NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

[petty43]

Quote: Originally Posted by bluengold34_OS

Bro....I will bust open the 360 version tommorow and hit the thread back up with some impressions of the differences(if any) on both systems.

cool thanks,seems like from what i been reading the xbox is ten times worse.i have both but bought the game for xbox and it does have alot of bugs that makes it very hard to injoy.

[bluengold34_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by petty43

cool thanks,seems like from what i been reading the xbox is ten times worse.i have both but bought the game for xbox and it does have alot of bugs that makes it very hard to injoy.

Yep, I was all excited when Fed Ex came today with the 360 version, and then I started reading all of the issues, and just played TWoods 12 all day long. It's sitting on my desk in front of me as I type, unopened.

[buckeye02]

I think everyone knows about the 2011 points, schedule, and paint schemes coming at a later date with a patch. Its still unacceptable to call the game NASCAR 2011 and not have the 2011 points and schedule at the least. I can see why the developers would call it 2011 though it has no 2011 setups. Heck, I havent gotten past their 1 season career mode being called career mode. Its pretty bad when EA put out a better product 3 years ago, and NASCAR 09 wasnt that great either. This game is pretty bad overall.

[petty43]

Quote: Originally Posted by petty43

cool thanks,seems like from what i been reading the xbox is ten times worse.i have both but bought the game for xbox and it does have alot of bugs that makes it very hard to injoy.

the worst are
1 ai slowing in turns and bunching
2 no caution when they need to be
3 ai rubber banding even in long race whole field staying within 10-15 sec.
4 ai crash while pitting under yellow
5 ai no dammage while my car is killed in crashes
6 loose 20 spots with green flag stop even after all has stoped
7 to easy to get pole on any level and all levels still to easy
8 caution lights stay on all the time
9 floating spoilers on frount of car hood

[BurghFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by petty43

the worst are 1 ai slowing in turns and bunching 2 no caution when they need to be 3 ai rubber banding even in long race whole field staying within 10-15 sec. 4 ai crash while pitting under yellow 5 ai no dammage while my car is killed in crashes 6 loose 20 spots with green flag stop even after all has stoped 7 to easy to get pole on any level and all levels still to easy 8 caution lights stay on all the time 9 floating spoilers on frount of car hood

This is one thing I noticed as well. Was running a race at Vegas and hit some guy at the right angle to make him spin out. he ended up more than half a lap behind the field, but was caught back up to me within 5 laps.

[bluengold34_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Block-O

I think everyone knows about the 2011 points, schedule, and paint schemes coming at a later date with a patch. Its still unacceptable to call the game NASCAR 2011 and not have the 2011 points and schedule at the least. I can see why the developers would call it 2011 though it has no 2011 setups. Heck, I havent gotten past their 1 season career mode being called career mode. Its pretty bad when EA put out a better product 3 years ago, and NASCAR 09 wasnt that great either. This game is pretty bad overall.

See block-O I can respect that bro. I understand you had bigger hopes for this game, and I get that. it really is all about perspective and expectations. I don't mean this in a way that you have to verify your feelings with me, to make sure it's OK. I mean it in the way of understanding how some people love this game, some people like this game, and some people downright hate this game.

[i c u cant stop me]

i dont know about you guys but i think iam turn the spotter off. it sounds like its pre programmed and doesnt really tell you whats going on in real time. there was a time in an online race at daytona where i was by myself for the last 4 laps and every 10 seconds i heard "your clear" "clear" it got really annoying there was no one with in 15 seconds around me. and the "the hendrick boys are going to want pizza" is getting annoying also.

[bluengold34_OS]

I really think what you have here is a case of company with huge aspirations, and only 18 months to develop a true NASCAR video game from scratch. If you look at the career mode, it's like the infrastructure is there, but it wasn't fleshed out. The same thing goes for the on-line portion...infrastructure there, not fleshed out.

They did a lot of things right in this game, but another 6 months of development title, this would have been a AAA title. I love the game for what it is, but upset at the online options, as we had a huge league planned.