The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is a family-owned and operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947-48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr. NASCAR is the largest sanctioning body of stock car racing in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series. It also oversees NASCAR Local Racing, the Whelen Modified Tour, and the Whelen All-American Series. NASCAR sanctions over 1,500 races at over 100 tracks in 39 states, Canada, and Mexico. NASCAR has presented exhibition races in Suzuka City, Japan, Motegi City, Japan, and Melbourne, Australia.
The EA Sports NASCAR series is a series of NASCAR video games published by EA Sports. The series began with NASCAR 98 and NASCAR 99 in 1997 and 1998. EA Sports released NASCAR Thunder 2002 in 2001, and ever since then, Jeff Gordon (2002), Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (2003),and Tony Stewart (2004) were on the cover. In 2004, they changed the name of the game to NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup and added the new features to make the game more up-to-date with the recent changes to NASCAR. Kevin Harvick was on the cover. The next year, they changed the name yet again to NASCAR 06: Total Team Control. Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson were on the cover. The new features were swapping cars with teammates and voice-recognition support for use with the crew chief. The following year, the game was titled NASCAR 07 and features Elliott Sadler on the cover. The new features include a new speed blur effect and an all-new momentum system, used to describe drivers’ strong and weak racetrack types. In 2004, the feature was a “Grudges and Alliances” feature in which if you hit a car, they could hit you back. The feature received a mixed reaction. After the kart racing game was released 2009, EA announced that the series would be discontinued due to budget cuts and the expiration of EA Sport’s contract with NASCAR. Polyphony Digital has since bought the rights to develop official NASCAR cars and tracks in their upcoming simulation video game Gran Turismo 5 marking the end of the series under the EA Sports label.
This is the right way to go. EA could never managed to make it right with this tricky motor sport event. The game was like their FIFA series. All the same with every new release. There was no big thrill or passion in them. They were compatible though. Nascar is available all console platforms and PC, and if the rumors are for real, the fens might be quite frustrated with their only chance to play Nascar again is to switch to PlayStation3. Some will probably be more than happy to do so, but let’s not forget about the hardcore Xbox worshippers.
It will be a tough change, but it will be worth it for real racing fens. After all, PS3 is the better platform for race simulators. The wheels compatibility is better and of course the racing seats as well. The better your wheel the better your simulation is.