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NASCAR Legends returns players to the racing season of 1970 by including many of the legendary cars, drivers, and racetracks from that 48-race season. Aspiring drivers race against such NASCAR icons as Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, and Bobby Allison. Sixteen accurately rendered tracks are offered; plan to race on the Darlington Raceway, Texas World Speedway, and Alabama International Motor Speedway, among others.
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Over the last three decades, NASCAR racing has gone from being a Southern-fried specialty to the most popular motor sport in the United States. Three decades ago, fans had to tune in to their local radio station to hear live coverage of NASCAR events. Now, just about every single race is televised, and the big ones grab prestigious weekend spots on major broadcast networks. Today's NASCAR vehicles are engineering marvels that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Back then, racers like Petty, Yarborough, Isaac, Pearson, the Allisons, and others drove cars that were similar to the ones you could buy from a dealer. It's that simpler era that developer Papyrus sought to re-create in NASCAR Legends, and it's that very simplicity that makes the simulation both appealing and addictive - and downright fun to play.
NASCAR Legends returns players to the racing season of 1970 by including many of the legendary cars, drivers, and racetracks from that 48-race season. Aspiring drivers race against such NASCAR icons as Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, and Bobby Allison. Sixteen accurately rendered tracks are offered; plan to race on the Darlington Raceway, Texas World Speedway, and Alabama International Motor Speedway, among others.
NASCAR Legends was made with hard-core motor purists in mind. Inside each prerace garage, drivers can tweak such car characteristics as tire pressure, suspension, gear ratios, and screw jacks. Gamers looking for an arcade racing game like Need for Speed need not apply; NASCAR Legends's rigorous dedication to statistics offers a complex, yet rewarding gaming experience. For optimum performance, use a Direct3D-based accelerator card to achieve crisp graphics and smooth frame rates, and a steering controller to master the tough turns. --Doug Radcliffe
Pros:
- Realistic driving model
- Faithful reproduction of famous cars and tracks
- Great force-feedback support
- Weak sound
GameSpot
Over the last three decades, NASCAR racing has gone from being a Southern-fried specialty to the most popular motor sport in the United States. Three decades ago, fans had to tune in to their local radio station to hear live coverage of NASCAR events. Now, just about every single race is televised, and the big ones grab prestigious weekend spots on major broadcast networks. Today's NASCAR vehicles are engineering marvels that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Back then, racers like Petty, Yarborough, Isaac, Pearson, the Allisons, and others drove cars that were similar to the ones you could buy from a dealer. It's that simpler era that developer Papyrus sought to re-create in NASCAR Legends, and it's that very simplicity that makes the simulation both appealing and addictive - and downright fun to play.
NASCAR Legends is an homage to the 1970 NASCAR season. It features 42 NASCAR drivers, some legendary and others familiar only to the most grizzled fans of the sport. Fortunately, Papyrus has not only included informative online bios of all the racers, but also a detailed history of the entire NASCAR season, complete with anecdotes and comments from some of the drivers. A total of 49 events were run that year on more than two dozen tracks, 16 of which are featured in the game. Many of the omissions are lesser-known venues, and licensing issues have once again kept Papyrus from including Daytona.
It's a little disappointing that Hickory and the Smokey Mountain Speedway aren't in the game, but it still has excellent variety. If you felt like the short-track king after putting in top-notch performances at Bristol and Martinsville in NASCAR 3, then try your hand at Bowman Gray Stadium in Legends, which features a quarter-mile track that feels more like a circle than an oval. And then there's North Wilkesboro, whose distinct uphill-downhill design is just long enough (.625 miles)