Instead of hoping for EA to update NASCAR 09, we should be allowed to.

[blkbrnrvr]

Like many of you, I'm loathing the fact that there will be no NASCAR 10. In my case, I don't even want a totally new game, per se. Rather, I'd settle for having a game that has an updated driver roster.

In response to this desire, I just sent this email. Will anything come of it? Who knows. It might have a better chance if others sent in similar emails, so feel free to chime in accordingly. On ea.com, you can find the "email us" link under the help section at the bottom of the page.

As a racing fan that has purchased NASCAR games several times over the years, you can imagine how disappointed I was to learn that NASCAR 10 would not be released this year.

While I understand that the NASCAR game fanbase represents what may be best described as a niche audience that does not generate the revenue that the Madden or NCAA fanbases do, I can say that, based upon the reactions I have seen on several message boards, a significant number of people were as disappointed as I was to have no new edition in the NASCAR series.

Several people have wondered aloud if EA would release some sort of update for NASCAR 09 for the new season. On the surface this sounds like a great idea, though I'm sure that licensing and the allocation of resources would scupper this idea.

This brings me to the main point of my email. As demonstrated by the fact that a significant number of people still play older titles such as NASCAR Thunder 2003 on PC due to the ever evolving modifications available in the gaming community to keep the game up to date.

With that in mind, I can't help but to think that a patch to allow further customization of NASCAR 09, by means of something similar to a creation center in other titles, would be a viable option. Given the fact that many NASCAR 09 fans have taken full advantage of the paint booth feature to create countless car paint jobs, the resources to update the game are already available to NASCAR 09 players- they only need to be able to apply them.

By offering downloadable content that would enable the NASCAR 09 community to add current or custom paint jobs to computer controlled cars, while also being able to edit driver attributes, many gamers would continue to play NASCAR 09 instead of turning to other games.

[nmpfeiff]

Re: Instead of hoping for EA to update NASCAR 09, we should be allowed to.

I hate to rain down on you parade but that sounds good but probably just wishful thinking. Anyway that would be awesome to change driver attributes the way you can in baseball or football games. Why ea has not done this makes no sense. Defualt rosters in games like NCAA or Madden would suck. Peoples updates make the game 100 times better. When I race offline good drivers like Martin Truex Jr. and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (I am a fan but it is true this season) always start and finish at the back while drivers like Paul Menard and David Gilliland are leading.

[bkfount]

Re: Instead of hoping for EA to update NASCAR 09, we should be allowed to.

where's the benefit for EA? Why should they care if you keep playing an abandoned game that they don't care about anymore? It's not like they'll actually see people buying this at stores anymore if they do this.

[p_rushing]

Re: Instead of hoping for EA to update NASCAR 09, we should be allowed to.

You could pay $10-20 for the DLC. Problem is that microsoft has to certify anything and to do that EA would need to create GUI for everything. The costs might be too high for them versus what they think they will get from the downloads.

[blkbrnrvr]

Re: Instead of hoping for EA to update NASCAR 09, we should be allowed to.

where's the benefit for EA? Why should they care if you keep playing an abandoned game that they don't care about anymore? It's not like they'll actually see people buying this at stores anymore if they do this.

As p_rushing mentioned, there would be money to be made off of DLC, so maybe it would be one last chance for them to squeeze money out of those still playing it.

And yes, I know my email to them is quite representative of wishful thinking, but I figured it was worth making my voice heard.

[nmpfeiff]

Re: Instead of hoping for EA to update NASCAR 09, we should be allowed to.

I do hope it works and it does not hurt to try. If enough people send one maybe ea will consider this. I mean this is not a bad game the more I race offline I see a lot of things that are realistic. I still play it a lot bc I love NASCAR and this is the best game out there on consul.

A driver roster that you could edit like in any other sports games would still be awesome. Like put Mark Martin in the 5 and Casey Mears in the 07. Add create a team and let you edit the driver and team and then upload a paint scheme. With this you could then make a team for Clint Bowyer in the 33 or Tony Stewart in the 14.

[p_rushing]

Re: Instead of hoping for EA to update NASCAR 09, we should be allowed to.

I think they could easily get the coding done offshore for $5,000, but it would require you to have a hard drive to be able to change the ratings. Its just changing some files that store the setting variable values and building some interfaces to change them.

Then $20,000 for advertising and does Microsoft charge anything?

$25,000 = 2,500 * $10

I think they could easily get that many people to download it.

[nmpfeiff]

Re: Instead of hoping for EA to update NASCAR 09, we should be allowed to.

Yeah no doubt they could get that many. I mean that many people would buy that in my area which is pretty small. Microsoft probably charges and I don't know about SONY. I have a PS3 and it could be easily done with it's capabilities.

[Richzilla]

Re: Instead of hoping for EA to update NASCAR 09, we should be allowed to.

Bottom line is that ea could easily put out a car roster update charge 10 bucks for it and a ton of people would update the game.

I thought N09 was a good game for the most part....I recently got rid of my copy towards Fight Night Round 4 but I would pick it up again if they added a car set.

Wont happen though.