NASCAR 21: Ignition

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NASCAR 21: Ignition
NASCAR 21 Ignition.jpg
Cover art featuring Bubba Wallace, Chase Elliott, and Ryan Blaney
Developer(s) Motorsport Games
Publisher(s) Motorsport Games
Engine Unreal Engine 4, rFactor 2
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X
Xbox Series S
Release
October 28, 2021
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

NASCAR 21: Ignition is a racing video game simulating the 2021 and 2022 NASCAR Cup Series seasons. It was developed and published by Motorsport Games and was released on October 28, 2021, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows via Steam, with a further release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles on June 23, 2022. [1]

Contents

The cover athletes are Cup drivers for each manufacturer: Chase Elliott for Chevrolet, Bubba Wallace for Toyota, and Ryan Blaney for Ford. Bill Elliott is on the cover of the Champions Edition version of the game, which released two days prior, and allows players to race as Bill himself (using a 2019-2021 Gen 6 NASCAR Cup Series Ford Mustang with his 1983 Melling paint scheme).

Development

The game was built from the ground up, development on the game started around 2019 when Motorsport Games bought 704Games and received all of their assets. [2] The game is powered by Unreal Engine 4 using rFactor 2's physics engine. [3]

Downloadable content

On November 11, 2021, a downloadable content (DLC) package was released featuring Darlington Raceway themed throwbacks. Cars from the 2021 Goodyear 400 throwback round were featured, and a second NASCAR Hall of Fame member, Darrell Waltrip, was added, which like Bill Elliott in the Champions Edition, players can race as him, using a 2018–2021 Gen 6 Chevrolet Camaro with his 1992 Southern 500 winner paint scheme. [4]

The game was later updated on November 18, 2021, with patch v.1.25, with fixes and additional hardware support. [5] On December 7, 2021 the game was updated to version 1.3.0 which added more wheel support and options while fixing some minor bugs. Three days later, a "Patriotic Pack" was released which included NASCAR legend Matt Kenseth in his 2003 championship paint scheme. January 25, 2022 saw the release of another patch, which included the addition of stages and other bug fixes. Two days later, the "Playoff Pack" was added with 80+ new schemes and NASCAR legend Bobby Labonte with his Interstate Batteries paint scheme. In February 2022, there was another update which saw the addition of a test mode for the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports 2022 Ford Mustang at Daytona International Speedway. In April 2022, Motorsport Games announced that there would be no new NASCAR title for the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series, but instead a DLC for the 2022 NCS season, in which came out October 6. [6]

Soundtrack

Track listing:

  1. "Back in the Saddle" - Aerosmith
  2. "BOOM" - X Ambassadors
  3. "Chasing Down a Good Time"- Randy Houser
  4. "Trouble's Coming" - Royal Blood
  5. "Cold As You" - Luke Combs
  6. "Keep Up" - Ryan Kinder and Robert Randolph
  7. "Love Race" - Machine Gun Kelly featuring Kellin Quinn
  8. "Natural" - Imagine Dragons
  9. "No Son Of Mine" - Foo Fighters
  10. "Sweet Home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd (first time since NASCAR Thunder 2002)
  11. "Tied Down" - Larry Fleet
  12. "Circles" - Tim Dugger
  13. "Up In the Sky" - Milo le Miche
  14. "What We Came To Do" - Outskrts

Reception

The PlayStation 4 version of NASCAR 21: Ignition received "mixed or average reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic.

Player reception to NASCAR 21: Ignition however has been negative. Screen Rant said that the game was "chock full of bugs at launch". [8]

Notes

  1. ^ "Champions Edition" released on October 26, 2021

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References

  1. ↑ Owen S. Good "NASCAR's newest game pretties up with Unreal Engine 4" Archived 2021-09-06 at the Wayback Machine , Polygon, August 26, 2021.
  2. ↑ Reilly, Luke (August 11, 2021). "First Trailer for NASCAR 21: Ignition Unveiled, New Series Arrives in October". IGN. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  3. ↑ Good, Owen (August 11, 2021). "NASCAR comes back to console video games, with the Unreal Engine". Polygon . Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  4. ↑ "NASCAR 21: Ignition – Throwback DLC Pack Trailer". Digital Sports Insider. November 11, 2021. Archived from the original on November 13, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  5. ↑ NASCAR 21: Ignition’s latest update adds Thrustmaster support and caution fixes Archived 2021-11-18 at the Wayback Machine - Traxion, November 18, 2021
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  7. ↑ "NASCAR 21: Ignition for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  8. ↑ NASCAR 21: Ignition Review - Fun Driving, Buggy Performance Archived 2021-11-24 at the Wayback Machine - Mason Teague, Screen Rant, 27 October 2021
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