GameMill Entertainment is speeding onto the track later this year with a brand new racing game — NASCAR Arcade Rush, a new arcade-style racer that looks to deliver a new racing experience based on the iconic stock car-racing sport.
Launching on Switch later this year, NASCAR Arcade Rush delivers online and local multiplayer while bringing a unique arcade twist to many of NASCAR's most iconic tracks and cars. The game has been created to celebrate the storied 75-year history of stock car racing.
We haven't got a debut trailer for the game just yet, but we do have some rather electrifying screenshots from the game, along with some info from GameMill itself. Plus, we're pretty sure that's a UFO in the art...
Experience the high-octane thrill of NASCAR racing in a completely new way with intense arcade races on iconic NASCAR tracks, totally reengineered with jaw-dropping twists, hair-raising turns, gravity-defying jumps, nitro boosts and other surprises. Customize your car and driver as you compete to take the top position across a variety of game modes, including the Career NASCAR Cup Series plus online and local multiplayer.
Key Features
- Iconic Tracks, Wild Twists: Experience iconic NASCAR tracks like Talladega Superspeedway, Daytona International Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Martinsville Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway and more in all-new ways that will thrill your imagination and deliver a new level of playability within the vaunted NASCAR video game franchise.
- Race Your Way: Choose from a full array of vehicles spanning 75 years of stock car racing history and horsepower. Customize your car and driver to suit your style with new paint schemes, rims, spoilers, visual effects, suits, helmets and more, with thousands of combinations to discover.
- Robust Racing Modes: NASCAR Arcade Rush features expansive single-player modes including the Career NASCAR Cup Series, Quick Race and Time Attack. Take on your friends in thrilling head-to-head local multiplayer, or race rivals around the world in 12-player online multiplayer.
A physical version of the game has been announced for PS5, but not for Switch. We'll let you know if that changes, of course. Otherwise, there's the NASCAR Project-X Bundle, which is essentially the digital deluxe version of the game. At £49.99, you'll get the base game along with some extra features:
● A hovercraft car model developed as part of Project-X
● Project-X paint scheme, rims, wheels, and spoiler
● Project-X-themed drivers suit and helmet
● Project-X team sponsorship option
● Project-X vehicle FX package
● A set of four additional in-game emojis to showcase your style
NASCAR Arcade Rush pulls up to the start line later this year. Will you be checking this out in 2023? Line up in the comments and let us know.
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I've never played a NASCAR game before, but this looks great so far... consider me interested!
Speaking of “Rush”. What I wouldn’t give for a remastered or remake of Rush 2049. I used to spend hours and hours just playing stunt mode in that one.
Definitely interested! I feel like Switch could use another higher budget arcade racer.
I have vague memories of playing this NASCAR Wii game reviewed here:
https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/05/nascar_kart_racing_wii
I couldn't really get into it myself but it wasn't bad. This looks like a more non-kart racer though so it"ll be a different experience and so I'll monitor this. Racers (kart or otherwise) are a genre my household and I like if they are fun in some way. They shouldn't be boring like a fair few cash in ones are. I suspect it's not the case here, but I'm sure we'll see via NL hopefully. The Switch is served quite well for racers as my assembled file for racers suggests, but I always welcome more!
@AG_Awesome Honestly, even just a simple "as is" re-release on modern consoles would be grand.
This actually looks very, very interesting. It's equal parts Daytona USA and Cruis'n Blast.
Will wait for a review to see how the gameplay is, but there is a lot of potential here.
lack of analogue triggers kills racing games on Switch. Unless this is sufficiently 'arcadeified'
This game looks nice. I love race games. Happy with another race game is coming to Nintendo Switch.
@CharlieGirl Absolutely. Though I’d throw in a resolution and FPS bump plus widescreen support if possible.
@Arkham24601 the right stick works as an analog throttle. No issues using it for both Wreckfest and Trials Rising (which is extremely throttle sensitive)
90s Arcade Racing is that you!?!
Looks ok, still prefer the awesome visuals from Daytona USA.
@ComfyAko thought the same. This looks like a mix of Cruis'n Blast and 90s Arcade Racer (rebranded 90s Super GP by Nicalis to never release It)
NASCAR unleashed and NASCAR karts were both good.
I loved the sound of this until I realised that all of the cover and screen shot press release pics and blurb make no mention of drivers or real sponsors. So it’s tracks that are made to look nothing like their real versions and no actual nascar drivers or cars….. hmmmmmmm
I’m less excited.
Really loved NASCAR Rumble on PS1 and enjoyed NASCAR Unleashed on 360/3DS.
Wonder if it'll finally be time to buy my third NASCAR game lol
Ok, very interested in this... Daytona USA is one of my favourite games of all time and Cruisin Blast is one of my most played games on Switch. Early 90s style arcade racing is a genre that really needs a proper comeback, just like 1v1 fighting games are getting a renaissance of sorts right now!
I've got no prior knowledge of nascar or it's other racing games but this looks pretty good. Definitely need to see some gameplay or rather switch gameplay before I commit though.
well I loved crusin' so I will give this a try.
Game seems fun but gotta watch out with this Studio.. they have bad Record of games
Is Raw Thrills working on this? GameMill published Cruis n’ Blast and this looks very much like that - if so, makes me more excited!
@Manxman64 I’ve never mastered that right stick throttle / brake thing. As they’re two separate pedals my brain refuses to map them to a single stick.
I wonder if it's related to the Rush series? If it can at least compare then it's worth it.
I was a huge fan of NASCAR Rumble back on the PS1 so NASCAR and Arcade Racer get me excited. Hopefully since it is celebrating 75 years I will be able to play as some of my favorite drivers from when I was deeply invested in the 90's like Terry Labonte. Pretty sure Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty are guaranteed to have a presence. Now to find out if this is a straight "Daytona USA" arcade racer or if it has power-ups like in Rumble.
Rolllllllliiiinnng staaaaaaaaaaaarr! The only NASCAR game worth playing.
@tstorm That's what I was going to say, I LOVE NASCAR Rumble. One of my favorite racers. Hopefully this plays even better than that.
Reminds me heavily of Nascar Rumble on PS1, I like it. Great article!
This looks great! Really enjoyed Cruis'n so hopefully this turns out good as well.
Any word on whether this is 60fps on Switch?
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