Fast paced great graphics. Controls are touchy. Rent it before you buy it! Not as good as the Tv Ads made it to be!

User Rating: 6.5 | NASCAR 2011: The Game X360
By blackbeard269 | Review Date:
I was so excited to see how the game play was. I played the game for about 11 hours today. The graphics are right on. The details that was taken for each track is awesome. The driver's car and cockpit are also just like the real thing. I played the game both with the controller and with the Xbox steering wheel. The hand controller was ok toke a few laps to get the hang of the joystick as for the pad it's just to touchy to work with on short tracks. Now the steering wheel was awesome the only problem I could find is after coming out of caution or leaving the pits it would jump all over the place when it was time for you to take control of the car. The spotters are delayed. When they say you're clear you need to wait about 10 seconds because they will still be on your side. I really wish the game would have let you take control on cautions and in the pits. That's the other down side for me to many cut screens back and forth from cautions. When you enter the pits to make any car changes the game does not allow enough time for you to scroll through the menu to make your changes. The placement of the rear view mirror is off to the right instead of in the view of the screen so you have to turn your head to see what's going on behind you or press (Y) to look back and that's when the wheel will also do the jumping around when you go to look straight ahead Activison is on the right track with this game and hopefully they will make improvements and put more control in the players hands. I am sure Activison will make improvements to the Game they are a company that cares what the users think.
First we Nascar Fans want a game that is as close to driving the real thing. A real simulation not an arcade type game. We want total control of everything from putting tape on the grill to driving caution laps. The gauges in the car look great but all don't work as in past Nascar Games. If companies are going to step into Nascar they need to look at the past games and see what failed and what was great in order to get it right. Like I said above to many cut scenes in and out of the race from pits to cautious and so on. A patch is not going to fix these problems a new design is the only way and hopefully they listen to what the fans want in the game.If you are lucky while playing Multi player the racing is ok but until the patches come out the game will freeze at the beginning and have ghost cars.

Below is a list of issues we are working on for the next Patch. This isn't a list of all the outstanding problems but we'd like to get this Patch out ASAP and these are the key issues that are stopping the majority of players from enjoying the game. As each item is fixed, the status will be updated. Thanks again for your patience and understanding.

Note: Updated items are highlighted in white.

Bugs:

Fix lack of Caution Flags - Fixed
Fix issues with the A.I. exiting the pits and then pulling straight up the track - Fixed
Fix Cautions Lights being illuminated all of the time - Fixed
Improve the PS3 voice comms - Fixed
Fix the instant wrecking during Online Rolling Starts - Fixed
Fix the Lobby Race Start Counter freezing - Fixed
Fix Spotter saying "Clear" too often - Fixed
Truex Jr. & Bill Elliott being corrupt during celebrations - Fixed This may need to be held back until the DLC pack due to the size of the fix. Microsoft limits the size.
Hardcore mode enabled on Xbox 360. PS3 already works - Fixed
Fix Custom Setups working Online - Fixed
Car rolling away during a celebration leaving the driver celebrating in mid-air - Fixed
Pace car lights in single player are on all of the time - Fixed
Issues with the Lucky Dog rule - Fixed
Issues with the Wave Around rule - Fixed
Improve FFB and wheel sensitivity options - Fixed
Slow Down indicator is no longer displayed on Talladega as it's a wide open track - Fixed
Loss of Save - Fixed
Fix the Rolling Starts Online/Offline so the cars begin in the correct formation and together - Work In Progress
Improve general stability and freezing issues - Work In Progress


Improvements:

In Private games, the host will start the timer when they are ready - Added
Add support for the Porsche GT2 wheel (XBox 360) - Added
Allow the HUD to be completely turned off - Added
Ensure only Carl Edwards performs a back flip - Fixed
Add the ability to change your Online Car - Added
Add proximity indicator to split screen - Added
Added Manufacturer Logos and Headlight / Taillight stickers to the Paint Shop- Added
Adding time to the lobby count down when people enter a lobby - Improved
Added a penalty mechanic to slow down the player when cutting corners on the Road Courses - Added
A.I. difficulty being too easy when qualifying - Improved
Added Wheel Control sensitivity option to the XBox 360 - Added
Allow the Rival Icon to be turned off, use In Game options menu - Added
Change the Gas indicator so it defaults to full in the pit stop interface - Added
Add support for the T500 wheel - Added
The sensitivity when using the stick to move / rotate etc. is too high - Improved
Disable rubber banding - Added
Legends Challenge, Only show the closest tag - Improved
When any players are in a race, players in the lobby should see "PLAYERS STILL RACING" where it currently reads "AWAITING OTHER DRIVERS" in the lobby - Improved
Added an Auto Kick system for removing disruptive players, Driving Backward or not Moving, in an online race - Added
A.I. bunching on certain tracks - Improved
Accelerated vinyl projection rendering, slightly faster on Xbox 360, almost twice as fast on PS3 - Improved
Upped custom decal layer count from 50 to 75 - Improved
Non-Supported wheels now have better general compatibility, Thustmaster (All) & Logitech (MoMo & GT Force) - Added
Reconfigure the damage to improve the look and add more debris on impact - Improved
Draft effect both on the car and visual to be tweaked - Work In Progress
Free up the A.I. cars so that when they are hit by a player they will get loose - Work In Progress


Investigating:

A.I. being overly aggressive when bump drafting the player
A.I. pitting problems causing them to collide in to each other
A.I. slamming their brakes on for no reason
Hitting the wall often turns the car ending up with the player facing the wrong way

Head over to the link nbelow for all details

http://forums.eutechnyx.com/threads/8137-Patch-2-Fix-List-and-Status-%28Updated-04-14-11%29

Patches are supposed to be released May 9th,2011.

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