NASCAR SimRacing (PC Games, 2005)

This game is a little better then the console games of nascar but it could be better. EA has to put some time in to one and make a nascar game like nascar racing 2003.

I love this game because it does everything i wanted it to do. It is really easy to learn and master this game. I recommend this to anyone who wants the thrill of Nascar.

EA brings some great features to a NASCAR racing game that will make a lot of racing fans happy. You can play the game in several modes. You can choose to test and run time trails solo to improve your skills for the race and to test different setups. You can select the single race option to get right into the action. The third option is to run in career mode. The game also features all three major divisions of NASCAR; Craftsman Truck, Busch Cup, and the premier league Nextel Cup. When racing the single race or while testing you can select any one of the three series and choose to run as either a 2004 or 2005 driver (except for Nextel Cup where only 2005 is available). When running in career mode you will start off in the Craftsman Truck series and you will only be able to advance when you win the championship or you are listed as a "front runner". As you progress through the different series the competition improves but it never really keeps pace with your abilities. Until you reach the Nextel Cup series you won’t feel a sense that you are really racing. As long as you don’t wreck you will win.

You can race with a full field. That is a big deal. There are still games out there that you can’t race a full field. I just wish there was some “life” in the AI drivers. They mindlessly drone around the track not passing and not spinning. It is rare to see an AI driver do anything more than wobble a little in a turn. The AI drivers should make mistakes too! You can spin them but you don’t see them take each other out which just isn’t real enough for me. When you watch racing everyone wants to win. You just don’t see that in this game.

There were some problems when the game was installed. I could not boot the game until I downloaded a patch off EA’s site. The patch is needed to correct the install issues that some people have as well as correct the myriad of other issues with the game. There are many rule violations as well as physics issues that need to be corrected with the patch. I don’t take issue with a game needing a patch but when it designed to fix errors in the game and it doesn’t, well, I do have an issue with that. Even with the patch, the only one that EA has released for Simracing there are still problems with the rules of racing in NASCAR. The biggest issues are for those players who choose to select the “auto lap” option that lets the computer take control of your car under caution laps. Too often your car will follow the wrong car putting you behind in the race. Occasionally the game will violate a rule for you and get you disqualified from the race, nice! The game is still playable but it will frustrate some.

There are 28 tracks to race on. Most are real but there are 2 fictional tracks. Even though they are fake tracks they are still fun to run. I would rather have Nashville and Nazareth instead of Dodge Park and Levi Garret but they are unique and interesting tracks to race.

EA brags on the fact that Ryan Newman, a NASCAR veteran that holds an engineering degree from Purdue helped design and tune Simracing. It is Newman’s #12 Alltel/ Mobil 1 Dodge Charger on the cover of the game. I really question how much input of his actually made it into the game. When it comes to actual game play this is where EA loses it, for me anyway. When you name a game “Simracing” you are implying that the game is more than an arcade NASCAR racing game. You imply that this is a simulation. EA Simracing is not a true simulation.

The best part of this game IS it's simple control and setup. You don't need to be a genius gamer to get up and running, and start enjoying the race.

A real racing feel to this NASCAR game. Great graphics, sound and racing experience. I like using the telemetry to tune and set-up my car before each race. I highly recommend this game!

very prompt with delivery I was very pleased with the disc it was just as the seller described. Now I am having so much fun racing online. Great price as well

recieved product very quickly and in a timely matter and in excellent cond,excellent job, recommended to many friends

the item didnt work and gave my computer issues because it was windows vista i did not like how she shipped it.

This is a excellent game with out a bunch of worthless confusing junk to download at the beginning like some others(Dirt) Setting up the game id very easy and clean and well thought out like the rest of the game.
You sure to have countless hours of fun playing the fun game. I did try playing with my G15 keyboard but soon seen the real way to play was going with my MOMO Racing wheel that put this game into a whole different aera

With the description of Vista in it's title I thought I was safe. Wrong!!! It loaded fine but will not work with Vista. The 3d part of the Simracing will NOT run with Vista. The round the world directions to try and get 3D to work are impossible to fathom and without the 3D portion it WILL NOT run. So another boot in the a.. from Vista and a another promise of something that works with this horrific OS comes to pass. I have no clue how well this game runs because of the fraudulent claim of compatability with Slit Your Wrista!!!

The game is screwed up with vista and even after you do the supposed fix with the thunder exe it wont connect to play online .terrible game

It dont work on vista, But i played it on xp and it is a good game. I would recomend it for XP. ((NOT FOR VISTA!))

I bought this game expecting it to work on Vista, as advertised by the seller. Unfortunately, it failed to work. Cube 3D something or another was failing to work properly. I tweaked the file, still nothing. Contacted the seller who advised turning off user control settings (I believe it was); tried running it in XP compatibility, and still nothing. Contacted EA and was advised to update my video card driver at the Nvidia website, and still nothing. Sent the game back for a full refund, so it cost me a couple dollars or so to find all this out. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME TO RUN ON VISTA, IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN TROUBLE. GET NASCAR THUNDER 2004 INSTEAD!

I recieved the item exactly as advertised, The item was sent out the following day an recieved in due course.I will buy from them again.

It`s a good game ,but not as good as Nascar racing 3 season.
graphics are good u need to install an update for the game to
function right

if u never played Nascar racing 3 season then it`s a very good
sim game

Yes, EA's Nascar SimRacing will work on Microsofts's flawed operating system called Vista. All you need to do is install the game, then download the demo for Nascar Thunder 2004 at www.download.com . Install that game completely. Go in the game files (My computer---> C Drive ---> Program Files ---> EA Sports --> Nacar Thunder). Copy the 3Dconfig.exe file to your desktop. Rename the file 3Dsetup.exe . Take this file and replace this in the Nascar SimRacing folder by using the same steps at before, but just going into the SimRacing one. Drag and drop/replace the new 3Dsetup.exe you just made. Then double click that new 3Dsetup.exe you just put in the SimRacing folder. Go through the setup/configuration. Now run the game. It should work!!! Good Luck!!

I knew it was an older version but I liked the road courses and the price was right. It works well and has no hitches and was in great shape when I got it so everything worked out cool. Now I can race while I am in sleeper in truck at truck stops for entertainment. It is almost replacing the online poker sites. Enjoyable being Ol' School and something an old fart can play with bein there be a lot fewer buttons to deal with. LOL

The game is great. I have it loaded on Windows Pro. 64 bit. and it works great on either joystick or sterring wheel. The graphics are really good.

The game works great, it was new and still in the package as advertised. Shipping was promp. I would buy from this person again.