NHRA Drag Racing Title Coming Late 2022 from GameMill Entertainment

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NHRA and GameMill Entertainment have shared the first teaser of an as yet unnamed NHRA game coming later this year.

Arguably the most underrepresented category of racing in the modern gaming world is drag racing. But this is soon to change thanks to GameMill Entertainment.

GameMill has developed a wide variety of titles ranging from American Ninja Warrior to Disney's Frozen to outlaw racing. This could be a cause for concern for anyone seeking a true-to-life recreation of hyper technical race cars like Top Fuel dragsters, but NHRA has leant their name to the project, and the press release from GameMill states that the game will feature "physics-based gameplay for simulated real-world depth and speed".

The title will be released on PlayStation5, PlayStation4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam. It will feature both single-player and multiplayer modes and offer Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Pro Mod, and Super Street car classes, and include real-world NHRA drivers and NHRA sponsors.

NHRA and GameMill are looking for community feedback on what to call the title. A post shared by both of their Twitter accounts is asking for name suggestions.

The title is due to be released in late 2022 at this point, so stay tuned to RaceDepartment for more news and teasers in the coming months.

Would you play a drag racing game? Let us know your thoughts on this project in the comments below.
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CreamyCornCob
Look forward to it, but its so niche I doubt they'd make it even more niche by designing it to be more of a sim.
So it will be the quarter feeder type I'm guessing.

As a kid in the early 80's, this was king. Played for endless hours. You'd be shocked at how good the top fuel sounded :confused: it was really that good. :D
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Wayne Hutchison
Can't imagine the online multiplayer will be much fun if the guy with the lower ping to the server always gets the jump at the light...
 
MJQT
Whoa there @VFX Pro – settle down. 1000% uncalled for. People can like what they like, and you can like what you like. And (sarcasm warning) shockingly, sometimes people enjoy different things, it's crazy. Who'd have thought?

Calling anyone that sort of crap tells us about you and your attitude, not anything or anyone else. I'm not into figure skating, but I don't go out finding online comments sections so I can call people who enjoy figure skating names and tell them what they are passionate about is crap. That's just a toxic waste of energy.

Be it drag racing, sim racing or anything else... "to each their own". And thank God (or another deity of your choice) for that! World would be a boring place if we all enjoyed the same stuff.
 
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delpinsky
To be honest, Drag Racing doesn't appeal me so much, but if it was a 100% sim, with correct physics of destruction model, would be surely a yes! If it's arcade, it's an immediate NO.
 
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VFX Pro said:
I don't think that is more boring than NASCAR, the entire world does. Look at any video of a drag racing on youtube, you will be lucky to see if they have 500 people in the stands.
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That's not true at all drag racing is pretty popular in regions outside the US in places like Sweden, Australia, the middle east, and even some parts of the UK. Granted the NHRA has lost some of the luster it had in the 90's and before, but go watch 1320 videos with 3.2M subscribers on YouTube, nearly 6M followers on Facebook, and 2M on IG with millions on views. Building street cars to go fast in a straight line is popular.

In terms of top level Drag Racing, NHRA. Like Austin said its more about engineering, building engines with 10,000HP to last the full pass, power delivery through the clutches, tires management and set up are very important. For the game to be successful hopefully there will to be a really good tuning system.

Also its still 10,000HP, funny cars and top fuel dragster ain't easy to drive in any sense. Maybe open your mind and try something new, maybe you'd like it or at least learn something instead of looking ignorant on the internet.
 
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Peppelino
Bracket Mode, Included...
A quick fix for busy people.
During the lunchbrake, not wanting to go, " the whole quarter mile "... Using your imported day-to-day car from your favourite game.. coming to You soon, not more than " two weeks " as a New PlugIn to Assetto Corsa...
Trust me, it's coming.. :D
 
Daniel R.
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If the game is good, I would play it.
It has potential I think...but only if it is well simulated.

I like 1320 videos a lot, especially the "Cash Days" ones. They are kinda rough with some really cool cars.
You've got overpowered cars, built in some backyard (sometimes) that are not easy to handle on a puplic road on a straight line.

This is a pretty nice video about the science behind from one of my favorite YouTube Channels:
 
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Knoxstar said:
Drag racing starts with reaction time.
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It depends on the event. I don't know how it is in the U.S., but at least here in Germany, in addition to the quarter mile, there are also half-mile races where it's all about top speed. The reaction time is more or less irrelevant.

In our country, the drag strips are not glued and in most classes we don't drive with real drag slicks.

You have to be careful with the throttle and shift perfectly to get the power on the road at all.

That would certainly be quite funny in a simulation.
 
Kimmo Kokkonen
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All these games are just for fun, difficulty is the main thing that separates the game from the simulator, not the G-forces.

What comes to Drag Racing so there's so many new things you can learn about driving, reaction time, clutch setup, tyre pressure, braking from 500+ km/h to zero etc. You may never beat AI drivers in this game.

I think this game/simulator is good only if it is enough realistic and when it is as difficult to drive as real Drag Race cars are. Please notise that Top Fuel Dragster has 12000 hp and accelerates less than 0,5 sec from zero to 100 km/h and 1/4 mile top speed is more than 500 km/h.

Online Racing or/and LeaderBoard with challenge option??? No/Yes?

Murder Nova Street Outlaw, as a driver me, this is fun, can't wait Top Fuel dragster!!!!!!

 
JPL083
This could be great, if it just done right! But i doubt it to happen, drag racing sim would take a lot of effort to make every aspect of that racing genre to be filled in the game. And not going to explane it all, but it should simulate the whole thing, what belongs to the drag racing. So i think there just comes a game where you do a drag race after another (maybe including tyre heating burnouts) and thats it. Floor it and repeat. Get skins or sponsors from wins and faster cars. Shortly said, only a grind and unlock sim. But you can always hope else! But just like IOM TT the game.. No need to tell more.
 
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ChevyGuy566 said:
The people that made Skyrim also made this:

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This is the game they made between Morrowind and Oblivion :roflmao:
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They made waaaaaaaaaaaaay better ones before then in the 90's.

Those were all about tuning modified street cars, which is the only way I'd be interested in a drag sim. The real fun is the tweaking and wrench-turning and seeing your creation rip down the asphalt. Just driving pre-made top fuel cars isn't my thing.
 
SL1DE
Wow this is great news, however this is the same developer who made those terrible Street Outlaws games so I'm not going to have high hopes yet.

But I do hope it's as good or even better than "NHRA: Countdown to the Championship" made by Pipeworks Studio on PS2 and PSP. I put so many hours into that. Otherwise there will be no point.
 
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