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NASCAR 06Score: 8.7 / 10
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"...NASCAR 06 is a must-buy for both the NASCAR Nation and "casual" car-racing gamers alike."
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Somehow,
watching car racing with 40-some-odd drivers making a bunch of left
turns doesn't seem like such a great spectator sport, but NASCAR is
today one of the most popular spectator sports around (right behind NFL
football). If the recent Chase for the Cup drama is any indication (with
the "oops, I'm sorry! Didn't mean to accidentally-on-purpose
crash-and-thrash your car while driving," the cussing on live
television and the helmet-throwing-at-moving-cars) it's no wonder NASCAR
has a rabid following. Electronic Arts has been cashing in on that
popularity of NASCAR racing with its NASCAR franchise, and while NASCAR
06 retains most of the features that it has had through the years that
have made it so popular amongst racing gamers, it throws in a few new
additions such as squad-based racing, dynamic car swapping, and the
interactive crew chief that should excite fans of previous EA NASCAR
games to race on over to the gaming store of their choice
Anybody
that loves the sport of car racing, specifically NASCAR racing (and
based on the amount of race fans packed into racetracks every weekend of
the racing season, there's plenty of you out there), will have every
single detail that could be possibly covered in a NASCAR simulation
readily available. You can even make your own driver and own a racing
team. If you prefer to just race with your favorite driver, you can do
that too. They're
Total
Team Control is what the game's called this year, and total control is
what you get, including the interactive crew chief feature that can
implement an Xbox Live-capable headset. The orders that you can use
using the right thumbstick allow you to take total control over one team
on the track, swapping positions with a drive ahead of you, strategizing
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thumbstick, they're not really that good using the headset. The game has a hard time deciphering your voice commands on a consistent basis (unless you start cussing, when it seems to have no problem hearing what you say and even scolding you for it).
While you can almost smell the asphalt burning with the realism of hearing your crew chief in your ear via a headset just like real drivers, the interactivity of the crew chief using the headset is just too mediocre because of the frustration of the game not properly interpreting your voice command on a regular basis. |
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EA's
done a great job bringing NASCAR 06 as close to appearing just as if
you're sitting in front of your
television watching a real weekend NASCAR race on FOX. The cars are
exact replicas of the real deal, the drivers look good and the tracks
are highly detailed and representative of the actual tracks themselves.
The sound of NASCAR 06 also slams the ears with a fast and furious
performance that will have you believing you're actually ripping
Gameplay
is overall solid, although the competition on the tracks gets a little
too intimidated when you drive with aggression and give up their spots
much too easily on the race, even without you using the Intimidator
feature. You have plenty of modes to keep you interested in tuning your
ride and hitting the track full petal to the metal. There's a career
mode, a
Online, you'll square off against three other gamers via Xbox Live. The game pits you into a full field of over 40 cars. Generally the online action is high octane, although stuttering of graphics is normal and by the end of the race it's usually a battle of the four online players for the finish line, leaving the A.I. cars laps behind with no shot of ever winning.
It's
still just basically racing around a track making left turn after left
turn for a pre-determined number of laps while avoiding wiping out into
other cars or the track's wall, but with a few new features and the same
old standard EA Sports game-making excellence at its soul, NASCAR 06 is
a must-buy for both the NASCAR Nation and "casual" car-racing
gamers alike. No waiting for the checkered flag, NASCAR 06 is a winner
for today's racing
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Lee
Cieniawa (October 8, 2005)
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