NASCAR Heat 3 Impressions

[bluengold34_OS]

I have a feeling that when people get their hands on this new title, we are going to need an impressions thread -


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[Fraserburn]

Picked this up this morning after going without a NASCAR game for a long *** time.
Ran a couple challenges and a couple online races at 'dega.
Seems pretty smooth. Not noticing much lag.
You can lose the draft in a hurry with no hope whatsoever of catching back up...
I could probably enjoy this game

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fraserburn

Picked this up this morning after going without a NASCAR game for a long *** time. Ran a couple challenges and a couple online races at 'dega. Seems pretty smooth. Not noticing much lag. You can lose the draft in a hurry with no hope whatsoever of catching back up... I could probably enjoy this game

What system?

[cfiore99]

Would love to hear some impressions from someone using a controller. F1 2018 on PS4 is wonderful with a controller. Wouldn't mind trying some Nascar racing and this has me intrigued but I don't have a wheel.


Thanks!

[Fraserburn]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

What system?

PS4

Quote: Originally Posted by cfiore99

Would love to hear some impressions from someone using a controller. F1 2018 on PS4 is wonderful with a controller. Wouldn't mind trying some Nascar racing and this has me intrigued but I don't have a wheel. Thanks!

I'm currently using a controller and it feels sensitive enough for NASCAR on ovals, but you can feel its limitations on the dirt tracks.

To be fair I'm coming at this a little rusty.
A regular controller racer might have a different opinion

[Turbojugend]

Real quick impressions based on Quick Race, game is still installing.

Game looks great on the PS4 Standard, frame rate is actually quite smooth. Can't wait to test this on my PS4 Pro when I get home in couple of days, if it's 60fps on the Pro I'm going to be in heaven. (Speaking of, does anyone know if NH3 supports 4K or HDR?)

NH3 plays great on a controller. Then again, they all have so far in my opinion, even the first game.

The jumbotron at Charlotte is still static. At this point I'm not even going to complain about that because it feels like 704 has done so much right with this iteration. The third time really could be the charm for this series.

[BurghFan]

-Still have to use quick qualify if you want to be able to see who won the pole regardless of where you qualify
-Still can't cycle through qualifying/race results manually
-Still no intervals/laps led/fastest laps on race results
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[Turbojugend]

A few post-install impressions:

Visually, this series has come quite a long way over the last three years, and still on the Unity engine I'm assuming. NHE was barely last-gen quality (check out the NHE vs. NASCAR 09 videos if proof is required), now we have proper lighting, reflections, etc. It's not Forza by any stretch, but at least we finally have a current-gen NASCAR game.

Career Mode looks like it's going to be the place to be this year. They really went for the whole "Dirt to Daytona" vibe, and it's impressive. And YES!, you can finally name your career driver. At long last, Dirt To Daytona: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby story can be told.

Speaking of dirt, the smaller circuit dirt tracks are a total blast to race on. I've come across a bit of stuttering when the dirt and particle effects are heavy, but I'm still playing on my Standard and not the Pro.

It's weird seeing 160,000 at a small dirt track event in Bristol when they're not drawing that many at a real-life MENCS event, seeing a few events at half-full stadiums would definitely add to the authenticity.

No DNFs as far as I can tell. I was involved in a nasty crash where I ended up on my hood and the car just sort of magically rolled itself over.

Spotter audio is just sorta there, not much improvement over last year from what I can tell.

I'm not seeing where you can disable driver name ID's while racing. I'm really hoping this made in it this year as it's a bit of an immersion killer seeing driver's names pop up over their car whenever I get close.