NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

[Cubfan]

The NASCAR The Game 2011 patch is available now. Race a few laps and post your impressions here.

[brandon27]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

I got it this morning, I ran a few laps in a race at Vegas, the AI seemed to react alot different when you make contact with them, they feel a bit more stuck to the track, but still a bit easier to get loose (hard to explain) which was nice, and I didnt notice them slamming on their brakes coming out of the corners. I caused a wreck that in the past wouldn't lead to a yellow, and I got a caution. So far on 3 minor things, in 2 laps, I see some big improvements. So far so good, but to be fair, like I said I just ran about 2 laps. However now I got to go to work, so going to rely on some of you guys today for your impressions. I didn't seem to see the DLC anywhere though, I thought it was supposed to be released at the same time?

edit: In my quick few minutes with the patch it seemed ok, but reading some reviews after the patch from others playing it on the Eutechnyx forums, people aren't very impressed at all. I'm a bit concerned now, I hadn't played the game in a few months up until the quick few minutes this morning, so maybe that's why I thought I noticed things being "better" . On their forums though, there's an awful lot of people being negative I feel, just for fun to bash Eutechnyx. Hopefully some members here can run a few laps today and give some feedback

[Flamehead]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

Yeah, I saw that on their forums as well. The general consensus seems to be that offline is improved and most are currently having difficulty online which is where most of the bashing is coming from. Apparently, however, DaveT says that online will remain unstable until EVERYONE has the patch. Apparently, there were reports of people being online in the game when the patch came out so they hadn't downloaded it yet playing against those who had which has made for some bad results.

I have to wait for the PS3 and I play mostly offline so I have to wait and see myself.

[Rules]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

I am waiting for the PS3 patch but I just did a bunch of reading over at Eutechnyx's forums to see their impressions of the game with the patch. Let's put it this way, so far it is not shaping up too well as many of the issues are still in the game. Some fixed others not so much. Online is a problem as Dave said some are still playing the game without the patch. I would have to believe those who were online when the patch dropped are no longer on but I could be wrong.

DLC has not been released yet.

[Rules]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

AI cars getting on and off pit road with no issues under green.


Nice to read that from their forums.

[bluengold34_OS]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

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I raced a 2 40 lappers at Kentucky with a controller, and did one on hard, and one on very hard.

Race 1 hard

Pros

I did notice the cars were easier to spin out, and a caution flew every time it should have. The damage does look better overall, and I also saw AI cars taking all different types of lines.

Cons

There still seems to be a small pack of cars that slow down a decent amount at the bottom of the front stretch. I also lapped the whole field in 40 laps and was extremely easily...so hard--ain't so hard.

Race 2
Kentucky-very hard

Started in the back of the pack again, but this time on very hard, and with a controller again.

Pros

:I saw a top 10 finish of guys like Tony Stewart, Jimmy Johnson, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, and People like Jennifer Jo Cobb, and Robby Gordon in the back of the pack.

:On very hard there is a noticeable difference in the difficulty, but I could still pass if I worked my lines.

:Got spun out into the pits, and...boom...no black flag for speeding

:Was able to work my through the field and finish 12th, and there was 7 cautions, and all were legit, and had the yellow drop

:AI cars were stable, but still felt like they could be spun out just as easily as a human car.

The final 20 laps of this race was the best time I have ever had with this title. I had climbed my way into the top 20, and the field was spread out a little. I had a chance to just race and focus on my lines. I was able to pass cars in a legit fashion, and even had a couple return the favor.

Cons

:Still a pack of three or four slow-*** cars at the bottom of the front stretch.

:Draft is still too strong, and allows manipulation of it.



So with about 80 laps under my belt with the new patch, I am impressed, but not blown away by any stretch. It seems that cautions work, AI takes different lines, black flags are fixed...


But still instances of cars being too slow, and abruptly breaking. This was huge one for me, because it truly is the factor that corrupts the flow of the race. Every good race has a nice rhythm of flow to it, and these quick break-checks(while better) have a way of stripping that rhythm away.

[Rules]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

Just read those who raced against others with the patch online went much better. Still a few issues but it sounds very positive!

[Rules]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

Blue~ can you go to one of the short tracks and see how the game plays with the patch? Just curious if that mess with the lights, cautions, pits is all resolved.

[bluengold34_OS]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

Blue~ can you go to one of the short tracks and see how the game plays with the patch? Just curious if that mess with the lights, cautions, pits is all resolved.

Yep, I will go to Bristol and Marty and see. report back in a 30 mins. with some results.

[Rules]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

This is great news:

"you will get kicked for driving backwards or rough driving buddy of mine hit the wall or was trying to wal ride and he got kicked for rough driving. raced one at watkins glen somebody cut the s curve and it game them a 11sec delay, said it slowed his car down real bad for 11secs"

[BIG CAROLINA]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

Yep, I will go to Bristol and Marty and see. report back in a 30 mins. with some results.

Can't wait to hear more patch reports from you Bob. Still debating if I should pick this back up now after dumping this game like a woman who gave me the itchy and scratchies.

[bluengold34_OS]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

Blue~ can you go to one of the short tracks and see how the game plays with the patch? Just curious if that mess with the lights, cautions, pits is all resolved.

OK Did a 40 lapper at Bristol on very hard, and it was tough, but a good time. You really have to allow for space for the AI to race on the outside. If you press it too hard in the corners, you are going to cause caution after caution. If you race clean and methodically, you can turn lap after lap of hard, intense racing. I worked my way up to 28th by lap 20, but then I caused a caution by clipping a car's front nose with my tail.

After caution, worked my up to 18th, but it was hard to pass at this point. Then I caused another caution, and had to pit, cause my tires were gone. I ended up finishing 26th, and probably only had a top 15 car.

Bottom line: If you race clean, and allow space for the AI, Bristol can be some of the best racing I have found. If you want to race like a fool, and blame the AI for cutting you off(when really it was you who cause it) then it still can be a mess.

This is great news:

"you will get kicked for driving backwards or rough driving buddy of mine hit the wall or was trying to wal ride and he got kicked for rough driving. raced one at watkins glen somebody cut the s curve and it game them a 11sec delay, said it slowed his car down real bad for 11secs"

This is very good news Rules.

[Rules]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

OK Did a 40 lapper at Bristol on very hard, and it was tough, but a good time. You really have to allow for space for the AI to race on the outside. If you press it too hard in the corners, you are going to cause caution after caution. If you race clean and methodically, you can turn lap after lap of hard, intense racing. I worked my way up to 28th by lap 20, but then I caused a caution by clipping a car's front nose with my tail.

After caution, worked my up to 18th, but it was hard to pass at this point. Then I caused another caution, and had to pit, cause my tires were gone. I ended up finishing 26th, and probably only had a top 15 car.

Bottom line: If you race clean, and allow space for the AI, Bristol can be some of the best racing I have found. If you want to race like a fool, and blame the AI for cutting you off(when really it was you who cause it) then it still can be a mess.



This is very good news Rules.

Awesome, can't wait for the PS3 patch which will have the DLC built into it.

[Rules]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A’s Post Patch

Q. Why are the cautions still not working after the patch?
A. The caustions are working you just need to select the correct option in the 'CHOOSE A RACE' menu. There are two options:

Casual - Damage - Cosmetic, Caution Flags - Off, Driver Assists - On, Custom Setups - Off
Hardcore - Damage - Full, Caution Flags - On, Driver Assists - Off, Custom Setups - On

By default the selected option is Casual and this means that Caution Flags will be set to off all you need to do is select Hardcore and Caution Flags will be set to on.

Q. Why am I being kicked from the lobby just before the race starts?
A. What the game now does is just before a race starts it checks to see if everybody can see each other and if there is somebody who has a bad connection in the lobby that some players can't see the game will remove that player. A way to resolve this problem is to ensure that your NAT is set to OPEN you can find a guide on how to do this HERE

[TCrouch]

Re: NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

I can deal with most of the stuff if it will no longer BURN UP MY FF WHEEL!!!!

Is there anybody that has tried it with the MS Wheel? I'd get grinding sounds and loss of FF after a few laps any time I did, which is the primary reason I shelved it for months. If the AI still has a few braking point issues, I can deal with that...hell, NR2003 had loads of those.

But if I can't drive it with a wheel because it'll blow up, I'm not even going to trade this in for fear of somebody else getting it. I'm going to use a blowtorch and melt the disc.