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iRacing® Studios 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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-09-25.
“Just loaded this and all I can I say is there's so much more polish on this than Nascar 25. The intro..the menus..they're all much improved. And then the graphics ! Whoa ! The sky..the way the track rubbers up is awesome. You actually need to move around to find grip. If you're…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Do not buy this until it is 50% off at minimum. Skip it if you bought NASCAR 25. I didn't buy the last game because it was clearly lacking some basic features that this one finally implemented. The basic gameplay is fine. The tracks are well-realized. The car feels good not…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played“I love NASCAR, I believed in iRacing. If you bought NASCAR 25, do NOT buy this game. It is the EXACT same game as NASCAR 25. They have made it clear that they don't intend to improve the game or build on it, just milk people for $60 every single year until it dries up like…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Patch Notes - September 25
Updated time of Daytona event. Fixed Career sponsorship sometimes being awarded incorrectly. Updated ARCA driver ratings. Fixed issue with UI background animation sometimes freezing in online multipla
Patch Notes - September 23
Fix for female driver models not appearing in some race cinematics. Added car adjustment slider to online multiplayer lobbies when custom setups are disabled. Improved the identification of worn parts
Patch Notes - September 18
Tuned the AI Skill Range slider. Adjusted default max. players size of All Tracks lobbies in multiplayer. Fix for Best Lap not always being correct in online multiplayer lobbies.
Patch Notes - September 17
Fix for crash that could occur when resuming multi-series races in Career. Fix for crash that could occur after receiving "Breaking News" in Career. Fix for online home screen sometimes showing zeros
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Racing, Simulation, Sports |
| Player tags | Racing · Simulation · Driving · Automobile Sim · Sports · Realistic · Arcade · Multiplayer · Management · Physics · PvP · Singleplayer (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 17 |
| Official site | https://nascar26.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-Bit, Windows 11 64-Bit Processor: 4 core CPU or better – Some examples (but not limited to): AMD FX-6300, Intel Core i5-4430, Intel Core i5-2320, AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: A gaming graphics card with at least 4GB of DEDICATED memory – Some examples (but not limited to): Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon 570 or better DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 65 GB available space Additional Notes: A physical PC running windows is required. A PC emulation on a MAC or othe