Rejoice: EA Games' Exclusive Porsche Deal Is About To Die

Electronic Arts' exclusive Porsche deal is set to end this year, opening the door for the brand to appear in other racing series such as Gran Turismo
Rejoice: EA Games' Exclusive Porsche Deal Is About To Die

The absence of the Porsche brand in some of the world’s major racing titles has to be one of the biggest annoyances in modern gaming.

The issue stems from an exclusive deal between EA Games and Porsche, which has meant that - other than the odd Forza DLC pack - the brand’s car’s have been stuck in the rather unrealistic world of Need for Speed. Not ideal, given that the company has a habit of building the world’s best sports cars. Happily though, it looks like this deal is finally going to end.

Various Porsches made a very welcome appearance in sim racer Assetto Corsa (above) this year, and when speaking to Porsche Branded Entertainment Manager Sebastian Hornung, German site Speed Maniacs wanted to find out how that was possible (translation by GT Planet):

“According to Sebastian they were also always following what was going on in the gaming industry aside from EA. The license with EA runs out this year, because together they arrived at the realisation that the current situation was not desirable anymore.”

Rejoice: EA Games' Exclusive Porsche Deal Is About To Die

Assetto Corsa’s relationship with the car company has been further strengthened by the use of the ‘Pro’ version of the game in various Porsche Experience centres, but we will be seeing the brand popping up in many more franchises. A few of Stuttgart’s sports cars will be appearing in the next Project Cars instalment, and should be arriving in Forza Horizon 3. Will there be Porsches in Gran Turismo Sport? It certainly seems likely.

2017 should be an exciting year for racing games…

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Comments

Anonymous

Rip Ruf. you shall be missed

12/13/2016 - 10:37 |
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Anonymous

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12/13/2016 - 10:42 |
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Anonymous

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I’ll always lust over a BTR though

12/13/2016 - 11:36 |
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Anonymous

As if we needed another delay for a PS4 Gran Turismo game.

12/13/2016 - 10:38 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Nah. They might come as DLC or something

12/13/2016 - 11:13 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

WOUldnt suprise me if offered as a feee update

12/13/2016 - 18:02 |
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iCypher(Joel Chan)

Porsche in the next Forza’s? Yes, please…

12/13/2016 - 10:55 |
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He said it was coming to Horizon 3

12/13/2016 - 14:18 |
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bruce (MUDD SQUAD)(mariner squad) (defender squad) (miata

In reply to by iCypher(Joel Chan)

Yes pleees

12/13/2016 - 19:21 |
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Anonymous

Great, so us gamers can now live our Magnus Walker fantasies on a good and proper sim without having to mod it. Progress.

12/13/2016 - 10:55 |
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Manuel Kunz

Finally!!!

12/13/2016 - 10:56 |
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ShadowHuayra (HemiPower)

Goodbye RUF (as much as I love you) Hello Porsche (I want my RUF back)

12/13/2016 - 11:25 |
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I hope RUF stays in games alongside Porsche, that way one can choose which they prefer, such as me and the BTR

12/13/2016 - 11:38 |
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Anonymous

finally. hopefully GT7 will have Porsche instead of some PS2 model RUF

12/13/2016 - 11:28 |
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Anonymous

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well Porsche and RUF may appear both

01/21/2017 - 15:34 |
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Johan Karlsson

Finally. The last few years have been Ruf.

12/13/2016 - 11:33 |
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Deserves more upvotes

12/13/2016 - 12:16 |
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kyl_er34

Thank the lord! Finally it’s time drive some proper cars in proper games such as the 911 R!

12/13/2016 - 12:12 |
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suchdoge

I guess you could say the deal was RUF…

12/13/2016 - 13:28 |
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