NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

[Claymaker52]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kibby

Well to be fair, much of that wreck occurred after the race concluded, and it's typical for racing A.I. to go brain dead after the checkered flag - that goes for every racing game.

Where was the damage? Was it off? The cars looked more like bumper cars or blocks of wood comeing together moreso, than cars traveling 120+ MPH. I want total devastation.

[Claymaker52]

Just czecked my mail to see if my Gamefly shipment arrived yet, and need less to say, it hasn't. If it doesn't come by tomorrow, I'm sueing somebody.

[Segagendude]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kibby

Just saw this NASCAR 2011 video on YouTube, it's very funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2djBsPzA9xE

Funny and sad all at the same time. Went from Nascar to Saturday night Demolition Derby at the fairgrounds.

[Ænima]

Okay, so I just got the game and I've been playing for a few hours offline. Difficulty is... ehh. On Hard at Daytona I could pull away without a drafting partner. On Very Hard at Bristol I couldn't keep up with Todd Bodine for 42nd place.

I'm hoping you can adjust the difficulty from race to race in career mode when I settle on a real driver (probably a custom one).

However, I want to stress that online is BROKEN right now. I'm not talking about buggy, I'm talking broken. Here is what just happened in my first race:

Eight players, most of us driving the 24 or the 88 (lol). That didn't bother me. As soon as it loads into the track (Talladega), I am upside down skidding across the pavement. Other people are also spinning, flipping or parked backwards as the race goes green. We have no control as this is happening. As we gain control, my car rights itself and I drive through the spinning and the smoke to find myself in second place. The leader is the only car that wasn't flipping and spinning at the start. He is probably four or five seconds ahead of me.

I am one lap down.

Over the next five laps, I chase him down and pass him to unlap myself. Nevermind that HE NEVER LAPPED ME. Although I am gaining on him as we actually drive, scoring shows me (and everyone else) continuing to LOSE LAPS.

He finishes the 9 lap race while I am on lap 5. I finish second, four laps down, despite winning the race (despite flipping around like the other seven drivers behind him, I caught him and passed him on track, finishing ahead of his car).

Online is BROKEN. Someone in the lobby suggested that this bug has something to do with players who are playing without the patch because they haven't booted out and booted back in since the patch went live this morning. That seems reasonable.

If you're waiting to get home and go right online to race, temper your enthusiasm and show some patience. Or, at least, bring your sense of humor.

For what it is worth, I was laughing the whole time. I always wanted to play in a Beta. :P

[Jonsco28]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kibby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2djBsPzA9xE

I didn't find this funny...I'd think it woud be rather embarrassing for the developers. I came to this forum thinking I might be interested in the game and that video confirmed to me that I am not.

[Ænima]

I should point out that despite the massive multiplayer bug(s) the game plays great. The sense of speed when you're running in-car is absolutely phenomenal. Your view is restricted, the window net wavers in the air and there is a faint sound of wind rushing by over the engines. Debris builds up during a green flag run and you really feel like you are going nearly 200 miles an hour.

It's impressive, IMO.

EDIT: In case anyone was worried, your stats don't reset if you reset your career to pick a new driver. I switched from Junior to JPM so I wouldn't have the same car as everyone else online and it still shows my record for fastest lap, my online top five and everything.

[chrisasst]

Been playing for a few hours now..

During career, for each race you can adjust the # of laps, difficulty ,etc....
The yellow flag still is not fixed. I have spun with a bunch of cars and no yellow sometimes. Also..I do not see an option to fix damage when you pit. Also I think the damage is beefed up a little to much. I brushed the wall and looked at the front of my car, and the whole right front is basically damaged.

[Mbalmer]

Has anyone played the ps3 version with a fanatec wheel yet? Just want to know how it works.