CSR2 Car Customization — Wraps, Paint, Liveries, Rims & Plates

Building a fast car is only half of CSR2. The other half is making it actually look like yours — your colours, your wheels, your name on the plate. CSR2 has a surprisingly deep customization system that a lot of players barely touch, usually because they don't realise how much is in there. This guide walks through everything you can change, where to find it, and the one question everyone asks: does any of it make your car faster? (Short version: no — but there's an important catch worth understanding.)

Where to Customize Your Car

Everything visual lives in one place. From the garage screen, select your car and tap the Customize button at the bottom (it's also reachable through the Workshop). That opens the appearance menu where paint, wheels, liveries and the rest are split into sections. You can also set a car's look the moment you buy it — when purchasing, you get to pick the stock paint, interior, rims and calipers before it even lands in your garage.

What You Can Actually Change

CSR2's customization covers far more than just colour. Here's the full list of what you can personalise:

Wraps & Liveries — The Fun Part

The livery editor is where you get the most creative control. When you change the livery you can choose which panels get the custom paint, add racing stripes, or pick from more unusual options like pattern skins and woodgrain finishes. This is how players give a car a genuine identity rather than a single flat colour — and it's worth spending a few minutes here on a car you race a lot, because you'll be looking at it constantly in Live Races and your garage.

Elite Customs — Extra Looks (Not Just Performance)

Most players know Elite Customs as the system that boosts a car's performance with tokens — but it also unlocks a second layer of appearance options. Through Elite Customs you get access to exclusive paints, liveries and interior options, wheel upgrades, and license-plate mods, with full control over decals: numbers, crew names, your own name, and country flags. So as you push a car's Elite Level, you're not just gaining speed — you're unlocking looks you can't get any other way.

Does Customization Affect Performance?

This is the question that matters, so here's the clear answer: the visual customization — paint, wraps, decals, rims, calipers, plates — is purely cosmetic and does not change your car's speed. A wrapped car and a stock-paint car with the same upgrades run identical times. The catch worth knowing: Elite Customs is two things wearing one name. The appearance unlocks are cosmetic, but raising a car's Elite Level (which also unlocks those looks) does add performance through extra fusion slots. So the looks themselves have no speed effect — it's the Elite Level progression underneath them that's about performance.

Quick Customization Tips

A few things worth doing. Set your look on a car you actually race — you'll see it every run, so it's worth more than customising a car that sits in the garage. Use the crew-name decal if you're in an active crew; it's a small touch that ties your garage to your team. And don't feel you have to spend on looks early — cosmetic options don't make you faster, so in the early game your resources are better spent on upgrades and fusions. Customise once the car is built.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I customize my car in CSR2?

Go to the garage, select your car, and tap the Customize button at the bottom (or use the Workshop). From there you can change paint, wraps, liveries, rims, calipers, interior and the license plate.

Does customizing my car make it faster?

No. Paint, wraps, decals, rims and plates are cosmetic only — they don't change performance. Raising a car's Elite Level does add speed, but that's the upgrade system, not the visual customization itself.

Can I add my crew name or flag to my car?

Yes — through Elite Customs you can add decals including numbers, text, crew names and country flags, along with exclusive paints and liveries.

Can I customize a car before buying it?

Yes. When you purchase a car you can choose the stock paint, interior, rims and calipers before it's added to your garage.