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

[bluengold34_OS]

^^^ Terry, you will be fine at Charlotte. It is true some of the cars on the outside touch the wall enough to bounce off 2-3 feet, but it really hasn't disrupted the race at all. I haven't seen it every lap, but enough for it to be called consistent.

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[Tribe1]

^^^ Terry, you will be fine at Charlotte. It is true some of the cars on the outside touch the wall enough to bounce off 2-3 feet, but it really hasn't disrupted the race at all. I haven't seen it every lap, but enough for it to be called consistent.

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I haven't had a chance to play yet with the patch. Is the break checking gone? That's my biggest complaint

[TCrouch]

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If you're already running it, I'll trust your opinion more than the schmucks on the official boards. Tell me this:

If you run at Richmond, are the AI really stopping every few laps to pit? That's bizarre if true. I typically just run 10-20% career with 3 or 4x wear to get a few stops in.

I can deal with cars tagging the wall, because that's actually more believable than what they did previously, as far as the brake checking. But if they don't all pull straight out into the track and crash everybody on a green flag stop, that's my biggest beef. But the brake checking at places like Charlotte or Atlanta, and things like Dover seeming to have a bizarre line that made no sense in the corners--those killed it for me.

I can adjust if it's predictable and doesn't pull me out of the immersion (like a yellow every time there's a green flag stop). Turns out I don't even get a lunch today, so I won't be able to try it out for like 5 more hours.

[bluengold34_OS]

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I haven't had a chance to play yet with the patch. Is the break checking gone? That's my biggest complaint

Well I have only raced three races. In my first two race at Auto Club, and Chicago didn't notice any break checking at all. In Charlotte, I noticed it a little still in turn 3 into 4. That is a tricky turn though, and with a lot of people it feels mostly understandable.

If you're already running it, I'll trust your opinion more than the schmucks on the official boards. Tell me this:

If you run at Richmond, are the AI really stopping every few laps to pit? That's bizarre if true. I typically just run 10-20% career with 3 or 4x wear to get a few stops in.

I can deal with cars tagging the wall, because that's actually more believable than what they did previously, as far as the brake checking. But if they don't all pull straight out into the track and crash everybody on a green flag stop, that's my biggest beef. But the brake checking at places like Charlotte or Atlanta, and things like Dover seeming to have a bizarre line that made no sense in the corners--those killed it for me.

I can adjust if it's predictable and doesn't pull me out of the immersion (like a yellow every time there's a green flag stop). Turns out I don't even get a lunch today, so I won't be able to try it out for like 5 more hours.

At Charlotte the break checking in turn 3-4 is there, but I feel like it is to be expected, as that is a really tricky turn with a lot of people. It could be that I have raced Charlotte so many times, that I am just use to it also.

Racing Richmond right now - hit you back up with what I see.

[bluengold34_OS]

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Here are my findings after racing at Richmond and Atlanta

Diff - Med(just for testing purposes)
Length 50%
Tire/Fuel wear X2
Damage - Visual (testing only)
Controller - Xbox 360 controller

Richmond - As far as reports of A.I. pitting every few laps - I saw absolutely no signs of this at all. I also no signs of break checking other then turn 1 on lap 1 - which is to be expected. Saw none of it after that.

Atlanta - Saw signs of of break checking still here consistently. I saw in on the front stretch often, and also in turn 2 I believe. It may have something to do with the AI on med - but limited time, just trying to get some results out.

[TCrouch]

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I'd be curious what you see on Hard or Champion. If they still brake so hard on Champion that they're impossible to miss, or even on Hard, that's still a big one in my book. Because the AI are so much tougher to beat on Champion, having to drive defensively to avoid weird issues with their line makes it that much harder.

Thanks for all of this info, though, man.

[bluengold34_OS]

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I'd be curious what you see on Hard or Champion. If they still brake so hard on Champion that they're impossible to miss, or even on Hard, that's still a big one in my book. Because the AI are so much tougher to beat on Champion, having to drive defensively to avoid weird issues with their line makes it that much harder.

Thanks for all of this info, though, man.

No problem Terry. I wish I had more time, but a bit limited right now. Am going to do so more testing tonight moving the difficulty up to Hard, then eventually Champion -

[Hunkerdown]

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See i can take dust off and try some testing after patch, I will check on hard a as well, what other settings you guys using?

[CS10029]

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Just seen the stupid bug when a car pits the lap after a caution restart. Which causes the entire inside lane to slow down to a crawl. So disappointing...

[Cubfan]

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The two issues that keep annoying me about offline is the constant brake checking on straight a ways and the constant pitting by the AI. Im racing at Michigan with 1x tire wear and the cars in the last 10 spots on the track are going to the pits. I did see a couple of cars make a green flag stop and got on and off pit lane without issue.

[TCrouch]

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Tried it for a few races. I did 10% race with 4x wear, and cars at Phoenix were pitting after 6 laps. There was enough fuel to make it 18, but apparently they made the tires wear out so fast that the crew chief is screaming at you to come in and get new tires after a few laps, so that must be what the AI is doing. They stopped 3 times in a race that should have been a one-stopper.

Then the hilarious "fix" they gave for the cautions after green flag stops. The AI still swerves right back up into traffic--they just made it a clip-through vehicle with no collision detection! That's how they avoided the pile ups...just make it so the car can't be hit! That's absurd.

The brake check is alive and well...being forced to take an outside lane so I can avoid the coming-to-a-crawl inside line is a little nuts. I'm pretty sure I'm done with this game for a good long while. Waited and waited for this patch, and after 3 or 4 career races, I honestly don't know what it changed on my long list of things I hated.

Driving around on my own is incredible. Other cars on the track is an absolute mess.

[bluengold34_OS]

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Tried it for a few races. I did 10% race with 4x wear, and cars at Phoenix were pitting after 6 laps. There was enough fuel to make it 18, but apparently they made the tires wear out so fast that the crew chief is screaming at you to come in and get new tires after a few laps, so that must be what the AI is doing. They stopped 3 times in a race that should have been a one-stopper.

Then the hilarious "fix" they gave for the cautions after green flag stops. The AI still swerves right back up into traffic--they just made it a clip-through vehicle with no collision detection! That's how they avoided the pile ups...just make it so the car can't be hit! That's absurd.

The brake check is alive and well...being forced to take an outside lane so I can avoid the coming-to-a-crawl inside line is a little nuts. I'm pretty sure I'm done with this game for a good long while. Waited and waited for this patch, and after 3 or 4 career races, I honestly don't know what it changed on my long list of things I hated.

Driving around on my own is incredible. Other cars on the track is an absolute mess.

Well that sucks - Haven't had any time to do more testing then what I initially did on day one. I trust your word though, and now have to hope another patch or two can fix this. Only console NASCAR game we have - I need to enjoy it for what it is.

[Bubba_Zanetti]

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VERY dissappointed from what I'm hearing so far. With the season coming up I was ready to fire up my copy but it seems like the same lingering issues still apply.

Seriously wanted a Nascar game for the console but it might be back to NR2003 for me.

[DerekOfferman]

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Now it seems that the PS3 Patch has been delayed.

[JMD]

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I've been busy with other game so I haven't put this one in since the patch came out. From what I'm reading I'm thinking I should not download it. I only play off line and so far my experience has been pretty good. So maybe no patch for me.