NASCAR The Game 2011 Q&A and Impressions

[nascarthegame]

Quote: Originally Posted by thesnowman8

The servers need some fixing too. Sometimes I can't sign off, sometimes my races don't count...Other times I somehow magically fall 1, 2, or 3 laps down...Come on!

Yeah, online is pretty messed up right now too. I also noticed that I have more top fives than races played. Not sure how this is possible.

[franko3219]

Well at this point I am not going to say anything that has not already been said.

My personal opinion regarding this game though, is that I am very excited. Does the game have its bugs and issues? Yes. What excites me though is that, even though the game has it's bugs, the core gameplay and racing physics is great IMO. That means that if they can fix some of these issues this year we will have one of the best consol racing games in a long time. Even more exciting is that this speaks well to the future of this product if you think about it; at this point if they have the core racing physics done right, all they have to focus on are slight AI adjustments, and then extra's, i.e., pit adjustments, career mode, etc. So many times developers focus on the smoke and mirrors and not the core gameplay (see NCAA and Madden), but I believe the actual racing physics are pretty strong, could they use some tweaking here and there? Sure, but it is already 10x better than anything EA gave us.

[bigdoc85]

Yes -- I agree with you. The base functionality seems much better than NASCAR 09 -- keeping in mind that I'm a casual gamer / racer. But I just couldn't get into NASCAR 09 on the PS3 and actually preferred the PS2 version.

Quote: Originally Posted by franko3219

Well at this point I am not going to say anything that has not already been said. My personal opinion regarding this game though, is that I am very excited. Does the game have its bugs and issues? Yes. What excites me though is that, even though the game has it's bugs, the core gameplay and racing physics is great IMO. That means that if they can fix some of these issues this year we will have one of the best consol racing games in a long time. Even more exciting is that this speaks well to the future of this product if you think about it; at this point if they have the core racing physics done right, all they have to focus on are slight AI adjustments, and then extra's, i.e., pit adjustments, career mode, etc. So many times developers focus on the smoke and mirrors and not the core gameplay (see NCAA and Madden), but I believe the actual racing physics are pretty strong, could they use some tweaking here and there? Sure, but it is already 10x better than anything EA gave us.

[catcatch22]

[thekodinator]

seems like the majority of the 'game-breaking' bugs are found in online play rather than offline. is that accurate?

i'm not planning on playing online at all, so i should expect a solid racing experience then, right?

[Zzzz24]

Is anyone else getting heavily pixalated graphics, especially farther down the track? It also includesbjagged edges instead of smooth lines!

[olefivetime48]

Quote: Originally Posted by thekodinator

seems like the majority of the 'game-breaking' bugs are found in online play rather than offline. is that accurate? i'm not planning on playing online at all, so i should expect a solid racing experience then, right?

i can't even complete a race offline because it freezes before the final lap is over EVERY single time.

[lVlAtlZiX]

I have never heard of this freezing issue. You might want to exhange ur copy could just be ur disc.

I love CGR, always does great reviews.

P. S. yo usee jaggies cuz AA isnt on or doesnt exist for this game.