Arguably the closest to this is MX Simulator. Motocross and supercross doesn’t have that. Maybe they don’t have the G-forces or worry of injury, but it’s pretty darn close. With iRacing, drivers can set up a wheel and pedals and get after it with a very realistic simulation. On top of that, just about any motocross game out there right now is still quite far from the real thing. That lack of equal opportunity makes an agreeable package that Feld could feasibly accomplish, very unlikely. So, even if Feld decided they wanted to have a #StayatHomeSX, they are at the disadvantage of immediately leaving some people out. Therefore, Milestone srl needs to individually get contracts signed with every single rider to be allowed to add them to the game.
Feld Entertainment does not own Ken Roczen’s likeness when it comes to non-internal distribution. Most notably, Ken Roczen is not in the game.
The most recent supercross game, Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 3, is based on the 2019 season and doesn’t include every rider. Where this falls short with supercross is licensing. It’s the exact same model that Major League Baseball is following with getting athletes to play each other in MLB The Show 20 during this downtime-amongst other sports. While it’s not a simulator, it does create a very simple way for everyone who wants to play as themselves for fun. In MotoGP, the game is officially licensed through Dorna and includes all MotoGP class riders in the game. It’s a series that has run for years and the purse is even $300,000 for the full championship, and that is usually won by someone with limited or no real racing experience. A lot of Cup Series drivers even support teams and drivers that race in the game competitively. NASCAR already had ties with iRacing, which puts on a true professional iRacing eNASCAR championship every week alongside the real racing. That answer is complicated, but perhaps the easiest answer is lack of uniformity. So, why are we not seeing such competitions in our industry? Whether it’s the stars of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup series competing in the eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational or the MotoGP World Championship paddock squaring off in the #StayatHomeGP last week, virtual racing is virtually everywhere right now.
If you’re a racing fan who follows more than just motocross and supercross, perhaps you’ve seen the way other major racing series have began to push virtual racing during this real racing hiatus due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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