Pacific Drive
Pacific Drive
Game
Game2008
Sprint Cars Road to Knoxville
Developer BigAnt Studios
Buckle up. You're going for a ride. Race at speeds over 140 MPH on dirt, on the proving grounds for today's top professional drivers. Shoulder to shoulder sprint car racing makes for spectacular crashes, and white-knuckle driving. Start out as a small town star and work your way up through the ranks to become a national legend. From the Steam store page
50 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest May 20, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
54
Mixed
26 positive · 22 negative
95% range 40–67%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 26 | 22 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
2 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
38 of 69 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
50 of 50 · most liked firstI personally love dirt track racing and try to watch as often as my local track run. Sprint Cars Road to Knoxville is a great game IF you love dirt track racing. The game is very specific to dirt track fans, and while not perfect, is the best one that is still readily available. Although to be frank, some playstation 2 models were indeed better games but are harder to get ahold of now. If you cannot race with a keyboard, I wouldn't bother because some seem not to work. The car sound can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the best speedway game i ever played also i would be happy if another gaming company makes a sprint car game which is better because not much sprint car games are out and not much company makes them.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very nice dirt racing game. Has a lot of options for tuning your car, career starts you out on easy-drive midgets, work your way up to the Sprint cars which are a whole different beast. Does have some cutesy graphics (dust kicked-up and bumps on track), but the cars and rest of the track look great. Only short coming is it lets you have multiple cars and drivers, but you can only enter one race per week, so you can't win a series unless its the only one you drive. Other than that, very fun game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved this game on PS2. Just as fun as i remembered but the game is pretty crap..
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its a good game. i know its amarican and i am in the uk, but.... its the closest thing i have found to "stock car racing" (uk). its a big fat yes from me!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a great speedway game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it will not allow you to play this game on windows 11
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Controller support is practically non existant and game stutters. If you want a good sprint car game, find the sprint car/dirt track racing games from Ratbag games.... they're older but so much better than this...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game being as old as it is could be a great game still . But it lacks any kind of wheel support . I have scoured the web for files and there are no work arounds. wont even work with an old R440 wheel I have. If you are a keyboard driver you will love it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GEAT MIDGET AND OUTLAW RACING JUST KNOW HOW TO SET UP THE CAR
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OMG this is not a good game at all. Sure, it's one of the best sprint car games, because there ain't many more. 0.5/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You get to drive sprint cars all the way to Knoxville, and if you don't stop at the gas station in Nashville you're ♥♥♥♥♥♥ because these cars get like 2 miles to the gallon what the hell.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →amazing game and from 2006 its a pretty esay to controal game on keyborad
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is absolute rubbish, and completely uncontrollable. Even better, when you exit, it actually stays running in the background. All my friends thought it must be awesome, as I've logged 209 hours in the last fortnight. No, its process was just hanging around making it LOOK like I was still playing it. In reality, I gave up 5 minutes into the game as it was completely unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! i had trouble with the sound working right, but im a die hard dirt racing fan so i got over that real quick! Ai is okay sometimes, career mode youll pretty much win every race by laping everyone once or twice wish there was a little more challenge there but if you like dirt track racing this is the game! Fun game overall, out of the handful of dirt track games ive owned this ones right at the top.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute piece of garbage. Loosely based on previous sprint car games. All I want to do, is start a career and race, working up as I go. After spending 20 minutes trying to create a driver.......
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buckle up ♥♥♥♥♥, this game is riddled with high class managering, driving in golf carts and floating saucers for ♥♥♥♥♥ and giggles or if feeling serious you put up your own team of class Ace drivers which will wreck serious ass in the field and tuning your sprint car into a kenyan car. GOTY must buy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That moment when you think you're drifting then you spin out of control.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →0.9/10 - Something smells fishy about these reviews! I simply don't understand it. This game has mixed reviews? The most helpful reviews are all positive?! INSANE!! Old. Ugly trash. I spent 90% trying to create a career. The other 10% was racing. Everything was going good on the first lap; I was thinking positive things... Then I realized my car was unresponsive somewhat. I took my hands off the keyboard and the car continues to drive and compensate for my errors. WTF. Can't believe this is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hmmm... I don't know... I played a little bit and it's missing something... Some "wow" factor... This is a situation where the "maybe" button would come in handy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simply NO! This game is an oldie but not a goodie. This game was crap your ago and its absolut crap now. Don't even think about wasting your money! This game has absolut crap graphics (was on release trash as well), absolut s*** gameplay and makes absolut NO fun!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome Game , If you were a fan of DTR , Dirt Track Racing 1 and 2 , World Of Outlaws Sprint Cars , and the 2002 World Of Outlaws Sprint Cars for PS2. This was basically the last entry of that DIRT SERIES. Well worth $10 I Spent. This game does accept gaming controllers , I'm using a Generic PS4 Controller with No ISSUES. Windows 10 4GB. IT ROCKS.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a very old 3D racing game for fans of the old dirt track sprint cars, midgets and so on. Drive a smallish selection of racecars around circular dirt tracks. There's arcade and career modes. The career mode lets you upgrade cars and hire various race drivers, and compete for cash. Unfortunately this is very dated, the interface is horrible (sometimes the mouse will work, other times you have to use the keyboard). There's no proper support for controllers either, so people with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this quite a bit back on my ps2, it's a good game, but you have to set the exe to windows xp service pack 2 to get it to run
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →tl;dr even die hard race fans should save your money I don't leave reviews very often but this needs said on a game like this. I watched this game for years, wanting to catch it on sale and I did. Even for a dollar this game still isn't worth it. I have a Logitech racing wheel and three different controllers and none of them work with this game no matter how much I tinker with the drivers and settings. The game and settings looke like they are from an early PS2 game, just awful. This game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game may have been great 20 years ago but to charge US$10 for it in 2017 is utter rubbish. It would have looked great on the original Atari back in the 80's, but in 2017 on a triple monitor setup the titles are almost unreadible. I mean it. I can barely read the menus at 6000 x 1080. I cannot believe that Steam would offer this game for sale and this now makes me doubt other Steam games in the library. I honestly feel a bit ripped off. This will teach me not to automatically trust Steam…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is absolute junk. Impossible to set up a controller and overall very glitchy. I wasn't looking for much, and despite that it disappoints.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do Not Buy NO!!!!!WHEEL SUPPORT(NO Racing Wheel Will Work For This Game)This Game Isnt Even Worth It For A DieHard Race Fan
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i grewup on the sprent car, supermodifide tracks, this game is amazing! i would watch my Dad slide around the tracks back in the 60,s and 70,s. One saterday night after rolling his sprint 13 times, He said to me, I thought the sprint was never going to stop flipping over and over, as he lauphed. (RENOIS 44) i wish he could see this game today, great racing without risking your ass. as for the handling of the sprint, practice laps will make you a true blooded sprint car driver, the steering is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible shovelware.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This will not work with a wheel (G27 anyways) and most other controls are very clunky or not working in Win 7. I did have the boxed version of this years ago and, at the time, it worked with a joystick controller but nothing has been done it seems to get it working right before they put it on Steam. It's old and used to be fun but considering the many other racing games (old and new) that work fine with Win 7 without problems, this is not worth the time or money. I bought, tried to get it to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Item: Sprint Cars: Road to Knoxville PS2 2003 Release Year: 2003 Fun Fact: This was one of the earlier console racing games built specifically around real-world sprint car dirt racing culture, including Knoxville Raceway inspiration.
unlabelledView post →*NEW* Sprint Cars: Road to Knoxville – PlayStation 2 (PS2) – 2006 Release Year: 2006 Fun Fact: This game features the real Knoxville Raceway, often called the “Sprint Car Capital of the World,” giving players an authentic racing experience tied to one of the sport’s most iconic venues.
unlabelledView post →you can't use a controller and key board you can't control the car , so how in the hell are you supposed to have a race ?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Come for the cool race cars, stay for the racing management simulator.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →love this game i have it on my ps2 aswell and it's a great racing game 9/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For a old retro game no ones ever heard before no wonder this came in the bundle of crappy old games from so long ago. I wonder what the hell I bought that steam bundled it all together? Anyways the game is similar to a NASCAR kinda game but with dune buggies and the like. It isn't bad for a retro game and you can play it with your keyboard or watch the computer play for you. Not a bad game though. If your into racing games that is different and retro don't over look it as it is manageable and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hmmm yes dirt ovals
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i think i love this game, would r8 car
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought it wanting to replay this classic from my childhood. Literally couldn't get the game to even start because it was immediately unresponsive. Tried every fix possible and it just wouldn't launch. Keeping in mind I'm on a modern PC with a GeForce GTX 1070Ti and Windows 10. Just a bad port, better off emulating or buying an actual PS2 copy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun. xbox1 controller works
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Graphics aren't amazing, but for a dirt track game it's quite realistic
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I mean...Sprintcars. Need I really say more? Sure, The game looks like it was made with a potato (In todays standards), but I am an old guy and played thousands of hours of "old" games, so it doesn't bother me. It is obviously arcade-y and fun, so if you like dirt track racing then get it.. we don't have many options for PC....shame. Imagine a new 2020 graphically enhanced sprintcar game..
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very fun dirt racing game! Sprint Cars: Road To Knoxville was developed by Big Ant Studios who also created World Of Outlaws: Sprint Cars, Short Track Racing: Trading Paint, and Sprint Cars 2: Showdown at Eldora, The graphics for this game still hold up pretty good, it's not a simulation based game so just be ready for an arcadie type game if you're interested in buying this game. Controls are pretty nice, and the career mode is very fun. For those who use to play the old Dirt Track Racing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Deleted the game. Sound issues sounded like a speaker that was about to blow. Unbearable to listen to. Gameplay actually was not that bad, I quite enjoyed it untill the sound wasn't fixable anymore.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is awesome! Highly recommend. It's fun for 2 player or 1 and career mode is very extensive! My only complaint is some of the tracks aren't very good but other than that it is great
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tags: Driving & Racing - Miniracer Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Resolution changes unstable. Caps out at extreme low resolutions. Even menus are blurry. Xbox360 pad not working out of box. Trapped at 800x600. Trying to change resolution dropped it to 640x480 and refused to go back up. Looks terrible. Even menus are blurry. Menus seems to drop frame and feel very sluggish and unresponsive. Did not detect my Xbox340 pad. Launched a game. It was a keyboard…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like it because a love racing
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Realism and Fun mixed in one unbelievable experience! So stop dreaming about the travelling the road to Knoxville and LIVE it with this stellar title!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you love sprint cars or racing games, you'll love this game!
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