“TOCA is aware that this news will come as a huge disappointment to our hundreds of thousands of fans, many of whom were eagerly awaiting the release of a new BTCC game… and we very much share that frustration, due to Motorsport Games being unable to fulfil its contractual commitments.”
The announcement of the agreement’s termination comes just days after it was announced that some 40% of Motorsport Games’ workforce was being laid off, putting future projects in doubt.
Motorsport Games currently holds the licences for upcoming games based on IndyCar and the FIA World Endurance Championship, both of which were originally expected to be released in 2023, although the IndyCar offering had already been delayed until 2024.
The Floridian games producer were also behind the ill-fated 2023 running of the Virtual Le Mans, which suffered a multitude of connectivity issues and was labelled a ‘clown show’ by recently-crowned triple Formula One World Champion Max Verstappen, who was competing in the event.