NASCAR The Game: Inside Line Patch Expected Later This Month, Details Included

[cusefan74]

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you know why are we still haveing the problem its the same problems year after year and they cant figure it out maybe its time we started looking at other options for makeing this game as they cant figure it out. i use to be relax about the issue but this is just starting to get very sad because its not this hard the simple fact is focus on the game not being cheap are hypeing it up more then it should like they do. get your head in the game and quit wasting my time and money

The problem is people keep buying the crap every year. A couple years ago I started skipping a year on games. MLB The Show, every 2 years, NBA 2K same thing, NCAA Football the same. In fact I think I have not bought a 2K game in 4 or 5 years. The point is people need to stop buying games every year and show them they are not going to buy half done games, or games filled with bugs. Take 2 years to make a game and get it right. In the end though it will never happen, and people will rush out and buy the next game the day it is released.

[Rev.Maynard]

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The problem is people keep buying the crap every year. A couple years ago I started skipping a year on games. MLB The Show, every 2 years, NBA 2K same thing, NCAA Football the same. In fact I think I have not bought a 2K game in 4 or 5 years. The point is people need to stop buying games every year and show them they are not going to buy half done games, or games filled with bugs. Take 2 years to make a game and get it right. In the end though it will never happen, and people will rush out and buy the next game the day it is released.

I totally agree with everything you said, but the companies see this logic as their profit margins cut in half. They would never do that, no matter how right it is. Capitalism at its best. Make cash, make cash, make cash. Quantity over quality.

[Bubba_Zanetti]

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As I get older (and wiser), I becoming more and more convinced that most sports games are now geared toward online play. Offline players like myself are slowly being alienated.

Case in point: two racing games that had excellent AI were Nascar Racing 2003 (10 years ago) and Grand Prix Legends (1998 - 15 years ago!). A huge gap! You'd think by now there would be stellar AI in racing games.

[havoc00]

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anyone else game keep freezing when in a lobby? this is the only game that freezes on me, is it my copy or a problem

[scoman]

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As I get older (and wiser), I becoming more and more convinced that most sports games are now geared toward online play. Offline players like myself are slowly being alienated.

Case in point: two racing games that had excellent AI were Nascar Racing 2003 (10 years ago) and Grand Prix Legends (1998 - 15 years ago!). A huge gap! You'd think by now there would be stellar AI in racing games.

Race 07,Grid, and Forza Horizon all have excellent AI.

[TCrouch]

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I actually think F1 2012 has some of the best "awareness" AI I've ever seen. You can race those CPU drivers hard, and I have yet to have one act like I wasn't there. They're a bit too passive, as you can block them way too easily with an underpowered car, but if they took half of the code that Codemasters has for awareness with the F1 drivers and applied it to NASCAR, you'd be golden.

[Bubba_Zanetti]

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Race 07,Grid, and Forza Horizon all have excellent AI.

I can't speak for Forza as I don't own an Xbox. Grid (a great game) was way more arcade than sim. I'd still put GPL anf NR2003's AI above Race 07. Race 07's AI was good but I was never crazy about the fact that the cars would not spread out much and a little too robotic for me.

Other sims with good AI: Crammond's Grand Prix series and EA's F1 series.

[Bubba_Zanetti]

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I actually think F1 2012 has some of the best "awareness" AI I've ever seen. You can race those CPU drivers hard, and I have yet to have one act like I wasn't there. They're a bit too passive, as you can block them way too easily with an underpowered car, but if they took half of the code that Codemasters has for awareness with the F1 drivers and applied it to NASCAR, you'd be golden.

I'd love it if Codemasters did Nascar and took over the WRC series from Blackbean. I play F1 2011. The AI is good but I agree on the passiveness of your opponents. Plus I'd like to see more AI mistakes and technical retirements.

[TCrouch]

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The AI Jump from F1 2011 to F1 2012 is a massive difference, IMO. Barely recognizable, but the passiveness seemed to grow, too.

[scoman]

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Any of you guys ever try Iracing? Ive always heard its the most realistic racing sim on the planet,but have never checked it out because it seemed a little pricey.

[scoman]

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I can't speak for Forza as I don't own an Xbox. Grid (a great game) was way more arcade than sim. I'd still put GPL anf NR2003's AI above Race 07. Race 07's AI was good but I was never crazy about the fact that the cars would not spread out much and a little too robotic for me.

Other sims with good AI: Crammond's Grand Prix series and EA's F1 series.

Yeah Grid is more arcadey,granted, but love the fun factor and the awesome wrecks. Grid 2 is due out this year I believe,looking forward to checking that out.

[tacosaban]

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anyone else game keep freezing when in a lobby? this is the only game that freezes on me, is it my copy or a problem

I haven't played the game in over a month. Still waiting on the patch. I had constant freezing in the lobby. Had to restart the system. Sucked!

[TCrouch]

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Any of you guys ever try Iracing? Ive always heard its the most realistic racing sim on the planet,but have never checked it out because it seemed a little pricey.

I play iRacing nightly. It's not any more expensive than any other hobby for what you get. It can be a lot tougher than one would be accustomed to. I had the experience of being a big fish in a little pond for most of my years of simracing. Whether it was racing buddies in leagues or reviewing here on this site, I was generally one of the fastest guys in every room I joined.

In iRacing, I'm a very, very small fish in a massive ocean. I routinely get dusted in every race, and my goals changed from "I want to win!" to "I want to finish decently" in a matter of weeks. But once you get out of the rookie fields, you can really work on your racecraft and car control. If you do it right, you'll be a much, much better driver after racing iRacing for a few months than you were going in.

It doesn't hurt that they have some of the best graphics going. As luck would have it, I snapped this last night with my phone looking out the windshield of a Fixed B Race at Michigan. Every car on the track is a real person, and racing games don't get much prettier than this:



iRacing is a perfect example of "you get what you pay for".

[Bubba_Zanetti]

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Any of you guys ever try Iracing? Ive always heard its the most realistic racing sim on the planet,but have never checked it out because it seemed a little pricey.

I've been on iRacing for about 16 months and I love it.

By far the most variety (tracks, cars, seasons etc.) of any racing game out there. The fact that it's a paid subscription actually deters the little jerkoffs that can ruin other people's online experience. For the most part, the iRacing community is pretty cordial to each other. Plus with their rating system, you are generally racing against people with the same skill level. A small downside is that any car or track you want that isn't part of the base content has to be bought (about $15 bucks).

I'm paraphrasing here but somebody onced summed iRacing up as: 1. If you're into Need For Speed type stuff forget about it. 2. If sim racing is a hobby (like me), it's actually a rather inexpensive hobby. 3. If you actually race, it's an invaluable tool.

[Bubba_Zanetti]

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Yeah Grid is more arcadey,granted, but love the fun factor and the awesome wrecks. Grid 2 is due out this year I believe,looking forward to checking that out.

Definately agree on the fun factor but the whole 'no in-car camera' thing kind of turns me off. Of course I might think differently when I see it. :-)

Got my fingers heavily crossed on Project CARS.