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EA: 'No plans' for new NASCAR game

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Sep 1, 2009 4:02 pm PT

Peter Moore confirms racing series taking extended pit stop, members of development team shifted over to EA Sports MMA.

The future of EA Sports' NASCAR franchise of racing games has been in doubt since February, when The Sporting News reported the publisher wouldn't be making a new installment of the series this year. Speaking with GameSpot for a Dreamcast retrospective on next week's episode of the HotSpot podcast, EA Sports president Peter Moore has removed all uncertainty from the equation.

For the time being, NASCAR is squarely in EA Sports' rear-view mirror.

"There are no plans right now for NASCAR from EA," Moore said. "We had a great relationship over the years that I thoroughly enjoyed when I first got here. Unfortunately…we had to make some tough trade-offs. We've had to redeploy some of those folks. A number of the NASCAR team has moved over now to EA Sports MMA, which will be shipping next year. [We're] still a huge fan of NASCAR, but no plans right now to develop any further games for NASCAR from EA Sports."

The last NASCAR release from EA Sports was February's NASCAR Kart Racing for the Wii. Although the EA Sports label no longer has a racing product, Electronic Arts is still hoping to fulfill gamers' yen for momentum with appropriately titled upcoming games like Need for Speed: Shift and Need for Speed: Nitro. The next game to feature NASCAR content will be Gran Turismo 5, which features several licensed tracks.

153 Comments

  • Kirbichu

    Posted Sep 7, 2009 8:21 am PT

    This was a good move on EA's part. If you look at all Nascar games post '06 (minus Kart Racing of course), changes between games other than the roster are little to none. They don't want people to waste money on a game they pretty much already have. Also, this increases the hype for GT5, being the new premier Nascar game.

  • MaddenBowler10

    Posted Sep 7, 2009 12:25 am PT

    in other words: "Nascar is a boring sport and no one buys these games anyway"

  • TheMassEffect

    Posted Sep 5, 2009 10:14 am PT

    The last good Nascar game I remember playing was Nascar Rumble, which I thought was awesome. Nascar Thunder 2003 wasn't that bad either.

  • hyperkass

    Posted Sep 5, 2009 7:51 am PT

    so boring and repetitive..

  • NuKkU

    Posted Sep 4, 2009 3:59 pm PT

    yea nascar games are as boring as the sport itself(it shouldnt even be called a sport no physical attributes are involved when doing it)

  • ps3gamer1234

    Posted Sep 4, 2009 2:13 pm PT

    Just get gt 5.

  • beel-kun

    Posted Sep 4, 2009 12:14 pm PT

    That's better I hate Nascar games, Sucks big time & has no real feeling to the speed.

    Watching Nascar in real life is so much better than this crap.

  • Xesphere

    Posted Sep 4, 2009 9:30 am PT

    Let's make it clear. Does real life Nascar sucks? Hell, no!!! Does Nascar games sucks? Hell, yeah!! End of the story.

  • st017

    Posted Sep 4, 2009 1:17 am PT

    All of the console Nascar games have always sucked to me. I had Nascar 1 or Nascar 2 for the pc many many years ago. That was by far the best Nascar game I've ever played.

  • Mr_Manikin52

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 5:33 pm PT

    Australian v8 supercars is where it's at, brother!

  • Red122

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 1:48 pm PT

    I quit playing Nascar games along time ago same with the Madden games they just get to repetitive its a shame EA doesn't just sell the rights to someone else. It don't affect me much but sorry to the fans that enjoyed it that is just how EA and Peter Moore does.

  • GETAGIRLFRIEND posted Sep 3, 2009 12:57 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    GETAGIRLFRIEND

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 12:57 pm PT (hide)

    i have a new idea for nascar: relay nascar. startling ling starts off, cars turn keep turning left, finish the lap, then team mates would be in the opposite direction starting off and turning right, finishing the lap. no pause what's so ever, same track. that would be fun to watch. and after when all the red necks are inside each other's engines, fans can start participating. i call that fun and getting rid of stupid people.

  • GETAGIRLFRIEND

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 12:48 pm PT

    no more going around in circles?

  • mr3bdulla

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 10:53 am PT

    who need nascar if u have f1

  • Auricom-R

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 10:32 am PT

    Daytona USA on xbla and psn. The time is now Sega

  • japanesegoth

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 9:46 am PT

    there's really no need to make a new nascar game every year. it will get old fast cause there aren't that many tracks. maybe if they also put in indy racing but that would take a lot more work...i'm sure they can figure something out by the next nascar game.

  • SmashingX

    Posted Sep 2, 2009 8:50 pm PT

    i'm glad GT5 has nascar in it but there are probably more people playing nascar on 360 than ps3, the 360 install base needs nascar too

  • gobbo00

    Posted Sep 2, 2009 7:44 pm PT

    NASCAR is a **** motorspot anyway oval racing.... utter pap in my eyes.

  • MountaineerWR27

    Posted Sep 2, 2009 6:47 pm PT

    I think EA sucks at making NASCAR games anyway. I would love to see Codemasters or turn 10 get a hold of it and see what they can do, because I'm a huge fan of the Dirt series and Grid for Codemasters and who isn't a fan of the Forza series by Turn 10?

  • Cwagmire21 posted Sep 2, 2009 6:42 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Cwagmire21

    Posted Sep 2, 2009 6:42 pm PT (hide)

    I got tired of racing games after Cruisin' USA.

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