Electronic Arts and NASCAR have a long standing relationship of over a dozen years, most recently manifesting in the family-friendly title NASCAR Kart Racing. Recently, however, reports surfaced indicating that EA would no longer make NASCAR games in their main series, something confirmed recently by EA Sports president Peter Moore.
"There are no plans right now for NASCAR from EA," said Moore to GameSpot. "We had a great relationship over the years that I thoroughly enjoyed when I first got here. Unfortunately…we had to make some tough trade-offs. We've had to redeploy some of those folks. A number of the NASCAR team has moved over now to EA Sports MMA, which will be shipping next year. [We're] still a huge fan of NASCAR, but no plans right now to develop any further games for NASCAR from EA Sports."
It is expected that EA's contract with NASCAR will expire in 2010, but fans should not despair; for the first time in series history, Gran Turismo 5 will have authentic licensed NASCAR races and vehicles.
