NASCAR Sim Racing is a very good game with some problems. From the start this game isn't the greatest in offline. The AI isn't the best they don't block, they don't go 3 wide on any tracks, and they usally wreck half the time when going to pit road. Also they don't properly form a pacing line while under caution. Sometimes you will be behind a car and they will never catch up to the rest of the pack, so you will be on the backstretch while the rest of the field takes the green flag at the start/finish line. They are good in some ways though. If you get out front at Daytona/Talladega they will bump draft you. Road Coarses with the AI are pretty fun and I've never had trouble at Watkins Glen or Infineon. I never play career mode in this because the newest patch never added the Dodge Charger into the career mode properly. But other than that this game is a very fun sim. 90% of the time I'm on a 56k connection so I usally don't play online to much. When I have the racing was really good and cautions seemed to work fine. The graphics in this game are nice, although one big thing thats missing is a proper damage model, if your car gets damaged the body will just have a big dent in it, no real paint scrapes, tire rubs. Other than that graphics are nice and even make my Geforce 5900 chug in a field of 43 cars. One of the best things that makes this game worth playing are the mods, carsets, tracks that are availble online. Updating the game to a perfect 2006 NASCAR Game with all the 2006 cars. www.bhmotorsports.com has alot of updates/paintschemes for this game. Also try www.teamcgw.com and www.nsrpaintzone.com
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