SBRW secondWorlds
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Get on the grid

The game is free and always was. You need a launcher, about 8 GB of disk, and ten minutes — most of which is the download running while you do something else.

Step one

Pick a launcher

These are the upstream projects — we host none of them ourselves and never repackage the game. Download from the source, always.

Soapbox Race World Launcher

The official launcher from the SBRW project. Portable — unpack it anywhere, it fetches and verifies the game files itself.

Latest release on GitHub

NightRiderz Launcher

An alternative launcher with a Windows installer. Same servers, different front end — take this one if the official launcher gives you trouble.

Latest release on GitHub

Launcher documentation

Setup walkthrough and the list of error codes — the first place to look when the launcher refuses to start the game.

docs.sbrw.davidcarbon.download

The SBRW project

The server software itself, open source. Worth a look if you want to understand what is actually keeping this game alive.

sbrw.dev
The whole way

From nothing to the starting grid

  1. 01

    Get the launcher

    The Soapbox Race World launcher installs and patches the game for you. Grab it from the official project — we do not repackage it.

  2. 02

    Let it fetch the game

    On first start the launcher downloads the game files and verifies them. Roughly 5 GB, a one-time wait.

  3. 03

    Add our server

    In the launcher's server list, add a server and paste our URL. It shows up alongside the public servers from then on.

  4. 04

    Create your driver

    Pick a name, take the starter car, and drive. Your account exists on our server only — nothing is shared with other worlds.

Server address

Example — not the real address yet

The server is not running yet, so this is a placeholder. The real URL goes out with the invite once the world opens — this page is public, so it will not be posted here.

Server URL
https://sbrw.secondworlds.win/sbrw
Access
no password, invite link only
Capacity
24 slots
Location
Germany (Falkenstein) — midgard

What you need

Operating system
Windows 10 or 11 (the launcher also runs under Wine/Proton on Linux)
Disk space
~8 GB for the game files and cache
Memory
4 GB RAM
Graphics
Anything from the last decade — the game is from 2010
Network
A normal broadband line; the server sits in Falkenstein, Germany

The game is from 2010. If your machine can open a browser with more than three tabs, it can run this.

Stuck somewhere?

Launcher errors are almost always covered in the upstream documentation — error codes, antivirus false positives, and the usual Windows permission traps. If that does not solve it, ask Christian.

Launcher documentation Read the guide