NASCAR The Game: Inside Line Patch Expected Later This Month, Details Included

[Bubba_Zanetti]

As I get older (and wiser), I becoming more and more convinced that most sports games are now geared toward online play. Offline players like myself are slowly being alienated.

Case in point: two racing games that had excellent AI were Nascar Racing 2003 (10 years ago) and Grand Prix Legends (1998 - 15 years ago!). A huge gap! You'd think by now there would be stellar AI in racing games.

[havoc00]

anyone else game keep freezing when in a lobby? this is the only game that freezes on me, is it my copy or a problem

[scoman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bubba_Zanetti

As I get older (and wiser), I becoming more and more convinced that most sports games are now geared toward online play. Offline players like myself are slowly being alienated. Case in point: two racing games that had excellent AI were Nascar Racing 2003 (10 years ago) and Grand Prix Legends (1998 - 15 years ago!). A huge gap! You'd think by now there would be stellar AI in racing games.

Race 07,Grid, and Forza Horizon all have excellent AI.

[TCrouch]

I actually think F1 2012 has some of the best "awareness" AI I've ever seen. You can race those CPU drivers hard, and I have yet to have one act like I wasn't there. They're a bit too passive, as you can block them way too easily with an underpowered car, but if they took half of the code that Codemasters has for awareness with the F1 drivers and applied it to NASCAR, you'd be golden.

[Bubba_Zanetti]

Quote: Originally Posted by scoman

Race 07,Grid, and Forza Horizon all have excellent AI.

I can't speak for Forza as I don't own an Xbox. Grid (a great game) was way more arcade than sim. I'd still put GPL anf NR2003's AI above Race 07. Race 07's AI was good but I was never crazy about the fact that the cars would not spread out much and a little too robotic for me.

Other sims with good AI: Crammond's Grand Prix series and EA's F1 series.

[Bubba_Zanetti]

Quote: Originally Posted by TCrouch

I actually think F1 2012 has some of the best "awareness" AI I've ever seen. You can race those CPU drivers hard, and I have yet to have one act like I wasn't there. They're a bit too passive, as you can block them way too easily with an underpowered car, but if they took half of the code that Codemasters has for awareness with the F1 drivers and applied it to NASCAR, you'd be golden.

I'd love it if Codemasters did Nascar and took over the WRC series from Blackbean. I play F1 2011. The AI is good but I agree on the passiveness of your opponents. Plus I'd like to see more AI mistakes and technical retirements.

[TCrouch]

The AI Jump from F1 2011 to F1 2012 is a massive difference, IMO. Barely recognizable, but the passiveness seemed to grow, too.

[scoman]

Any of you guys ever try Iracing? Ive always heard its the most realistic racing sim on the planet,but have never checked it out because it seemed a little pricey.