NASCAR '14 Available Now - Post Your Impressions

[Proof21]

A big hint on restarts: Don't hit the gas until the screen says 'go'.. if you time it correctly you will not spin your tires and stand a decent chance of picking up some spots.

[BurghFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by cusefan74

I don't have this problem mine is up to like 200 give or take a few.

Yeah, it is fine now. Must've just been something that happened that one time.

Anyway, some more impressions/experiences.

1. The draft/pack racing effect appears to be too strong on non-plate tracks such that packs of cars easily run down single cars. It is near impossible to catch up to a pack of 3+ cars while single cars or pairs of cars can be relatively easily caught.

2. Default setups for Martinsville appears to be totally broken. Running 20% race 55% AI difficulty 2x fuel/tires I qualified 5th, but got completely obliterated during the race. My car was extremely loose and I couldn't keep up with anyone and was just getting blown away. Finished 43rd 16 laps down (42nd was 6 laps down) though I kind of gave up in the last 10 laps.

3. There appears to be a bug with the pit stop animations on some tracks. I will be in the race view until shortly before my stall then ithe camera suddenly stops following my car some distance before my pit and I see my car continuing into its pit stall then hear the pit stop sound effects and once the stop is created it goes back to the in-car view as my car exits its stall until it reaches the exit line then it goes back to my in-race view. I'll try to make a video later.

4. AI pit windows are far too wide and unrealistic. Ran a 20% (80 lap) race at RIR with 55% AI, 2x fuel/tires and a few cars started pitting between laps 20-25 while most cars pitted around lap 40, but several cars didn't pit until around lap 75. This apparently also caused the scoring to go a bit haywire as during the last couple laps it kept switching between me being on the lead lap and 1 lap down. Additionally then the checkered flag waved literally 1 second after the white flag. It initially said I finished 5th, but once I got the end-of-race screen it said I was 23rd.

[SportsAce]

Anyone have any idea if this game will be released digitally on the PlayStation Store?

[Aggies7]

Quote: Originally Posted by SportsAce

Anyone have any idea if this game will be released digitally on the PlayStation Store?

I really have no clue, but I don't see why it wouldn't. Bob would problem know better than anyone.

[Proof21]

Not any time soon from what I read..here is a tweet regarding that..still have yet to hear any further information.

ETX NASCAR ‏@etxNASCAR Feb 17
@drumtrailx Hey Eric, not at release no. MS/Sony have strict windows between release and digital. We'll have more on that in the future.

[BurghFan]

3. There appears to be a bug with the pit stop animations on some tracks. I will be in the race view until shortly before my stall then ithe camera suddenly stops following my car some distance before my pit and I see my car continuing into its pit stall then hear the pit stop sound effects and once the stop is created it goes back to the in-car view as my car exits its stall until it reaches the exit line then it goes back to my in-race view. I'll try to make a video later.
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After some more investigation, it appears to be entirely random rather that onlhy on specific tracks

http://youtu.be/UxJrBExL9G4

[Stormyhog]

I noticed a bug in the control settings where I made some changes to my senstitvities but when I tried to restore them back to defaults my changes still remained. I have the PS3 version.

[cusefan74]

Quote: Originally Posted by Stormyhog

I noticed a bug in the control settings where I made some changes to my senstitvities but when I tried to restore them back to defaults my changes still remained. I have the PS3 version.

There's always something more with this company. It makes me want to do this...