New Major Investor Commits $2.5M To Motorsport Games

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Image: Studio 397
Le Mans Ultimate is on an upward trajectory, and Motorsport Games has followed suit with exciting news for fans: The company has found an investor who will help keep the company afloat with an eye-watering investment of $2.5M.

Ever since the first content update featuring LMGT3 cars arrived for Le Mans Ultimate in December, the sim has been on a notable upward trend. Average concurrent player numbers have cracked the 1,000 mark for the first time since its February 2024 early access release in March of 2025, and our Racing Club is frequently enjoying full grids in its weekly events.

It appears that this has not gone unnoticed: Motorsport Games, the parent company that also owns the sim's developer Studio 397, has been looking for an investor or buyer since last year as it tried to recover from past decisions that saw the company struggle financially. That worry seems to be out the window for now, as an unnamed investor has contractually invested in Motorsport Games to the tune of $2.5M.

Le Mans Ultimate Cadillac Corvette.jpg

Image: Motorsport Games

Motorsport Games has re-filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The details are slim, but what is clear is that a $2.5 million investment for 1,894 million shares of Motorsport Games’ Class A common stock will be coming to the market.

We at OverTake have contacted Motorsport Games for comment and will update this article as and when we hear back from them.

What do you make of the news of Motorsport Games finally getting a major investor onboard? Let us know in the comments below!
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I wonder if this is just enough to get access to code base/IP.

Certainly, it's not enough to run a company on for any sensible length of time, not least as I'm willing to bet there are creditors & back-pay in the mix too.

So yeah, not so impressed by this as I am that LMU seems to have got the majority of it's shizzle together as a game.
 
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Well, two and a half million dollars will pay the wages and rent for a month or two, but it's not really enough to turn things around, if there's only a 1000 players (1% of claimed sales) why are they even bothering digging an even deeper hole?

If it's an investment 'chancer' then he/she'll likely be looking over their shoulder every 5 seconds, and if it's from a business smart investor then there's likely a reason for giving them just enough tea money, that would sound like the beginnings of a hostile partnership.
 
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Flamers and Trolls saying the same things 13 years later :roflmao:
I mean i don't disagree you can only tart up a pig so much, it's true.
But everyone knows that for a decade.
Only a simpleton would not and saying the same thing over and over just reinforces this.

Having said that ISIMotor today is very different to rF2 again anyone stills thinks they clones is a simpleton.


Either Historic Le Mans or IMSA or BTCC sim please.
Pity IndyCar is off the table, would have made an awesome sim.
 
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Well, two and a half million dollars will pay the wages and rent for a month or two, but it's not really enough to turn things around, if there's only a 1000 players (1% of claimed sales) why are they even bothering digging an even deeper hole?

If it's an investment 'chancer' then he/she'll likely be looking over their shoulder every 5 seconds, and if it's from a business smart investor then there's likely a reason for giving them just enough tea money, that would sound like the beginnings of a hostile partnership.
You say this but theres currently less people playing AMS2 that there is LMU according to the community hub numbers of people currently ingame.
 
You say this but theres currently less people playing AMS2 that there is LMU according to the community hub numbers of people currently ingame.
Yet Motorsport games have never made a profit, while Reiza claim they are seeing constant economic growth.

Clearly the mismanagement of the company means they need far far far more sales then they have achieved in order to get out of their hole.

I cant see 2.5 million having much effect apart from keeping the wheels turning for a bit longer until they either sell the entire company or collapse and get asset stripped.
 
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If you have a history of relisting with SEC... that's pretty damn bad.

I hope someone buys the IP and open sources it. This will help a lot the guys at BeamNG to develop great handling physics or why not start another open source sim project? I'm a giant fan and believer in open source software. If the community is sufficiently big, then it can outperform any big corporation, we can see this even at generative image AI.
 

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