NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

[mason3132]

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I need some xbox live guys to try this private match with more than 5 guys.

[lVlAtlZiX]

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Thats only in career mode.

Ok thanks, ya its dumb as hell because its always only x1 wear then.

From what I have played Single player is really fun and where this game is shining, online is a buggy mess but what game doesnt launch with that problem these days?

[TIm]

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I need some xbox live guys to try this private match with more than 5 guys.

7-10:30 or so Est time is Bruins hockey... Maybe make a thread saying at 11:00PM this evening?? Maybe we can get a few people together.. Just make it a wide track because this is my first racing game since Nascar 08 so I have to get used to it again.. Man I wish I had a wheel simply because my hands aren't used to this

[shaikio]

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My copy arrived from Amazon today and I haven't opened it. After reading all of your impressions I am seriously considering returning my copy. I may either get a refund or exchange it for Shift 2.

[mason3132]

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We just ran private with 8 at Bristol was alot better

[mason3132]

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Actually had like 2 or 3 caustions

[TIm]

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I am not going to give a review because I only tinkered with this game a little.. I am actually having a fun time despite the noted issues.. Some are pretty stupid but I opened my copy with a open mind... I will spend the next week testing different tracks and such... It's been so long that I played a nascar game it's difficult for me... I will play with some settings... But more and more I'm thinking a wheel is a must for me.... My fingers are sore LOL!!! Graphics are really good, Racing is fun Though I like others don't like that the cars bunch up so much... They need to fix that... Well Sorry for the all over thoughts but I just started.. Back to playing!!

[Tidefan6869]

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If you already know this, I apologize, but a Sprint Cup car will have camber settings that literally rotate the top of the tire in or out, so that when you are under weight at speed in a corner, the tire rotates back to being flat. This creates an issue where the car will naturally pull to the left on a straight, since it's built to turn left. That requires a driver to pull to the right to compensate while going down a straight. If you're not accustomed to that, it can create a 'fishtail wiggle' as you go back and forth trying to keep it straight. On a gamepad especially you have to get used to moving the stick over about 5 degrees all the time just to go straight--and some tracks are worse than others.

It's ok I know about this. I don't know if you are using a wheel or a controller, but I have been using a driving force GT. Anyways, I excepted the camber to cause a pull down the straightway but this isn't a constant pull. I come out of a corner and after I am already straight it wants to drive to the infield (no force feedback adjustment I have found so it's pretty severe), then once you start bringing it back it goes away. Then out of no where it comes back once you have been running straight again. It's like this all the way down the straight. I have only run Daytona and Darlington so far, therefore I can't say it is at every track. I hope it's just me and I can learn to drive it better. I can drive but it dances around and I'm afraid I will run over some people online.

Is NR2003 and iracing like this? Any suggestions from those who have played it so far?

[TCrouch]

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I used a controller and a wheel, and didn't get anything like that. I could cruise up against the wall at Indy without any issue. Same with Daytona.

I did have a pretty weird drift at Texas coming off of 4, but that's always a dangerous place for me in any game, so I don't know. I didn't notice anything drastically different about it as compared to NR2003 or iRacing, though.

[dynamitekid42]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2djBsPzA9xE&feature=player_embedded

If you are on the fence about opening or buying this game watch this, then head back to the store and get a refund.

Lots of people are thinking only online is broken but after spending hours with the game, it's the whole thing.

[BaseballCtchr]

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I just had a really good race off-line at Homestead. The difficulty was on very hard and I didn't qualify and decided to start 43rd. It was only 50 laps and I worked my way up to 8th then with 2 to go lost a position to and finished 9th. Gordon won the race by like 15seconds. The lead pack of about 3 just drove away from me. I got in open air and couldn't catch Kurt Busch for 7th. He opened it up to 7 seconds and then I lost my spot.

All in all a good race.

I like the game a lot.

[kingcrumb]

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I can not figure out how to turn on all the options in the highest mode on line.there are all sorts of options grayed out.

Thanks

[RunN1st]

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/sarcasm

Looks like demolition derby is unlocked if you come in 1st!

/end sarcasm

[Ænima]

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It's a great game that needs to be finished/polished, period. If that never happens, I feel ripped. If they fix a lot of this, they have a great foundation for a franchise.

People are being way too damn harsh. The RACING is better than anything EA ever managed. The Online problems are DAY ONE. The AI is flawed but Papyrus's AI (With NR2k3 being the gold standard, let's go there) was notorious for slamming into you during cautions in NR2k3 and sometimes couldn't even make it to the start finish line at Martinsville in older versions from the series. Nevermind the fact that in NR2k3 the AI WOULD CRASH 100% of the time if things went four wide or more. One car would always creep over towards another and, boom, big one.

I'm not trying to say this game is perfect and that people need to stop bashing it for that. Just relax and give them time to continue working on it. They wanted to get the game out near the start of the season. If they weren't obviously working on patches and 2011 updates as we speak, I'd be far more annoyed.

There's a lot of fun to be had here if you're willing to laugh a little at some of the random bugs and just roll with it for the time being.

[shaikio]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2djBsPzA9xE&feature=player_embedded

If you are on the fence about opening or buying this game watch this, then head back to the store and get a refund.

Lots of people are thinking only online is broken but after spending hours with the game, it's the whole thing.

That video probably just saved me $60. I think my copy is being returned to Amazon tomorrow.

It's a great game that needs to be finished/polished, period. If that never happens, I feel ripped. If they fix a lot of this, they have a great foundation for a franchise.

People are being way too damn harsh. The RACING is better than anything EA ever managed. The Online problems are DAY ONE. The AI is flawed but Papyrus's AI (With NR2k3 being the gold standard, let's go there) was notorious for slamming into you during cautions in NR2k3 and sometimes couldn't even make it to the start finish line at Martinsville in older versions from the series. Nevermind the fact that in NR2k3 the AI WOULD CRASH 100% of the time if things went four wide or more. One car would always creep over towards another and, boom, big one.

I'm not trying to say this game is perfect and that people need to stop bashing it for that. Just relax and give them time to continue working on it. They wanted to get the game out near the start of the season. If they weren't obviously working on patches and 2011 updates as we speak, I'd be far more annoyed.

There's a lot of fun to be had here if you're willing to laugh a little at some of the random bugs and just roll with it for the time being.

If they patch most of the bugs I'll pick this up again in a few months but right now I have way to big of a backlog to play a game that is currently half broken.