NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

[petty43]

Quote: Originally Posted by bluengold34_OS

Once again, never saw this once on the PS3 version pre-patch or post patch.

thanks sounds like the patch did a lot better on ps3 , number 6 what i mean is say its time for green flag stops..evey one pits in like a 3 or 4 lap window. say im running 3rd and have a clean stop i always seem to loose 20-25 spots..plus alot of green flag stops 90 percent of the ai cars pit in a big pack and just bang and bounce off each other coming on and off pit road

[olefivetime48]

Quote: Originally Posted by AEJustin

I have been enjoying the heck out my 360 copy, Online is still messed up but no biggie at the moment. I've had a blast in create a car, even without the manufacturer decals and headlight decals. There are some issues but the game is FUN and nothing some patched won't clear up I think.

So was there a 360 same day patch today?? I can't tell?

[AEJustin]

Yea I downloaded a patch but have no idea what it did, as I didn't notice any differences?

[NightmareEvolution]

After reading the impressions on this thread, I'm even more excited for this game. I hope I have time Friday to go pick it up and play it.

I never played NR2003 or iRacing, so I won't be able to compare. And even since I heard about this game, I knew there were going to be bugs, especially since this was the first attempt from a company that isn't even American (correct me on that if I'm wrong). I'm really just looking forward to playing a new Nascar game after, what, three years of Nascar 09. I don't care about glitches or weird online or anything like that, I just want a game that'll be fun to play every once in a while and from what I heard, this is the game. I hope 2012 will improve on a lot of stuff, something that EA didn't do.

Once I get the game Friday and able to actually play it, I'll give a more in-depth review.

I do have a question though. If your a custom driver in Career, can you change the paint schemes during the season? Like say during the night race at Daytona, I want a 4th of July paint scheme. Can I change it just for that race, then switch back to my regular scheme?

[petty43]

Quote: Originally Posted by olefivetime48

So was there a 360 same day patch today?? I can't tell?

yeah there was but i never played it prepatch so i dont know what diff it made,sounds like it improved the ps3 game better then the xbox

[olefivetime48]

Quote: Originally Posted by AEJustin

Yea I downloaded a patch but have no idea what it did, as I didn't notice any differences?

You didn't notice any AI differences either? What about the caution lights?

[AEJustin]

Caution lights seem to be ok now, I didn't get to play a whole lot of it before the patch though, but that part looks to be ok anyways.

[fearwhatnow]

My impressions so far (PS3):

+ Good physics and driving feels like NR2003
+ Great HUD
+ Pretty Good AI (playing on hard with traction control assist and anti-lock at 1, it isn't a walk in the park for me even though i am a veteran of NR2003)
+ Pit stops and yellow flags are fine so far for me.I'm sure i'll encounter some bugs later.No worries for me.I'm having fun with a Nascar game after 8+ years.If i want hardcore racing there are still iRacing and NR2003.Let me clear some things.NR2003 retail unmodded had worse AI on track than NTG2011.After the mods the AI was nearly perfect.That's why i always support pc gaming.If NTG2011 had a pc release the modders would make the game better.

- Limited career and modes
- Some unexpected AI slowdowns maybe because the code "wants" AI to avoid big crashes.
- Unequal damage between AI and User.I think it's devs decision.Not a big deal.It's patchable.

* Didn't try online aspect.I am an offline user-gamer.

First review here:
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/na...ck-racing.aspx