NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

[TCrouch]

Quote: Originally Posted by candlechips

Tire stagger (tire circumference differential) and caster "split" (more angle on right side) can make the car feel a little weird on the straights as well. Chassis load is very low on the backstretch in comparison to the corners as well. I even heard real drivers at this years Daytona 500 talk about the car being more difficult to drive on the straits while push-drafting.

Yep, exactly. I just figured I'd throw out the biggest factor, since stagger is typically mandated now and can't be messed with anyway, but you're 100% right...but you already knew that lol

[candlechips]

Quote: Originally Posted by TCrouch

Yep, exactly. I just figured I'd throw out the biggest factor, since stagger is typically mandated now and can't be messed with anyway, but you're 100% right...but you already knew that lol

Yeah, years of tinkering with NR2003, etc setups has been quite the educational experience.

[bluengold34_OS]

I hope no one feels I mislead them at all here, I was giving my honest impression's of how I felt about this game(PS3 version). I posted the video's last night of me racing, and nothing was doctored at all. It sounds like the 360 version is really having some issues though. I will also say that since I got the patch, every time a caution should have come out, it did.

I still love this game for the exact same reason I did yesterday, and the day before. On the hard-core mode(which I understand they took out of the 360 patch)with no assists on, it is challenging to win, and a lot of fun.

I explained that career mode was thin on options, and I only raced 1 time on-line, but that one time was very smooth and we finished the race with no issues. I also explained the create-a car had no decals, but was just like forza.

I have no interest at all if someone buys this game or not, but I gave my true, honest impressions of what I played on the PS3. I still feel like it's the best NASCAR game to date on a console, and I will not back down from that.

I am not pointing fingers at anyone at all, but I will stand by my word and how I feel about this game. I do not bow to the pressure of how the majority feels, and I am no conformist.

[goosedawg68]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kingsly9

Here we go, There is some rather large issues on the online side of things and with regards to cautions but, this is really an amazing game and I by no means am bashing this. They knocked the offline side of this OUT OF THE PARK! Heres what I posted on the official forums: Alright well, there is some HUGE online problems with this game that need to be addressed ASAP. Eutechnyx guys, great game like really its amazing! You have a lot of positives but also a lot of negatives. Online, we need to be able to select what driver we want to use not just using our career car. There should be no time limit for online lobbies. I expeianced a pretty insane glitch where there was me and 2 other cars running in a room with 12 people joined into it. the other 9 drivers were all over the track acting like pylons we have to dodge. Other then that and a few other minor bugs you guys truly have a terrific game and I know NTG 2012 is going to be AMAZING. Thanks for this game and please, get this stuff fixed soon. Definitely before the DLC in May/June.

Since I will be racing mostly offline, I probably haven't wasted my money?

[UGA14]

Online on PS3 is atrocious. You Papyrus fans wondering if this is finally it after so many years, no. Not even close. Before the human even gets control of the car I've seen a car thrown completely off the track and flipped on top of another car... the starts are not at all tight and I end up seconds behind the leader even starting 3rd. Are you kidding? Do they test games anymore??

[RynoAid]

Quote: Originally Posted by UGA14

Online on PS3 is atrocious. You Papyrus fans wondering if this is finally it after so many years, no. Not even close. Before the human even gets control of the car I've seen a car thrown completely off the track and flipped on top of another car... the starts are not at all tight and I end up seconds behind the leader even starting 3rd. Are you kidding? Do they test games anymore??

this has been my online experience so far... I'm 360.

[the_serz88]

I think as far as this game goes it was great idea, bad execution. For example, create-a-car, but no way to share cars; career mode, but all it really consists of is 36 straight single player races; better A.I. than EA, but cautions are poorly detected and the field bunches up in the corners (just had it happen at Daytona). I've played the game for about 3 hours now and feel like it will "get me by" as far as a next-gen NASCAR game goes. I only dropped $36 for it on Amazon cuz I had a gift card but I feel like I should have put it towards another copy of NR2003 since I can't seem to find my disc anymore.

[jct32]

Online has its issues, yellows aren't too great. I have come from our league we had on NASCAR 09 where we had user called cautions, so no biggie too me on these cautions. The whole trying to get everyone in at the same time thing will be the worst. If you know how to run you will blow away the field. Online has lots of potential and if they would allow us to have a little more customization for our settings example wear rate it would be amazing online from what I've experienced. I've only done fields of about 3 or 4 though.