Shift 2 Unleashed

Problems players report

We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Shift 2 Unleashed on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.

1. Crashes and freezes73 of 300 (24%)

   And with that, even if you do manage to boot the game up (which is often after four or five crashes) you then try and enter a race and it crashes.

   Steam review, 28 April 2019 · 29 hours played · 24 readers marked it helpful

   It's that old, when they're off the screen, they run perfect laps, but if they're on the screen they'll crash out right in front of you, and blow your line.

   Steam review, 23 January 2020 · 10 hours played · 21 readers marked it helpful

2. Will not launch or install13 of 300 (4%)

   I can't even install due to key being corrupted.

   Steam review, 30 July 2025 · 56 hours played · 15 readers marked it helpful

   Uhhh, the game wont start and i have all of 3.7 hours of gameplay...

   Steam review, 5 March 2023 · 4 hours played · 8 readers marked it helpful

3. Performance and stutter9 of 300 (3%)

   Doesn't work well with modern hardware - 1080Ti (fastest graphics card on the market) gets me 40 fps in 1080p.

   Steam review, 26 October 2017 · 5 hours played · 20 readers marked it helpful

   This is an extremely poor PC port and it will seriously struggle to run consistently at 60+ fps despite being almost a decade old.

   Steam review, 23 June 2020 · 1 hours played · 11 readers marked it helpful

A further 2 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.