NASCAR in GT5!
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Anyone notice that they had Fords in the NASCAR field in the new GT5 trailer. Plus I think a saw Kyle Busch's Interstate batterys car and Marco Ambroses Little Debby car as well.
They do? I don't see any Fords. I do notice a few colored cars not shown before but that could be multiple color swaps like with the E3 trailer.
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I know it's sort of a long shot, though Nascar does not really happen without it.
If the interior of the cars are modeled correctly, you wont be able to look to your right or left and get much of a better view because of the way the head and neck supports are for the driver seat.
(I'm only trying to illustrate this for the members who don't watch much Nascar.)
So you would be relying on your center mirror, which is wide, but is still filled with the rear spoiler. More than that, when your not one of the first few cars in a pack running nose to tail somewhere like Daytona, which we know is featured already, you can't see what's going on a few cars ahead of you, again because of the spoilers on the cars. I don't mean casually running nose to tail, but right up on the bumper of the car ahead, they way to run a restrictor plate track, or on a restart.
I'm pretty much just wondering, is anyone else hoping we will have spotters? Even if they are just giving basic information, it would help. "Car high, three wide, car low, coming on the outside/inside" I mean, if we can race as close as we should be able to, it would be necessary for driving with the cockpit view.
Pretty much just like this, though I don't think I need to know who is coming behind, just that a line of cars are pulling up to push you when you step up out of line.
I think with a basic spotting system, which is integral to Nascar racing, it will be very nice. We would be able to have more close racing, and less of this...
I know there are a maximum of 16 cars, but somewhere like Daytona, 16 cars can occupy a very small amount of space...
I'm really getting excited for Nascar, I can't wait to try it. Lapping the Daytona Oval with cars in GT5p is a bit depressing, you always have to lift, while in Nascar the only reason to lift is to avoid running someone over, so the top lap time will come down to setup, and driving line.
If the interior of the cars are modeled correctly, you wont be able to look to your right or left and get much of a better view because of the way the head and neck supports are for the driver seat.
(I'm only trying to illustrate this for the members who don't watch much Nascar.)
So you would be relying on your center mirror, which is wide, but is still filled with the rear spoiler. More than that, when your not one of the first few cars in a pack running nose to tail somewhere like Daytona, which we know is featured already, you can't see what's going on a few cars ahead of you, again because of the spoilers on the cars. I don't mean casually running nose to tail, but right up on the bumper of the car ahead, they way to run a restrictor plate track, or on a restart.
I'm pretty much just wondering, is anyone else hoping we will have spotters? Even if they are just giving basic information, it would help. "Car high, three wide, car low, coming on the outside/inside" I mean, if we can race as close as we should be able to, it would be necessary for driving with the cockpit view.
Pretty much just like this, though I don't think I need to know who is coming behind, just that a line of cars are pulling up to push you when you step up out of line.
I think with a basic spotting system, which is integral to Nascar racing, it will be very nice. We would be able to have more close racing, and less of this...
I know there are a maximum of 16 cars, but somewhere like Daytona, 16 cars can occupy a very small amount of space...
I'm really getting excited for Nascar, I can't wait to try it. Lapping the Daytona Oval with cars in GT5p is a bit depressing, you always have to lift, while in Nascar the only reason to lift is to avoid running someone over, so the top lap time will come down to setup, and driving line.
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Check out my NASCAR on GT5 forum,It also gots a Driver/Livery List and a Track List of the NASCAR is racing/was racing at.
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We know, but this thread is older, and your poll is very incomplete.
I know what you mean, after i played the old Nascar sim games, i found that a lot of those were less "arcadey" and much more gratifying to play.
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- paulpg87
how many tracks are there in the real nascar season?
I don't know how pd will manage the championship ( also wrc)..i don't think they will put all ovals and a championship based on 4/5 ovals is just a shame. Same for wrc, too many stages to be added and a wrc on 4/5 fakes rally, like the toscana rally that we saw in the trailer, is crap.
I don't know how pd will manage the championship ( also wrc)..i don't think they will put all ovals and a championship based on 4/5 ovals is just a shame. Same for wrc, too many stages to be added and a wrc on 4/5 fakes rally, like the toscana rally that we saw in the trailer, is crap.
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Only two of these are confirmed to be in GT5, but I'd say it's likely to see Sonoma in there as well, since it was in GT4.
Thank you for the answer.
Sonoma, Montreal and Watkins looks good. All other tracks suck (in my restriced european opinion). I just hope that gt5 will have plenty of tracks of every kind cause i will not stand to have an high number of ovals.
Paulpg87, be european does not mean that you can`t like oval tracks. I`m from Spain and i LOVE Nascar, three series, Sprint, Nationwide and Camping World Trucks.
European people say oval racing it`s boring, but for me, oval racing is great and funny, better than F1. At least on ovals, drivers racing side by side, together and 3 wide, and in F1, it`s impossible to see 2 cars running together
European people say oval racing it`s boring, but for me, oval racing is great and funny, better than F1. At least on ovals, drivers racing side by side, together and 3 wide, and in F1, it`s impossible to see 2 cars running together
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im with paulpg87 on this one... a ton of ovals are just a waste of space! a few famous tracks, like Daytona, indy, and maybe taladega would be okay... but any more than that is just stupid when you consider that most of the ovals are basically the same... i want different tracks from across the world! thats what i love about the GT series!
You are right but each oval is different, on the draw yoy can think that many ovals are the same, Milwaukee and Dover seem the same track, but are very different
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I don't think anyone want's ALL the ovals, just what you said would be fine. Or one better would be, one intermediate track like Lowe's or Atlanta. One Short track like Bristol or Martinsville. We've got a Super Speedway in Daytona, as well as a Speedway in Indy. Add that in with Motegi Oval and Suzuka East, Infineon, and Grand Valley, Tsukaba, Laguna Seca, and the test course and I think it would be pretty solid championship. Throw in whatever tracks may or may not be coming to GT5 and I'd be fine! Just so long as it's a fairly long championship, with at least a 250-300 mile distance per race. Nascar is, basically an endurance series after all.
Edit: I'll agree they ALL offer something different, the main gripe being that their are so many Intermediate tracks like Kansas, Las Vegas, Texas, Lowe's, Atlanta. Out of all of them, I like Atlanta the most, because it is the fastest track on the whole Nascar schedule. They are alright tracks, it's just Nascar used to run more Short Track races, which is where it pretty much all came from. Now the only totally unique ovals are Dover, Bristol, Martinsville, Darlington, Richmond, Homestead, and I suppose maybe Phoenix. I may have missed one, but that's all I can think of. N/M INDY and Pocono, which is a real snoozefest...
Edit: I'll agree they ALL offer something different, the main gripe being that their are so many Intermediate tracks like Kansas, Las Vegas, Texas, Lowe's, Atlanta. Out of all of them, I like Atlanta the most, because it is the fastest track on the whole Nascar schedule. They are alright tracks, it's just Nascar used to run more Short Track races, which is where it pretty much all came from. Now the only totally unique ovals are Dover, Bristol, Martinsville, Darlington, Richmond, Homestead, and I suppose maybe Phoenix. I may have missed one, but that's all I can think of. N/M INDY and Pocono, which is a real snoozefest...
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I'd say we need some short ovals as well. Lowe's, Las Vegas or Atlanta would be great. Racing on super speedways only, like Indy and Daytona would become lame after a short while. The short tracks are more challenging I think. I'm having a blast racing on Lowe's Motor Speedway in Nacsar Racing 2003 Season. 👍
Also, I really hope PD thought about restrictor plates, which are being used on Daytona Super Speedway. Otherwise, it's another major fail by them. 👎
Also, I really hope PD thought about restrictor plates, which are being used on Daytona Super Speedway. Otherwise, it's another major fail by them. 👎
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A ton of ovals is unlikely, but I disagree they're all mostly the same - the Nordschleife and Spa will be mostly the same, except one's 3 times longer than the other, but nobody in their right mind would propose dropping one of those two! London and Rome are shaping up to be pretty similar by the looks of it too!
They need at least 6 unique ovals in my opinion, Daytona, Indy, Bristol, Homestead should be there at least, maybe 'dega, maybe Phoenix, maybe Dover, maybe Pocono... most of them have fairly unique characteristics, and the backdrop at places like Pheonix would be different.
If they could do Watkins glen they would have another great road course too.
And if they'd gone to the trouble of visiting these places to map them out, they could do the infield road courses too (where they exist), without the cost and time of a whole new track?
Personally, and I know there is a thread for this elsewhere, I think they should cut down on the number of Fictional Circuits... I watch alot of motorsport, and though I can swallow the idea of racing fictional series at fictional tracks, the idea of the "NASCAR Polyphony 500 at Grand Valley Speedway" just sounds plainly ridiculous to me... infact, I'm beginning to think that NASCAR in GT wasn't such a great idea...
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IMO as a person raised on NASCAR I think it would be fun to try a NASCAR stock car on as many other tracks as possible. That's part of the fun of Gran Turismo.
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Its a good idea,Its better than EA Sports
If i was to choose 6 more NASCAR type tracks and 4/5 more series to add in GT5(Some as DLC)(Daytona and Indy are in)
Tracks
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway
Road America(Nationwide)
Phoenix International Speedway
North Wikesboro Speedway
Bowman Gray Stadium
Series
Nationwide(COT)
Camping World Trucks
Modifieds
Late Models
Grand American(Ran back in the 1970's)(If in GT5,The cars:Camaro(2010),Challenger(2010),Mustang(2010),And something for Toyota)
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First time poster, long time reader here....
NASCAR in GT is intriguing. I have my own theories on why they went to the lengths of acquiring the license, but that's neither here nor now.
I wanted to point out that when people mention "NASCAR 2003", it is NOT referencing EA's version. It is referencing a PC version made by Sierra and who are now the makers of iRacing. If you do a completed listings search for the game, you'd be hard-pressed to find a used copy UNDER $70...no joke. If you don't believe me, look for yourselves.
Also, for non-NASCAR fans...as stated before, many tracks are very similar in design, but each is very different. Banking, track surface, location (weather, temperature, etc.) all play huge roles in making each track unique and different. If PD offered official 43 car fields in a Sprint Cup car at Bristol, and you DIDN'T enjoy the race, you're darn near clinically insane.
NASCAR in GT is intriguing. I have my own theories on why they went to the lengths of acquiring the license, but that's neither here nor now.
I wanted to point out that when people mention "NASCAR 2003", it is NOT referencing EA's version. It is referencing a PC version made by Sierra and who are now the makers of iRacing. If you do a completed listings search for the game, you'd be hard-pressed to find a used copy UNDER $70...no joke. If you don't believe me, look for yourselves.
Also, for non-NASCAR fans...as stated before, many tracks are very similar in design, but each is very different. Banking, track surface, location (weather, temperature, etc.) all play huge roles in making each track unique and different. If PD offered official 43 car fields in a Sprint Cup car at Bristol, and you DIDN'T enjoy the race, you're darn near clinically insane.
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Slightly wrong on the facts there. It was made by Papyrus, which no longer excist, but yes, it's the same people which later created iRacing (at least David Kaemmer, who was the founder of Papyrus). Sierra was the publisher of NR2003.
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That would be cool but i will be racing the #88,
Check this out,1st show is this Sunday at 10PM EST on the History Channel(US)
I race at BGS as well in the Bandoleros,This track would be cool in GT5 and the Mods as well,I can see it now,The Mods at Indy or back at Daytona(Yes,The Mods ran at Daytona),
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Yes, the Whelen Modified series used to have a race in Daytona, but they have never ran at the Super Speedway with the cars they normally run, just the beach.
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First, Indy is far from a superspeedway (it is flat!). Obviously going around Daytona is not hard, but being first after several hundred laps is.
Second, the restrictor plates are a joke! It would be cool if we had an option to use them or not, and see what a 800+hp car can really do on 2 landing strips connected by really steep, really long turns. In reality, I think they should use different motors (V6's, or flat-heads
), or different cars, or to not race at places that arent suitable for their cars.Similar threads
