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Just a week after TOCA doing the same for the BTCC license, the Motorsport Games IndyCar agreements are set to be canceled as well. The US open-wheel series served the publisher a notice of this intent. Image credit: Studio 397 The news carousel is not slowing down for Motorsport Games. After...

Despite being initially announced for December 2023, Motorsport Games finally gave an exact Le Mans Ultimate release date. The game will hit stores on 20 February 2024. Image credit: Motorsport Games Yesterday, tickets for the 2024 edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours hit shelves for those holding...

The official BTCC game is canceled: TOCA, the rights holder to the popular British touring car series, has terminated the licensing agreement with Motorsport Games. Image credit: Studio 397 Last updated: November 7th, 2023, 5.20pm CET Even though sim racers had been looking forward to an...

Sim racing's greatest soap opera storyline has taken another turn. Motorsport Games plans to lay off a large portion of its workforce. Image credit: Motorsport Games It is perhaps more than fair to say that there is a very negative perception of Motorsport Games. The studio has been in control...

Earlier this month, iRacing and NASCAR announced a new licence partnership to create the next official game. Here’s why this is the best solution. Image credit: iRacing.com Throughout the summer and into October, rumours began swirling around the NASCAR licence. At the time, Motorsport Games...

It is release day for one of the first new games of the year. So to celebrate the occasion, here is everything you need to know about Le Mans Ultimate, the official FIA World Endurance Championship game. Image credit: Studio-397 For several years now, Motorsport Games have owned the licence to...

After weeks of rumours, iRacing confirms the purchase of Motorsport Games’ official NASCAR licence, with a console game on its way. Image credit: ENASCAR on Twitter/iRacing.com For several weeks, rumours surrounding the Motorsport Games NASCAR licence have grown to large proportions. An...

In a post on the Studio 397 forum titled "Rennsport (Game) use physic construction from rFactor2", user haunetal1990 points out several examples in the code of RENNSPORT which also exist in rFactor2. This puts RENNSPORT in the spotlight, as its developers have repeatedly claimed to build...

Last week, Head of Studio 397 Dom Duhan let information slip about development for Le Mans Ultimate in a developer Q&A. Hinting at content and features, the post also featured screenshots of the game's UI. Image credit: Motorsport Games Now in September, we expect Le Mans Ultimate to release...

The reports are in, and they do not look optimistic: Motorsport Games has made its Q2 2023 Earnings Report public, which presents a bleak outlook on the company's future. MSG might not even see the end of the year - what does that mean for the licenses of racing series it holds? Image credit...

Towards the end of the year, the long-anticipated WEC video game is supposed to arrive. Titled “Le Mans Ultimate”, Studio 397 and Motorsport Games' new game is looking like it is on track for a release in late 2023 - for the sim to be a success, it needs to get key elements absolutely right...

With WEC's resurgence in popularity thanks to the new Hypercar rules and a number of manufacturers in the top-flight prototype category of the sport, endurance racing fans are curious for Le Mans Ultimate. The title is set to be released by the end of the year - and after Le Mans, Monza was the...

Yearly releases are not the norm in sim racing, with EA Sports' and Codemasters' F1 Series being a notable exception: Since 2009, Formula One has received a new official game each year - which is not something the IndyCar Series can claim for their championship. In fact, the last official game...

Image credit: Motorsport Games After Motorsport Games and Studio 397 announced their upcoming Le Mans Ultimate title, we went along to the real life Le Mans event to experience the unreleased sim first-hand. The developers behind rFactor 2, Studio 397 and their parent company Motorsport Games...

Image credit: Motorsport Games We were promised a game for the 24 Hours of Le Mans back in mid 2021. It is now official, with Le Mans Ultimate set for a December 2023 release. A couple of years ago, Motorsport Games and rFactor 2 developers Studio 397 announced they were developing an official...

Following the reveal of their 2022 Q4 results last month, rFactor 2 developers Motorsport Games have moved on from their previous CEO. Image credit: Motorsport Games After a period of some turmoil, Motorsport Games has terminated the employment of their previous CEO Dmitry Kozko, effective as...

Over the weekend, we learnt that Motorsport Games is delaying its much-anticipated Indycar game further. No longer releasing in 2023, those looking forward to the title are not happy. Image Credit: Studio 397 It has become a running gag that Motorsport Games is yet to release a game fully...

This year's Virtual Le Mans 24h race, hosted on rFactor2 and featuring high profile racers, simracers and simracing personnalities, is raising a lot of criticism after the race was riddled with disconnection issues. The race was red flagged twice due to server crashes, due to security issues...

The Motorsport Games Odyssey keeps on continuing. And it keeps on getting weirder. In the latest stroke of madness, the entire board of directors resigned due to a "proposal to raise additional capital". As if the story of Motorsport Games couldn't get any more complicated and convoluted...