You think you’re a fast driver? Try hopping from a LMP1 prototype to a Road Legal Nissan Skyline in back-to-back races. The randomizer pulls from your installed DLC and car list, throwing you into machinery you would normally scroll right past. You will discover hidden gems—like the insane handling of the Group 4 Ford Escort—simply because the game forced you into it.
We are all guilty of it. You log in, pick a Track Day car, and drive the Nordschleife for the thousandth time. The Randomizer might throw you into a Lotus 98T at DirtFish (a rallycross track) in a blizzard. Suddenly, you are learning throttle control again.
We all have our favorite tracks. The randomizer hates your favorites. It will send you to Bannochbrae in the fog. It will put you on the Azure Coast during a torrential downpour. It forces you to learn braking points on the fly. You stop driving by "muscle memory" and start driving by instinct. project cars 2 randomizer
This is the most popular method. You create a simple spreadsheet or use a free online "Wheel of Names."
PC2 stores race presets in Documents/Project CARS 2/Savegame/profile/customrace.crd (encrypted). Instead of decrypting, the tool recreates the file pattern via reverse-engineering known presets.
Workflow: You think you’re a fast driver
Thus, the pragmatic implementation is a text/web-based generator that outputs human-readable instructions:
=== PC2 RANDOM RACE ===
Car class: LMP2
Car model: Oreca 07 Gibson
Track: Road America – Full
Weather: Light rain (start) -> Heavy rain (lap 3-7) -> Drying line (lap 8+)
Start time: 16:00
Time progression: 8x
Tire rule: Wet tires mandatory during rain segment
Pit stops: 2 required (fuel not limited)
Not all randomness is equal. Some combos are buggy or impossible (an electric car running out of battery on a 10-lap Nordschleife). Here are the "Goldilocks" recipes: Not all randomness is equal
Recipe 1: The Drift Missile
Recipe 2: The Death Wish
Recipe 3: The Ice Skater
Unlike official mod support (which PC2 lacks), you have three primary methods to randomize your experience. None require hacking the game files, thanks to the robust "Custom Race" menu.