NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

[nascarthegame]

Quote: Originally Posted by chrisasst

how about being able to patch up damage in the pits, there is no option for damage repair....!!!!

My eight year old has played nascar games on ps2. I pop this in, and he watches me race at Daytona (big wreck) I go to pit and that is the first thing that pops out of his mouth. How come they aren't fixing your car? Even he knows this should be in the game just from the old nascar games he's played!

[chrisasst]

They should fix a few at a time and release several patchs. We could also post the good things so they don't mess with them.

[Zzzz24]

Is anyone else but me experiencing heavy jagged lines in the overall graphics? Also what happened to the picture in picture camera view on the upper right hand of the screen?

[BurghFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by bluengold34_OS

I just wanted to let everyone know that Dave personally emailed me this morning to let me know he did the recieve the letter I sent him from Senor Nascar. I am going to put together a small little group of guys for further information, and breakdown of issues. I will send out pm's to guys who will be invited to provide feedback directly to the Dave and the rest of the developers, through me.

Quote: Originally Posted by chrisasst

They should fix a few at a time and release several patchs. We could also post the good things so they don't mess with them.

I'm glad to see they're so committed to working on it. Once question I have though is whether they will work on or if they can do something about the tire wear indicator. I know other have said how hard it is to see and I'm assuming they have good vision. I don't have good vision and have to practically put my face on the screen to see it and even then, it's still a challenge.

[nascarthegame]

Quote: Originally Posted by mm boost

and here is a link to nascar wrecks in a video game done right (keep in mind the damage model is not exactly the best in NR2003), but the car physics and smoke looks awesome. If we could have this with NTG2011's damage model, we would be right where we need to be. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riFK6ly8rbY and another example, pay attention to the smoke and debris flying off the cars. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Mlo...feature=fvwrel

I'm blown away with how good this looked 8 years ago. How are the games not at least as good now? I noticed in these videos the AI actually attempted to avoid wrecks, instead of plowing on ahead into them.

[nascarthegame]

Quote: Originally Posted by Zzzz24

I just bought NASCAR the game 2011 for the ps3 on my hdtv. The game is not terrible, but not very great either! I don't think it's that great a leap from Nascar 09 by EA. The main issue I see is that there are way too many jagged lines making the graphics real poor. I can barely tell which is car is which two car lengths ahead of me! It is not crisp and sharp at all! I am using an powerful hdmi connector and the HDTV displays other games really sharp and well! Does anyone else experience the same issue and if so what can be done?

I have PS3 also, and HDTV. Do you have your settings on the PS3 set to 720P? That is the game output for this one, so even if your TV is 1080P, I would set the PS3 at 720P. I only tried the demo on Nascar 09, but this game blows that one away graphics wise.

[nascarthegame]

Quote: Originally Posted by thekodinator

From Pastapadre.com today re: the release version of Nascar The Game 2011- "this is about as close to a retail product being a beta as you will find." Yeesh, those be fightin' words right there! LOL. I haven't bought or rented this game yet, but I am planning on making the purchase once the 2nd patch and 2011 DLC are released. I am very encouraged by Eutechnyx's prompt response to the community and motivation to quickly fix their bugs. That said, I am totally appalled by what I have seen so far in terms of bugs and glitches. It's amazing to me that this many prominent problems made it through testing to the release version of the game, even after the game's release was initially moved back. So yes, I am impressed that they really seem to be going for it in terms of patches and fixing bugs, but that in NO way gives them a pass for the atrocious release version of the game. Despicable.

I think the fans were itching so bad for the game since it was already delayed till after the season started they figured better to give us something than nothing. I'll take it, I'd rather be practicing up now even though there are issues, than not playing at all if they delayed the release again. I just hope the bad publicity they are getting on the forums right now do not kill the overall game sales. I really hope this turns into a successful franchise.

[bigdoc85]

I don't want to get into debating whether Eutechnyx is a stand-up company or not -- the reality is that they got into this to make money and more than 1 game. If they don't fix the bugs and make the game respectable, they have no chance of releasing a game next year. As mentioned before, this seems eerily similar to what happened when F1 2010 was released last Fall by Codemasters. Look at the initial reviews on that -- they were pretty bad -- but apparently things must have gotten fixed because the reviews have been much, much better since. In any event, because of the situation Eutechnyx is in, I assume to the extent they CAN fix things, they will, because their success depends on it. Let's just hope they get fixed way before NASCAR 2012 is ready!