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  • Turbojugend
    MVP
    • Sep 2013
    • 2242

    #76
    Re: NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

    Day #2 and I'm starting to come around to this game. The inconsistent framerate and lack of overall depth are still major issues, but I'm getting the on-track settings dialed in and things are feeling really good.

    Two huge factors are (a) race length 25% or higher; and (b) A.I. on Hard difficulty. Also, All Flags and Full Damage. A lot of you probably did this right off the bat, but I didn't. At these settings it's starting to feel more like a real race, there is pack separation and CPU opponents will often battle you intelligently for position. I'm sticking to Casual controls for now, I'm still not very good and am finding the Sim controls way too difficult to handle.

    My first career race at Daytona with these settings was one to remember. With no setup adjustments (we really need a setup thread!), I qualified 40th. From the outset, there was a position battle on every lap. These position battles can be pretty intense on Hard, although the CPU opponents still to tend to part like the Red Sea every now and then. After about 15 laps or so, I managed to work my way up to 20th. From there the next several laps were spent trying to catch up with the draft in the next pack. I finally caught up to Ryan Blaney but he immediately shut the door on me. Went high, went low, I just could not pass with my crappy rookie career car. It was frustrating but cool to witness at the same time. I ended up at 19th and it felt like the finish I deserved.

    Again, I'm not great at racers, and maybe that's why I'm able to enjoy this. But at least with these settings I'm not regretting this purchase. Next I'm going to kick the race length up to 50%, it seems like the higher the race length the more enjoyable this game becomes.
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    • bravesfan1984
      MVP
      • Mar 2008
      • 2808

      #77
      Re: NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

      Originally posted by Turbojugend
      Day #2 and I'm starting to come around to this game. The inconsistent framerate and lack of overall depth are still major issues, but I'm getting the on-track settings dialed in and things are feeling really good.

      Two huge factors are (a) race length 25% or higher; and (b) A.I. on Hard difficulty. Also, All Flags and Full Damage. A lot of you probably did this right off the bat, but I didn't. At these settings it's starting to feel more like a real race, there is pack separation and CPU opponents will often battle you intelligently for position. I'm sticking to Casual controls for now, I'm still not very good and am finding the Sim controls way too difficult to handle.

      My first career race at Daytona with these settings was one to remember. With no setup adjustments (we really need a setup thread!), I qualified 40th. From the outset, there was a position battle on every lap. These position battles can be pretty intense on Hard, although the CPU opponents still to tend to part like the Red Sea every now and then. After about 15 laps or so, I managed to work my way up to 20th. From there the next several laps were spent trying to catch up with the draft in the next pack. I finally caught up to Ryan Blaney but he immediately shut the door on me. Went high, went low, I just could not pass with my crappy rookie career car. It was frustrating but cool to witness at the same time. I ended up at 19th and it felt like the finish I deserved.

      Again, I'm not great at racers, and maybe that's why I'm able to enjoy this. But at least with these settings I'm not regretting this purchase. Next I'm going to kick the race length up to 50%, it seems like the higher the race length the more enjoyable this game becomes.
      Are career AI settings the same as quick races, where you can select custom and assign a rating between 85-105? So hard would be 105?
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      • Turbojugend
        MVP
        • Sep 2013
        • 2242

        #78
        Re: NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

        Originally posted by bravesfan1984
        Are career AI settings the same as quick races, where you can select custom and assign a rating between 85-105? So hard would be 105?
        The menu options are so convoluted for this game that I am having difficulty recalling. I do remember there was definitely an "Easy/Normal/Hard" setting, not sure if that's career-specific or not.
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        • nflman2033
          Rookie
          • Feb 2003
          • 360

          #79
          Re: NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

          I can't find any of the options for race length in career mode, I think I'm playing on arcade because it doesn't seem sim to me, but I can not find that option either. I went straight to career and have gone through more than a season and a half. Even with millions spent on HP, I still qualify 40th on certain tracks, since I don't know how to change race length no race lasts long enough to work my way up too far from there.

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          • Turbojugend
            MVP
            • Sep 2013
            • 2242

            #80
            Re: NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

            Originally posted by nflman2033
            I can't find any of the options for race length in career mode, I think I'm playing on arcade because it doesn't seem sim to me, but I can not find that option either. I went straight to career and have gone through more than a season and a half. Even with millions spent on HP, I still qualify 40th on certain tracks, since I don't know how to change race length no race lasts long enough to work my way up too far from there.
            The career race length option should have become available after those first two "get a sponsor" races. That's when I first saw it.
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            • nflman2033
              Rookie
              • Feb 2003
              • 360

              #81
              Re: NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

              Originally posted by Turbojugend
              The career race length option should have become available after those first two "get a sponsor" races. That's when I first saw it.
              Damn, if that's the only time you can adjust..

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              • Turbojugend
                MVP
                • Sep 2013
                • 2242

                #82
                Re: NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                Originally posted by nflman2033
                Damn, if that's the only time you can adjust..
                I don't think it's the only time you can adjust, it just popped up as an option after I finished those two races. It was a button option on the black bar at the bottom of the screen.
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                • jway44
                  Rookie
                  • Nov 2004
                  • 62

                  #83
                  Re: NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                  Originally posted by Turbojugend
                  I don't think it's the only time you can adjust, it just popped up as an option after I finished those two races. It was a button option on the black bar at the bottom of the screen.
                  Yes, it's hard to see, but you can adjust it before each race weekend.

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                  • NYJin2011tm
                    MVP
                    • Oct 2011
                    • 2765

                    #84
                    Re: NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                    Thoughts on Thrustmaster T80 racing wheel?

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                    • zagsaddict
                      Rookie
                      • Apr 2014
                      • 20

                      #85
                      Re: NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                      I received a copy of the game on Wednesday so I have played a couple of hours each of the past couple of nights. I was pretty excited to finally have a NASCAR game again for a console, but out of the box my impressions were not the greatest. The game is growing on me however.

                      I'm on the PS4 playing with a controller so that has impacted some of the settings I have decided to use for the time being. My first night with the game I spent playing the various challenges (the one that came with the game and the free Toyota pack you can download).

                      Based on some of the reviews I was reading of the game being too easy, I went straight to the simulation setting. This made it apparent right away that I suck at this game or the simulation setting is unplayable with a controller. I struggled to complete a lap without spinning out by myself or getting wrecked. Is anyone finding any success using the simulation setting on a controller? This was pretty frustrating and I quit the first night not having very good impressions.

                      Last night I turned off the simulation setting and found much more success after a couple of hours of play. Did one race now and then jumped into the career mode. I agree with comments made that the game seems to play better, the longer the race is. Completed both the Daytona and Atlanta races on 25% race length, normal competition, 2x tire wear and fuel, all flags on.

                      Daytona was not very eventful- didn't mess with the car setup at all. Had one caution that I didn't cause and ended up finishing 24th.

                      Atlanta was a lot of fun though - ending up finishing 12th. Played with the car setup in practice (not really sure what I was doing) and ended up with a much better feeling car. Qualified 30th which seemed like a win. Started the race and was up to 19th place about 25 laps in when the first caution came out (again not caused by me). I decide to pit since I was near the end of the cars still on the lead lap. About half of the cars in front of me pit and I restart 22nd. We go 15 laps and I find myself up to 11th place because the cars in front of me who didn't pit have to make green flag pit stops. We keep going green and I make my green flag stop on lap 58 of 81. Come out 27th but my tires are fresh and I am flying through the field. Almost seemed too overpowered. Get back up to 11th with 6 laps left and the second yellow comes out. I decide to pit because I'm near the end of the lead lap again. Didn't really matter as my weak car is no competition for the leaders. Finish 12th which I am still really happy with.

                      Sorry for all of the detail but the Atlanta race was so much fun. Seemed very realistic and I ended up with a great finish only because of my pit strategy. After these two races I'm up to 19,000 in points already and should unlock all of tracks shortly if 20,000 is the top level.

                      Will continue to keep playing around - hope to be able to switch to simulation at some point. I'm definitely not the greatest at the game but will be interested to see if anyone else is having success using the simulation setting with a controller. Or if I need to invest in a wheel.

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                      • brandon27
                        MVP
                        • Aug 2008
                        • 1979

                        #86
                        Re: NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                        Originally posted by zagsaddict
                        I received a copy of the game on Wednesday so I have played a couple of hours each of the past couple of nights. I was pretty excited to finally have a NASCAR game again for a console, but out of the box my impressions were not the greatest. The game is growing on me however.

                        I'm on the PS4 playing with a controller so that has impacted some of the settings I have decided to use for the time being. My first night with the game I spent playing the various challenges (the one that came with the game and the free Toyota pack you can download).

                        Based on some of the reviews I was reading of the game being too easy, I went straight to the simulation setting. This made it apparent right away that I suck at this game or the simulation setting is unplayable with a controller. I struggled to complete a lap without spinning out by myself or getting wrecked. Is anyone finding any success using the simulation setting on a controller? This was pretty frustrating and I quit the first night not having very good impressions.

                        Last night I turned off the simulation setting and found much more success after a couple of hours of play. Did one race now and then jumped into the career mode. I agree with comments made that the game seems to play better, the longer the race is. Completed both the Daytona and Atlanta races on 25% race length, normal competition, 2x tire wear and fuel, all flags on.

                        Daytona was not very eventful- didn't mess with the car setup at all. Had one caution that I didn't cause and ended up finishing 24th.

                        Atlanta was a lot of fun though - ending up finishing 12th. Played with the car setup in practice (not really sure what I was doing) and ended up with a much better feeling car. Qualified 30th which seemed like a win. Started the race and was up to 19th place about 25 laps in when the first caution came out (again not caused by me). I decide to pit since I was near the end of the cars still on the lead lap. About half of the cars in front of me pit and I restart 22nd. We go 15 laps and I find myself up to 11th place because the cars in front of me who didn't pit have to make green flag pit stops. We keep going green and I make my green flag stop on lap 58 of 81. Come out 27th but my tires are fresh and I am flying through the field. Almost seemed too overpowered. Get back up to 11th with 6 laps left and the second yellow comes out. I decide to pit because I'm near the end of the lead lap again. Didn't really matter as my weak car is no competition for the leaders. Finish 12th which I am still really happy with.

                        Sorry for all of the detail but the Atlanta race was so much fun. Seemed very realistic and I ended up with a great finish only because of my pit strategy. After these two races I'm up to 19,000 in points already and should unlock all of tracks shortly if 20,000 is the top level.

                        Will continue to keep playing around - hope to be able to switch to simulation at some point. I'm definitely not the greatest at the game but will be interested to see if anyone else is having success using the simulation setting with a controller. Or if I need to invest in a wheel.


                        I run on simulation, with a controller. It's difficult, no doubt. Fast tracks like Atlanta, Texas, Cali, Michigan etc, etc it should be fairly simple, unless you have to make quick movements, then you're likely going to struggle. Tracks that involve braking however, they're going to be much more difficult on simulation with a controller, likely the two road courses too.


                        It can be done, but it will test your patience, and light tough on the triggers and sticks.
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                        • zagsaddict
                          Rookie
                          • Apr 2014
                          • 20

                          #87
                          Re: NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                          Originally posted by brandon27
                          I run on simulation, with a controller. It's difficult, no doubt. Fast tracks like Atlanta, Texas, Cali, Michigan etc, etc it should be fairly simple, unless you have to make quick movements, then you're likely going to struggle. Tracks that involve braking however, they're going to be much more difficult on simulation with a controller, likely the two road courses too.


                          It can be done, but it will test your patience, and light tough on the triggers and sticks.
                          Thanks, appreciate the feedback. Definitely makes sense - I know that I have to become a lot more patient too. On restarts I just want to go and try to make a lot of moves that I should not but I cannot help myself.

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                          • nflman2033
                            Rookie
                            • Feb 2003
                            • 360

                            #88
                            Re: NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                            Originally posted by jway44
                            Yes, it's hard to see, but you can adjust it before each race weekend.

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                            Yeah, it was cut off on my screen. It was triangle. 25% helped this game a lot.

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                            • Turbojugend
                              MVP
                              • Sep 2013
                              • 2242

                              #89
                              Re: NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                              Raced Atlanta in Career Mode this morning, 25%, 2x tire/fuel seems to be the sweet spot for now. Races last about 20 minutes and you do have to manage your pit stops. Again it was a really fun and competitive race, I finished middle of the pack and felt it was a fair outcome.

                              My main gripe is that I was able to race the entire race full throttle, I literally never took my finger off the trigger. A superspeedway I can understand, but not Atlanta. Maybe this is because they give you a weak car to start with, we'll see what happens after a few garage upgrades.

                              I'm really liking the feel of this game. On Hard (career setting) with a decent track length, position battles become supremely important. Race outside the groove or lose the draft and you can feel the race slipping through your fingers.
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                              • SECElit3
                                Banned
                                • Jul 2009
                                • 5553

                                #90
                                NASCAR Heat Evolution Available, Post Your Impressions Here

                                5GB patch is downloading to my PS4 1.02


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