Every Ford Mustang in CSR2, Measured
43 Mustangs on the CSR Racing 2 record sheet. The family holds 4th place overall, the top spot in two separate tiers, and the slowest car in the game.
The Mustang is the most widely spread car in CSR Racing 2. Forty-three of them appear on the record sheet, across four of the five tiers, and the family holds a stranger set of records than any other badge in the game.
It owns fourth place overall. It owns the top spot in Tier 1. It owns the top spot in Tier 4. And it owns the slowest recorded car in CSR2.
Four tiers, four very different Mustangs
Because race distances differ between tiers, these groups cannot be compared with each other. Each is measured against its own tier median:
| Tier | Mustangs | Best | Family median | Tier median | Beat it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 5 | 25 | 6.528 | 6.943 | 7.353 | 14 of 25 |
| Tier 4 | 7 | 9.352 | 10.492 | 10.285 | 2 of 7 |
| Tier 3 | 4 | 7.388 | 7.889 | 7.908 | 2 of 4 |
| Tier 1 | 2 | 11.551 | 11.956 | 11.872 | 1 of 2 |
Tier 5 is where the badge is genuinely strong. The family median of 6.943 is four tenths quicker than the tier median of 7.353, and 14 of the 25 Tier 5 Mustangs beat the typical Tier 5 car.
Tier 4 is the opposite. Only two of seven beat the tier median, and the family median is slower than the tier's. If you are racing Tier 4, the Mustang badge is not a shortcut.
The Mustang carries Ford
Ford has nine cars in the global top 100. Six of them are Mustangs:
| Mustang Shelby GT350 (E.C. 36) | 4th | |
|---|---|---|
| Ruffian Mustang 70 | 22nd | |
| GT MkIV | 23rd | |
| Ruffian 40 | 42nd | |
| Ringbrothers Mustang Mach 1 | 44th | |
| Mustang SVT Cobra R (E.C. 36) | 46th | |
| F-150 Hoonitruck | 90th | |
| Mustang RTR Hoonicorn V2 | 94th | |
| Mustang RTR Hoonicorn V1 | 95th |
Highlighted bars are Mustangs. Shorter is better — these are rank positions.
The Shelby GT350 at Elite Customs level 36 records 6.528 and sits fourth in the entire game. No other car family we have profiled has a car that high.
The two RTR Hoonicorns are worth a note. V1 and V2 both record 6.789 on identical 2,495 EVO and identical tunes, separated in the rankings only because the list had to order them somehow. They are, as far as the sheet can tell, the same car twice.
Two tier leaders under one badge
The Mustang Dark Horse holds first place in Tier 4 on 9.352. It is also the car we have cited repeatedly as proof that PP does not predict speed: it carries 669 PP while all nine cars behind it carry 673.
The Mustang Boss 302 at Elite Customs level 50 holds first place in Tier 1 on 11.551. Its level-0 sibling records 12.361 and sits 14th out of 16 — the same car, 0.810 seconds and thirteen places apart.
No other family in the game holds the top spot in two separate tiers.
And the slowest car in CSR2
Kurtz's Ford Mustang HPE750 records 16.012 seconds in Tier 4. The next slowest car anywhere on the sheet is 12.447, so it is 3.565 seconds adrift of second-last.
It carries 546 PP, the lowest figure in Tier 4, against the tier norm of around 673. Whatever this entry represents, it is not a built car — and it means the Mustang family spans from 4th in the game to 1,251st, which is last.
Elite Customs is the Mustang story
Ten of the 43 entries carry an Elite Customs level, giving five complete before-and-after pairs — more than any family we have looked at.
| Car | Tier | Level 0 | Top level | Gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Mustang GT | 5 | 8.476 | 6.938 | 1.538s |
| Mustang SVT Cobra R | 5 | 8.070 | 6.703 | 1.367s |
| Mustang Shelby GT350 | 5 | 7.834 | 6.528 | 1.306s |
| Mustang Boss 302 | 1 | 12.361 | 11.551 | 0.810s |
| 2015 Mustang GT Premium | 3 | 8.627 | 8.021 | 0.606s |
Every one gains, and the three Tier 5 climbs all clear 1.3 seconds — well above the 0.907-second median we measured across all 70 Elite Customs spans on the sheet.
If you own a Mustang sitting at level 0, that is the single most valuable thing in your garage to finish.
A tune nobody else runs
32 distinct full tunes across 38 timed cars, so the Mustang family is unusually varied. One entry stands out: Sean's Ford 1967 Mustang Fastback runs nitrous of 93 over 16.8 seconds.
A 16.8-second burn is well beyond the long-burn group we identified elsewhere, which clusters at 12.0 seconds. It is not the longest on the sheet — four cars run burns between 19.5 and 28.0 seconds — but it is the only car using this exact setting.
At the sharp end the family converges on the standard setup. The GT350, the Ringbrothers Mach 1 and the SVT Cobra R all run 188 nitrous over 4.0 seconds, and the GT350 and Cobra R both use a 2.00 final drive with 0/100 tyres.
Five Mustangs have no recorded time at all, including two Dark Horse SC entries with dyno figures of 7.194 and 7.242 and a Ringbrothers Mach 1 Kingpin at 6.784. On the sheet median, that Kingpin would land near 6.67 if anybody ran it — which would place it around 31st in the game.
Which Mustang to build
- Best outright: Shelby GT350 at Elite Customs level 36. 6.528 and fourth in the game.
- Best without Elite Customs: Ruffian Mustang 70 at 6.643 and 22nd, running 188/4.0 with unusual 100/0 tyres.
- Tier 4: the Dark Horse at 9.352 leads the tier outright, despite carrying less PP than the cars behind it.
- Tier 1: the Boss 302 at level 50 leads that tier. At level 0 it is 14th of 16, so the climb is the whole car.
- If yours is at level 0 in Tier 5: finish it. All three Tier 5 climbs are worth over 1.3 seconds.
All 43 are in the record database with their tunes, dyno figures and ranks.