NASCAR Heat

Over the weekend, we speculated that NASCAR Heat would be heading to the Nintendo Switch after an early Amazon store listing. That posting wound up to be true as Motorsport Games officially announced as much on Friday. NASCAR Heat Ultimate Edition+ for the Nintendo Switch brings the official NASCAR game from 2020 portable. It’s the…Continue reading “NASCAR Heat Ultimate Edition+ confirmed, announced for Nintendo Switch”»

There has been no official announcement from Motorsport Games on this, but the first NASCAR video game on the Nintendo Switch looks to be on its way for a November release. Earlier in the week, an Amazon.com store link was shared around social media with the NASCAR Heat Ultimate Edition+ available to preorder for the…Continue reading “NASCAR Heat Ultimate Edition+ on Nintendo Switch found via Amazon listing”»

That’s not really a headline that anyone expected to read or write – but it is true. Kevin James, of Mall Cop and King of Queens fame, is starring in a new Netflix comedy series called “The Crew” and playing NASCAR Heat 5 is part of the promotional efforts. The Crew follows a fictional NASCAR…Continue reading “Paul Blart: Mall Cop plays NASCAR Heat 5”»

The Winter Heat Series on NASCAR Heat 5 wrapped up with the Valentine’s 80 at virtual Daytona International Speedway as part of the big Daytona 500 weekend on Friday night, 12th February 2021.   Although the event took place virtually, 28 drivers in total competed across the Xbox and PlayStation platforms for their chance at a $20,000 prize…Continue reading “Luiz Zaiter, Chase Williamson Earn Winter Heat Series Championships”»

NASCAR Heat 5’s four-race “Winter Heat” championship has found a home on US television network MAVTV. It will become the exclusive broadcast partner of the newly formed esports series. For those of you that aren’t aware, the Winter Heats Series contains 4 distinctly themed races: Movember 50, Holiday 60, New Years Resolution 70 and the…Continue reading “Winter Heat on NASCAR Heat 5 will air on MAVTV”»

New kids on the oval racing block, Live Fast Motorsports, is pairing up with developer/publishers Motorsport Games for part of the 2021 NASCAR season. Motorsport Games is the parent company of 704 Games, known for producing the official game of NASCAR – the NASCAR Heat franchise. They’ve revealed that this utterly beautiful car will be…Continue reading “Live Fast Motorsports pair up with NASCAR Heat”»

For the third instalment of the Winter Heat Series on NASCAR Heat 5, the PlayStation and Xbox competitors headed to the unique Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course on Sunday, 24th January 2021 for the New Year Resolution 70.   The newest track to be added to NASCAR Heat 5, this marked the first official esport competition on the 2.439-mile…Continue reading “Castro and Buttafuoco keep their resolutions”»

The second event of the inaugural Winter Heat Series on NASCAR Heat 5 saw competitors hit the virtual 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway for the Holiday 60 on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020.   The event saw a total of six drivers advance to the Winter Heat Series Championship Finale in February, while eNASCAR Heat Pro League veterans Justin Brooks and…Continue reading “Holiday 60 in Miami – Race Report”»

The first in the four-race mini-series got under way on Sunday afternoon on the NASCAR Heat platform. In a slight departure from the regular eNASCAR Heat Pro League, this series has open qualifiers for all races other than the finale, allowing new names to shine through and take on the established Pro League racers. The…Continue reading “Movember 50 – Winter Heat Gets Spicy”»