There is a new period for NASCAR video games coming in 2025, however followers might wish to seize the earlier titles whereas they nonetheless can. Motorsport Games, the corporate that till just lately held the rights to make NASCAR racing video games, has introduced that every one of its NASCAR titles and related DLC shall be pulled from digital storefronts on December 31.
To the NASCAR recreation group!
From December 31, 2024, all NASCAR recreation titles and their DLC content material will not be out there for buy on all digital storefronts however will stay out there to play after this time. This consists of the @NASCARHeat, @NASCARRivals, and… pic.twitter.com/7RyCQXuZUo
— Motorsport Games (@MSportgames) November 29, 2024
The silver lining from that announcement is that titles like NASCAR Warmth, NASCAR Rivals, and NASCAR: Ignition shall be happening sale earlier than the video games are delisted. All of the affected video games and their bodily disc counterparts will stay playable after January 1, 2025, they simply will not be instantly out there for on-line purchases.
NASCAR branded video games date again to 1991 with Invoice Elliott’s NASCAR Problem, and the license has been utilized by a number of totally different gaming publishers over the a long time. The present NASCAR rights holder is iRacing, which reportedly plans to launch NASCAR ’25 throughout all consoles and PC in Fall 2025.
Actual-life NASCAR racers have beforehand proven their assist for video games based mostly on their occasions. Maybe most notably, Ross Chastain credited NASCAR 2005 for his thrilling wallride end in 2022. NASCAR subsequently banned the transfer as a possible security hazard.