Customer Reviews

NASCAR 2008

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

When I first got this game I was very excited. The game looked very promising with the Car of Tommorrow and the addition of the Toyota. When I popped it in my system though the experience was totally different then I expected. This is a very difficult game to play. You oversteer just a little bit and your going to wreck. You hit too many cars you get black flagged. I was getting very frusturated and was about to return it back the day I bought it. I'm happy I decided not to though. After about 3 days of playing it I started to get the hang of the game. The driving system makes you learn how to become a good player and once you start finishing in the top 10 it feels like you acomplished something. This is a racing simulator and shouldn't be confused with the other arcade Nascar games. The graphics in my opinion look very decent between the shadows and how the sun reflects off the car. It's all solid. As for the sound it's about on par with all the older Nascar titles so don't be expecting too much from this department. There is no multiplayer mode unless you go online which kind of sucks. The bright side though is there is a solid list of racers in the game. In the truck series there's about 10 real life drivers such as Johhny Benson and in the Busch/National Series there's about 30 guys and in the Nextel series they have about 45 real life drivers which is more than there previous titles. Some notable drivers are missing though such as Carl Edwards due to some licenseing agreements. Overall this is a good game but it isn't meant for someone who wants to pop in the game and start winning races. It takes time and patients but it pays off in the end. Once I finally got the hang of the game I started having a blast. If I reviewed this game the day it came out it probably would have been a 1 or 2 star game like most of the people are saying but now I believe it deserves a solid 4 stars for achieving a sense of realism such as in the damage department, flags, and the handling of the car itself. If you want a very realistic game of racing I suggest you pick this up otherwise if you want a more arcade racing title stick to the older Nascar titles such as last years Nascar 07.

I've very critical about EAs attempt at Nascar games, and this one is the best effort so far. It definitely drives as a simulator so I can understand all of the negative reviews if you are attempting to play this with handheld controller. I bought the force feedback wheel and it works great.

The best thing about this game is that there are no dumb gimicks like "total team control" or anything silly like that. Jut decent racing with decent graphics. Not bad.

Unless you are a die-hard NASCAR fan that wants a very complicated simulation game, this is not for you. The handling is awful. You have to go into deep detail into the car setup for each track to even have a chance to make it around a single lap, much less win.

If you understand the complete mechanics of NASCAR cars, and know what inputs to apply, this game would be fun. EA Sports should have set the easy and normal game play levels as they have in previous games and set this game's Hard level to what its current Easy level is. That would have taken care of both the hardcore gamers and the normal gamers.

Seeing how there is no multiplayer and steering is non-existant, I strongly recommend you rent this game before you buy it. I love the whole NASCAR game series and have played them all, but I must admit I am very disappointed with the 08 version. Unless you are an expert (which the majority of people that play these games aren't) you'll become too frustrated to continue playing after about 10 minutes.

I give this 2 stars, because I love Nascar, but this game is not good. First of all, the Chase mode. You have to spend all your time doing these mundane task before becoming a car owner. It is long and tedious. Then when you get all these cars, the chase isnt worth it. The cars are impossible to drive, so you become reckless, and then you get black flagged, meaning you finish 43rd. THIS IS NOT FUN. You are driving a car with no sponsor, I feel like a loser like Robbie Gordon. The fun of past games is you were a driver and you earned moving up, by going through the ranks of smaller race circuits. Then based on your ability, you got any number of sponsors and were hired by an owner. That was fun. You also had the feud/friendship with the other drivers. People to avoid on the track and and people to work with. Where did all this go? What they have given us now is either extremely hard on Chase mode. Or extremely easy on Season Mode. I ditched the Chase mode, because I was afraid I might harm myself, so I started a season with Tony Stewart. I lap every car in the field, every race. What fun is that? EA needs to go back to the drawing board and back to its roots.

The Good: The interface and graphics are very pretty. There seems to be a good amount of control over your car's setup (wedge, spoiler, tires, etc.) which is important for us nascar fans. Graphics are very pretty.

The Bad: There are only two controls for setting up your controller/wheel.

The Ugly: The game is almost completely unplayable. I've tried with my controller and my racing wheel to little avail. With only two settings to adjust (Linearity and Sensitivity), any methods of controlling the car are futile. A slight turn will run you right into the retaining wall or another vehicle. To maintain yourself behind another car in order to draft air off them is excruciatingly difficult. You'll find that the slightest movement to counter steer will throw your vehicle out of control.

Conclusion: Unless you're into sadomasochism or feel the need to challenge your inner Buddha with a hair pulling experience, I would avoid this game... and most EA titles for that matter. EA is becoming quite synonymous for poor quality games. I would recommend Dirt or Forza for some decent racing action on the 360.

Was very excited to finally see this game coming out. Was very disappointed to finally play it. I am not a long time gamer but have played for a while and I found the car almost impossible to handle. Nothing I did seemed to help. Stopped after an hour frustrated. Has anyone found a fix or a tip yet? It's only been available for 2 days to the public so I know it may to too soon to ask but...??

It is hard for me to believe that a racing game does not have multiplayer use. The only way for you to race against a friend is to both of you to sign up for XBOX LIVE and tell him your friend to go home to their Xbox and sign on to race each other.

It is sad that microsoft has resorted to this to get people to sign up for XBOX LIVE. Would not buy unless you like racing against the computer all the time.

I dont know how good this game is with the steering wheel, but with the controller it is a mess. I had to de-tune the handling of the car so that I could actually hold a line and drive in traffic. Maybe I have a bad case of parkinsons, but you have to basically press left-left-left-left-left-left... to make it through the turn. This is extremely difficult when you are 3 wide and you stand a good chance of bouncing off other cars. I have Forza, and I'm able to drive the tracks (even the high speed oval) by just holding the analog stick slightly left. Like I said, maybe it is different with the steering wheel, but I'm cutting my losses at $59.99.

Additionally, the online play is horribly flawed. I dont even want to get into it, but suffice to say people were driving backwards on the track and finishing in first. Additional problems exist during season mode with random black flags for passing under the yellow when in first and 6 seconds ahead of the closest car. Yeah, and the spotter should be fired; why include something in a game if it isn't going to function properly?

This game is a mess, and a major disappointment. Grpahics are on par with what I expected.

I grew up around racing and I have played the EA Sports NASCAR series since its inception 11 years ago. I find that NASCAR 08 is much more realistic than its predecessor games from EA. The realism of this game is what other reviewers claim to be its difficulty. Such as in racing, if you make contact with another car, your car too is likely to go out of control. But if you drive too deep into a corner, it is much easier to recover that in previous games. You can drive on the high line or the low line as do they do in real NASCAR races. I find this game to be more forgiving if you drive too hard, but less forgiving when you make contact with other cars.

I purchased a steering wheel for this game and I must say that it makes it drastically more realistic and easier to drive compared to using a standard controller. That said, the game allows the player to change the sensativity of the controller to the player's liking.

This game is the most realistic NASCAR simulation game that I have ever played. As in real racing, the driver must be patient and pass other cars when the opportunity presents itself, and unlike previous NASCAR games, you just cannot drive through the other cars. I highly recommend this game to those of you that want a realistic experience.

this game is fun on superspeedways but the rest stink.for one thing the new career mode is lkame the old fight to the top career mode was way better! also the breaking help even on high barely works. but it is fun to to turn of traction control and ABS and spin at daytona. another problem is there is no make and model on trucks or COTS. do not buy this game and get 09 because it has the old career mode where u start in truck and wsork your way up to cup.let me imply again the 08 career mode is reely bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!EA all ur sports games r good accept 4 this one!!!!very bad game