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Max is putting you in the driver’s seat for NASCAR’s upcoming races. The streamer will now let you watch up to four in-car driver cams at once, starting with the Cook Out Clash on Sunday, February 2nd.
You can switch between up to 40 different driver cams, with each 1080p feed offering the sounds of both the scanner team radios and ambient car noise. If you’re having trouble choosing which drivers to watch in multiview, Max will offer preset options “based on the most compelling matchups.”
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Though Max won’t present a top-down view of the race, it will still show a leaderboard, along with the lap number, race status, and stage while you watch the driver cams. You can also switch between the audio on each feed while you’re watching in multiview.
The in-car cams will be available exclusively on Max throughout this year’s NASCAR season. You can access the feeds across all of Max’s platforms, whether you’re watching on a TV or your phone.
“This is such a great way for fans to complement the television experience or the broadcast experience,” Hania Poole, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports’ SVP of digital and product, said in an interview with The Verge. “I think that this product specifically will just continue to evolve, and we’ll iterate, we’ll learn, and we’ll test, and maybe apply it to other scenarios.”
Max currently streams live games from leagues like the NBA, MLB, and NHL, which originally arrived on the service as part of a sports add-on that’s still free for a “limited time.” Now that WBD, Fox, and ESPN have abandoned their live sports streaming venture, companies like Comcast and DirecTV are racing to fill the coverage gap.
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