- Primary Subject: PC Sim Racing Games (Low-Spec / GTX 960M Hardware) - Key Update: A roundup of ten classic, lightweight sim racing games that maintain 1080p performance on older 2015 laptops and remain legally available to buy. - Status: Confirmed - Last Verified: August 28, 2026 - Quick Answer: The best low-spec sim racing games you can still buy for older hardware include Assetto Corsa, RaceRoom, Automobilista, GTR 2, and DiRT Rally 2.0. The 2015 gaming laptop was a strange machine. It ran hot, throttled under load, and cost more than a decent used car in some markets. But plenty of them are still alive, and a GTX 960M or 970M paired with a fourth-gen i5 remains enough hardware for a serious sim racing habit. I went looking for titles that hold 1080p at sensible settings on that spec and, just as importantly, can still be bought today. That second condition eliminated more games than the first. Assetto Corsa is still the answer Kunos released Assetto Corsa in 2014, and it remains the most efficient piece of code in the genre. Vanilla AC will sit at 60fps on a 960M with medium to high settings and a reasonable grid. The catch is the mod stack everyone recommends. Content Manager is harmless, but Custom Shaders Patch with Sol or Pure adds dynamic lighting and weather that will bury an old mobile GPU. Run it clean, or run CSP with the heavy visual extensions switched off, and it holds up beautifully. RaceRoom is free, which helps RaceRoom Racing Experience asks nothing up front and monetizes through car and track packs. Its engine dates to 2013 and it barely touches the GPU, so a 970M is comfortable overkill. The bottleneck sits elsewhere. RaceRoom leans hard on single-thread CPU performance and scales poorly