* 2010: Game released
* 2017: Fell in love with the game
* 2019: Contemporary graphic, looks better than many modern games
* 2021: Still love it, but technical issue very annoying
* 2023: Surprisingly smooth 30 fps :D

🟢 = Available +1
🔴 = Not available -1

🟢 Endure race in a same track for many laps (Circuit)
🟢 Escape / Barrel Dodge game mode
🟢 Air Strike / Air Revenge game mode
🟢 Do drifting to earn power
🟢 Score/Time Attack for replay value
🔴 User friendly on PC controls
🔴 Point A to Point B (Sprint racing track)
🔴 Nitrous speed boost
🔴 Friend leaderboard


🏅 Community Rating: Mostly Positive
🔎 Long Version Checklist ➜ Reveal
📢 Disclaimer about Short Hours & English Error ➜ Read Here

⚖️ iMeter {A} Worth a play, if you love unique Sport Cars & trigger bomb trap. However, if you're looking for versus friend best record, don't play it

* Amazing explosion effects everywhere
* Building, landscape, bridges, buses, shops are an explosion traps
* Overtakes dangerous Trucks
* Cutscene like Blockbuster Movie
* Concept car design

* Online multiplayer is not available
* Max 30fps cap
* No cockpit cam
* Increase / Decrease difficulty not in campaign
* Require manually setup gamepad button

* Great game ➜ True
* Lack of modern basic setting ➜ True
* Online server is completely bricked ➜ True

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I will forever be mad at Disney for under-advertising this game and shutting down Black Rock Studio. Split Second is one of my favorite racing games ever, it was so easy to pick up and play and have a great time. Pure was fantastic as well, hope to see it on Steam one day, doubt it'll happen.

But yeah, this is silly fun. Pick it up on sale though, the $20 is a little steep for a 10+ year old game with no online multiplayer anymore. Has split screen though, if you're into that kind of thing.

🟡 Requires heavy tinkering

1) Disable Steam Direct Input: Right click on the game > Properties > Controller Options (Button prompts will remain for the keyboard, but controller will be fully functional)

2) Download and extract into game's directory SecuROM DRM remover:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xbacn00cl4t26dflj9rk0/SplitSecondnocd.7z?rlkey=h5ti6zxi4ocnwhltcm2rupoun&dl=0
(Without this, the next step will not work, since DRM protection prevents the injectors from working)

3) To fix stutters/slowdowns and vastly improve performance download DXVK.tar.gz
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases
extract it and copy d3d9.dll from the x32 folder into game's directory.

Tested on: OnexPlayer Mini Pro 6800U

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Disney doesn't care about anything that brings in just under a billion. Grееdу sсum who are only interested in money. It's not worth spending a single cent on their games, none of it will go to the project's creators from Black Rock. The studio is closed. It's a shame, those people had a talent for making racing games. I wish Disney to burn in hеll. That's it.

Rest in peace split second 2.
Disney is garbage

RIP Split Second 2 And Blur 2

I bought this just because i used to play the pirated ver back in the days when it got released. I just want to repay my sins

Split Second borrows similar philosophies from Burnout - made-up Unlicensed cars, great graphics, wanton vehicular destruction and road debris, rewarding successful play with tools to help win the race. Split Second was built in the time where not every game from a major publisher needed to be overloaded with monetization, when Michael Bay Transformers movies were popular and was made to not be too hard or too easy - it's no wonder why many people say Split Second is their favorite racing game of all time.

Drifting around corners and drafting behind cars earns each racer meter for Power Plays. Power Plays can be used to activate setpieces to crash or hinder opponents ahead of them, open up short cuts, or literally alter the path of the course. These events are fashioned after big budget action films like Transformers or Fast & Furious, so lots of big explosions, bombastic crashes, and toppling buildings, Outside of explosive barrels dropped from helicopters, each setpiece is an exciting treat to the eyes slightly alters the race track. A variety of race types keeps the game fresh and a limited control set makes the game easy to learn and pick up for some casual play.

Split Second on Steam has some problems that will prevent players from buying it, the biggest issues being it's rarely/never discounted price (no Sales in years), 30 FPS gameplay (60FPS patch affects Power Plays), no official DLC (DLC content needs to be pirated and manually installed), awkward Controller support (control glyphs are only for Keyboard and I needed to use Big Picture/Steam Input to get my XInput controller to work), broken Online Functionality (Servers for PC version were taken down), and possibly hardware dependent potential graphical issues/anomalies (a strange, glitched stairstepped pixel pattern going from the upper right to bottom left of my screen with an RX 580 GPU. Few others reported other screen related issues in Steam forums). Split Second is still very enjoyable despite these flaws, but this does mean the best version of these games are the console ports, at least from other users' reports.

Split/Second is, hands down, my favorite racing game ever and one of my all-time best games. I bought this game for both the PC and the PS3 even before it came to Steam and I played the hell out of both versions. This is a great game that any racing fan should play at least once and is also a great entry game for those wishing to check out the genre.

The premise of this game is, frankly, not very original but sets up the game nicely. You are a contestant on the new explosive racing show Split/Second. During the course of the "season" you will have to compete in races to advance to the next "episode." Finishing higher in events will get you more points and will allow you to progress further in the season. Each episode is capped off by an Elite Race, a race around the track against Split/Second's best drivers. Beat each episode to win the season championship. Like I said, not very original but it gets the job done.

The gameplay is very simple. You race around a track, drift around the corners and use power-ups to destroy your opponants. However, the center piece of this game is that it doesn't use traditional power-ups like those in Mario Kart or Blur. Instead, you attain energy through drifts, drafts, and air-time. Once you have enough, you can activate power-plays on the track, which usually involve destroying parts of the track to crush your rivals. Filling up your energy all the way will allow you activate the biggest power plays on the track and will also allow you to change the track's route (if the track has a route changer). Racing hard while effectively using your power plays are essential if you want to win the season championship.

In addition to the races, there are also several other types of events. The first one is Elimination. It's similar to the race, but there aren't any set laps. Instead, a there is a timer that counts down. When the timer reaches zero, the last place car is eliminated from the race. Survive all eliminations to win.

The second event is the Air Strike, where a helicopter shoots missles at you and you have to dodge the missle waves in order to gain points. The longer you last, the harder the waves become to dodge. Gain the most points to win the event.

A variant of the Air Strike event is the Air Revenge, which is kind of like a boss fight. Instead of getting points for dodging missles, you get power-play energy in addition to the energy you get from drifts and jumps. You can then use the energy to reflect the missiles back at the helicopter. Down the helicopter in the shortest amount of time to win.

The final event is by far my favorite: Survival. Here, semis are driving around a track while dropping bombs in front of you in order to kill you. As you stay alive and pass these trucks, you gain points. Passing several trucks in a row without dying will increase your score multiplyer. Get the highest score to win the event. I have sunk hours on end trying to beat my own high scores, so I think you'll get alot out of this mode.

On the down side, this game's graphics are pretty standard. It looks okay, but if you're more accustomed to the realistic racing games like Forza then you'll definately notice the difference. There are also some glitches and hitbox issues that, while not game-breaking, can lead to outburts of rage over what the heck just happened. Sometimes, though, the glitches can be entertaining in their own right (like getting killed by an explosion and restarting a hundred feet in the air). These issues, however, are very infrequent and most likely won't dampen you experience.

[EDIT] As for the controls, there isn't a manual shifting option, which I don't mind but some might be a bit miffed that this wasn't included. Also, the initial key set-up is a bit weird. You drive using the arrow keys and use the right control and right shift buttons to activate power plays. I assume this was done so that a second player could use the WASD area of the keyboard when doing split-screen. Thankfully, this is easily remediated since all inputs can be remapped in the Options menu, but it's still a bit jarring when you first start.

[EDIT 2] As I've stated below, the Online Play is no longer available as the servers have shut down. LAN and Local Multiplayer are still available, but the loss of full Online play is definately felt.

So those are the basics of Split/Second. It is very simplistic but very addictive. There's also a bit more to the game than what I mentioned, but I'll leave you to discover those on your own if you wish to pursue this game. Score: 8/10

UPDATE 2018: Please help nominate this game for The Steam Awards: Most Fun with a Machine! After all, this game is pure, cheesy, EXPLOSIVE fun.

The best thing Disney has ever released