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NASCAR SIM RACING 2005 (PC) Allright guys, lets tighten our belts and get ready to go green with Electronic Art’s Nascar Sim Racing 2005. EA has had a measure of success with the console based Nascar games, but would it be as pleasing to PC players who are thirsting for a fun, adventurous, and exciting racing simulator game. Lets take a look into this new racing simulator and find out if this PC game is worth shelling out fifty bucks!
When we first checked out NASCAR Sim Racing, it seemed if EA had messed up pretty big. The game in default has a huge array of auto assists which completely opposes the whole simulator title. However, we found out later that thanks to these assists, the game could compensate for its rigid keyboard inputs. The game offers a choice of three different racing leagues, Truck Series, Busch Series, and the most popular, Nextel Cup Series. Each series offers its own unique take on real time NASCAR simulation. Once everything is worked out, EA’s newest NASCAR game proves to be a great addition and worthy of its real time counterparts. The AI competition is highly intelligent. They don’t depend on crashing other drivers or making you fit through tight squeezes. The physics engine is harsh enough to allow bumper to bumper contact making users race hard against the AI without crashing everyone.
Offline, the greatest single player option is focused on the career mode. You are to earn cash and skills to properly tune each car and research new technology. The purpose is to design and sell to increase you finances. A portion of that will be spent researching and developing. Money is also to be spent on fixing cars, getting new gear, and the main part, buying new cars. The most realistic part is to tune the cars to their maximum efficiency. When it comes to tuning your car, this game goes all out, reaching every detailed portion of the vehicle to improve handling, gas mileage, down-force, and horsepower. Even if you focused on every little nick in the game, its undeniable that NASCAR Sim Racing is an awesome looking game. The in car view goes into great detail showing gauges, safety pads, bars, while shaking and rattling as you encounter dangerous racing terrain at high speeds. The tracks are all highly detailed down to every portion of the asphalt. The bright sunlight and smoking vehicles have gotten a lot of attention. As far as hardware requirements, users who have anything less that a Pentium 4 and 512Mb of Ram should be ready to sacrifice performance and details. Most users will probably have to tweak with the game to get some results. Even with a high end system, the menu is slow and awkward. Even our AMD 3200+, ATI X800 XT, 2 Gigs of Ram had long wait times going to a different interface, especially telemetry analysis. NASCAR Sim Racing will keep many loyal and new fans happy. EA has managed to tune the game, and provide users with a fun and loyal edition to their line of NASCAR games. Even though the high end system requirements slow things down, EA has done a great job in trying to impress their audiences and will continue to do so with future releases of NASCAR games. |
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