The rapid expansion of the iRacing game portolio continues, with iRacing Arcade announced as part of a new partnership with Circuit Superstars and Karting Superstars developers Original Fire Games.
We’ve regularly featured the work of the family-led dev studio since Circuit Superstars was first announced as part of Square Enix indie publishing efforts. And now they’ll be producing a PC and console title for 2025 with iRacing as the publisher. The working title of iRacing Arcade will involve a more-indepth experience including a career mode and will be geared towards racers ‘of all ages’.
“iRacing has long been interested in expanding into other niches in the race gaming market, and we’re thrilled to be doing that with Original Fire Games,” said iRacing president Tony Gardner. “We have a lot of respect for what they’ve done with Circuit Superstars, as a lot of our team have played and loved the game. Their existing game is fun, very high quality, and the driving is great, three of the things we insist all our games have. Teaming up with them is the perfect opportunity for us to enter this space with a strong foundation that we can build upon. Games like these cultivate new racing enthusiasts who eventually become the next generation of sim racers and the future player base for our simulations. We can’t wait for players to get their hands on this all-new finished product.”
“Original Fire Games is very excited to partner with iRacing to bring motorsport fans a new game in 2025,” said Carolina Mastretta, Co-Founder and Studio Director at Original Fire Games. “What we created with Circuit Superstars showed us that there is a hunger for arcade-like racing experiences that are true to motorsport. As an industry leader of the sim racing space for nearly two decades, iRacing has talent, expertise and technology that can help us catalyze the potential of the foundation we’ve built so far. iRacing has been successfully venturing into new racing genres and they recognized the potential of our debut title. This convergence of our two companies presents a fantastic opportunity to craft our finest game yet.”
The partnership between Original Fire Games and iRacing doesn’t include any acquisition of Circuit Superstars. But it does add a new title to join ExoCross, which launches in July 2024, the World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing titles, and the new official NASCAR game also planned for 2025.
While you’re waiting for iRacing Arcade, you can find Circuit Superstars for the PC via Steam, the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S via the Microsoft Store, the PlayStation 4 via the PlayStation store, and the Switch via the Nintendo eShop. And you can keep up with the latest Circuit Superstars news and updates, here.
Karting Superstars is available for the PC via Steam Early Access, here. And you can find all the latest news and updates, here.
And obviously, you can sign up to iRacing, here (and credit your referral to ORD, which we’d appreciate!). Along with our our full official iRacing car list, and iRacing track list, here. Plus the latest iRacing news, updates and eSports, here.
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