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2026 · NASCAR · Racing

NASCAR 26

The official game of NASCAR is back and better than ever with NASCAR 26! Battle your way through all four NASCAR National Series in Career, Quick Race, Championship, Multiplayer, or our all new mode featuring The Chase!

Released: 18 September 2026
Platforms: PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox Series X/S
Genres: NASCAR Racing Simulation Sports
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Perspective: First person Third person
Age ratings: ESRB E
Languages: English

About

NASCAR 26 is a sim racing game published and developed by iRacing Studios that was released on September 15, 2026 (Gold Edition) and September 18, 2026 (Standard Edition) for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows.

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Development

iRacing would continue to use Unreal Engine 5 for the development of NASCAR 26.

The developers would continue releasing videos entitled Dev Diaries, showcasing aspects of the game as they developed it, as they did with NASCAR 25 starting in August 2024 and have done with iRacing since June 2015.

Reception

The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions of NASCAR 26 both received generally favorable reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game was recommended by 44% of critics.