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How Can NASCAR Gaming Be RESURRECTED?

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The NASCAR gaming sphere has become a wasteland and we can spend hour and hours complaining without finding a solution for the problem or voicing our concerns. Today we will be going a bit more in depth though. So today let’s look at a few solutions or at least suggestions for what NASCAR can do to save its gaming side. So, how can NASCAR gaming be resurrected?

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41 comments

The Iceberg August 3, 2023 at 11:39 pm

What is your favorite NASCAR game?

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Brandon Brock August 3, 2023 at 11:45 pm

Thunder 04

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Logan England August 3, 2023 at 11:46 pm

Nascar 2005 chase for the cup was the first I ever played so that one.

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Hero Kurogane August 3, 2023 at 11:46 pm

nascar 05 cftc

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TehHomie August 3, 2023 at 11:49 pm

Nascar Chase For the Cup. The mod for the Dolphin Emulator makes it look incredible.

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superninja252 August 3, 2023 at 11:59 pm

I prefer a NASCAF license open for all again, like if was before 2003 and in early 2010s

Let iRacing, Gran Turismo, Forza, anyone that wants have NASCAR for their 4acing game have it

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Epic Typhlosion August 4, 2023 at 12:09 am

I second this

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John Andrews August 4, 2023 at 3:02 am

I guess it’s time to Start a Go Fund me to buy up the License

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Nukeshot Media August 4, 2023 at 5:08 am

I third (or fourth) this! It was great when you could find cars from various series’ in multiple franchises!

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NR88 August 4, 2023 at 12:00 am

How I would fix nascar gaming in the short term.

1) Get nascar in forza motorsport. Even if they can’t get the next gens, try for a Gen 6 or Gen 4 car

2) Try and make a Nascar manager like F1 has. This seems like the easiest option and could show the more strategic side of the sport.

3) Make a mod for a game like Automobilista 2. Their indycar mod is great and this would be a better alternative to people who don’t want to pay for iracing.

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crystaljon August 4, 2023 at 12:07 am

I think the big question needing to be answered is “Why do so many people want EA to come back?” Because THOSE people definitely need a wake-up call, and a history lesson on the last decade.

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thebrianwright August 4, 2023 at 1:26 am

Honestly Ea has done better then any of the other companies that made a game since they let the license go. The games after 09 have been so bad more and more people has just been leaving consoles for iracing

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Thrashifice August 4, 2023 at 2:48 am

Why would you not want EA to “come back” ? Obviously, current EA is trash, early 2000’s EA was great. That is what people mean, they want the old EA to come back.

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Matt Caporuscio August 4, 2023 at 12:10 am

Just a crazy idea but if I was NASCAR I would approach 2k and have them make a NASCAR game. I could see a my career and even a my owner mode.

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John Andrews August 4, 2023 at 3:01 am

Only if they say “You can release our game, we’ll endorse it, but no exclusive licensing.”

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cosmo18 August 4, 2023 at 12:10 am

I hope nascar will be in the new forza motorsport considering it had a big community in the last game

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master_BDoof August 4, 2023 at 4:34 am

i also hope it has some form of track editor along with at least some gen NASCARs. Then we could just make all the tracks instead of just being stuck with Daytona and one fake track

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cosmo18 August 4, 2023 at 4:47 am

@master_bdoof200  sadly I pretty sure Daytona won’t be at launch but im confident it will 100% be added later along with Homestead, and Indy and Eaglerock are at launch but def want some older gen nascar and support series

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superninja252 August 4, 2023 at 5:05 am

@master_BDoof Forza Horizon already have it and people do great ovals on it (not mentioning the 2 ovals Horizon team had made)

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superninja252 August 4, 2023 at 5:05 am

@cosmo18 I think that Daytona will beacuse of the IMSA licence
I am more worried about Glen not showing up in launch beacuse of gran turismo

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James Greer August 4, 2023 at 12:12 am

I’ve said for years. Nascar needs to stop the exclusive rights. Competition, usually breeds better products. I’ve seen people say they don’t want Monster Games back because it would basically be the Heat series. But at least we would get a yearly nascar game. Iracing and monster did a good job on the WoW game.

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poly cube August 4, 2023 at 3:24 am

I liked NASCAR Heat, bring it back!

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AMFK August 4, 2023 at 10:32 am

this ruined f1 games too. we used to have gp4 and f1 2002

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Alan August 4, 2023 at 4:14 pm

WOO-World of Outlaws….get it right pal

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Jeremy Murray August 4, 2023 at 4:54 pm

I’d argue that Monster Games might not make a Heat style game. They’re owned now by iRacing. So I could see a game to NR2003 and iRacing with a mix of some elements from Heat.

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LSTNSCRFN August 4, 2023 at 12:16 am

No more exclusive License. But knowing NASCAR they’re going to do the opposite because of Money

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Jace Katalakis August 4, 2023 at 12:17 am

Well with iR saying they are working on a career mode, I’m wondering if that’s something NASCAR and fans are aware of and how/why the licensing plays into it given iR can use the offical NASCAR branding as far as I am aware

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HutRod August 4, 2023 at 12:19 am

Whomever makes the next NASCAR game they need to bring back the clash, duels, and All Star race.

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Aaron August 4, 2023 at 2:18 am

Agreed always liked those races in the old nascar games bring those back. Go back to nascar thunder

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sharkk12 August 4, 2023 at 12:57 am

A second comment to talk about that middle tier, I feel like nascar 15 was like that, nascar 14 and 15 are the 2 games that really got me into nascar as a kid and looking back at them they were definitely a kind of in-between

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Nukeshot Media August 4, 2023 at 1:09 am

While not a dedicated game, it was really cool when Gran Turismo had a NASCAR license for GT5 & GT6. Would love to see a return at some point in GT7, especially given there’s a bit more variety in ovals than we used to have now (e.g. 0.5 mile & Pocono-style triangle). They already have a connection with IMSA that’s been bringing more American road courses too.

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superninja252 August 4, 2023 at 5:02 am

Both GT and Forza had NASCAR on somepoint, i hope the fact that IMSA approach of have support of all companies that want make car racing games and the sucess of ti makes NASCAR to rethink their exclusivty status

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Lee Benter August 4, 2023 at 7:28 am

ever notice Daytona in gt5 is without restrictor plates on the Cup cars?

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Rhygon August 4, 2023 at 1:17 am

What could make or break any future NASCAR games is the career mode. If the career mode isn’t engaging enough for the casual fan, less people will play it

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Redslayer86 August 4, 2023 at 2:07 am

Nascar – we want younger viewers!

Also Nascar – Doesn’t have a good video game

And no, iracing does not count. Its priving model is one of the worst in the entire gaming industry.

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Adam Franzen August 4, 2023 at 3:01 am

The SRX game is probably the closest thing we have to that intermediate-tier game that has been made in the last 5 years.

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Speed 4 Brainz August 4, 2023 at 5:20 am

When you said the arcadey part, I immediately thought of a childhood nascar game I played called NASCAR unleashed. Fun as hell game that I still love playing at age 17. That game sparked my interest in NASCAR when I was young. It’s that easy NASCAR.

Also your question about favorite nascar game? Only played a select few but I’m between inside line and nascar unleashed lol. Only have unleashed, inside line, and heat 5.

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kacey madigan August 4, 2023 at 5:34 am

Looking back at it, NASCAR was a blue collar sport and throughout the past they’ve had games that reflect that. Kids like myself could grab onto a mostly realistic game that represented what they saw on the track. Now that the sport has changed I feel like that’s harder to capture, it’s not as simple as it used to be. A game that could being that back would take the cake

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MaverickTheRambler August 4, 2023 at 7:29 am

ETX NASCAR 14 and NASCAR 15 are my favorites. I LOVE the creative freedom in the paint booth. The ability to recreate classic NASCAR schemes. I just wish a NASCAR console game would have the “Create/Design a Track” feature

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Macromage August 4, 2023 at 7:43 am

honestly if they really need to keep the license in a single company, sega i reckon could do a good job, they made amazing racing games, and i think with the nascar ip they could use daytona usa 2 as a template

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iRaging August 4, 2023 at 11:22 am

You make some good points! There was a NASCAR expansion for Forza Motorsport, which was pretty decent – a bit bare bones, but it’s what initially sparked my interest for oval racing. The new one that’s about to come out, could be a great way for NASCAR to get straight into a proper sim-cade. It has a big established player base, and also has a very low barrier of entry with the gamepass etc.

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