Torque Kings vs Tuning Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Torque Kings
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TorqueKings puts you behind the wheel of the ultimate drag racing experience. Build your dream car, tune every component to perfection, and race real players head-to-head in live 1v1 online matches. RACE FRIENDS 1v1 Challenge any player to a live race. Pick the distance, race for an in-game cash reward, and settle it on the strip. Accept incoming challenges or send your own. DEEP CAR BUILDING Start stock and transform your car into a monster. Install performance parts across 12 categories — intake, exhaust, turbo, intercooler, engine internals, fuel, ECU, drivetrain, suspension, brakes, tires, and weight reduction. PRO TUNING Take full control. Dial in your ignition map, fuel map, boost pressure, rev limiter, launch control, gear ratios, suspension height, damping, and camber. Save multiple presets and switch setups on the fly. DYNO TEST After every build, hit the dyno to measure real peak HP, peak torque, and 0-100 estimates. See exactly what your modifications are doing. ENGINE SHOP & SWAPS Browse the engine shop for a new heart. Buy an engine, store it in your depot, then swap it into your car when you're ready. Each engine has its own performance ceiling and tuning potential. SERVICE & CONDITION Every race puts wear on your car. Monitor condition and pick from four service options — from an oil change to a full factory overhaul. Forged internals slow condition loss so you race more. DAILY MISSIONS & STREAKS Complete daily missions for bonus cash. Keep your streak alive for extra rewards. Missions range from dyno tests to engine swaps. LEADERBOARD Climb the global leaderboard and prove your build is the fastest on the strip. TorqueKings rewards real knowledge — the driver who understands their car, tunes it right, and races smart wins. Build. Tune. Race. Repeat.
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 in-app purchases: Torque Kings at none against Tuning Simulator's 1. Tuning Simulator's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and chart position (#157 vs unranked). On price, ads, 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. Tuning Simulator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Torque Kings asks for nothing beyond the download.
Torque Kings ships an update every 5 days, Tuning Simulator every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Torque Kings | Tuning Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #157 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Batuhan Mangalolu | Scott Busby |
In-app purchases
Torque Kings
No in-app purchases
Tuning Simulator
- Tuning Simulator Pro$14.99
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