Solana racing game Meta Racing has said goodbye to its players. The team asks them to unlock pilots and other NFTs, claim staking rewards and move assets into their own wallets.
Meta Racing announced it was shutting down in a farewell letter posted on its official X account on October 28, asking players to withdraw their assets by November 15. The Solana-based card racing game features cars, pilots and ability cards used during races. The team has not explained why it is closing the game.
What does Meta Racing ask players to withdraw?
The team asks players not to leave locked NFTs or unclaimed rewards in the game. Its farewell letter lists three actions:
| Asset or reward | What the team asks players to do |
|---|---|
| Pilots and other NFTs | Unlock them |
| Staking rewards | Claim any uncollected rewards |
| Assets remaining in the game | Transfer them to a personal wallet |
Meta Racing says assets left behind will become inaccessible after November 15. The team has not specified a cutoff time or time zone, or promised access until midnight on the final day. It has also not said how long an asset will take to arrive after a player requests a withdrawal.
The team has not disclosed the number of affected players or the value of assets left in the game, and has announced no refund or buyback program. It has not said that NFTs already withdrawn to personal wallets will be deleted or that Solana will stop.
NFTs and IGT balances are held differently
Meta Racing’s wallet guide, written in July 2026, says Carbox, car, Cardpack and Pilot NFTs, together with SOL, are recorded onchain. The game keeps IGT balances, parts, cards and particles in its own database. A Cardpack is an NFT; the cards used inside the game are separate database records.
Players use IGT credit for in-game purchases. In its July guide, the team values one IGT at $0.10. It has not promised to redeem all remaining IGT for that amount during the shutdown.
The July guide describes cashing out through the game’s Sell/Withdraw function: the player converts IGT to SOL and signs the transaction in Phantom. The team says it may charge a withdrawal fee and asks players to check the current rate in the game. Whether withdrawals still work for every account after the shutdown announcement has not been independently confirmed. The team has not published current fees or said when withdrawals will be completed.
When a player spends IGT in the shop, the game deducts the amount from the player’s IGT balance in its database without requesting a Phantom signature. A player moving SOL or an NFT must sign the blockchain transaction.
The team asks players to check the official domain and read the transaction preview before signing. A wallet recovery phrase should not be shared with anyone, including support staff. It also warns against fake airdrop links in Discord or Telegram private messages and offers to install wallet software through remote-access tools. Withdrawal links sent in private messages should also be checked against the official site.
Meta Racing says goodbye to its players
The game’s official website describes races between five players on a randomly selected track. Players choose cards each round and decide when to use their abilities, taking account of corners and track surfaces. They also improve their cars and pilots. In its farewell letter, the team says it wanted to build a blockchain game centered on strategy, calculation and progression, rather than speculation and fear of missing out.
The team’s older roadmap, still available on the site, listed plans for NFT cars, a game release, a token generation event, new modes, tournaments and a battle pass for late 2025 and the first two quarters of 2026. The roadmap does not show which of those plans the team completed, and the farewell letter sets no new dates for the unfinished work.
The team thanks players for their races, streams and feedback. The farewell message hints at a return with something new, but the team has not named a successor project or given a release date. It has also not announced a token swap or a program to move player assets into another game.
Meta Racing’s official shutdown announcement, posted on October 28, 2026:
