NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

[bluengold34_OS]

Re: Official NASCAR The Game 2011 - QnA session

the worst are
1 ai slowing in turns and bunching

I have seen this as evidenced in my Michigan video last night. I do not see it at every track, and I do not see it all the time. It's there enough for me to notice though. It feels like they are programmed to be a little too cautious around each other.

2 no caution when they need to be

Post patch on the PS3, not once for me. Every time I thought the yellow should have dropped, it has

3 ai rubber banding even in long race whole field staying within 10-15 sec.

I personally have not seen this at all. But most of my races were short, as I was trying to get impressions with you guys. I did 4-5 30 lappers though, and really never ran into this....

4 ai crash while pitting under yellow

Pre-patch yes.....not since the patch dropped, but I have only ran a race of significant length twice after the patch.

5 ai no dammage while my car is killed in crashes

Yep, I brought up the damage issue almost immediately. Its there, but so inconsistent. You have to beat the **** out of the AI car for it to look like yours

6 loose 20 spots with green flag stop even after all has stoped

Not quite sure what you mean here bro...please explain a little more in depth

7 to easy to get pole on any level and all levels still to easy

Getting the pole on the PS3 version for me, on very hard with no assist on, is a chore, and I feel lucky when I get it. Please keep in mind though, I have only race maybe 2-3 races with qualifying on post patch. Most of the races I did were short for impressions.
8 caution lights stay on all the time

Have not noticed this at all for the PS3, not saying some people haven't noticed this on the PS3 version, but I have not at all...ever.
9 floating spoilers on frount of car hood

Once again, never saw this once on the PS3 version pre-patch or post patch.

[AEJustin]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

I have been enjoying the heck out my 360 copy, Online is still messed up but no biggie at the moment. I've had a blast in create a car, even without the manufacturer decals and headlight decals. There are some issues but the game is FUN and nothing some patched won't clear up I think.

[petty43]

Re: Official NASCAR The Game 2011 - QnA session

Once again, never saw this once on the PS3 version pre-patch or post patch.

thanks sounds like the patch did a lot better on ps3 , number 6 what i mean is say its time for green flag stops..evey one pits in like a 3 or 4 lap window. say im running 3rd and have a clean stop i always seem to loose 20-25 spots..plus alot of green flag stops 90 percent of the ai cars pit in a big pack and just bang and bounce off each other coming on and off pit road

[olefivetime48]

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I have been enjoying the heck out my 360 copy, Online is still messed up but no biggie at the moment. I've had a blast in create a car, even without the manufacturer decals and headlight decals. There are some issues but the game is FUN and nothing some patched won't clear up I think.

So was there a 360 same day patch today?? I can't tell?

[AEJustin]

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Yea I downloaded a patch but have no idea what it did, as I didn't notice any differences?

[NightmareEvolution]

Re: Official NASCAR The Game 2011 - QnA session

After reading the impressions on this thread, I'm even more excited for this game. I hope I have time Friday to go pick it up and play it.

I never played NR2003 or iRacing, so I won't be able to compare. And even since I heard about this game, I knew there were going to be bugs, especially since this was the first attempt from a company that isn't even American (correct me on that if I'm wrong). I'm really just looking forward to playing a new Nascar game after, what, three years of Nascar 09. I don't care about glitches or weird online or anything like that, I just want a game that'll be fun to play every once in a while and from what I heard, this is the game. I hope 2012 will improve on a lot of stuff, something that EA didn't do.

Once I get the game Friday and able to actually play it, I'll give a more in-depth review.

I do have a question though. If your a custom driver in Career, can you change the paint schemes during the season? Like say during the night race at Daytona, I want a 4th of July paint scheme. Can I change it just for that race, then switch back to my regular scheme?

[petty43]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

So was there a 360 same day patch today?? I can't tell?

yeah there was but i never played it prepatch so i dont know what diff it made,sounds like it improved the ps3 game better then the xbox

[olefivetime48]

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Yea I downloaded a patch but have no idea what it did, as I didn't notice any differences?

You didn't notice any AI differences either? What about the caution lights?

[AEJustin]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

Caution lights seem to be ok now, I didn't get to play a whole lot of it before the patch though, but that part looks to be ok anyways.

[fearwhatnow]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

My impressions so far (PS3):

+ Good physics and driving feels like NR2003
+ Great HUD
+ Pretty Good AI (playing on hard with traction control assist and anti-lock at 1, it isn't a walk in the park for me even though i am a veteran of NR2003)
+ Pit stops and yellow flags are fine so far for me.I'm sure i'll encounter some bugs later.No worries for me.I'm having fun with a Nascar game after 8+ years.If i want hardcore racing there are still iRacing and NR2003.Let me clear some things.NR2003 retail unmodded had worse AI on track than NTG2011.After the mods the AI was nearly perfect.That's why i always support pc gaming.If NTG2011 had a pc release the modders would make the game better.

- Limited career and modes
- Some unexpected AI slowdowns maybe because the code "wants" AI to avoid big crashes.
- Unequal damage between AI and User.I think it's devs decision.Not a big deal.It's patchable.

* Didn't try online aspect.I am an offline user-gamer.

First review here:

http://www.gameinformer.com/games/nascar_the_game_2011/b/ps3/archive/2011/03/29/middle-of-the-pack-racing.aspx

[Cubfan]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

Raced 50 laps at Atlanta and some good and some frustrating things. First the good the yellow did come out for the most part when it should have. Other times i felt like i had to crash in the other cars to finally get one. The physics are good and the cars looked nice. The roof flaps came up when rear tires lifted off the ground. During 1 of my pit stops one of my crew men tore off a windshield cover. Kevin Harvick led all 50 laps and really never had anybody challenge him. The one diver that gained the most spots went to Paul Menard who started 24 and finished in the top ten. Really strange seeing the AI cars slow down in the corners. If Eutechnyx can get the online and AI kinks worked out we could have a heck of game to play. Stranges bug i had was at Richmond. I was spun out and wanted to pit so the AI sent my car down pit road but i never did pit. The car just drove through pit road and when i go to the back stretch another AI car was just sitting there never moved. The game wouldnt move on from the caution we just kept going around the track. I finally just switched to Atlanta. Nice thing in the pause menu is that you can switch to another track without having to go back to the main menu.

[FSU Judge]

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Took my copy back without opening it and used the refund to by M$ points to purchase the downloadable courses for Tiger. I will keep an eye out for the future patches but it sounds like the game needs some work still.

i plan to do the exact same thing today. Played TW all night and enjoyed a non-buggy experience, not to mention getting to play augusta. I recognize that the TW series has had a number of years to work out all of the glitches, and i hope this nascar series is around to do the same. until then, however, i will sit it out.

[xxJosh93xx]

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I think they definately nailed this one although there is alot if problems that need tuned. Online could be fun once the servers get worked out. I ran Daytona in my career and DNFd because I ran out of fuel came 43rd. Then at Auto Club I qualified 24th got up to 16th couldnt get further. Pit stops came I got flagged then the field pitted with 2 to go and I ended up 6th

[xxJosh93xx]

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What is matter with split screen?

I think the Splitscreen is good my only problems are i wish it was not widescreen also i dont like the names over the driver it gets in the way.

[Matty86]

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The game definately has some issues... but I play iRacing to get my SIM experience. My girlfriend got home last night and asked me if I picked up the new Nascar game (she's been hearing me talk about it and watching me play iRacing, and I wouldn't let her on my account to screw up my ratings haha) and when I told her I got it we played for almost 2 hours.

I love the game to just pick up and play and mess around, it isn't sim, but I still find the entertainment value there. At this point I have the iracing, and The Show for my real hardcore gaming, if I can find games like Nascar that the gf wants to play with me instead of telling me to get off my video games, I'm all over it!