NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

[luciano2421]

Quote: Originally Posted by 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

I agree with every thing you just posted. I will say that the only time I have raced online cleanly is when it was just me another guy racing. They really need to fix this online before I take it back and get tiger. As you most know cause I have posted this, I want to race just online.

Now my first impressions is this. I love the way the race feels. But i feel the FF on my Xbox 360 is lacking. Maybe its the pro or legend settings I am using? Also does anyone else feel its easy to get wreceked or wreck other people. Like I was racing and I went up to bump some one on the side and I went spinning?

I like this game and think it has great potential but I am seeing alot stuff that can/need to be improved.

Thinks that stick out in my mind right now

1. No Lobbies
2. No Online Leagues to race season
3. Online is broken to the point where i don't even want to play it.
4. No Sliders for career mode to set the A.I. how you want it.
5. Can't change cars in online/offline modes. Set as your career car as default.
6. No cautions for quick or custom races
7. Wrecks every where
8. To easy to be wrecked by A.I. or online drivers.
9. No Lobbies
10. No custom car paints on 360 version

I will continue to play it but I am really unhappy about the online aspect of the game. Offline its great just wish there was sliders to adjust difficulty of how you want it to be set up.

So far I give it a 6/10 just cause the online is crap right now. Hopefully this changes in time.

[tweezy90]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mbalmer

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

im gonna go rent it today and ill try it out tonight on my wheel...im waitin for the game to go on a price drop before i buy it

[Mbalmer]

Quote: Originally Posted by tweezy90

im gonna go rent it today and ill try it out tonight on my wheel...im waitin for the game to go on a price drop before i buy it

What kind of wheel do you have? Could you pm me and let me know how it works out for you?

Thanks

[Hibs06]

I might be getting the game today for the Xbox. I'm not an online racer, so that aspect of the game doesn't bother me. Can someone please tell me what their impressions are of the offline gameplay? I wondering what the game is like on the hardest a.i. setting and completely sim? Is it still too easy, or do you have to adjust your care to keep up?

[stlcaridnals1522]

Blue, can you talk to the developers about only being able to use the car you pick for career online, and only having 60 seconds to setup a match. Thanks it would be great if that could be fixed!

[Ænima]

Cars that go backwards online are not transparent or anything. Just had a finish ruined by an idiot going backwards.

That said, I was dominating the race up front by four seconds, feeling like I was safe since it is a console racer. I'm running Legend (with a controller) so no assists and manual transmission. Most of the guys online I'm running against have auto transmission and at least some assists on.

Like I said, I was out front by four seconds at Texas laughing it up at my lead. Went into turn one too hard and got up in the loose stuff. No big deal, right?

Coming off two out of the groove, with no traction I had NO CHANCE coming out of the turn. Tried to save it, couldn't. Spun down to the inner wall and kicked myself a dozen times.

The realism caught me off guard. If you run without assists and screw up, you pay for it.

Kind of frustrating when you're surrounded by players that WON'T pay for it, but on the flip side - when I get out front in a race and run without mistakes? See you later.

[chrisasst]

Quote: Originally Posted by luciano2421

I agree with every thing you just posted. I will say that the only time I have raced online cleanly is when it was just me another guy racing. They really need to fix this online before I take it back and get tiger. As you most know cause I have posted this, I want to race just online. Now my first impressions is this. I love the way the race feels. But i feel the FF on my Xbox 360 is lacking. Maybe its the pro or legend settings I am using? Also does anyone else feel its easy to get wreceked or wreck other people. Like I was racing and I went up to bump some one on the side and I went spinning? I like this game and think it has great potential but I am seeing alot stuff that can/need to be improved. Thinks that stick out in my mind right now 1. No Lobbies 2. No Online Leagues to race season 3. Online is broken to the point where i don't even want to play it. 4. No Sliders for career mode to set the A.I. how you want it. 5. Can't change cars in online/offline modes. Set as your career car as default. 6. No cautions for quick or custom races 7. Wrecks every where 8. To easy to be wrecked by A.I. or online drivers. 9. No Lobbies 10. No custom car paints on 360 version I will continue to play it but I am really unhappy about the online aspect of the game. Offline its great just wish there was sliders to adjust difficulty of how you want it to be set up. So far I give it a 6/10 just cause the online is crap right now. Hopefully this changes in time.

Do you guys have 360 or PS3? I have PS3 and had no problem with online except for the idiots who are already driving backwards...

[Ænima]

I'm in a 12 player lobby and I'm the ONLY person running Legend and Manual Transmission.

The online races are WAY TOO SHORT. Two percent is awful.

EDIT: Yep, online is unplayable. Doing the flipping bug again. Caution came out on the green because I was stuck on my roof. Cars were crashing during caution with AI driving. Skipped a bunch of laps. As soon as the race finished it locked up my console. If you get into a lobby with a bunch of people, it seems to be far more likely. Smaller lobbies do alright.

This better be fixed very, very, VERY quickly.