NASCAR SimRacing
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NASCAR SimRacing, or NSR for short, is a computer racing simulator released in early 2005 by EA Sports for PC. The game included most of the 2004 NEXTEL Cup tracks except Pocono Raceway and featured the cars of Ryan Newman, Clint Bowyer, and the Craftsman Truck Series truck of Chad Chaffin on the cover. Although the game cover shows Ryan Newman's 2005 Dodge Charger all 3 in game series were based off the 2004 Season.
The game features NASCARs 3 major series NEXTEL Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series, and the Craftsman Truck Series. The game also included single player and multiplayer modes and a career mode for single player.
[edit] Sponsors
Alcohol-related sponsors are removed from the game completely. The most notable example of this is the Busch Series, which is referred to as the NASCAR National Series (in reference to Busch Grand National Series, a previous name of the series). When an alcohol sponsor would normally appear on a car, it is replaced by the team or an alternate primary sponsor; examples are Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s (Dale Earnhardt, Inc., not Budweiser), Rusty Wallace's (Rusty Wallace rather than Miller Lite), Sterling Marlin (Sterling Marlin instead of Coors Light) cars.
[edit] Criticism
Nascar Sim Racing is often criticized by players for its lack of support from EA Sports. The game suffered many problems including an infamous 'yellow flag bug' which would cause the player to be disqualified from a race for passing on accident while under caution in both single player and multiplayer races. The lack of a fix for this problem and the backlash received from the gaming community because of the bug caused EA to discontinue further development of PC NASCAR games for the time being. It is unknown if EA will ever reenter the PC NASCAR Sim industry despite the exclusive copyright they currently hold. Eventually EA shut down the online multiplayer servers support, which was by far the most popular mode in the game. Fans have come up with software to once again race in multiplayer online servers but the popularity is not what it once was. In February EA Sports once again has provided support for NASCAR Simracing, but still no plans for a new PC racing game.
