Let’s be honest: deep down, maybe way deep down, everyone has an urge to become a NASCAR star. Whether it’s Talladega Nights or Days of Thunder, the fact that people who only know how to drive a car fast and without fear can become celebrities overnight demands a certain kind of envy. For those of you who aren’t exactly the white-knuckled driving type, then NASCAR The Game 2011 is set to give you the same experience from the comfort of your living room . The latest trailer for Activision‘s upcoming racer shows that you won’t just get the chance to step behind the wheel, but behind the scenes as well, creating and managing your own racing team though an entire Sprint Cup season.
Dead Pixel Live interviewed the VP of Eutechnyx, Ed Martin, about developing Activision's NASCAR The Game 2011. Topics covered in the nearly hour long talk include Ed's early days at Papyrus and Electronic Arts, the evolution of NASCAR as a sport, and where NASCAR The Game is headed in the future. We also find out how Kinect and PSMove may figure into future games, the difficulties of getting 43 cars on screen at once, and even how a paint job can effect the development of a racing game.
TheGamingExperience says: "As for single player though, this game does truly shine. If you have ever played the previous installments of the Nascar franchise, you would remember that they lacked depth and realism. Well Eutechnyx has put both of them into it with the ROBUST create-a-car / drive feature; as for realism, well let’s just say if you’re not first, you’re last. If you really want that competitiveness that is Nascar"
Neocrisis: Nascar The Game 2011 is a Nascar Simulation game for the fans! The graphics in this game a very good, almost life life. The controls are also good and do what they are supposed to. Music in this game really set the mood of Nascar. Gameplay is as good as a sim sports game can be. This is not a perfect sports sim though!
Don't get me wrong, I do love stock car races, but Nascar's Sprint Cup is the worst example of it.
I'm not saying it's easy or not high tech/high speed enough, I even get that it's really hard to compete there running around at over 190mph in the middle of the pack for a very long race with a car that don't handle or is light as an open wheeler making it that much more hard to control, but the oval/speedway stuff is absolutelly boring.
I'm not saying it's going to be bad racing game, but just like me, most people who actually like racing don't enjoy NASCAR that much, adding some road courses wouldn't hurt it.
i love nascar,and day 1 for me.
I like this game's premise and Nascar, but I am skeptical that they won't some more of the game. Its all talking in their videos and no content. Its not a very good way to promote the game. Nascar 2012 we should see double the effort if they can hold onto the license.