# IMSA World Championship Racing

> IMSA World Championship Racing is Studio 3DO's sports prototype racer for the Panasonic M2, cancelled with the console in 1997 and later leaked.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/other/m2/games/imsaworldchampionshipracing/
Page updated: 2026-11-12

- Console: M2
- Released: 1997
- Developer: Studio 3DO

IMSA World Championship Racing is a racing game of IMSA sports prototype cars that Studio 3DO developed for the Panasonic M2, planned for release in the autumn of 1997. It was directed and designed by Ed Rotberg, the Atari veteran behind Battlezone, and its driving physics were licensed from the makers of the arcade game Hard Drivin'.

Panasonic cancelled the M2 in 1997 and the game was never released on any platform. A nearly complete build surfaced online in 2010. Its disc also holds a small companion game, shooter2d.

## IMSA World Championship Racing PC Ports

- [IMSA World Championship Racing Recomp](https://emulationking.com/other/m2/games/imsaworldchampionshipracing/ports/imsawcrrecomp/index.md): A native PC port of the unreleased Panasonic M2 racer IMSA World Championship Racing and its companion game shooter2d, made by static recompilation.