>>24931717Some racing games had licensing agreements with car manufacturers for maybe 10-12 years, after which they can no longer sell the game if they do not renegotiate or remove the cars
This also can extend to real racing tracks and obviously music.
You would be hard pressed to find older racing games still on sale besides the physical copies
Car licensing can get autistic, its not just Japs.
For example in NFS Hot Pursuit and High Stakes, you could not use Ferrari and I think Mercedes cars in Police Pursuit mode because neither brand wanted to be associating their cars with criminals.
I think same thing why Honda and Nissan are MIA in Most Wanted.
Then there is the notorious example of only EA having an exclusivity deal with Porsche for like 15 years, thats why other games had to use RUF for Porsche stand in.
Hot Pursuit (2010) Remaster lost some cars because they could not renegotiate, so obviously
