TOCA has decided to end its video game licensing agreement with Motorsport Games for the BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) game. Motorsports Games recently layed off 40 percent of its staff mainly affecting staff in the United Kingdom.
It is with regret that TOCA now advise that it has been forced to terminate that agreement forthwith, due to ongoing fundamental breaches of the agreement by Motorsport Games. Having been given sufficient latitude to rectify those contractual breaches, unfortunately Motorsport Games has failed to do so.
In order to protect the reputation and intellectual property of the BTCC, including those of its participants and partners, TOCA had been left with no option but to terminate the agreement and immediately withdraw all licensed BTCC rights that were provided to Motorsport Games under that agreement.
TOCA is aware that this news will come as a huge disappointment to our hundreds of thousands of fans, many of whom were eagerly anticipating 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.
iRacing acquired the NASCAR Team Properties’ exclusive simulation-style console racing games license from Motorsport Games last month. The team announced it will begin developing a NASCAR console game expected to release in 2025.
