The M2 is BMW’s strongest rear-wheel-drive automobile ever, however it definitely isn’t low cost. In case your checking account can’t stretch to the Competitors Sport, there’s a less expensive option to get behind the wheel. Effectively, a minimum of nearly. The hardcore “G87” is now obtainable in The Crew Motorfest, the place it’s making its online game debut.
The M2 CS debuted in mid-2025 and went on sale in late summer time, priced at €115,000 in Germany and $99,775 in the USA. Manufacturing kicked off in August, with deliveries starting in Q3. As with earlier CS-badged fashions, it’s a limited-run particular version slightly than a everlasting member of the lineup. BMW is reportedly constructing fewer than 2,000 models, with manufacturing anticipated to finish in July.
Hooked up beneath is the trailer video, which spotlights the M2 CS in Particular person Velvet Blue. Nevertheless, BMW sells the actual factor in different colours, comparable to M Brooklyn Gray, M Portimao Blue, and Sapphire Black. The retro-flavored ducktail spoiler comes customary, as do the 827M solid wheels completed in matte gold bronze.
The M2 CS isn’t the one BMW added to The Crew Motorfest roster this 12 months. The M Hybrid V8 endurance race automobile and the legendary 3.0 CSL (E9), often known as the Batmobile, are becoming a member of the digital storage as properly. It’s additionally value noting that the M2 CS isn’t the one automobile making its online game debut in Ubisoft Ivory Tower’s racing title. The Ferrari F80, Lamborghini Revuelto, Ferrari 12Cilindri, and Zenvo Aurora Agil additionally appeared in a online game for the primary time in The Crew Motorfest.
It’s protected to say it’s been week for BMW lovers who’re additionally online game followers. Though the Forza Horizon 6 trailer was gentle on fashions carrying the roundel, we did spot the M3 E30 and the M2 F87. A John Cooper Works GP sizzling hatch additionally made an look, with extra fashions from each manufacturers on the way in which. The sport launches on Might 19 and can function greater than 550 autos at launch.
In the actual world, BMW M will keep busy this 12 months by persevering with to replace the M2. An non-compulsory Monitor Package deal is formally coming in 2026 and will probably be obtainable as a retrofit for present vehicles. Whereas not but introduced, the M2 xDrive is predicted to interrupt cowl later within the 12 months as properly. Like different all-wheel-drive M fashions, it should ditch the clutch pedal in favor of an automatic-only setup.