NASCAR 25

[Armenius]

iRacing's single player multiplatform NASCAR game comes out November 11 on PC. It's out now on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDJ4JYCpyN0


View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3873970/NASCAR_25/

A person who has been playing it lays out the good and bad. One of the worst is that caution flags are scripted events that happen within view of the player. The player doesn't have manual control over pit stops. Career is scripted with sponsor and team progression. There are long generic videos with Dale Jr. that can't be skipped. He says the actual racing feels good, though. No return to form like NASCAR Racing 2003 Season.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe49iQ53YvM

 

[Armenius]

Played this on my Series X yesterday. You control the car going into and coming out of pitlane, just not while you're on pitlane. It does control surprisingly well with a controller, even with all the aids turned off if you do the circular rotation thing. I only did some practice sessions to get used to the driving model, but each of the four car models feel distinctly different. Tire behavior is a little awkward, especially under braking, but I was able to get used to it and was trail braking like a pro at The Glen. Car setup changes behaved as expected. Will probably start an ARCA career tonight and see what it's actually like to play. It gives you a lot of control over AI behavior so you can tweak it to your liking. The lack of standard features like replays does make it feel a bit undercooked.