NASCAR 09 Video: Part 2 of 2 @ EA Vancouver

[Steve_OS]

Here is part 2 of 2 of our NASCAR 09 video. Here, Senior Producer Scott Stutsman talks about all sorts of details, as well as explaining the way AI handles the race.

[kennytomson]

-why not release setups 6 months in (never saw great user created ones)?

-damage was ridiculous last year, any adjustments for 09?

-why are there no manufacture specific grills?

[kneebon5]

so is it actually seasons, or are the stupid things added in when you are doing a career?

[BIG CAROLINA]

After watching the video, the AI has been addressed and there is a "damage setting" which can only be better than 08.

Looks like they have a ton of options so for the first time in a long while I am kind of looking forward to this. Drops around the same time as GRID but if NASCAR allows players to make it more sim then I'll go with it over GRID.

Also really dig the idea of the paint shop. They said it would be the same for 360/PS3 so I am assuming you upload your paint from your PC to the EA website and then it gives it to you in the game. I hope they allow it online like Forza 2 but maybe some issues? I can only imagine what kind of filth they would have to filter. Just look at Forza 2 - it takes hours of working with basic shapes yet the AH is still filled with porn. Imagine if it was as easy as cut and paste.

Speaking of online - did they address how many players the game will support and any more about those features/options? Madden is getting leagues this year - I wish that was the case for NASCAR as well

[i3man]

Someone needs to make a hand-held racing controller similar to the ones for radio-controlled cars. I just don't have the room for a dedicated wheel setup but love racing sims from the PC days...Nascar Heat was my favorite.

Quote: Originally Posted by i3man

Someone needs to make a hand-held racing controller similar to the ones for radio-controlled cars. I just don't have the room for a dedicated wheel setup but love racing sims from the PC days...Nascar Heat was my favorite.

I agree. No idea why this has never been attempted since the good old days of Atari 2600.

I used to own a PC controller many years ago when I drove GPL and my PC inhabited a small cabinet in an even smaller apt. It was similar to an RC controller only shaped more like a gun. Had a nice rubberized wheel on top and triggers for brake / gas. The precision handling of a wheel with the practicality of a controller - I loved it.

Maybe I should break apart some 360 controller and take a stab at making my own mod. Might just catch on.

[Coug00]

The PaintShop feature is pretty damn cool. I've been messing around with it for the last week or so. I'm not confident EA will get the racing physics done properly (AGAIN), but being able to create and upload your own car is a thing of beauty.

Here are three I've made so far (they're not quite done).