NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

**Rules** · 07-31-2011, 10:22 PM

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

Originally posted by NotoriousKDH

PS3 PATCH IS OUT!! REPEAT PS3 PATCH/DLC IS OUT!!! Dave from eutechnyx just reported it 20 mins ago via twitter, here it is!!
davet_etx Dave Thompson
Looks like Sony have released the PS3 patch early #NTG

Downloading now!

455 mb

**timay** · 07-31-2011, 10:41 PM

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

yeah of course it has to be out when I am just about to be in bed.

edit: this download is really flying for some reason, just started, about a minute ago, already to 11 percent and 12 minutes left.

**Rules** · 07-31-2011, 10:48 PM

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

Why does Indy look like a dirt track? It even kicks up what appears to be dirt.

I will play around with it more tomorrow. First thing I did was test the caution flag. It worked with little delay. However, while single file the AI takes control of my car to take it to the pits. In the process I can see one bug that is still in the game. The CPU runs my car into the back of the another in front of me and continues to run into it. When my car gets to the pits, the front end looks destroyed. My issue with that is I did not sustain any damage as all I did was turn my car around in the middle of the track to bring out the caution.

**timay** · 08-01-2011, 12:14 AM

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

Not bad.

Started a new career with Joey Logano and the 2011 schedule, started 7th at Daytona, finished like 41st...not good at bump drafting and got sucked into a few crashes. Then Phoenix, started 1st, finished 1st.

Gameplay is worlds better, damage doesn't seem noticeably better, no horrible pit incidents, crappy AI trying to destroy you, just straight up great racing.

Although I had an incident during the Daytona race where there was a crash on the last lap, I mean like 10 cars all over the infield, the man in first had not finished yet and no caution.

Other than that I am pretty impressed, and would have been playing until the break of dawn if I didnt have work in 5 hours.

**Papi34** · 08-01-2011, 07:20 AM

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

Originally posted by bluengold34_OS

I know someone is going to come and ask this, so I will just get it out there right now. After you download the DLC content, you have to restart your career mode, for the content to be available.

But you don't have to restart a 2010 season, if you're in the middle of one, to get the effect of the patch though, right? Anyone know.

Thanks.

**bluengold34_OS** · 08-01-2011, 12:18 PM

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

Originally posted by Papi34

But you don't have to restart a 2010 season, if you're in the middle of one, to get the effect of the patch though, right? Anyone know.

Thanks.

I had to.I was 17 races into my 2010 season and noticed the patch wasn't available to me. Then I read on the forums over Eutes, that you have to hit restart 2010 season, then it appears and gives you the option to race the 2010 or 2011 season.

**BurghFan** · 08-01-2011, 01:25 PM

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

A couple things I've noticed.

1. Cautions still come out even when cautions are turned off.
2. The tire wear indicator is still near impossible to read. I'm vixually impaired and practically have to put my nose on the TV screen to see it, and even then it is still extremely difficult to see the narrow lines indicating the wear level.

**Papi34** · 08-01-2011, 02:49 PM

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

Originally posted by bluengold34_OS

I had to.I was 17 races into my 2010 season and noticed the patch wasn't available to me. Then I read on the forums over Eutes, that you have to hit restart 2010 season, then it appears and gives you the option to race the 2010 or 2011 season.

Thanks for that blue. Strangely, I d/l the pack when I got in from work and just continued my 2010 season, but I'm sure the patch was applied.
These quick impressions are only based on 2 shortish races so I can't comment on how the pit stops are improved or not. Based on what I've seen so far, I'm actually pretty impressed. A few things I've noticed in this limited time.

- Cautions are much quicker to come out. In the night race at Atlanta there were 4 cautions, with none caused by me. But at Richmond, the only ones were the ones involving me.
- The level of the AI has been upped. Definitely not as easy to scythe through the pack. In the two races I had, I never noticed any cars slowing excessively in the turns. However, in both races I started from the middle of the pack and for the first couple of laps tore past a lot of cars on the straights, but then things quickly settled down and there was some great racing. You can't get away with clipping the wall and maintaining position and I couldn't charge away at the front. Seemed to be a lot less of a procession as well, with the cars separating nicely into pairs, groups and solo cars.
- I found it very hard to judge when the car was about to break away before as the tyre noise was so quiet. It's much better now, but haven't seen that mentioned anywhere.
- The spotter is also much better, with none of that "I just dropped my french fries" crap.
- I got span onto the pit lane and then the grass at Atlanta on the and no black flag!

I'm sure it was in before the patch, just hadn't got that far into career mode, but at the night race at Richmond it was nice to see overlays about who was in the chase, on the bubble, etc. EA please take note!

I really want to try the DLC, but may as well finish the season first as I'm in the chase. I need to try a longer race to see how the pit stops work, but I enjoyed the game pre-patch anyway just doing sprints.
I'm staying away from the Eutechnyx forums and I'm not saying it was worth waiting for, but I can certainly play the game and have fun. Be interesting to see how the 2012 game goes, but I will approach with caution.

When you see the silence from EA about NCAA 12, you have to give Eutechnyx credit for keeping us informed.

**NotoriousKDH** · 08-01-2011, 02:56 PM

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

Originally posted by Papi34

But you don't have to restart a 2010 season, if you're in the middle of one, to get the effect of the patch though, right? Anyone know.

Thanks.

Yes you do, only way the patch goes into effect

**Papi34** · 08-01-2011, 04:00 PM

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

Originally posted by NotoriousKDH

Yes you do, only way the patch goes into effect

Weird. I didn't and I'm definitely seeing the changes. They were obvious and I'm definitely not imagining it.

**NotoriousKDH** · 08-01-2011, 04:11 PM

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

Originally posted by Papi34

Weird. I didn't and I'm definitely seeing the changes. They were obvious and I'm definitely not imagining it.

Lol ok, but when I and everyone else who did, you had to restart your career and select 2011, it's probably changed since then but I'm just saying what had to be done, maybe i was imagining it????

**NotoriousKDH** · 08-01-2011, 04:13 PM

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

If anyone wants to race, CLEAN at that, add me via ps3 Mrholston89, but i noticed that when racing online that the cars tend to be disappearing and then reappearing, causing a wreck, hell i seen them literally disappear out of the track at dega!! I'm thinking that the servers were overloaded with so many people trying to race, or people not having a lag-free router

**Candymandagreat** · 08-01-2011, 04:56 PM

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

Originally posted by NotoriousKDH

Yes you do, only way the patch goes into effect

That really shouldnt be the case my man. it should affect gameplay, no matter how far along you are in a season. thats how other games work like nba2k11

**Tribe1** · 08-01-2011, 05:28 PM

Originally posted by Candymandagreat

That really shouldnt be the case my man. it should affect gameplay, no matter how far along you are in a season. thats how other games work like nba2k11

From my understanding the effects of the patch do go into effect but you have to restart to get any of 2011 stuff

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**Flamehead** · 08-02-2011, 09:26 AM

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

I finally got to try the patch last night. I'm strictly an offline guy and noticed the improved difference. Bump drafting is easier, qualifying is harder, cautions come out, etc. It's been a while since I've played so I'm having to get used to the driving model again, especially since I've been playing EA's Nascar games lately. I may have to swallow my pride and use an assist or two for now.

But overall, I see an improvement and think I'll have fun with this one.

NASCAR The Game 2011 Patch Available Now, Post Impressions Here

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