Motorsport Games continues to make inroads into the world of sim racing, with the announcement that it has entered a binding term sheet to acquire Studio397 and its widely acclaimed rFactor 2 platform.
It formalises a partnership that helped make last year's officially sanctioned 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual race, with the highly praised handling dynamics of rFactor 2 set to underpin Motorsport Games' forthcoming takes on BTCC – a hugely anticipated comeback for the series into the virtual domain – and Le Mans.
"Studio397 has a clear passion for virtual racing and together we recognised an opportunity
to work as one team to advance the genre to the next level," said Motorsport Games' president Stephen Hood in an official press release. "We see this
as great news for the sim racing community as we can now leverage the best elements of
the rFactor 2 platform, combine it with our foundational use of Unreal Engine (developed by
Epic Games) and layer in the additional components our talented teams have spent the last
two years developing. Our aim was to start out with a product that had heart and soul. When
the planned acquisition is completed, we can operate safe in the knowledge that another
piece of an ambitious puzzle has been secured."