Players can also select to play as their favorite drivers, although the game only comes with 2010 sponsors and points (DLC for 2011 is available). A game that could really recreate that kind of driving would be great, but unfortunately, NASCAR 2011: The Game doesn't succeed.Īlthough it allows for a vast amount of customization, NASCAR 2011 also provides the player with an extensive set of track-optimized setups and attractive paint schemes.
Winning a race means finding the narrow line around the track where the car handles well, and knocking everybody else off that line, with your fenders if necessary, an experience Cale Yarborough famously compared to dancing with a chainsaw.
Compared to a graceful Formula One vehicle or Indy Car, a stock car looks like a tank, with the weight and handling to match. WTF Bump-drafting at Martinsville? Kevin Conway winning races? Jeff Burton taking the pole every week? What bizarre alternate universe is this?Ī stock car is not a perfect automobile, and that's the beauty of NASCAR. LOW Getting spun out in turn four at Martinsville and receiving a pit road speeding penalty rather than a caution flag. HIGH Going from last to first over eight laps at Darlington.
