Dirt Track Racing 2

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Dirt Track Racing 2
Developer(s) Ratbag Games
Publisher(s) Infogrames
Platform(s) Windows
Release
  • NA: September 24, 2002 [1]
  • AU: October 29, 2003 [2]
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Dirt Track Racing 2 (DTR2) is a video game developed by the now defunct Ratbag Games and published by Infogrames. It is the third and final game in the Dirt Track Racing series by Ratbag.

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Reception

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [3]

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