How Ignition celebrates the heart and soul of NASCAR

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NASCAR 21: Ignition is the evolution of both the NASCAR gaming franchise and powerhouse racing developer Motorsport Games. In creating this new title, the expanded game development team worked to discover what they believe is the spirit of NASCAR to help give Ignition a strong sense of identity and help lay a foundation for what the team expects will be a long-term relationship between brand and developer.

The result is a game that deftly delivers everything from the cultural sense of what NASCAR is to a detailed sense of the physics of real-world racing down to the fidelity of tire models.

We chatted with Motorsport Games President Stephen Hood about how changes to the studio helped to evolve the development process on NASCAR 21: Ignition, the studio’s decision to shift to Unreal Engine, and what all of that means for the game and NASCAR as a gaming franchise.

To read the rest of this interview, which first ran on Nov. 5, 2021, visit Unreal Engine.