NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

[poulka]

I did pick this game up and I am impressed with it. The only problem I have is that when I run other tracks other than talladega my car just plows in the turn with a terrible push. I had this to happen on medium difficulty as well. I would greatly appreciate any help.

[scottyo60]

Ok so quick impressions... I'm actually better at short tracks. I am awful at Daytona unless I am in first. I feel in this game you actually need to get a feel for tracks and race pretty realistically which in EA games I'll be blunt and say I never did. My spotter makes me mad as hell sometimes because he won't tell me someones there and just goes wow there's a surprise! no really? thanks for almost making me wreck. Lighting is incredible! wrecks are a disappointment and so is damage. I only see it on my car and I can get drilled and little to nothing happens.

Also just cheesing around with cautions last night I found a huge exploit for short races at watkins. I started last and instead of breaking in the first turn I just went all out straight. took out people caution I was like 35. Did it again went to 24, did it again went to like 12... then with 7/8 laps took one more chance and went right at the leader... i guess i hit in front of him because we took caution to the checker and I won. Repeated this again and finished second... Idk how I feel about that, because I know there will be people who do this.

[seasprite]

Racing a lot of private races with 5-7 people last night and had a blast with the game. One thing that we have seemed to figure out was with the crazy starts with cars piled up and everything. It only happened when someone in the race couldnt see all the other racers in the startup lobby. When someone only saw 5 or 6 out of the 7 racers, we would start the race and have the pileup and nonresponsive cars issue. When we managed to get everyone in the lobby to see all the racers, we had no issues. This is with 360 by the way. We had a load of fun racing last night and hopefully they will fix this caution issue and some of the other issues with the online portion of the game and this will be a great title. I still say that this is one of the best "feeling" NASCAR titles, sans the glitches, that I have raced current gen. Cars feel great and you can really tell tire wear later on in the races and damage really affects your car and the way it handles and speed in our private lobbies with damage full at least. I have faith that the devs will get some of these issues fixed and make this the launch game that they envisioned.

[petty43]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rules

= Doesn't matter for me as they need to fix the bigger issues you listed above.

ok after playing more i may need to take back number 6 . i think its my own fault.i most times stop and the very end of a gas run where i notice most of the ai stops 2-3 laps before me.while i am running my last 2-3 laps on wore out tires just hanging on there flying on new tires.i tried stopping sooner and it helped.i run 30 percent at x3 wear. you know the game would be greatly improved if they would quick patch the cautions and bunching up problems..then work on the other stuff,

[Segagendude]

So, not nearly the buggy mess F1 was, but needs work regardless?

I hope Euchtenex(sp) stays on it and gets the issues ironed out via patches. Sounds like they're on the right track (no pun) and are onto something good here.

Me, I'm gonna wait to see what the patches fix. No hurry, as I have NR2003 with updated paints and tracks to hold me over.

Thanks for all the HONEST opinions, guys. Much appreciated!

[mm boost]

I have got to say, I played it for an hour this morning before work, I put it on pro assists with hard difficulty. I raced at 2 tracks, Talledega and Daytona. I kept wrecking at Talledega, so I quit, and then tried Daytona (single player race, no career yet). I am driving with my logitech driving force GT, and damn I have got to say, that the RACING in this game is fun as hell and super intense. With that wheel, I had my hand gripped on the wheel and shifter the whole time, and I was sweating bullets. It took me about 10 tries to finish a race without wrecking. In 6 laps, with most of the helpful hint popups turned off and draft wake turned off, I used some hardcore drafting and slingshot maneuvers and moved from 43 to 4th. It was a hellacious race and there was a couple times where I saved the car from whipping around on me and causing a pile up. Overall, I enjoy it so far.

My biggest gripe, and it pisses me off so bad I can't STAND IT. These Devs PREACHED and made promises about the wrecking, damage, crash engine. They said its the most realistic and violent wrecks we've seen. Um...I hear the crickets chirping. This is the WORSE wrecking engine I have ever seen. It reminds me of the old Gran Turismo and Need for Speed days when there was absolutely no damage. It is absolutely HORENDOUS!!!!!!!!!! They have got to fix this in the patch, it kills absolutely all realism. Also, the penalty flags issue bothers me like no other. I am so mad about these 2 aspects. I really hope they patch this, and patch it quick because Nascar is known for the violent wrecks where the cars are torn to shreds. I have only seen my car messed up, and no one elses. Even when I get hit by a car going 180 mph, all I get is a dented fender and they get some scrapes on the bumpers. My God I can't wait for the day we see a completely violent, realistic physics based crash engine where it makes you scared to death to wreck if you are trying to win a race. make us pay for making a bad decision behind the wheel.

[BadAssHskr]

well i've read most of this thread, and did some skimming past unnecessary griping, but can someone in the know, with a rational game assessment tell me the downfalls of the 360 version?

i have a ps3 and promised myself to use it as my racing console, but when i went to gamestop i, being an xbox guy, folded and bought it for the 360.

also, i played only briefly last night, and a bit under the influence, but really had trouble with the force feedback on my 360 wheel. it seemed to be very jerky, has anyone noticed this, and is there a remedy?

[y2j469]

The illegal pit row entry penalty is starting to drive me crazy.