fun at first.. but then gets really annoying

User Rating: 5 | NASCAR 08 X360
By astrosbears101 | Review Date:
Ok so where do I start? Well, it is almost as if EA made an attempt at something new, but completely failed. The career mode, which is in my opinion my favorite mode in any NASCAR game ever, was completely taken out. Instead, they replaced it with The Chase mode. In this mode you start out as a rookie and begin to earn liscenses. You need to complete ALOT of challenges per liscense. This starts to get very annoying and aggravating. If I'm correct, you need to complete 8 challenges per track type. After that, you complete contracts. To earn the contracts, you need to complete races well. This starts to get annoying too since some of the races are impossible considering the computer drivers you are racing with are horrible. They will run into you and destroy your car, and then you will get blacked flagged for making too much contact with other cars. Oh and just today I was about to complete a race and i was racing for the lead at Daytona and i passed a car and I got black flagged for passing below the yellow line, but I was at least 10 feet above the line. That cost me the race. Only once you complete all liscenses and all contracts can you race a complete season. And if you come up to a race that you haven't earned the contract for, you can't go any farther until you complete it.

Another thing that is a problem is the racing. I don't know what it is, but the way you control the car this year feels so much different than previous games. Not in a good way.

Just the other day i got Xbox LIVE, only to find out that EA shut down all the online servers for this game.

So, do not buy this game. WASTE OF MONEY

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