iRacing Studios and NASCAR have officially unveiled the cover stars for the upcoming racing title, NASCAR 25, featuring three of the sport’s biggest names. The reveal took place at the iconic Daytona International Speedway, home of the Coke Zero Sugar 400 race. The cover features William Byron, the 2024 and 2025 Daytona 500 champion; Christopher Bell, the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race champion; and Ryan Blaney, the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series champion.
About the honor, Byron said in a release to press, “It’s really special to be on the cover because it’s one of those moments in your career where you feel like you’ve made it.”
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Bell added in the same release, “I just remember being a kid and going every single year when the new games would come out, and I’d wait to see who was going to be on the cover. The fact that I’m on the cover is something that I never would have dreamed of in a million years.”
The NASCAR 25 Soundtrack Goes Beyond Just Country
If there is one thing that sports games are known for, it’s the diverse and absolutely banging soundtracks regardless of sport. In addition to the cover reveal, iRacing Studios unveiled the official soundtrack for NASCAR 25, a collection of adrenaline-pumping tracks to accompany the intense racing action.
The soundtrack features a variety of artists and genres, including:
- “Time Bomb” by Whiskey Myers
- “Hypnotize” by System of a Down
- “Liar” by Jelly Roll
- “Burn It Down” by Parker McCollum
- “Flirtin’ With Disaster” by Molly Hatcher
- “Drivin’ My Life Away” by Eddie Rabbitt
- “Dream” by The Dangerous Summer
- “Nobody Knows” by Killer Mike ft. Anthony Hamilton
- “Out of the Black” by Royal Blood
- “Big Dawgs” by Hanuman Kind ft Kalmi
- “The Clincher” by Chevelle
- “American Bliss” by Have Mercy
- “Party Like You” by The Cadillac Three
- “Awaken” by Breaking Benjamin
- “The Finger” by Bryce Leatherwood
- “Skin to Skin” by Greg Upchurch
- “F with U” by Ryan James (radio edit)
- “Pulling Teeth” by Slow Joy
- “Weight” by Stuck Out
- “7000 Miles” by Ruby Ibarra (remix)
- “Can’t Count Me Out” by Mr. Phelps
- “Handle My Business” by Lit Squad
- “I Want the Power” by KC Carter
- “Whippin” by Justin Starling
- “Let’s Go” by Black Prez x Kid Something
- “Run Quick and Function” by The Proletariats
- “Shipwreck” by Letdown
If you don’t want to wait until the game’s October release date to give the NASCAR 25 soundtrack a listen, you can listen to the full soundtrack on Spotify.
What to expect from NASCAR 25
iRacing has shared that NASCAR 25 will feature all four premier NASCAR series – the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Craftsman Truck Series, and, appearing along NASCAR series in a standalone title for the first time, the ARCA Menards Series. The four series are also playable in other gameplay modes such as quick races, seasons, and online multiplayer, but Career Mode is their staple.
- Career Mode: All four series, along with real drivers from each, will feature extensively in NASCAR 25’s Career Mode, where you’ll customize your own driver and vehicles, manage contracts, money, facility, and staff, and make strategic choices on and off the track that play a pivotal role in your journey to becoming a NASCAR Cup Series champion.
NASCAR 25 is the first standalone NASCAR console title produced by iRacing, who are looking to bring its decades of racing expertise – including developers who worked on fan-favorite NASCAR games like NASCAR Racing 2003, NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona, and entries from the NASCAR Thunder series – to NASCAR 25.
What is the NASCAR 25 release date?
NASCAR 25 will be released on October 14, 2025, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, with a PC release on Steam to follow.
