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February 27th, 2009, 09:23 GMT · By Andrei Dumitrescu
NASCAR 2010 Might Not Come from Electronic Arts |
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Electronic Arts is not continuing development on the NASCAR racing game this year. The only NASCAR property that the publisher is set to work on in 2009 is Kart Racing, a Nintendo Wii franchise aimed at more casual gamers and offering less rigorous gaming mechanics. The decision was made because the more family friendly title has a chance to sell more than the hardcore racer and because Electronic Arts lacks the resources to continue supporting both.
Randy Chase, who is a product marketing manager at Electronic Arts, declared that “The old game was more for the simulation players, the serious gamers. This is more lighthearted, something that's more fun for the entire family. We look at it as a respectful caricature of the sport.” NASCAR officials are not very satisfied with the move made by the videogame developers. This is the last year of the current exclusive agreement between NASCAR and Electronic Arts and you could see a NASCAR game created by another company as quickly as 2010. Blake Davidson, who is in charge of managing the NASCAR licensed products, said that “We're in the process of figuring out what's the best model for us and how do we position ourselves in this space. Do we continue with an exclusive model or go nonexclusive? Do we need annual releases? This is a very important category for us.” NASCAR gets quite a bit of revenue out of licensing the teams, faces of drivers and tracks for videogames. The association has some problems related to the economic crisis and is looking at entering into more license agreements, non exclusive, in order to boost revenue. Electronic Arts says that pre-order numbers for NASCAR Kart Racing are bigger than those for the last “real” racer, NASCAR 09. This could have something to do with the fact that Electronic Arts is releasing the game at the start of the racing season rather than in the middle of summer.
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| Comment #1 by: Nathen on 01 Mar 2009, 17:42 UTC | reply to this comment | I hope EA does not get the license. The last (real) NASCAR was just awful. I dont see how it can even be called a sim when the AI cars dont have to pit... Serioulsy, NASCAR needs to pull the license quickly and get a developer that actually cares about the sport and will do it justice. |
| Comment #1.1 by: The Big Tim on 25 Jun 2009, 01:14 GMT | I have purchased the last 5 Nascar games that EA has produced.
If they make Nascar 2010 in will NOT buy it because they have been dissapointing me for the last few years and they really pissed me off with Nascar 09....
Nascar 09 gameplay was decent compared to previous years but when you get into severial seasons and you get a corrupt save file and be forced to start your career all over was the end of it for me.
I checked online and many other users had the same problembut EA never released a fix for it....They are not willing to take responsibility for their crap!
I truly love Nascar videogames but this time im done with EA.
I hope Nascar signs a deal with another company who makes 2010 a excellent simulator that dont freeze up. |
| Comment #2 by: Patrick on 03 Mar 2009, 02:32 UTC | reply to this comment | EA should not get the license. But somebody should. Papyrus is gone for good after its key people now work for iRacing, so if some other company does take the license from EA, let us cross our fingers and hope the games are good. |
| Comment #3 by: Lance on 04 Mar 2009, 23:14 UTC | reply to this comment | Who ever makes nascar 2010 please bring back the muilitplayer mode, thats the biggest mistake in 2009 only one player unless on internet or hook together, that made alot of us mad, thats all i ask for |
| Comment #4 by: robert on 09 Mar 2009, 00:49 UTC | reply to this comment | I hope they use real life sponsors. Being able to celebrate after winning a race and a championship would be nice. They should put a create a series and or track feature. Also more options in create a driver. |
| Comment #5 by: Tym on 10 Mar 2009, 09:21 UTC | reply to this comment | I think they should bring back making money instead of Performance points, the performance points got on my nerves alot knowing that if I take 30 min and do sprint challenges I can have a car that would take alot more time if I did it in career. Split-screen would also be nice. |
| Comment #6 by: Patrick on 11 Mar 2009, 20:06 UTC | reply to this comment | EA SPorts said they were stoping the NASCAR games on Next gen because of all the Lagging online in NASCAR 08 and NASCAR 09 but they could fix it I hope there is a NASCAR game this year if not EA sports PLEASE MAKE ADD ons for NASCAR 09 so we can get the updated teams and drivers of 09 Put the ad ons for PS3 |
| Comment #7 by: Greg on 12 Mar 2009, 01:17 UTC | reply to this comment | I would like to see them bring back actual gallons left in your fuel cell instead of those dumb bars. Also it would be nice if your pit crew actually fixed your car instead of just ripping off sheetmetal. Victory lane would be nice to see also. |
| Comment #7.1 by: Mac on 10 Dec 2009, 06:24 GMT | Hey Greg yea dude i hear ya. And even more so if You could have a setting to change so that if you wanted to you drive your car down pit road, and when you win you could drive your car to victory lane. |
| Comment #8 by: Reed on 14 Mar 2009, 16:46 UTC | reply to this comment | I cant stand how bad the ea games have become. their last good game was 07. It's like they do 1 good thing right and have 5-9 things go wrong. like split screen. the VTV i only use that to check gas. Sure being able to turn your camera is nice but when ever you turn your head you crash. And when you tutch someone the side of you car is destroyed. Overall a very poor quality game! |
| Comment #9 by: phillip on 14 Mar 2009, 21:38 UTC | reply to this comment | they must have it because the cars in real life now have easports on them. |
| Comment #10 by: Patrick on 16 Mar 2009, 23:30 UTC | reply to this comment | soon they will not have the decals |
| Comment #11 by: kyle on 19 Apr 2009, 04:17 UTC | reply to this comment | i think EA shouldnt get the liscens cuz all there games are not realistic cuz if u break down u should have to drive back to the garageand make the wrecks more realistic you should be able to do all the stuff nascar driver do like driving back to garage driving under cautions makeing longer contract exstions use real sponsers include all cars they used that season i think there should be a crew chief mode where u can manage ur own racer and basically be the real nascar experince |
| Comment #12 by: mark on 26 Apr 2009, 14:31 UTC | reply to this comment | What the NASCAR games have not done is offer an INSTANT REPLY!
How can EA oversee this feature, makes the crahes soooo much more fun to go back and watch again. (and from multipule angles would be nice too!) |
| Comment #13 by: Ben on 27 Apr 2009, 01:15 UTC | reply to this comment | Nascar Thunder 2004 was the last great game. Great track intro's, and victory lane was cool. This game was not all tricked-up.Like goofy sponsor's, silly victory celebration's and a dumb point system. Please use 2004 as a template for 2010. Thank's, Ben |
| Comment #13.1 by: smokin22 on 23 May 2009, 15:54 GMT | I agree Ben, 2004 was the last great nascar game. We would all get together on friday nights drink a few beers and play 4 player championship. Best racing game ever. |
| Comment #14 by: denzel on 30 Apr 2009, 00:48 UTC | reply to this comment | I think that Ea should not make nascar 2010. nascar 08 and 09 weren't stellar. the ps2 versions were no different. On 09 they had no manufacturers. I'd like to see a realistic nascar game. I say they keep instant rrewind though. they need to have all the real tracks in all the series. none of that fantasy track crap. no more fake drivers either. it shoud automatically update everything like on madden 09. |
| Comment #15 by: Patrick on 18 May 2009, 10:41 UTC | reply to this comment | EA Sports please get the license renewed I don't care if it take until December until its released just RENEW THE CONTRACT |
| Comment #16 by: bud sutton jr on 21 May 2009, 05:09 UTC | reply to this comment | I hope Activision gets it because they have been around a long time and they may have more cup drivers,teams and cars and you may get own
your own team and have more control over your team |
| Comment #17 by: chris on 23 May 2009, 05:29 UTC | reply to this comment | I think ea sports should not get contract.one thing the new maker of the game should have is (blackflag a driver,make the qualifying more realistic,victorylane and prerace celabrations with driver intros and the fly over,u can drive into garage for repairs,i think if u use a headset u hear the spoter and crewchief,i think you should see views for the digger cam in replays,and if ur going to use sponcers for create a driver u should be able to choose from real ones like(starbucks,rockstar energy drink,sonyfor playstation,microsoft for Xbox 360 gamers,ect..)but I just hope to see another nascar game for us real nascar fans |
| Comment #18 by: Tyrell Porter on 23 May 2009, 21:37 UTC | reply to this comment | What really made me mad was that it did not have manufactures. If they put manufactures at least put it on the Sprint Cup Series. That's where most NASCAR fans pay attention at. |
| Comment #19 by: Carlos Lee on 26 Jun 2009, 01:10 UTC | reply to this comment | After 07 the Nascar games started going downhill.04 was the best car handling game ever but when I played the others then tired going back to 04 then i couldn't get a grip on the handling again.I glad EA isnt ruining another nascar game its time for somebody else to prove their self. |
| Comment #20 by: Adrian on 11 Aug 2009, 01:41 UTC | reply to this comment | Hey everyone! If you recently saw the newest trailer for Gran Turismo 5, you'll see that there is NASCAR racing in that upcoming game. Maybe the licensing will go to Sony/Polphony Digital? Maybe it won't be an exclusive NASCAR license but at least other developers have the chance to give their version of NASCAR racing... |
| Comment #21 by: nbva on 26 Oct 2009, 05:36 UTC | reply to this comment | nascar 09 is a piece of crap handling wise and the crashes are terrible. and even tho theat trailer shows nascar 09 in gran turismo 5, which i watched and looked fantasic hopefully they can make one and hope to god it is avalible for X-box 360 and not just ps3 |
| Comment #22 by: Mac on 10 Dec 2009, 06:20 UTC | reply to this comment | Nascar game yes! EA NO! and hopefully never again. The EA nascar games got worse and worse every year in my opinion, i did like how in the previous games there was multiplayer and you could unlock legends and race against them such as Dale Sr., the Alisons, ect. and also we need sum car attributes and also driver attributes, and possibly be able to edit them would be cool. But I always thought back in the day when Nascar Heat and Dirt to Daytona came out that they were much better Nascar games than EA ever thought about being! |
| Comment #23 by: bob on 12 Dec 2009, 16:43 UTC | reply to this comment | bring in some of the old tracks as bonus tracks . less of the road course more old ovals . it would be nice to see local tracks that nascar ran on even when they were dirt. i agree that 2004 was a great game . |
| Comment #24 by: Tim on 26 Dec 2009, 18:02 UTC | reply to this comment | I think it would be cool if rockstar developers would make the nascar game, They have awesome graphics and they make there games more realistic, for example the grandtheft auto 4 game look at the damgage of the cars when you crash them, that would be awesome to see damage like that on nascar. It would be cool if the crew cheif and spotters could talk more. And actually have engine or mechanical problems during the race. rain delays, and some red flags for track clean up, and actually be able to see the rescue and wrecker teams as you drive by a crash on the track now that would be cool. and also some kind of announcing during the race |
| Comment #25 by: Brian on 14 Feb 2010, 00:56 UTC | reply to this comment | I think whoever does bring out the next Nascar game will use their heads in developing it right. Here's a few ideas! Like many others here let the player have more control on what goes on on/off the track. Just like in a real race if you damage the car, then lets see the pit crew beating and banging to fix dents with baseball bats and other equipment. Let mechanical issues develop, where your car is behind the wall in the garage area trying to fix the problem. Even if it costs you a few laps. If you wreck your car lets see debris all over the race track, like tires rolling around or sheet-metal flying off, and a fire or two. Lets medical, wreckers, firefighters come to the rescue when are caught in a wreck. Creating a car is a big issue. How many has ever seen car numbers higher than 100? Sure there are numbers already taken, but what about the remaining low numbers? They're not all taken. Lets have real sponsors, better yet let the player create a sponsor. We do need better Nascar games. It it would be very wise for whomever makes the next Nascar game reads these posts, that will help them know what we the hardcore Nascar fans want in a Nascar game.
Oh! When it comes time to release the game, don't went until the season is all ready over. Like baseball, football, basketball, and other sports games they are all release right at the their respected season starts. It would be nice for them to release the Nascar game in January to get us Nascar fans ready for the new season, just like all other sports title games.
I think that about covers it. If anyone else has some ideas, then lets here them. Maybe it will help to develop the next Nascar game. |
| Comment #25.1 by: Dale Jr Fan on 20 Nov 2010, 22:13 GMT | I agree man you and me are thinking of the same ideas. it need alot me realism in the game like red flags and let the AI use the top to the bottom of the race track instead of one man racing line. |
| Comment #26 by: ryan cooey on 26 Mar 2010, 05:42 UTC | reply to this comment | I agree the past couple of nascar games have sucked i just hope nascar 2010 is alot better and has better features and is more realistic. |
| Comment #27 by: Aaron Smith on 23 Jul 2010, 01:41 UTC | reply to this comment | I really hope EA sports does not get the contract again. The last few games they have released for nascar have been so lame. I still use the old nascar 2003 sim. Its alot better than anything Ea sports can produce now. I think maybe if you win a race there should be a victory lane you actully have to drive to, with your crew etc celerbrating. Also bring back the big sponsers. Dont mess up another year EA. |
| Comment #28 by: Dale Jr Fan on 20 Nov 2010, 22:09 UTC | reply to this comment | I Hope ir EA Sports does get Nascar again it isnt as crappy as 09, they need better damage, car manufacturers, double digit numbers instead of triple, better racing lines instead of one or two make the AI cars use all of the track not just two spots like in nascar 09 for ps2 put that into the 360 version, and finally bump drafting at the superspeedways it is very unrealistice in 09 it was better in 08. |
| Comment #29 by: Tman.FRettbook on 07 Dec 2010, 23:01 UTC | reply to this comment | If the problems is there is little money then they should stop putting advertizing on madden or better yet stop with madden when they finally decised to just have updates to trades and graphics on the best madden then |
| Comment #30 by: Tman.FRettbook on 07 Dec 2010, 23:03 UTC | reply to this comment | I have an idea on the next nascar game which could make it it way better than the last system and better for the ps2 too cuz some ppl cant afford ps3s or xbox 360s but they have the first xbox and ps2 |
| Comment #31 by: Tman.FRettbook on 09 Dec 2010, 23:17 UTC | reply to this comment | I have an idea on the next nascar game which could make it it way better than the last system and better for the ps2 too cuz some ppl cant afford ps3s or xbox 360s but they have the first xbox and ps2 |
| Comment #32 by: Tman.FRettbook on 12 Dec 2010, 15:17 UTC | reply to this comment | I have an idea on the next nascar game which could make it it way better than the last one and better for the ps2 too cuz some ppl cant afford ps3s or xbox 360s but they have the first xbox and ps2 | |
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