NASCAR Heat Servers Will Shut Down in August

What’s Happening?

In a bombshell news drop, the NASCAR Heat gaming franchise took to social media to announce that the Heat servers will permanently close on August 1, 2025. This is all part of the licensing transfer from Monster Games to iRacing.

• Monster Games acquired NASCAR licensing rights in 2016 and relaunched the NASCAR Heat series, beginning with NASCAR Heat: Evolution. In total, 5 console games were released under the moniker.
• In 2021, the rights lapsed, and Motorsport Games was created. Through this publisher, the game NASCAR 21 was released. However, recently iRacing acquired the rights to NASCAR console gaming, along with the rights to the World of Outlaws. The first game under their license will be NASCAR 25, which is slated for release this fall.
• As referenced in the NASCAR Heat post, the game will remain playable but only in single-player modes. On August 1, 2025, online features and updates will be disbanded permanently.

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