Video Games : NASCAR 09

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Binding: Video Game
Brand: Electronic Arts
EAN: 0014633154603
ESRB Age Rating: Rating Pending
Label: Electronic Arts
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Sales Rank: 1714
Studio: Electronic Arts

Features:

Learn From a Champion - Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Jeff Gordon guides you through the game's major features and advises you throughout your career. Use his advice as guidance in preparing to challenge the best drivers of NASCAR, including Gordon himself.
Two Distinct Driving Models - allow anyone to sink their teeth into the ultimate NASCAR racing experience. The Normal handling model provides a much more forgiving experience, while the Pro model gives you a taste of what it's really like to get behind the wheel in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race
Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Career Mode - Sign lucrative contracts, earn a reputation, and accumulate valuable performance points by dominating in three authentic racing series, including the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the NASCAR Nationwide Series, and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
All-New Sprint Driver Challenges - Make a name for yourself and build a reputation through a wide variety of racing challenges, highlighted by one-on-one battles against the sport's biggest stars.
Own the Track - Take control of every track on the map by posting the best stats at every sanctioned racetrack in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The Own the Track map will show you what tracks you dominate and which tracks you need to take back from your friends.

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Product Description:
Ever wanted to be a Nascar star? Race your way with unprecedented adaptability and customization in NASCAR 09. As the sport's newest prodigy, NASCAR's four-time champion Jeff Gordon takes you under his wing and guides you through some of the key aspects of the game. Use his advice to your advantage when racing in Career mode or the Sprint Driver Challenges to earn reputation and become a NASCAR champion yourself. Create a racing credential, design a customized car, and get ready to race for premier contracts as you work your way to the top with NASCAR 09.

Amazon.com:

Get Your Engines Started!

Get ready for heart-pounding, edge-of-your-seat action as you go behind the wheel for an all-new, thrillingly authentic NASCAR experience. The racetrack is yours to command as you train with the one and only Jeff Gordon and prepare to take on some of the biggest names in racing. Savor the power harnessed under your hood when you put the pedal to the metal and fight your way to the finish line. Do you have what it takes to be a champion?

Key Features

Go in-depth and learn the sport with none other than the legendary Jeff Gordon
Complete exciting challenges to earn contracts in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Choose from two distinct handling models to suit your style, whether you're a rookie or a veteran
Post your best stats at every sanctioned NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racetrack to prove that you "Own the Track" — or discover which tracks you need to take back from your friends
Sign contracts, earn a reputation and dominate in authentic racing series as you live the life of a NASCAR superstar both on and off the track
Design the look of your car with the all-new Paint Booth online tool
For 1 player or up to 14 players online

Synopsis

NASCAR 09 takes you inside the sport like never before. Put yourself in the driver's seat with two new and distinct handling models: Normal model lets you get your bearings and provides a much more forgiving experience for the less experienced driver, while Pro model thrusts you right into the real NASCAR driving experience, giving you a taste of what the professionals face. Explore the life of a NASCAR driver off the track in Career mode, where you'll have the chance to sign lucrative contracts, earn a reputation and accumulate valuable performance points in three authentic racing series. Blaze your way to the finish line in one-on-one competitions against some of the biggest stars of racing, including Jeff Gordon himself. With NASCAR 09, you're in for the ride of your life.

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Seriously?
After playing EA NASCAR games for nine years, I decided to opt out of last year's offering (08) after being disappointed year after year that EA refuses to cater to the true sim fans. While I did enjoy countless hours of fun online with friends in NASCAR 05 and 06 on Xbox Live, the game's physics just never felt right after playing Papyrus' true NASCAR sims all those years ago. That being said, I decided to rent 09 for my PS3 after reading a few positive reviews. I'm glad I didn't get my hopes up because this one is a disappointment too. For anyone who's been disappointed by the unrealistic physics of previous EA games, take my advice and skip this one. They haven't improved anything.

Another minor complaint is that the graphics are not worthy of being on a current gen console. I can honestly say that NASCAR 06 and 07 on the original Xbox looked just as good as 09 does on my PS3 in HD. The cars are not very detailed and from behind they have the same shape they did in 99 on N64.

Not a very detailed review but anyone who shares my disappointment with EA's NASCAR games will know exactly what I'm talking about and will avoid this one like the plague. I can't believe NASCAR honestly lets EA keep repackaging the same game each year with some new gimmick feature that is mysteriously absent in the next year's game.

Rating:

- Don't bother with this game
I would not bother spending your money on this game. It is still only single player locally which is pathetic. It was the same in 08. Not worth the money when there are better racing games out there. Don't bother with this one, especially if you already made the mistake of buying Nascar 08!

Rating:

- excellent
this game is excellent lot of good changes since last i give it thumbs up

Rating:

- Awful racing game, a monopoly at its worst.
I have a Logitech Pro Wheel, an HDTV, the whole set up, and I am a HUGE NASCAR fan.

This is probably the most disappointing game I have ever played. It is a complete disaster. The only possible way that anyone can enjoy this game is if they have never played another racing game in their life.

It constantly freezes. It has frozen three times for me today while trying to play online. I hit join game, and the PS3 freezes. It is infuriating.

The graphics are abysmal. Compare this game to GT5 prologue; it is an absolute joke. You cannot see things until they are right up on you, the resolution is awful; this looks like a PS2 game, IF THAT.

Jeff Gordon is constantly talking to you, it gets incredibly annoying.

Load times are incredibly long; go to the bathroom while the next screen is loading, come back and wait some more.

The setups are completely impossible to figure out; if you want racing but do not want to spend 40 hours trying to figure out the best setup for each track, forget about competing online.

But when you do finally get your car handling correctly and take it online, for one, there will always be someone with a car much better than yours (and you will never be able to figure out how to catch him), and two, there is always the sound of a pre-school class full of kids in the background with a microphone, wrecking everyone in the back. The competition is just awful, the other players are a joke. I think the reason for this is that serious simulation racers laugh at EA NASCAR games and go straight to NR2003 or something. Do not expect any good competition; towards the front, it is nothing but a battle of setups from what I have seen anyways, not much real racing going on.

Do not buy this game. You may feel the need to buy the only NASCAR game available, but this is not worth your time. It is a monopoly at its worst, an absolute utter waste of $[...] and an insult to us as humans that this is our only option. Shame on NASCAR for letting a terrible company like EA buy exclusive rights to making their game.

I want a good NASCAR game on my PS3; I want it desperately, but it looks like I am never going to get it.

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue gives you a better NASCAR racing experience. Racing Daytona on that game and compare it to Daytona on NASCAR 09; not even close, it is night and day.

Do not buy this game.

Rating:

- AWESOME game...BUT!
I really don't get all the whining, I have played NASCAR 05, then 08 and now 09...I even liked 08, want to know why? BECAUSE IT WAS TOUGH TO DRIVE/CONTROL THE CARS! I sitll think that if you CAN drive in NASAR 08, you drive any other racing game (I own various Need For Speed and Burnout Paradise, and have played Gran Turismo...) That's what makes it fun, that's how you know if you really can play this stuff! My only complains are:

1) Not enough paint schemes
2) Some missing tracks (I would had love some fantasy road courses!)
3) No intro, or other voices like Darrel Waltrip (bugity!!!)

Other than that, the games is REALLY fun, the graphics are better, I even like the sounds more...OVERALL 5 STARS!


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