Asobo, known today as the Microsoft Flight Simulator developer, created groundbreaking technology for large scale maps that was intended to be used in a high quality rally raid title. It was never released and ended up as FUEL, a post-apocalyptic open-world racing game. What happened?
Better known today as the developer of Skyrim and Fallout, Bethesda once had a well-respected racing game franchise and were deep into development of a licensed Skip Barber Racing title that never released.
Running on Windows 10
Install the 1.09 patch then the SilentPatch. The SilentPatch fixes basically everything that was wrong with CMR2 on Windows 10. I have archived it here incase that site ever disappears.