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.
Legendary British game developer whose career spanned a 20 year period and included groundbreaking simulations of Formula Three and Formula One, including arguably the first ever racing sim: Revs (1984).
Most famous for his Grand Prix series that were published under the MicroProse label until 2000, his career unceremoniously ended when his studio was shut down by Infogrames and the Xbox version of Grand Prix 4 cancelled just prior to release.
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Header image from the 2022 DLC for N21.
In their investor earnings call last week Motorsport Games’ new CEO Stephen Hood stated that the 2022 season DLC for NASCAR Heat 5, originally announced for release in October last year, should be released within the “coming days”. The Q1 2023 Earnings Conference Call took place May 11, 2023 at 6:00 PM ET, and I waited a week to post this assuming I’d just be able to post about release.
Assuming everything is as-stated previously, the update should allow players to utilize the cars, drivers and teams from the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season in Race Now, Career Mode and Online Multiplayer in NASCAR Heat 5. There was also a social media message that stated significant sound upgrades are also included.
I never saw a NASCAR Heat 5-specific trailer (or indeed any preview images) for the 2022 update, but here is the one for NASCAR 21: Ignition which got it’s 2022 update shortly before NH5 was supposed to:
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