Has NASCAR Stalled Out on the New Generation of Consoles?

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  • RaychelSnr
    Executive Editor
    • Jan 2007
    • 4845

    #1

    Has NASCAR Stalled Out on the New Generation of Consoles?


    As NASCAR fans watched the finale in Homestead, one has to wonder as a video game fan, why we have no next-gen version of NASCAR yet?

    Obviously Eutechnyx is the latest developer to take a crack at the NASCAR series, but with releases only on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, the develpoer has left early adopter fans standing on pit road with no ride or sponsorship.

    The history of NASCAR console video games is littered with failed attempts. There have been multiple efforts on consoles, and most have left fans wondering if the developers even watched the sport they were trying to digitally recreate.

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  • radney
    Rookie
    • Dec 2009
    • 74

    #2
    The sad part is if Eutechnyx would have gotten the basic things right, they could have survived the storm. How is it possible that stats and a deeper career mode not be done correctly or at all? It's like they can't seem to put it all together at one time. This year, you can change your paint scheme through the year, but the AI can't. The following year, the AI can change their paint scheme but you can't. This year the tires falls off during long runs but next year it don't or rather the AI don't. This year, the AI will wreck on its own and can be spun out but next year, the AI does not wreck and are impenetrable and drives like tanks. This year, you run away from the AI on certain tracks but the next year, you can't even keep up. I could go on and on about the inconsistencies but I'll wait and see what others have to say. I would like EA Sports to give it another shot since their list of games seems to be dwindling.

    And where's Ed Martin in all this? I would like to here from him.

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    • Candymandagreat
      Rookie
      • Sep 2010
      • 194

      #3
      i want a NASCAR game bad.
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      • bluengold34_OS
        Content Creator
        • Nov 2004
        • 7346

        #4
        Re: Has NASCAR Stalled Out on the New Generation of Consoles?

        Originally posted by Candymandagreat
        i want a NASCAR game bad.
        I think most racing fans do - Even the casual fan.
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        • Boilerbuzz
          D* B**rs!
          • Jul 2002
          • 5154

          #5
          Has NASCAR Stalled Out on the New Generation of Consoles?

          Originally posted by bluengold34_OS
          I think most racing fans do - Even the casual fan.

          I don't think so. NASCAR games have never sold a ton. I think the only time it sold near 2mil was 1999. Since then, it has dropped like a wet stone. And now, at a time when the sports' popularity is dwindling, I don't see any title selling over 500k. That's SO not worth it.

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          • RunN1st
            MVP
            • Oct 2002
            • 2906

            #6
            Re: Has NASCAR Stalled Out on the New Generation of Consoles?

            They need to take NASCAR Thunder 2004 and remaster it with current rules, schedule, tracks and drivers. Don't touch the code and features just remaster and add what's missing.
            "The older I get, the faster I was!"
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            • brandon27
              MVP
              • Aug 2008
              • 1979

              #7
              Really unfortunate if there's no next-gen title for Nascar. I thought Eutechnyx laid a good foundation, but they could just never building it out properly, which is a shame. Visually it was a very well done game too, the audio was great too I thought, the player gameplay was good, the AI was where the game really struggled. It got a bit better in each release, but still, to me always had issues that just ruined it. The most recent release really killed my interest in purchasing another game from Eutechnyx in this series, at least until I read more about it.

              I'd love to see Codemasters give it a try. I really liked alot of the things they do with the F1 games.

              I'd love to see the Forza team take a crack at some sort of licensed series racing sim like Nascar. I think if they based it off the Horizon driving engine, then tuned it a bit more to the realistic side like Forza 5, then just tuned everything to the Nascar side, and created the cars and tracks etc. it could be really epic. Have all the drivers come in, and race, build drivatars off their real life counterparts etc. etc. I'm sure there's many reasons its not possible, but it would be awesome.
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              • Nwo4Life75
                Banned
                • May 2014
                • 211

                #8
                Yeah Eutechnyx has dropped the ball on the NASCAR games so many times I've lost count. Their NASCAR games have have been just as bad if not worse then 2k over the years! There games have been loaded with bugs,and don't get my started on there game patches that take forever to get,and when the patch does finally comes up it basically does nothing! It's like even the patches are loaded with bugs to! I think polyphony digital sony shoot make a NASCAR game,but if they did that it would make the game exclusive to Sony! Much like the MLB the show. I don't think EA is ever going to do NASCAR again. Is papyrus excuse my spelling ,I don't know if that's how you spell it or not,any who are they still around,if they are they shot take a shot at making one again. The bottom line is,I could really care less if there is ever a NASCAR game again! I used to be a NASCAR fan,but after Dale Earnhardt died I lost interest in NASCAR. I think they peaked for awhile and popular for awhile ,I live in Delaware near Dover Raceway and they are having a tough time selling tickets,to the point where they are only going to have once race instead of two. That place used to be packed for races sold out,so what does that tell you about the popularity?

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                • Redacted01
                  Hall Of Fame
                  • Aug 2007
                  • 10316

                  #9
                  Re: Has NASCAR Stalled Out on the New Generation of Consoles?

                  Originally posted by RunN1st
                  They need to take NASCAR Thunder 2004 and remaster it with current rules, schedule, tracks and drivers. Don't touch the code and features just remaster and add what's missing.
                  As much as I liked 2003/2004, they still aren't as good as they could be. Always felt like to me you could find that prime setup that just allowed you to qualify top 5 every race, and then easily pull away from the field, and you were better at pit strategy than the computer, and win after win came in. 2003's career mode was nice in that you started off weak enough that it didn't start right off, but it didn't take long to get your cars and crew built up and the setup let you dominate. I want realism and it seems no one has been able to achieve that, on a console at least, for NASCAR games.

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                  • cuda_man
                    Rookie
                    • Mar 2011
                    • 2

                    #10
                    Re: Has NASCAR Stalled Out on the New Generation of Consoles?

                    I was thinking the same thing the other day. With Daytona coming up in February, ETX or whoever is developing a 2015 NASCAR title should have already announced their intent on having one ready.

                    Developers have struggled with trying to write a game that is capable of being both accepted by the die-hard sim crowd as well as accessible to the casual gamer. Dave Kaemmer said in an interview that Papyrus had a hard time selling the idea of building the NASCAR Racing series on the GPL engine because, slow sales of GPL aside, Sierra thought that it would be unsellable unless it was able to be played by a 5-year old.

                    One NASCAR franchise not mentioned was Hasbro/Monster Game's NASCAR Heat. Much like NR2003, it has been highly modded, updated, and also has a strong online presence. The PS2/GC Dirt to Daytona was also very playable, with a good career mode in which the player stared on dirt street stockers, before moving into modifieds, then trucks, then Cup. I always like them because they were a balance between the hardcore Papyrus sims and arcade-based EA Sports titles.

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                    • Segagendude
                      Banned
                      • Aug 2008
                      • 7940

                      #11
                      Re: Has NASCAR Stalled Out on the New Generation of Consoles?

                      Off topic, but I'm actually yearning for a quality Indycar game. No, im not interested in joining Iracing or rfactor to get it..

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                      • mercalnd
                        MVP
                        • Oct 2004
                        • 4262

                        #12
                        Re: Has NASCAR Stalled Out on the New Generation of Consoles?

                        Originally posted by Segagendude
                        Off topic, but I'm actually yearning for a quality Indycar game. No, im not interested in joining Iracing or rfactor to get it..
                        It was announced many months ago that Project Cars will feature the Indy 500 and all the cars and drivers from the 2015 Indycar season. Perhaps they'll throw in the missing tracks as well as DLC.

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