9/10 (Deduct one point for the pain of installing it). Recommendation: Pair this mod with a load cell brake pedal. Your right foot will thank you.

In the world of sim racing, few years are as polarizing as 2020. The cars were heavy, the V6 hybrids were (comparatively) quiet, and the Mercedes dominance was reaching its peak. But deep within the modding community, a group of developers posed a simple question: What if we dropped the snarling, 19,000-rpm V10 monsters of 2003 into the engine of F1 2020?

It takes the best modern UI, the stable physics base of Codemasters' final good game (before the EA takeover jank), and injects it with the soul of a bygone era. If you want to experience why people call the V10s "the last real Formula 1 cars," but you cannot afford a high-end PC to run rFactor 2’s classic content, this mod is your ticket.

Just remember: In 2003, there was no DRS, no Halo, and the engines sounded like the world was ending. In this mod, they still do.