NASCAR Heat 5, the official video game of the world’s most popular stockcar racing series, puts you behind the wheel of these incredible racing machines and challenges you to become the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champion. Features all the official teams, drivers and cars from the three NASCAR National Series as well as the Xtreme Dirt Tour, racing on 39 authentic tracks. The immersive Career is complemented by Quick Race, a new Test Session mode and multiplayer, both online and split screen.
Best gaming PC for NASCAR Heat 5 in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for NASCAR Heat 5 today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Motorsport Games on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 64bit Versions of Windows 7 / 8 and 10 | 64bit Version of Windows 10 |
| CPU | Intel Core i3 530 or AMD FX 4100 | Intel i5 9600k or AMD Ryzen 5 2600x |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 460 or AMD HD 5870 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660Ti or AMD Radeon RX 590 |
| Storage | 18 GB | 18 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run NASCAR Heat 5?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel i5 9600k and your GPU is at or above Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660Ti, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.