NASCAR 08 is a good start for the series on next-gen but not good enough. Plays good-but nothing good to play.
User Rating: 7.5 | NASCAR 08 PS3
NASCAR 08 plays good but doesn't give you anything to play. As for game mode all you get is Race Now (1 player only) which allows you to pick a series (Truck/Busch National/Nextel/Nextel CoT), pick a driver (no Carl Edwards/Jeremy Mayfield in Cup and only about 5 real truck drivers), then a track (Nextel Tracks Only), and Chase For The Cup (1 player only) which is a "career" mode. You use the Richard Petty exp. car to complete MANY challenges at every type of track so that you get offers from real-life teams to drive one of their cars. If you complete the goal then you earn a car to drive that type of track with. You have to get a different car for every track. While in the season you can change the color or your car but you never have any sponsors. This mode does not include usage of truck or Busch National. I don't know wat happens after 1 season because i got bored by the time i finally made it through the challenges. Driving is very touchy but its easier with the CoT because they are harder to turn in real life so they don't spin as easily. There is also a Toyota Testing mode which is when you do challenges using a Toyota (completley pointless). I think in an attempt to replace the Lightning Challenges. Online is fun but very difficult due to touchy steering controls and high speeds (which do not look that fast at all)
