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Initial Impressions for 360

I got the game yesterday afternoon and played it for a couple of hours

Positives
*The game looks absolutely amazing from the tracks to the cars the realism is on point
*The game is deffinitely a challenge even on the lower levels
*They hit the roster pretty well, there are some exclusions but when they go as far as to put Travis Kvapil and David Gilliland in they put in the effort.
*Eliminator mode is cool and new for a Nascar Game

Negatives
*Even with the patch the cautions are pretty rediculous, I have been completely spun out with another car and the caution did not come out
*The career mode is very thin, it deffinitely feels like season rather than career, one thing EA did well was make a big distinction between the two
*My biggest gripe is the lack of a driver ratings system, It should be harder to win a race at Bristol with Danica Patrick than it is with Kyle Busch. Those ratings really made 09 for me. I know it sucked if your favorite driver had bad ratings, but if they have the AI perform like the drivers they could make the user controlled cars do the same, possibly with an option to turn the ratings on and off. It is like you are driving paint schemes, rather than the actual drivers.

Overall I think the game is fun and I will keep it, I just had some pretty high expectations and hopefully acitvision will add these things in future versions