Finding character.2.dat depends entirely on your device's operating system. Because it is a system file, you will need a file manager app to locate it. Android Location

A corrupted rr3 character.2.dat usually results in:

A character.2.dat file created in a newer version of RR3 may not work if you downgrade to an older version of the app.

: Ensure Real Racing 3 is installed and has run at least once to create the file structure.

While early versions of the game utilized loose .pvr and .obj -derived formats, the shift to .dat containers represents a move toward monolithic storage. This paper hypothesizes that character.2.dat is not a raw data dump, but a structured archive utilizing LZMA or Zlib compression, containing serialized proprietary geometries (RBIN/GTO) and texture atlases.

If you decide to experiment with mods, always keep your original, unmodded file safely tucked away so you can restore your legitimate account if things go wrong.

Android/data/com.ea.games.r3_na/files/doc/character.2.dat iOS Limitations