Hey brother, good to see your take. I am just waiting for the PS3 patch to drop. Yesterday, I went ahead and got on the iRacing boat so I am hoping that will help my craving for some great Nascar racing. I have to look at Nascar The Game 2011 as a first effort. When you break it down that way then one would realize they didn't do that bad of a job. I think the long wait, super high expectations with a lot of hype added in by Dave over at Eutechnyx and what was created was a no win situation. They would have needed to make good on all of their promises and in the end that became their Achilles heal as they didn't deliver on those expectations.
I hope Dave and company learn from this and realize people just want a solid game that plays well both online and off. Leave the Super Fight Hype Machine for boxing and stick to Nascar. Besides, Nascar fans in general are a different breed. No nonsense, get to the point, deliver on what you say type of personalities. They don't take well to those who mislead on so many different levels.