CLUTCH is an open-world racing game in development at Maverick Games, shown publicly in 2026 at Summer Game Fest and gamescom. No platforms or release date have been announced.
Maverick Games announced CLUTCH on June 2, 2026, with a trailer. The studio is led by Mike Brown, former creative director on Forza Horizon 5, and the announcement came after its publishing deal with Amazon Game Studios, signed in 2024, was terminated in February 2026. Development continued as planned, and supported platforms and a release date were not announced.
The June announcement described the game's structure: a historic R1K racing series that has run for over 100 years, and an underground scene called the Midnight Collective where drivers race for passion rather than profit. The story follows a pair of genius sibling racers, later identified as the Marcial siblings, who uncover a hidden underworld behind R1K. CLUTCH runs on a custom version of Unreal Engine 5 with a custom physics system, and the announcement stressed vehicle detail including paint specks, interior stitching, tire wear, and customizable cabin clutter, with cars from Porsche, BMW, and Land Rover.
At gamescom 2026 in Cologne, held from August 26 to August 30, Maverick's Mike Brown and Ben Penrose explained that the game splits playtime between professional R1K circuit racing and the Midnight Collective, with a story by Skins writer Jamie Brittain. Brown said the narrative gives meaning to wins and losses. A hands-on demo at the same event opened with a cutscene and covered a police chase, a lavender field run, and a circuit race. The gamescom material pushed the same split further: a Monaco setting and a story meant to make race outcomes matter emotionally, rather than an arcade model.
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At gamescom 2026 in Cologne, held from August 26 to August 30, Game Spark played CLUTCH, a racing game in development at Maverick Games. The studio is led by Mike Brown, who was creative director on Forza Horizon 5. The demo opens with a cutscene that hands control to the player across a police chase, a lavender field run, and a circuit race.
At gamescom 2026, Maverick Games' Mike Brown and Ben Penrose detailed CLUTCH, an open-world driving game set in Monaco. The title splits playtime between professional R1K circuit racing and the underground Midnight Collective, with a story by Skins writer Jamie Brittain. Brown, former Forza Horizon 5 creative director, said the narrative gives meaning to wins and losses.
Maverick Games, the independent studio founded by former Forza Horizon creative director Mike Brown, revealed Clutch at Summer Game Fest 2026. The game blends a narrative-driven story with an open world inspired by the French Riviera, featuring day and night cycles that shift between professional racing and underground street races. It follows the Marcial siblings and is built on Unreal Engine 5 with a custom physics system.
Maverick Games, the UK studio founded by former Forza Horizon 5 creative director Mike Brown, announced its new open-world racing game CLUTCH on June 2, 2026, with a trailer. The game is set in a world centered on the historic R1K racing series, which has run for over 100 years, and a contrasting underground scene called the Midnight Collective, where drivers race for passion rather than profit. The story follows a pair of genius sibling racers who uncover a hidden underworld behind R1K. CLUTCH uses a custom version of Unreal Engine 5 and emphasizes extreme vehicle detail, including paint specks, interior stitching, tire wear, and customizable cabin clutter such as coffee cups, receipts, and clothing. The game features cars from real manufacturers including Porsche, BMW, and Land Rover. Supported platforms and release date have not been announced. Maverick Games originally signed a publishing deal with Amazon Game Studios in 2024, but that partnership was terminated in February 2026 due to Amazon's strategic shift. The developer stated development continued as planned. Further details, including a more detailed trailer and cast information, are scheduled for Summer Game Fest on June 6.