NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

[Flamehead]

Hey guys, what's the purpose of the XP's? What do you do with them when you earn them?

[mason3132]

Also inside the garage you can hit the driver tab it will tell you how many gallons of gas you have used tires changed everything for your career. I thought this was a pretty cool add.

[bluengold34_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by The Gasman

Can you turn the spotter off? I sure hope so, he seems like a real idiot, that's not much help.

I follow the crosshair map, and use the lookback button more than listen to my spotter. The thing is, he is useful at time, but other times he's talking about a hot dog wrapper in the fan, or shrimp cocktails.....and for the love of all that is holy...I DON'T CARE ABOUT MY RIVAL AND HOW HE IS DOING. What I do care about is the 6-7 cars right behind me!

Quote: Originally Posted by olefivetime48

"Blue...You're my boy".....haha you seriously have some kind of patience. I'm pretty convinced I'll be buying this game, though even if you had dissed I'm a big enough fan of NASCAR to get it. The worst that they could produce is an EA remake that we've gotten every year in the NASCAR gaming history on consoles. So my questions are: 1- When all cars come into pit, do you see other teams jumping the wall or making changes, etc? 2- Being somebody that desperately wants a SIM vs. arcade type feel, with the setting on "Very Hard", is there that SIM feel to the game? 3- Finally, is the option to "rim-ride" at any given track, with that groove, possible? EA gave drivers ONE line to take for speed?(the lower) Thanks Blue!

1. No you do not see other teams jumping the wall form what I recall. The show an external side view of you car, and you really never see another pit box. I will keep an eye out for this tonight, and double check on it for ya.

2. I can only give you my opinion on the sim feel of it. I think on the hardest difficulty setting, it has a feel that is similar to NASCAR 2003. Now i am not claiming it is as sim as that, but the feel is very close for me.

3. Every groove at each track that I have tried is a viable groove to use. They have done a very nice job in making sure no groove is better than the other...from my short time with the game.

Quote: Originally Posted by nascar48

How do you choose the length of a career race?

I am almost positive it gives you the option to choose the length and difficulty before each race...even in career mode.

Quote: Originally Posted by Claymaker52

Just read on the NTG forums that there are no debris cautions, and since debris shreds tires, what are we supose to do, dodge it like banana peels on Mario Kart? Please tell me this is not true, oh the humanity!!!!!

I have not seen a caution thrown for debris yet. I have heard my spotter tell me to be on the look on for debris, but have never seen it. I also heard my spotter tell me I was buying pizza that night for the boys....

Quote: Originally Posted by mrtuttle76

all i know is i trust blue more than anybody on this game,quick question,can you hear the fans cheering as you go by the grandstands?,just think that would be cool if you could

I am usually using cockpit1 cam, inside the car...so I have never heard the crowd. The engine sound from your car and the surrounding other cars, is really loud though(and pretty authentic sounding)

Quote: Originally Posted by Claymaker52

And do some drivers elect to stay out under caution, or take 2 tires instead of 4? What I'm trying to say, is there dynamic pit strategy for the AI in this game?

I can't say for sure that there is different strategy, but in some race's, it sure feels like some cars take 2, some take 4. There are guys that bust out of the pits like 3-4 seconds faster than everybody else. If they gave us a screen showing who gained and lost right after all of us exited...I could better answer this questions..and they don't all pit at the same time on green flag pit stops, which is kind of cool.

Quote: Originally Posted by gibsonsg5688

How Come in paint shop ur numbers dont display on the side of the car, its retarted?

Great question...I assume its either something that will be patched, or the number appears after the skin is created...which doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense.

[Claymaker52]

Quote: Originally Posted by mason3132

I think this is correct just raced Bristol and i hit the same cone 10 times around the track. I also hit car parts and never saw a caution spotter does say their saying there is debris on the track but no caution.

Is that something they can patch into the game?

[bluengold34_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Flamehead

Hey guys, what's the purpose of the XP's? What do you do with them when you earn them?

They are used to unlock things like new car schemes and pins for the garage. The system does the unlocking for you though, it's not like you have a jar full of NXP's, and spend them on stuff you want.

[Claymaker52]

Quote: Originally Posted by bluengold34_OS

I have not seen a caution thrown for debris yet. I have heard my spotter tell me to be on the look on for debris, but have never seen it. I also heard my spotter tell me I was buying pizza that night for the boys...

Yeah, well where's the pizza? It's Saturday night for crying out loud.

[bluengold34_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Claymaker52

Yeah, well where's the pizza? It's Saturday night for crying out loud.

It's in my fridge.....we got it from Rocky Ricoco's last night here in Appleton. That's a good pie right there brother. I pray that you use that avatar becuase you lost a bet

[mrtuttle76]

can't wait to hear the engines on my triton 720 headphones,make my ears bleed lol,thanks blue,sent you a request on psn