompt appears unnecessarily at startup
- Music shorter than gameplay doesn't loop properly
- Steering wheel controls unresponsive in tight situations
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- Accelerator and brake button controls reversed
- Gyro controls awkward at first
Requested features
11 requests- Additional cars and vehicle variety
- More tracks and stages
- Drift mechanics like original OutRun
- Unlockable characters and content
- Police/chase mode
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- Endless or procedurally generated modes
- Multiple rivals instead of single opponent
- Better progression system
- Afterburner or Power Drift game adaptations
- Manual transmission option
- Initials/high score persistence
Derby Madness
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashing after in-app purchases
- Ads muting the game audio
- Inconsistent cornering physics
- Respawn time issues
Requested features
11 requests- Multiplayer mode
- More tracks and cars
- Customization options
- Demolition derby mode
- Steering wheel/controller support
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- Larger/customizable buttons
- More destructive physics
- Endurance race mode
- Open world/free roam mode
- Boss races
- Track building mode
In-app purchases
Final Freeway 2R
No in-app purchases
Derby Madness
- Starter Pack$0.99
- 200,000 Coins$2.99
- 10 Diamonds$2.99
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- Ad Free$4.99
- 500,000 Coins$4.99
- 30 Diamonds$4.99
- 1000,000 Coins$7.99
- 60 Diamonds$7.99
- 3000,000 Coins$14.99
Questions
Is Final Freeway 2R free?
Is Derby Madness free?
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Do Final Freeway 2R or Derby Madness have ads?
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