Automobilista 2 has spent years standing out for something that has also been one of its biggest contradictions: it offers an enormous variety of cars, eras, and circuits, but it still does not have a fully implemented official career mode. Reiza Studios confirmed in February 2026 that its Career Mode remains in development and that the intention is to introduce it in stages, with an initial implementation planned for the second half of 2026. Into that gap has come Zero to Apex, an application created by developer Josh — known as jozeed1 on OverTake — that is trying to do something considerably more ambitious than simply saving the results of a few races: build around Automobilista 2 a persistent, automated career and a motorsport world that evolves season after season. Its first public version appeared on July 21, 2026 and, barely a month later, the project is already on version 0.6.4, released on August 19. And that is the key to understanding what Zero to Apex really is. It is not a traditional story mode. There is no scripted campaign in which every player meets the same characters and goes through the same scenes. It is, rather, a dynamic single-player career mode that uses Automobilista 2 as the driving simulator and adds around it the professional progression system that the game still does not provide natively. The problem Zero to Apex is trying to solve Automobilista 2 allows players to create custom races and championships, but turning them into a coherent professional career requires a fair amount of work from the player. You have to choose categories, configure events, keep track of results and, with less integrated external solutions, constantly switch between the simulator and other applications. Zero to Apex was born precisely to remove that friction. Its developer explains