Project DRAG vs Tuning Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Project DRAG
Experience intense drag racing with deep customization and strategic gameplay. Buy, upgrade, and race cars to earn money, then sell and reinvest in new rides. Compete against AI or players online.
- Meticulously detailed drag mechanics
- Extensive visual customization
- In-depth mechanical upgrades
- Comprehensive inventory system
- Massive garage selection
- Online multiplayer mode
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The Ultimate Drag Racing Experience A high-quality game that blends intense action with strategic depth, featuring meticulously detailed mechanics and endless customization possibilities. Buy your car, race to earn money, and upgrade it to dominate the competition. Win enough races, and you can sell your car for a premium price — then reinvest in a new ride to climb even higher. Compete against challenging AI or face off against real players in online multiplayer mode. Extensive Visual Customization: * FRONT BUMPER * REAR BUMPER * HOOD * SIDE SKIRTS * WINDOWS * INTERIOR CAGE * EXHAUST * SEATS * MIRRORS * WINDSCREENERS * TIRES * RIMS * CALIPER * PARACHUTE (Every component is fully color-customizable, so your car can truly stand out.) In-Depth Mechanical Upgrades: * ENGINE * TRANSMISSION * PISTONS * CHASSIS * N2O * FUEL SYSTEM * DIFFERENTIAL * CLUTCH * INTERCOOLER * INTAKE * INTAKE MANIFOLD * CAMCENTRIC SHAFT * TURBO * ECU * EXHAUST * EXHAUST MANIFOLD * ENGINE BLOCK * CYLINDER HEAD Fine-tune every detail to create the fastest, most powerful machine on the track. Comprehensive Inventory System: * Buy and sell parts to perfect your build * Manage your resources to maximize your racing potential Massive Garage Selection: * Choose from over 70 unique cars, each with distinct stats and handling * Sell your upgraded cars to fund your next masterpiece The game will continue to grow and evolve with community feedback and your support. Buckle up, hit the throttle, and burn some rubber — the drag strip awaits!
Tuning Simulator
Simulate engine tuning on a virtual dyno. Adjust fuel maps, timing, and boost to optimize power curves and engine health. Features a realistic engine model, multiple engine types, and a career mode with customer jobs and rival shops.
- Realistic engine simulation
- Adjustable fuel maps and timing
- Boost and wastegate control
- Multiple engine types and parts
- Career mode with customer jobs
- Daily challenges and leaderboards
- Guided tutorials and lessons
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A simulated engine on a dyno, run by a standalone ECU you tune yourself. Change the fuel map, the timing or the boost and watch what happens to the power curve, the mixture and the knock sensor. It behaves like the real thing. The engine model runs every combustion event. Lean it out and it misfires. Add too much timing and it knocks, then cracks a piston. Fit bigger injectors without telling the ECU and it floods. THE ECU - Fuel VE, lambda targets, ignition, boost target and wastegate duty, idle, warmup, cranking, accel enrichment and dead times - Closed loop, knock control, rev and boost limiters, auto learn and "Fix from pull" - Select cells, drag curves, type values, interpolate and smooth, in a grid or in 3D - Lay the data log over any table and see which cells ran lean or knocked THE ENGINES - Ten engines: fours, a flat four, straight sixes, V6s and V8s - Naturally aspirated, turbo, twin turbo, supercharged and nitrous - Nearly 100 parts: injectors, pumps, lines, regulators, turbos, housings, wastegates, blowers, cams, pistons, rods, head gaskets and fuels, E85 included THE DYNO - Hold any rpm at any throttle, or do a full wide open throttle pull - Power, torque, mixture, boost and timing on every run - A full data log you can zoom into - Engine health: knock, over-revving, boost and heat all wear parts out, and some failures are sudden CAREER MODE Start with a rented unit, a small dyno, a stock project car and $1,500. Customers bring in cars with vacuum leaks, tired fuel pumps, stuck wastegates, burnt valves and lying sensors, or ask for a power target on a budget. Find the fault, fix it, tune it and hand it back for a test drive that grades your work. - Eleven kinds of job, from base tunes to E85 conversions, race class builds, blown engine rescues and cars three other shops couldn't fix - Four rival shops with owners and an 8-week season. Beat them at Dyno Day and their customers switch to you - Cars come back weeks later. A tune too close to the edge breaks on a hot day and returns on warranty; a safe one turns the customer into a regular - Intermittent faults that only show hot, cold, under boost or near redline - Eight story customers who bring the same car back chapter after chapter, with your parts and tune still on it - Diagnostic tools, a bigger dyno, more bays, weather, deadlines, rent and 31 achievements DAILY CHALLENGE One broken engine a day, the same for every player. Nine hours on the clock to find the faults and tune it, then see where you land on the leaderboard. Tuesdays and Saturdays are free on the Turbo Four. LEARN A guided tutorial takes a broken project car from flooding on the stand to a full tune. Twelve more lessons cover VE tuning, MBT, knock, boost control, injector swaps, fuel system limits, E85, nitrous, big cam idle and cold starts. GAME CENTER Leaderboards for the daily challenge, peak horsepower and horsepower per litre. A pull only counts if the engine is still alive five seconds later. FREE AND PRO The Turbo Four, the guided tutorial and the Tuesday and Saturday daily challenges are free, with every part and every table. Tuning Simulator Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks all ten engines, custom builds, every lesson, Career mode and the daily challenge every day. No subscription, no ads, no account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tuning Simulator at 4.8 against Project DRAG's 4.2. Tuning Simulator also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Project DRAG's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 67%) and ratings volume (79 vs 8). On price, in-app purchases, 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
Both are free to download. Project DRAG sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Tuning Simulator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tuning Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Project DRAG has 79 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Project DRAG's written reviews are positive against 67% of Tuning Simulator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Project DRAG ships an update every 9 days, Tuning Simulator every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Project DRAG | Tuning Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (79 ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.4% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #152 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BYCODEC TEKNOLOJI | Scott Busby |
Customer experience
Project DRAG
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In-app purchases
Project DRAG
- Coin Pack (A)$2.99
- DP Pack (A)$2.99
- Coin Pack (B)$3.99
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- Dp Pack (B)$3.99
- Dp Pack (C)$4.99
- Coin Pack (C)$5.99
Tuning Simulator
- Tuning Simulator Pro$14.99
Questions
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