Comments on: The Peak of NASCAR Console Gaming (EA) https://mrpitbox.com/2023/12/28/the-peak-of-nascar-console-gaming-ea/ Nascar videos for all Thu, 28 Dec 2023 17:43:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 By: @randallellison6421 https://mrpitbox.com/2023/12/28/the-peak-of-nascar-console-gaming-ea/#comment-98929 Thu, 28 Dec 2023 16:54:07 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=24699#comment-98929 In reply to @austinemms9772.

Well, the sad part is, we could have still had this and more, but gaming companies (yes, I include the later years of EA Sports in this) got greedy and lazy, and just start slapping games together and selling them to make a quick profit, and not caring about quality because they developed a, “Hey, it’s NASCAR, and people will buy it, even if its terrible” mentality!

]]> By: @blackhawkarc https://mrpitbox.com/2023/12/28/the-peak-of-nascar-console-gaming-ea/#comment-98946 Thu, 28 Dec 2023 12:34:28 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=24699#comment-98946 I played all 3, but I only ever owned 1 and that was 2004. Racing in some legacy places like Daytona Beach was an awesome sensation that iRacing really is the only other true source of that nostalgia. (Also in the “Watched till the end of the Video” club)

]]> By: @existinginaspace8347 https://mrpitbox.com/2023/12/28/the-peak-of-nascar-console-gaming-ea/#comment-98941 Thu, 28 Dec 2023 04:51:36 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=24699#comment-98941 I want a NASCAR game where not only can I build my own team but there’s actually the ability to hire other drivers and build them up as a multi car organization. And beyond that I want the ability to not make the race with bad qualifying times.

]]> By: @curtisharvey5579 https://mrpitbox.com/2023/12/28/the-peak-of-nascar-console-gaming-ea/#comment-98926 Thu, 28 Dec 2023 03:05:46 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=24699#comment-98926 In reply to @turbo_marc.

Before they realized monopolization was easy

]]> By: @polycube868 https://mrpitbox.com/2023/12/28/the-peak-of-nascar-console-gaming-ea/#comment-98938 Thu, 28 Dec 2023 02:34:40 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=24699#comment-98938 In reply to @DavidRacerson.

Technical limitations made for great games, only current gen system I have is the Switch and I love that thing!

]]> By: @polycube868 https://mrpitbox.com/2023/12/28/the-peak-of-nascar-console-gaming-ea/#comment-98945 Thu, 28 Dec 2023 02:33:47 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=24699#comment-98945 In reply to @NotMattyD.

They’ve even figured out how to rename the fantasy drivers so drivers not in the game are legitimately in the game now and not just as a bozo made up driver. Modders have added Dave Blaney to the game! They’ve added more legends in their actual original paint schemes!

]]> By: @TrashHowitzer https://mrpitbox.com/2023/12/28/the-peak-of-nascar-console-gaming-ea/#comment-98943 Thu, 28 Dec 2023 02:08:43 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=24699#comment-98943 Imagine what absolute masterpieces we would have if not for the exclusivity license. I genuinely think it could have helped NASCARs popularity during the drop, while I didn’t first experience it through games, I got 05 when I was 7 and it sealed the deal.

]]> By: @stevendezwaan5707 https://mrpitbox.com/2023/12/28/the-peak-of-nascar-console-gaming-ea/#comment-98936 Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:43:03 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=24699#comment-98936 In reply to @BigOleMatty.

I still have Tiger Woods 2003 and 2005, both of them are fantastic. I may have to look out for 2004 and try it out as it’s my favorite year for the nascar series.

]]> By: @stevendezwaan5707 https://mrpitbox.com/2023/12/28/the-peak-of-nascar-console-gaming-ea/#comment-98939 Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:37:12 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=24699#comment-98939 I have all 3 of these games for the original xbox still today. I got them when they were still pretty new and i’ve put a lot of time into all of them. My favorite is 2004. That one seems like it had great car feel and ai driving. You can put the ai difficulty on rookie and get a pleasant idea on how the game worked. Veteran made it feel like they were going to put up a decent fight. Legend will make the ai really difficult especially at Talladega, Daytona, and the fantasy track Tiburon (which is a beefed up, 3 mile version of Talladega ran in reverse). I have found in a lot of other nascar games, the ai is generally quite rubbish as in sometimes comically easy to beat even at the highest difficulty (I shouldn’t be pulling away from them on the highest difficulty at Daytona or Talladega) I spent a lot of time playing split screen multiplayer with a friend of mine from high school I still keep in touch with today. We’d have some races that would leave Darrell Waltrip gasping for air. We both had a copy and we’d ride our bikes to each others places to play this. Overall, 2004 played really, really well and is quite enjoyable for a long time nascar fan like me. Thunder 2004 still remains as one of my most favorite games overall.

]]> By: @NotMattyD https://mrpitbox.com/2023/12/28/the-peak-of-nascar-console-gaming-ea/#comment-98944 Wed, 27 Dec 2023 23:08:18 +0000 https://mrpitbox.com/?p=24699#comment-98944 Its amazing how the community has been able to keep giving life to these games especially with the NASCAR 2005 CFTC retexture mod on Dolphin that adds in more drivers that weren’t in the game and replaces the fantasy ones

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