NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

[petty43]

Quote: Originally Posted by olefivetime48

Hey guys, did the xbox patch do anything? My caution lights are still on at every track.

o did not play the gamre prepatch.. but from what i read it has not helped us xbox players.sounds like it has improved the ps3,

[Aggies7]

I will say I agree with the poster that is completely disappointed with the damage model. I heard for months how good the damage and wrecks would be from eutechnyx and this was a complete disappointment. But as stated before I enjoy the racing but shocked how bad the damage and wrecks have turned out.

[petty43]

Quote: Originally Posted by Senor Nascar

Message to Developers: Here are my concerns and suggestions for issues which should be fixed in future patches: 1. Obviously the caution issue which has been well addressed by numerous people. 2. The AI aggressiveness at bump drafting on Auto Club Speedway. I have been wrecked numerous times by the AI simply slamming into the back of me at a place where bump drafting is minimal. 3. The AI difficulty needs to be ramped up especially in Qualifying. 4. The lack of TIRE TEMPERATURE readings. I would really like to see this added in. If you do not know your tire temperatures it makes it really difficult to set up a car properly. 5. The small tire wear indicator needs reworking. It is very difficult to see how much your tires are wearing and if the insides, middle, or outside of the tire are wearing more than other parts of the tire. This is key info for finding out what is wrong with the setup and how to make it better. I would advise using a system like other games. Where the tires are blue, then green, then yellow and then red. 6. The AI needs help when pitting under yellow. Numerous times I have seen them run into each other on Pit Road causing a huge mess. 7. When Pitting, the DEFAULT should be a full gas tank not the opposite like it is now. You already don't have much time to make adjustments so it would be great if this could be reversed so I am not wasting time filling that meter up. If I want less than a full tank than I could dial it down instead. 8. I would like to be able to save more than 50 setups. I know it sounds like a lot but it really isn't if you calculate that you at least have one saved setup for each track (23) and when the update comes you will need at least another 23 for the 2011 models which will handle differently. I would like to see the number of allowed save setups to go up. 9. The spotter should stop saying all clear at odd times like when I am stopped or on pit road. It is just way overdone. Also for future versions of the game I would look at maybe omitting the comedic lines because although they might be funny the first time...they get real old real quick. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard the hot dog line. I would rather the spotter focus on positional info. 10. The bunching up of AI on certain tracks. 11. It was my understanding that there would be an Adaptive AI setting in this game. What happened? It could help solve some difficulty issues for some if it were to be added. 12. I think for future iterations try to make the default setup not so good out of the box. It really takes away from the need to work on your car. I know you are trying to appeal to people who don't want to work on their car but it just kills it for those who do. 13. The draft is way overdone at certain tracks. I think it greatly needs to be toned down overall. I think it will really help with the difficulty as well. 14. The online timer (even in private races) needs to go away. All other racer games have always had a ready up feature which works much better. Hopefully this can be addressed soon. F1 does a good job of this. 15. Better online stability. 15. The wheel support needs revamping. I play with a Porsche Fanatec GT2 wheel for Xbox 360. It is operational but is certainly not tuned for this game and the force feedback seems to come and go. After playing with the g25 on PS3 last night, I can honestly notice a HUGE difference. Hopefully you guys can look at all the wheels people are using and tune them for this game. That is what I got in terms of immediate fixes to help get this game on the right path. I am sure I left out a couple of things but overall I think there is a good base here in this game (driving model and AI) and with these fixes the game would be much better.

that is spot on...you fix that and we got a good game,by the way are you playing on ps3 or xbox..what concerns me is that some of the things are so easy to see the first time you play the game it looks like it would have already been fixed makes me wonder if they can even fix it.

[seasprite]

Quote: Originally Posted by Aggies7

I will say I agree with the poster that is completely disappointed with the damage model. I heard for months how good the damage and wrecks would be from eutechnyx and this was a complete disappointment. But as stated before I enjoy the racing but shocked how bad the damage and wrecks have turned out.

Especially since this was a big selling point from them

[Giants2003]

Can we return for a refund if we opened and it has all these issues that were promised were ok? The game is fun I like the driving but have not gone online yet.

[Senor Nascar]

Quote: Originally Posted by petty43

that is spot on...you fix that and we got a good game,by the way are you playing on ps3 or xbox..what concerns me is that some of the things are so easy to see the first time you play the game it looks like it would have already been fixed makes me wonder if they can even fix it.

I actually have both copies. I am more of an XBOX guy though.

[Rules]

Quote: Originally Posted by Senor Nascar

Message to Developers: Here are my concerns and suggestions for issues which should be fixed in future patches: 1. Obviously the caution issue which has been well addressed by numerous people. 2. The AI aggressiveness at bump drafting on Auto Club Speedway. I have been wrecked numerous times by the AI simply slamming into the back of me at a place where bump drafting is minimal. 3. The AI difficulty needs to be ramped up especially in Qualifying. 4. The lack of TIRE TEMPERATURE readings. I would really like to see this added in. If you do not know your tire temperatures it makes it really difficult to set up a car properly. 5. The small tire wear indicator needs reworking. It is very difficult to see how much your tires are wearing and if the insides, middle, or outside of the tire are wearing more than other parts of the tire. This is key info for finding out what is wrong with the setup and how to make it better. I would advise using a system like other games. Where the tires are blue, then green, then yellow and then red. 6. The AI needs help when pitting under yellow. Numerous times I have seen them run into each other on Pit Road causing a huge mess. 7. When Pitting, the DEFAULT should be a full gas tank not the opposite like it is now. You already don't have much time to make adjustments so it would be great if this could be reversed so I am not wasting time filling that meter up. If I want less than a full tank than I could dial it down instead. 8. I would like to be able to save more than 50 setups. I know it sounds like a lot but it really isn't if you calculate that you at least have one saved setup for each track (23) and when the update comes you will need at least another 23 for the 2011 models which will handle differently. I would like to see the number of allowed save setups to go up. 9. The spotter should stop saying all clear at odd times like when I am stopped or on pit road. It is just way overdone. Also for future versions of the game I would look at maybe omitting the comedic lines because although they might be funny the first time...they get real old real quick. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard the hot dog line. I would rather the spotter focus on positional info. 10. The bunching up of AI on certain tracks. 11. It was my understanding that there would be an Adaptive AI setting in this game. What happened? It could help solve some difficulty issues for some if it were to be added. 12. I think for future iterations try to make the default setup not so good out of the box. It really takes away from the need to work on your car. I know you are trying to appeal to people who don't want to work on their car but it just kills it for those who do. 13. The draft is way overdone at certain tracks. I think it greatly needs to be toned down overall. I think it will really help with the difficulty as well. 14. The online timer (even in private races) needs to go away. All other racer games have always had a ready up feature which works much better. Hopefully this can be addressed soon. F1 does a good job of this. 15. Better online stability. 15. The wheel support needs revamping. I play with a Porsche Fanatec GT2 wheel for Xbox 360. It is operational but is certainly not tuned for this game and the force feedback seems to come and go. After playing with the g25 on PS3 last night, I can honestly notice a HUGE difference. Hopefully you guys can look at all the wheels people are using and tune them for this game. That is what I got in terms of immediate fixes to help get this game on the right path. I am sure I left out a couple of things but overall I think there is a good base here in this game (driving model and AI) and with these fixes the game would be much better.

This is money! Please ask to be a consultant as fixing these issues would make this a beautiful game.

[TIm]

Quote: Originally Posted by Senor Nascar

Message to Developers: Here are my concerns and suggestions for issues which should be fixed in future patches: 1. Obviously the caution issue which has been well addressed by numerous people. 2. The AI aggressiveness at bump drafting on Auto Club Speedway. I have been wrecked numerous times by the AI simply slamming into the back of me at a place where bump drafting is minimal. 3. The AI difficulty needs to be ramped up especially in Qualifying. 4. The lack of TIRE TEMPERATURE readings. I would really like to see this added in. If you do not know your tire temperatures it makes it really difficult to set up a car properly. 5. The small tire wear indicator needs reworking. It is very difficult to see how much your tires are wearing and if the insides, middle, or outside of the tire are wearing more than other parts of the tire. This is key info for finding out what is wrong with the setup and how to make it better. I would advise using a system like other games. Where the tires are blue, then green, then yellow and then red. 6. The AI needs help when pitting under yellow. Numerous times I have seen them run into each other on Pit Road causing a huge mess. 7. When Pitting, the DEFAULT should be a full gas tank not the opposite like it is now. You already don't have much time to make adjustments so it would be great if this could be reversed so I am not wasting time filling that meter up. If I want less than a full tank than I could dial it down instead. 8. I would like to be able to save more than 50 setups. I know it sounds like a lot but it really isn't if you calculate that you at least have one saved setup for each track (23) and when the update comes you will need at least another 23 for the 2011 models which will handle differently. I would like to see the number of allowed save setups to go up. 9. The spotter should stop saying all clear at odd times like when I am stopped or on pit road. It is just way overdone. Also for future versions of the game I would look at maybe omitting the comedic lines because although they might be funny the first time...they get real old real quick. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard the hot dog line. I would rather the spotter focus on positional info. 10. The bunching up of AI on certain tracks. 11. It was my understanding that there would be an Adaptive AI setting in this game. What happened? It could help solve some difficulty issues for some if it were to be added. 12. I think for future iterations try to make the default setup not so good out of the box. It really takes away from the need to work on your car. I know you are trying to appeal to people who don't want to work on their car but it just kills it for those who do. 13. The draft is way overdone at certain tracks. I think it greatly needs to be toned down overall. I think it will really help with the difficulty as well. 14. The online timer (even in private races) needs to go away. All other racer games have always had a ready up feature which works much better. Hopefully this can be addressed soon. F1 does a good job of this. 15. Better online stability. 15. The wheel support needs revamping. I play with a Porsche Fanatec GT2 wheel for Xbox 360. It is operational but is certainly not tuned for this game and the force feedback seems to come and go. After playing with the g25 on PS3 last night, I can honestly notice a HUGE difference. Hopefully you guys can look at all the wheels people are using and tune them for this game. That is what I got in terms of immediate fixes to help get this game on the right path. I am sure I left out a couple of things but overall I think there is a good base here in this game (driving model and AI) and with these fixes the game would be much better.

You really need to send this via Twitter to Dave Thompson or something.. I'm having fun with the game right now but it could be really a great game if these things would be patched.. Or at least the most important.