Fit check
Is The Karters 2: Turbo Charged worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Kart-racing fans who want local multiplayer for groups of up to 6 players
- Competitive racers who want ranked matchmaking, ELO tables, tournaments, and ghost comparisons
- Players who want community-made tracks, characters, and other mods
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a realistic driving simulation rather than arcade-style kart racing with battle modes
- Players who prefer a small, fixed selection of tracks and modes instead of community content and repeated competitive events
- Solo players uninterested in multiplayer, rankings, tournaments, or split-screen competition
Our take on The Karters 2: Turbo Charged
Its defining format is six-player local split-screen combined with online support, making group kart racing the central structure rather than a secondary mode.
What is The Karters 2: Turbo Charged?
The Karters 2: Turbo Charged is a kart racing game built around fast races, combat-style battles, and competitive multiplayer.
It includes a single-player campaign, local split-screen for up to 6 players, online split-screen support, dedicated servers, team-versus-team play, and ranked matchmaking. Players can compete across 16 official race tracks and 6 battle arenas, with cups supporting up to 24 rounds. Seven listed modes include Race, Time Trial, Duo-Time Trial, Battle without time limits, Elimination, Road Breaker, and Quick Cut. Leaderboards include global rankings, monthly and all-time ELO tables, tournaments, and ghost data that can be shared or downloaded. Steam Workshop and in-game mod browsing provide access to community-created tracks, characters, and other content.
How The Karters 2: Turbo Charged plays
- 01Six-player split-screen
- Local multiplayer supports as many as 6 players, with an option to combine split-screen play with online competition.
- 02Community mod support
- Steam Workshop and in-game browsing provide access to more than 1500 mods, including tracks and characters.
- 03Ranked online play
- Online competition includes dedicated servers, matchmaking, leaderboards, tournaments, and monthly and all-time ELO rankings.
- 04Ghost racing
- Players can download and share leaderboard ghost data, including a feature for finding the next-best ghost.
- 05Team competitions
- Team-versus-team events work in both local and online play, while cups can contain up to 24 rounds.
The Karters 2: Turbo Charged compared to similar games
Driftwood focuses on downhill longboarding as an aerodynamic sloth, with drifting used to balance speed and control. MAVRIX by Matt Jones centers on a 100-square-kilometre open world with downhill tracks, slopestyle lines, bike parks, and user-defined riding lines. Revhead is a car-racing simulation built around constructing a race car, while The Karters 2 centers on kart races, battles, split-screen play, and mod support.
The Karters 2: Turbo Charged: platforms & release
Is The Karters 2: Turbo Charged worth it?
It is worth it if: kart-racing fans who want local multiplayer for groups of up to 6 players. Skip it if: players seeking a realistic driving simulation rather than arcade-style kart racing with battle modes.
Where can I download The Karters 2: Turbo Charged?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Karters 2: Turbo Charged's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Karters 2: Turbo Charged on?
Windows only.
