NASCAR '14 Patch Has Finally Arrived

[jmik58]

Can anyone tell if the AI drivers are less aggressive...or do they still railroad you in the corners?

[RunN1st]

Man... sorry to hear that, Brandon. I never really invested any time in any of the modes only did single races a handful of times but didn't go much further since that mode was also broken.

I'm liking what I see thus far from this patch. Raced at Sonoma and had a good race against the full field of AIs. They raced clean and had my hands full just trying to keep pace.

Head's up: I'm hearing that qualify freezing is still present when you make changes and try to go back out.

[Stormyhog]

Yeah it sucks for some that had invested time into careers and paint schemes. I never got deep into anything just single races. I deleted my files and everything works fine now.

[cusefan74]

If you are getting freezing while loading turn the music off. I saw some other guys they turned the music off and have had no problem. I always turn the music off and I haven't had an issue.

The problem I'm having is during qualifying when I pit for adjustments I can't go back out again.

[bluengold34_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmik58

Can anyone tell if the AI drivers are less aggressive...or do they still railroad you in the corners?

I would love to respond in detail, but the question is so subjective. I never had a problem with them prepatch, so I will just say they seem less aggressive than before, but probably better to get an answer from someone with the same perspective as yours bro -

[TCrouch]

Yeah, that's one problem they DID seem to fix, even before this patch. They don't come up into you exiting turn 4 or plow into you heading into 1 or 3 very often. But like so many other things they did, they went too far--instead, you have AI drivers acting like they've never seen a car inside of them, freaking out and doing that 'wiggle bobble' move they do, sliding way up the track and heavily braking, making it absurdly easy to pass them. Simply get a nose under them and watch them have a seizure.

I'm more curious if that's been toned down.

[Dazraz]

Positives: AI Drivers are Less Aggressive & Racing seems more realistic.

Negatives (So Far): Tried a Race at Martinsville. No problem with Practice/Qualifying but game crashes at start of race which requires a System Reboot. Restarted the Race 3 times with same result.
Lap Times for your Driver are not always shown on Results Screen for Practice/Qualifying Sessions.

I only do Single Races but I really feel sorry for those people who have had to Reset all their progress for this Patch to be effective.

[BurghFan]

Had a feeling the careers would have to be restarted once the patch dropped which is why I never started one. Just did a couple single seasons and some single races.

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Just gonna edit this post rather than make a double post.

Started my career and not really sure what to make of these results. For the Daytona 500 Reutimann won the pole and Mears won the race. At Phoenix I won the pole (55% AI difficulty, 20% length for 62 lap race, 2x fuel, 1x tire wear) while Ryan Truex was on the outside pole. Start of the race I pretty much immediately get knocked back to around mid pack and Truex (Ryan, not Martin) proceeds to lead the first 35 or so laps until he finally pits. He then regained the lead after Jimmie Johnson finally decided to pit on lap 61 of 62 so RYAN Truex won the race. So, in short AI cars are still running absurd amounts of laps without pitting and there may be an issue drivers that should have lower ratings being too good. Other than that, the racing itself was pretty good. I finished 28th and 26th in the 2 races I ran.