NASCAR 25 similar games & best alternatives

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NASCAR 25

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2025

Should you play it?

iRacing is proud to present NASCAR 25, the official game of NASCAR featuring ALL FOUR National Series, the ARCA Menards Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and NASCAR Cup Series.

What works

  • Engaging career mode with progression and team management
  • Realistic and fun driving physics with adjustable difficulty
  • Good graphics and immersive sound design
  • Competent and challenging ai
  • Customization options for cars and ai behavior

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited wheel and peripheral support with setup difficulties
  • Lack of some features like pit stop control, caution replays, and retirement options
  • Online multiplayer can be chaotic and lacks private lobbies
  • Some bugs and rough edges in ui and penalty systems
  • Limited paint booth customization and celebration features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • MotoGP™19

  • iRacing Arcade

  • MotoGP™13

  • MXGP 2019 - The Official Motocross Videogame

  • NASCAR Heat 5

  • Formula Legends

Less story-driven

Games that feels like NASCAR 25 but with less narrative immersion

  • Automobilista 2

  • CarX Drift Racing Online

  • RACE 07

  • Automobilista

  • Le Mans Ultimate

  • RaceRoom Racing Experience

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with NASCAR 25. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with NASCAR 25. These titles are not in What to play next.

NASCAR 25: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026