CSR2 Twin Cars: Different Names, Identical Records

CSR2 has more than a thousand cars, and some of them are the same car underneath. Different name, different paint or a special-edition badge, but the same performance. Knowing which cars are twins saves you from chasing a hard-to-get version when an easier one does exactly the same job.

We went through our CSR2 world records sheet looking for cars in the same tier that share everything: the record time, the dyno time, the PP and Evo, and the full tune (final drive, tyre setting and nitrous). Leaving out plain colour versions of one car, we found 30 sets of twins in Tier 5 (one is a trio) and four more pairs in Tier 4.

Why a matching dyno time matters

A record time depends on the driver. The dyno time doesn’t: the game calculates it from the car’s build and tune. When two cars match on dyno time, PP, Evo, tune and record, the simplest explanation is that the game treats them as the same car. The record keepers clearly think so too: one entry on the sheet is literally labelled “Pininfarina Battista Edizione Nino Farina (matches Battista)”.

Special editions that aren’t faster

These are the most useful pairs, because the special edition sounds like an upgrade and isn’t:

Car	Its twin	Shared record	Rank in Tier 5
Rimac Nevera	Nevera Time Attack	6.653	27th
Pininfarina Battista	Battista Edizione Nino Farina	6.790	97th
Ferrari 812 Competizione	812 Competizione (Evo)	6.941	215th
McLaren Elva	Elva GOSH Edition	7.069	303rd
McLaren Senna	Senna GOSH Edition	7.159	341st
RadFord Type 62-2	Type 62-2 GOSH Edition	7.169	350th
Lexus LFA	LFA Nürburgring Package	7.301	424th
Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign	GT-R50 Prototype	7.565	557th
Audi R8 ‘green hell’	R8 V10 Decennium	8.197	796th

All five-star purple-star records except where noted. Rank is the better of the two.

The LFA Nürburgring Package is the clearest case. In real life it’s the track-focused version; in CSR2 its record, tune and dyno time match the standard LFA exactly. All three GOSH Editions on the list match their standard cars too.

Different cars, same numbers

Some twins aren’t even the same model:

• Aston Martin Valour and Valiant: two different Astons sharing a 6.672 record at 32nd to 34th, one of the best results any Aston has.
• Toyota LB Silhouette GR Supra and PandeM V1.5 GR Supra: two different body-kit builders, one record (7.042, 287th). Our tuner cars ranking covers both.
• Pagani Zonda Revo Barchetta and Zonda Revolución: 7.180, 362nd.
• Porsche Hoonigan RWB 911 Turbo and RWB 911 (964): 7.181, 365th. See our Hoonigan cars ranking.
• BMW 2024 M5 Sedan and M5 Touring: the saloon and the estate share 7.618, 603rd.
• Porsche 911 GT2 RS and Duke Dynamics 911 GT-RSR (both gold-star): 7.736, 675th.
• McLaren 750S and 720S Spider (both gold-star): 7.749, 683rd. The newer car brings nothing extra here.
• Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE NASCAR and the ForeverLawn Zero version: 6.842, 134th.
• Pagani Utopia ‘Carbon Edition’ and Utopia Roadster: 6.779, 87th.
• Ford Mustang RTR Hoonicorn V1 and V2: 6.789, 94th.

Open-top twins

Several convertibles match their coupes exactly: the Ferrari SF90 XX Spider and Stradale (155th), the Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider and Valkyrie Spirit (193rd), the Pagani Zonda Cinque, Cinque Coupé and Cinque Roadster (335th), the McLaren SLR 722 Edition and 722 S Roadster (348th), the Aston Martin V12 Vantage and V12 Vantage Roadster (390th), and the BMW M8 Competition Coupé and Pride Convertible (752nd). Among gold stars, so do the McLaren 765LT and Artura with their Spiders, and the Lamborghini Huracán Evo Coupé and Spyder. Our convertible vs coupe study covers the pairs that don’t match.

The oddest twins

• The BMW 3.0 CSL at Elite Customs Level 0 and Level 36 share one record, 6.759 (75th). Usually Elite Customs moves a car hundreds of places, as our Elite Customs analysis shows. Here the record keepers list the same time for both.
• The Porsche 911 Turbo S (992) and 911 Targa 4 GTS (992.2) match exactly, even though the Turbo S record is a four-star car and the Targa a five-star. That’s true at both purple star (701st) and gold star (712th).

Tier 4 twins

• The Mazda Rocket Bunny RX-8 (Easter IV) and Neela’s Veilside RX-8: 9.769, 28th of 232.
• The Jeep Gladiator ‘Rubicon’ and Tej’s Jeep Gladiator: 10.176, 101st.
• The Porsche 911 Targa 4S Heritage Design Edition and 911 Carrera 4S Cabriolet (gold star): 10.228, 109th.
• The Jaguar XE SV Project 8 and Otto’s XE SV Project 8: 10.475, 146th.

Three of these pairs are a road car and its Fast & Furious film version, and in each case the film car matches the road car exactly.

How to use this

• Missed a special edition? If it has a twin on this list, the standard car does exactly the same job.
• Choosing between two versions? If they’re twins, pick the one that’s easier to get or that you like the look of.
• Copying a tune? A twin’s tune works on its partner too, since the records use identical settings.

One caution: this list reflects our records sheet at the time of writing. A game update can change a car’s stats, so if two twins ever drift apart, the newer record wins. Every car linked above is in our car collection, deliverable stock or fully maxed.