The Future of NASCAR Gaming

[RaychelSnr]

Going into this season, NASCAR announced a series of rule changes to make races more exciting and competitive. These changes included freer-flowing restrictor plates, the return of bump-drafting and the return of the spoiler rather than the detached rear wing. These things appeared to be done in response to lower television ratings and attendance figures.

While NASCAR responded quickly to make changes to try and reaffirm NASCAR’s place in the American sports’ marketplace, the same cannot be said about their handling of their video game licenses. I say that because Electronic Arts’ exclusive deal with NASCAR is over and yet no NASCAR games are being released this year. In other words, the future of NASCAR games basically leads to a mess of questions.

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[Scott76]

Umm, iRacing.com says hello...?

More realistic then any of those games you listed.
Better looking then any of those games you listed.
You actually get to race against real Nascar drivers.

[mgoblue]

Re: The Future of NASCAR Gaming

Umm, iRacing.com says hello...?

More realistic then any of those games you listed.
Better looking then any of those games you listed.
You actually get to race against real Nascar drivers.

IMO iRacing is a bit daunting to those who aren't hardcore racing gamers. I know for me I like a Nascar game I can play sometimes, enjoy, but not have to run a billion laps to learn how to tweak the setups and whatnot.

I'm not knocking iRacing, I just think it's a bit on the advanced end for the more casual racing gamer. I don't have the time or desire to invest the massive amount of time required to be good enough to play...

[pk500]

Re: The Future of NASCAR Gaming

IMO iRacing is a bit daunting to those who aren't hardcore racing gamers. I know for me I like a Nascar game I can play sometimes, enjoy, but not have to run a billion laps to learn how to tweak the setups and whatnot.

Fallacy. Most people will share a setup in a practice server if you ask politely, and you can find a ton of solid setups at the iRacing forum and other setup sharing sites.

[catcatch22]

Umm, iRacing.com says hello...?

More realistic then any of those games you listed.
Better looking then any of those games you listed.
You actually get to race against real Nascar drivers.

I think he meant on a console, not the pc.

I think the main reason niche racers like NASCAR, IRL, the old CART series and F1 failed sale wise on consoles has more to do with way the sport translates to consoles. These types of racing games are much more wheel related than say Project Gotham. The expense of a good wheel does not help matters and further pushes the niche value of these games away from the masses.

If your a PC racer you have no reason not to own a wheel.

[SOBAY310]

95% of my gaming is sports, but I wouldn't mind seeing publishers release their games every couple of years with post release support during the off year.

[pk500]

Re: The Future of NASCAR Gaming

I think he meant on a console, not the pc.

I think the main reason niche racers like NASCAR, IRL, the old CART series and F1 failed sale wise on consoles has more to do with way the sport translates to consoles. These types of racing games are much more wheel related than say Project Gotham. The expense of a good wheel does not help matters and further pushes the niche value of these games away from the masses.

If your a PC racer you have no reason not to own a wheel.

All excellent points!

[mwjr]

EA's NASCAR 009 finally got the series back on track; it was the first one that I bought since NASCAR 02. I was really disappointed that they stopped making it.

[bluestreak10]

Re: The Future of NASCAR Gaming

IMO iRacing is a bit daunting to those who aren't hardcore racing gamers. I know for me I like a Nascar game I can play sometimes, enjoy, but not have to run a billion laps to learn how to tweak the setups and whatnot.

if they had a free demo i would try it but im not payin for something that i can't try out without having to pay.

[mgoblue]

Re: The Future of NASCAR Gaming

Fallacy. Most people will share a setup in a practice server if you ask politely, and you can find a ton of solid setups at the iRacing forum and other setup sharing sites.

Oh, I know the community is awesome. I'm more just saying that I'm not a good enough race game driver and realistically I'm not going to put in the laps necessary to get really good. I'm not bashing iRacing at all, it's just a bit too sim for me.

[snapplers]

Re: The Future of NASCAR Gaming

I don't think you guys have seen this yet!

Although it isn't totally dedicated to NASCAR, it will be a significant part of it!

Check out the teaser trailer below. Because I'm a newbie I cannot post a direct link, so take it and put it back together in the address bar.

Type in youtube (.) com / watch?v=COCr0CqVmc0

[DakkoN]

Re: The Future of NASCAR Gaming

It's been known since E3 last year that NASCAR was going to be included in Gran Turismo 5. Gran Turismo 5 is due to be released in October 2010. So saying that no NASCAR games are being released this year is pretty uninformed and silly.

[bkfount]

Re: The Future of NASCAR Gaming

It's been known since E3 last year that NASCAR was going to be included in Gran Turismo 5. Gran Turismo 5 is due to be released in October 2010. So saying that no NASCAR games are being released this year is pretty uninformed and silly.

NASCAR in GT5 is just a feature, and we certainly don't know how much of it is in the game. 16 car fields is hardly true NASCAR sim anyways.

NASCAR as a sport just doesn't translate to anything other than sim racing. EA got the license to try to expand it beyond the sim PC crowd, and they failed because the market isn't there. If any other developer thought it was worth the effort to put out a NASCAR game, there would have been takers.

[stlstudios189]

It's already been a year since Nascar 09 was released in Fall of 08. I am getting sick of all these games getting dropped and gamers getting left w/o a new release.

[morieeel]

Was addicted to Payprus's Nascar series and Grand prix legends when I was gaming on a PC. Since all my gaming is on consoles now, I cant get used to racing on a console. I tried the EA series and formula one games for PS3 but it just not the same even with a wheel for some reason.