NASCAR The Game: Inside Line Review (360/PS3)

[ps3veron]

Funny enough I played this on a lowly 1MB connection and multiplayer didn't seem to be an issue (I was able to get into lobbies and even won a few tracks).

What does bother me is the multiplayer setup (you are put into lobbies where people are already on their 5th lap and there's no option to even view the racer rather just sit and wait for laps on end).

Shame really, 2012 and we had better Nascar games last generation.

[JMD]

Quote: Originally Posted by RUFFNREADY

This is a good game; and the review gives this game no justice. yes, the MP is terrible; but the devs are working on a patch that could hopefully fix those problems. As for the cpu/AI being overly aggressive is an understatement. lol checkout what i mean: And i don't drive on easy! cheers

No offense here but:

I see nothing in that video that shows the A.I. being overly aggressive. There were two wrecks, both were your fault. The first you came down into the A.I.'s line and hit his front with your rear quarter panel, hence you spun out, just as you would in real life. The second looked to be an attempt at a bump draft but you hit the A.I. to hard and only hit the right side of the rear bumper, causing him to spin out. User error both times.

Also I'd recommend trying a different view, you seem to be a bit squirrely with the car at times. I can't drive at all while looking at the car. I use the in car views or the hood view, and have great results racing close with the A.I. with no accidents. I find the A.I. in this game to be some of the best I've played against in years.

[thevaliantx]

The video above gives me the impression the creator was driving with a controller, not a racing wheel.

[Alear55]

Anybody know the last NASCAR game where you can race for the cup series in multiplayer mode???

[BurghFan]

I've experienced a glitch 2 times now that is rather annoying. The situation is I'm running on the lead lap and on the last lap but for some reason I'm unable to finish the race (damage visual only, fuel/tires x2, flags off). First time was at Dover, was out of gas but wanted to coast to the line rather then go into the pits but ended up crashing into some wrecked cars and failed to finish. Second time was at Sonoma when my car hit something (don't really know what), flew into the air, flipped, and landed on its side so I couldn't continue. Both times instead of giving me credit for finishing as the 1st car 1 lap down, it relegated me to a 43rd place finish behind cars that were multiple laps down.

[BurghFan]

OK, something really weird just happened (and is still happening as I type this). Running career mode, fall race at Talladega, damange visual only, flags off, fuel/tires x2. Was running near the front around lap 4 when I came across Jimmie Johnson and decided to intentionally wreck him as we were coming out of turn 4. Well, when I hit him my camera view spontaneously changed from chase to in car (that part always happens when I play racing games for some reason) and I lost control and cause a huge wreck. As I regained control I ended up racing diagonally across the very top of the pit entrance and back out into the front stretch grass where I spun again. The audio from my crew chief saying "Ok lets do 4 tires" played as I crossed the top of the pits. As I attempted to regain the control I noticed that the top right portion of my HUD where it normally tells my position was missing an that my fuel laps left indicator had changed to 2 dashed lines as if I had just pitted. Next I realized that I was even controlling my car, the computer was driving it for me and has been for the last 30 laps (38 lap race). My car never pitted even though I would've had to pit on lap 19 and never ran out of gas. And it finally just ended with me winning easily.

It would seem I'm the only one who still cares about this game though so . . .