A 𝙂𝙊𝙊𝘿 NASCAR Game that Would be Stupid Easy to Make 

The one thing I think has always been missing from NASCAR games is the AI situational awareness. As frustrating as it would be, having the AI pull the bump and run or even full on dump you to win in the final turn would make things way more realistic. Giving AI different personalities to match their IRL ones would be great too, since there's no way Ross Chastain is just going to sit and wait for me to pass him instead of being an aggressive driver.

Our only hope is that Big Boy Gaming Company™ will get the license.

Something I completely forgot about until I recently tried to play it again is that if you're in first-person view in NASCAR 98 and hit the triangle button, your driver will wave. It's such a small touch that I'm sure 90% of players never noticed, but it's cool.

A 54Car Video is like my dad coming back with the milk.

I really want to see a form of AI that knows when they’re in the last handful of laps that will push harder and bump you out of the way if they have to.

I would add: Legacy Cars (2001 only), realistic damage tunable from none to realistic, an update once every 2 months for paint schemes (until next game), realistic blowovers for the 01 cars and for gen 7s you have to be going atleast 190 MPH, great drafting physics, weight shifts, good hit boxes, realistic sounds, cheats like dirt to daytona including 'oh dear', a sim racing type feel to the cars, arcade mode for your kids, brake failure, fires, cheats are allowed in multiplayer but only in the 'cheats' gamemode, 'Nascar 21: Ignition' mode with terrible car control and bad physics (if you wanna for some reason relive that terrible game.), dig in physics applied to all gravel traps or grass. and I could go ON AND ON about more stuff

There should be a my team career mode, kinda like f1 2023, but we can have a team with 4 cars, driver moves/retirement. We can sign contracts with any driver, if you have the money, can sign contracts with manufacturers and sponsors

I would add a Setups menu from NASCAR 1998-2000 because those setups menus were way before it’s time with the basic & advance choices

One game I wanted was a NASCAR track maker, sort of like prison architecht almost, and sort of like that airplane game where it goes through different years and progresses, so having a 50s dirt track or a modern superspeedway and maybe see cars race on it sometimes, that's been a game I've wanted to see, just seeing nascar history

i would love to have the NTGIL - NASCAR '15 Feeling of the cars, Arcade feel, but realistic

You couldn't have hit the bullseye any better. The cheat code of a guy making the car sounds would be the best cheat in the history of Nascar. Please make more videos like this!

the hardest parts of making a racing videogame are actually designing the physics simulation, modeling all the cars themselves, and most of all, modeling all the tracks. it's easy to think about all of this stuff or come up with a design document, actually making the game is much harder. whoever is developing next likely won't have access to anything from the recent games and start from scratch.

Took them long enough, maybe this NASCAR gaming dark age will end sooner rather than later

Career Mode obviously needs to be there, but I've never personally been the biggest fan of it. I prefer Championship Season mode, with a fully customizable schedule, so I think that should also be an option. I do think Casual Mode _can_ track stats, but only for the player's game, where as the Competitive Mode can track the stats for online leaderboards Finally, I want to be able to understand car setups more, whether it be through full tutorials that actually explain what all that mess means, or through it just being significantly more simplified Oh, and if custom cars are available, I also want my actual name on the banner above the windows just for offline mode. I hate it when every other real driver has their name properly above the windows, but my custom car does not. I totally understand why it wouldn't appear on online mode, but there's no reason that can't be a thing for offline play

If we're going to add unlockable tracks, please allow custom schedules in career mode as a kind of bonus. The F1 games give you that sort of ability, and it's nice to have. Maybe you lock in the Daytona 500, Coke 600, Southern 500, and Bristol Night Race in place on the schedule, but everything else is fair game. Another thing for career mode would be a choose championship style deal. Do you want the playoff system or Winston Cup format? Allowing the player to decide if they'd rather have the gimmick of the current format or a season long points format would just be nice to have.

I want an “owner mode” where you can step in as a owner of your own custom team or existing team and then edit that team to your content. Offer new contracts to your drives, fire them, hire new ones, change numbers and sponsors (of the new drivers because existing probably have contracts with their sponsors). These owners could be in any of the main NASCAR tiers. If you wanted to start at Joe’s Racing Group in the truck series having success there can get you enough money to buy your way to the cup series. I also want to see a “youth academy” of sorts where newly generated rookies will come into the lower tiers of NASCAR every year or two and some will be future HOFers some will be flops and you can try to get them early on in their career and see them grow with your company.

Lemme tell you something a nascar game with a Wreckfest damage engine would be the best selling racing game of all time

Car Physics: Sim-cade. In between NR2003 and Heat 5. The stock cars behave exactly like real ones, but it’s much harder to overcorrect during a spin and the car is much more forgiving when receiving pushes down the straights. Sound Design: Use the granular synthesis method for interior cameras and chase cameras (e.g. Need for Speed). Instead of using pre-recorded loops, a “ramp” is recorded. A “ramp” is a steady increase or decrease of an engine’s speed under load or not. Think of it like a dyno pull. This ramp is then run through a granular synthesis engine, where the sound file is turned into various “grains”. Each individual revolution of the engine is treated as a “grain”. This creates a lifelike sound with no audible loop points and consistent tone and pitch throughout the entire RPM range. However, during replays, loops should be used, instead. It’s much harder to make convincing flyby sounds in Granular Synthesis engines than by just using a loop.

@16:16 I forget what games had the trophy rooms and I always wished they would put more trophies in there and not win 1 and that's all you had at each track I wish they kept track at how many times you won each trophy like they don't have to keep putting up daytona 500s on the shelf but put 1 up and then have a list you could push a button and have the real life date and career mode car team maybe your starting position and laps led in each race hell if they really want to do it up maybe the last lap video of each race to let you go back and relive that moment in game

I really enjoyed this video! I landed here because I'm an indie game developer who's been running a mobile NASCAR game for 9 years now (Draftmaster 2), and wanted to get some fresh ideas and perspectives on what my game might be missing.

Honestly, what i would love to see is: Career climbing like in Nascar 2005 (include Arca) Silly seasons in career (have drivers move teams and retire and rookies from lower divisions move up) Better car customization with more sponsors added and better number fonts (like RCR, Penske, and hendrick fonts available) and more sponsors, even fake ones Career team building, the ability to build a team and add up to drivers in all divisions

My requirements for a perfect NASCAR game (most of them taken from old racing games): -Relatively low specs just like indie horror games -Keyboard support. I'm done with configuring x360ce and binds resetting for no reason -Aggressive AI just like in Need For Speed Shift and Shift 2 Unleashed -Being able to have 2 driving models: simulation and arcade just like in Forza Horizon -All 3 leagues (Cup, Xfinity and Trucks) and maybe Late Model cars or ARCA -Decal customization like in NASCAR 15 or Forza games and a wide variety of vinyls -Challenge mode just like in an Italian racing game called Superstars V8 Racing Next Challenge (for example finish a race first with no TCS, ABS, ESC or on a manual transmission) -Ability to make online griefers invisible like in GTA Online races -Being able to choose rivals' paint schemes for quick races -AI should be penalized for cutting corners on road courses -NO RUBBERBANDING! -Bringing back race legends (the alive ones) -A commentator who speaks about current track situation just like in Need for Speed Pro Street -Being able to rewind the race just like in Forza games -Ability to make custom seasons -Historical tracks like for example Walt Disney World Speedway, Rockingham Speedway or Texas World Speedway as unlockables

I need Dale Jr commentary as an unlockable. SLIDE JAWB

One thing I’ve always Imagined was a mini fighting game within the game like imagine the character models of Joey logano and Matt Kenseth ducking it out street fighter style like if your in career mode and drive through someone at martinsville you have to go through the fighting mini game with the driver you demolished

One thing i would like to see in a nascar game is a sort of “Jordan challenge”. For those who are unfamiliar the Jordan challenge is a challenge that is in NBA 2k23 where you can play as Michael Jordan during important moments in his career. But would i do is take the concept of the Jordan challenge and change it into a “insert HOF nascar driver” challenge type thing where you would play as a HOF nascar driver during important moments in their career Also great video!

Something I've never ever seen in a nascar game was being able to run your own team but be in another team. Like for example, you can run in cup but own a xfinity team and that be a source of income. Or even run a cup team along side the team you sign for.

For me, a nascar game with heavy cars, big controlable slides, multi groove racing, dense pack racing, somewhat poor ai wreck avoidance, and a great crashing and damage model with fantastic blowovers would be a perfect game for at least the first game or two. I just want fun gameplay.

The spyro portal noise takes me back

Haha "I don't want to be here!" Proceeds to spin in to the wall before the finish line

Something cool, though it would probably come in a later game in the series is if there was multiplayer seasons so you and your friends can go head to head throughout a full racing year.

honestly if a company plans on making yearly releases to build upon a base, rather than invest tons of time into one game, i really hope they focus on the physics, graphics, and especially the AI and try to make it the best we’ve ever seen. the AI in every single console game has significant flaws and i think even if there’s no deep career mode, just by creating a great foundation and including maybe a season mode (like nr2003) it’ll still be a great game. especially if a career mode could be added or built upon in the following games

Personally, I'd a A full 5 racing series with a start from the bottom type story like fight to the top, with dirt, to whelen, to trucks and to the Xfinity Series, and then to the cup series. You can be a contract driver or Be your own team owner and have up to 3 cars plus yours in a single team, you can offer your driver's contracts change their paint scheme and sponsor, train them as well, and some can retire if they wish, and you can hire drivers from the lower series if their content ends. Upgrading their car and yours will have elements of thunder 2004 along with the pit crew.

coop challenges, multiple series(truck series, busch series, maybe a legend series with cars from the past) although idk how much work and ressources that would take, and maybe just maybe, multi class racing

Add a secret Dale Earnhardt car (the Monte Carlo) that obliterates the entire field, but to get it you have to score 36 top 5s in hardcore in 7 seasons straight along with 7 championships in those years

I like everything you said. I think something cool to add could be adding throw back races into the challenge mode or just in single race.

A little advanced, but what if you could do a trophy room like a “race shop” like NFL 2K5’s MyCrib. You could fill it with trophies, cars that you won major races with in career mode, memorabilia from famous nascar drivers and cars (example: a signed tire off of Kyle Larson’s championship car”

I’d like the career mode feature like nascar 06 and 07 where you earned enough money to “buy” race teams and add in teammates or have a driver market like the F1 game where if you want to go multi car team, you can pick cup, xfinity, or truck series drivers to your team

That fucking nova controller clip had me rolling!

Tbh I kind of want EA to get the license, I’m curious to see what they can do. The F1 games aren’t terrible and yes I know most of that game is Codemasters, but they did good on the new handling for F1 23.

some great points being made here! hopeful we will see ideas like this be implemented in the future!

Dude I want the inside line handling so baaaddd

It would be a great game for sure. The rival element on a cool down lap would be a cool touch. Cheat codes for online would be absolutely amazing. I’d really enjoy the game.

I just hope to god they don't give a new company an exclusive license

For merchandise sales one thing to think a 5% bonus when closer to home track.

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I think career should have two sub modes: arcade and similation. Arcade is for the people who just wanna focus on making a name for themselves while exploring all the new mechanics of allies and rivals. Everything from teams to car upgrades will be handled on the backend. And then... Simulation. Same career, but now you have to handle the team management, car management, keeping an eye on free agents and talents to slot into your cars (Yes, CARS. As in a full 4 car team.) On top of managing your rivals and friends. The depth of f1, but with a bit more, as far as multiple car development works in NASCAR. Sponsors should be locked behind an image mechanic, along with performance as a team and driver, with a focus on making sure no matter how you play, as long as you focus on even one aspect of the career, a top sponsor will be interested, with a mastery of all three getting you the best offers.

Insta like with the billwurts reference. Enjoy yourself, and thanks for the blueprint of making the best Nascar game

Challenge mode needs to have classic race from ALL of nascar history

11:09 its funny how quick he turns into MotorSport Games

I want the entire custom paintjob suite in career mode. Including where to place the logos. I was very disappointed with how Heat 5 locks you into one paint scheme and only a few sponsors to choose from and all you can do is change the colors. Also, CAUTION REPLAYS PLEASE! Also also, a little meter in the bottom to show how much draft you are getting like NASCAR 06 would be lovely. In Heat 5 it sometimes feels like the draft system just isn't working especially on the Super Speedways. There is no audio or visual clues to tell if it's working or glitching out. And for those that don't want it there, have a HUD toggle in the options menu to remove it. Also also also, make qualifying well on Super Speedways possible. In Heat 5 it seems to be literally impossible to qualify better than last place unless you drop the game difficulty which seems to be a glitch no one ever addressed.

add the cheat code ShakeN'Bake and it unlocks 3 paint schemes, wonder bread, old spice and perrier

I always thought NASCAR 2005’s Fight To The Top was the best career mode of any NASCAR game. Sure each individual element wasn’t as specific or detailed as Thunder 2004, but the overall progression and experience of working your way up under contract and eventually starting your own lower series teams and hiring drivers, then eventually racing for your own team, has always felt so good!

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I love what you said that should be in Career mode but I would add the feature from Heat 5 where the other drivers "Tweet" you but change it to be in the form of an interview and I would want to see a career progression or a licensing system ie Nascar 08 where you have to "test" at the tracks before you can race at them. I would also want to see time progress after a season in career mode where drivers can retire and new drivers can replace them with those sponsors. I also think there should be to communicate with the allies I would also keep are the aerodynamic stuff because it can be fun and could be used to push players to improve a bit

Personally for me, I’d like to see the rivalry/friend idea have actual in race actions. For example if a driver doesn’t like you then they give you less room/space when trying to pass and will fight you harder especially on road courses where they’ll fight harder for a corner. then drivers who like you will bump draft with you more, give you more space to pass, and defend less on road courses. Just to give the relationship with driver a bit more meaning.

I feel like a lot of folks would be disappointed about the absence of time trials and single season/championship modes, but other than that, this would make me very happy. The only other thing I would add to a NASCAR game, as weird as it sounds, is a "spectator mode" of sorts, sorta how NR2003 does it, where you can just set up a race and just watch the AI go. One of my earliest childhood memories I would assume this game would be on PC (likely on Steam), so would you be able to mod the game?

Eventually, vintage cars and tracks would be really cool. Even an Eras mode like NBA2K has where you could start a carreer in the 2000’s, 90’s, 80’s etc. With games like F1 this would be unfeasible but in Nascar where you usualy only have 3-4 different car models at once that run for multiple years, I could see this.

I like it! Simple and effective. If only every dev saw this video lol.

Another thing I might add is the ability to build tracks similar to monster energy Supercross track builder

I don’t think Nascar Games are easy to make. If the physics are too realistic it becomes to hard to drive 160mph in a corner without a wheel. If it’s too easy it’s just pushing the stick left at 160mph. Forza, GT, and F1 have simplified physics but there still more complex than just turning because their corners are slower. Ai is hard to program especially when there’s 40 of them to crash into each other and there’s no fixed defined apex. Nascar has a lot of tracks that look similar and without laser scanning all if them subtle nuances will be lost. Cheat Codes usually are the debug tools for testing the game.

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Each team and driver should have specific ratings like other sports games. For a team things like engine, handling, aero, pit crew. Then drivers should also have ratings and tendencies. This would create an amazing dynamic especially in career mode silly season with drivers retiring or switching teams. In addition during career mode we need the choice of driving our own car or signing with a team plus the ability to hire another driver to our car. Or even fielding multiple cars as an owner.

The 3 things I will add are for the first game and the later games. The first game should have AI situational awareness for example joey logano should move me out the way at Martinsville. Or Ross Chastain should put me in the wall at pocnco on the last lap if we are battling for the win. The other thing the first game needs to have is if another driver hits you the player can chose to forgive him or hate him. The 3rd thing is for the 2nd or 3rd game down the line. What I would have is a nba2k my era mode. For example a Dale Earnhardt era that starts in the off season of 1980 when Dale was not sign to rcr. He could chose to stay with his team(forgot the name) or like in real life go to rcr. We would start in 1981 then end in 2025 or ,2026 when this game comes out. We will have stats records kept track with and free agency. For example rusty Wallace In the off season could join roush. The other eras I would have is 1994 the Gordon era 2006 the Jimmie era 2014 the big 3 era. Every era will start in the off season with that years roster. Then over years the roster will change. no matter what how ever 2001 Daytona 500 will not be available to race. Neither will be 1993. The game will sim over that race and season due to the real life tragic events.

A good nascar game requires the following: Dale Earnhardt

Àdd legend drivers and the classic cars like '69 Daytonas, '70 Superbirds and Torino's/Cyclones

A game that replicates all of nr2003, except single files starts and choose rule. Sim physics when in the hardest settings, control of the car under pit and caution, a career mode that starts in late models, and a good amount of short tracks. A driver rating system, and a test before you go online.

Split-screen career is mandatory

5:47 unlockable guinea pigs

My wife's boyfriend let me watch the video, two thumbs up!

When I'm figuring out and when I'm hearing is iRacing Dale Earnhardt jr. Has tooken over Motorsports.

Ide really like in between races to get to do fan meets or press confeances that can alter how people see you and change your prestige

I always loved challenge mode where you had to make it through the big one

The only thing else I would add would be a custom championship mode.

Hey bro I love your videos, keep up the awesome work!

I think almost every game developer since 2020 has forgotten about the trucks and xfinity

All you have to do is go back to NASCAR 09 by EA sports, test tracks, private rooms or races where if someone comes in that just wants to crash people, you can boot there ass out. IMO the best ever nascar game.

Good news bud IRacing just bought the license , get ready for 2025 baby

A NASCAR career mode similar to F1 2022/2023 would be fantastic. An online feature that tracks and shows your overall stats like laps led, laps turned, etc. Yet also has a “season” where your friends list/game friends list competes overtime. Bringing a desire to want to ACTUALLY race online. As opposed to straight wall bang bong and cucked behaviors. I am absolutely shocked we’ve never gotten a racing game, where it’s replay/theater mode is setup/designed to look like a broadcast with similar camera angles. I would’ve thought that’s be an important one. However this does highlight how lazy developers for racing games have gotten.

DRAFTING/SLIPSTREAM and slingshot please it would make the game so much fun

I just want a nascar game where you can play every car, since gen 1 to gen 7, xfinity and trucks, all in a single game, I know that could be a lot to do, but if forza can put a game with 700+ cars, i know nascar can do the same with the right developmers

Bring back burnouts after a win!

I just want a career mode based on the distinct eras of NASCAR kinda like what NBA 2k has done being able to play in the 80s etc…

All it needs is good feeling driving, tight and you push up the track or loose and almost spin. Career where you have to drive for a team then buy a charter and build up your car like F1 game where it takes time. Online Done

Tbh if iracing gets it they could just make a shitty iracing port with the nascar assets for this season or next season as a game to keep us occupied

How about like the nba2k series were you can take ownership of your team, hire and fire crew, drivers and basically build a dynasty

I would love to select on which part of the race to restart For example, I wreck myself on pit road, I can restart the race to the part before I enter pit road, so that I DONT HAVE TO FUCKING RESTART THE THE RACE ON LAP 100/200 BECAUSE I MISS CLICKED. It would also be very entertaining to have ai that has the capability to wreck a car on purpose to improve their place, it would be nice sitting in 15th seeing Kyle Busch wreck Kyle Larson on the final lap.

i want a feature that when you head on into a wall you get a free helicopter ride. that and manually switching on the fuel pump

Making a good nascar game is easy imo. Now making a hardcore realistic nascar game is hard. This involves the following: Nascar drafting Airborne capability Career mode Tire blowout if not repaired Fuel Yellow, black, and red flags Different levels of AI Custom paint design An update function where if something happens that season it will be implemented into the game Online mode Having a crew chief advocating while your racing Fights Suspension Truck mode Weather changing Damage in the car effects the way you drive If car total, have a backup Qualifying Practice Stages Functional pit stops Choose your pit crew Team management( like sim racing where you hire a upcoming racer and manage his deals ant stuff) Functional outside elements like talladega fares wheel Moving fans and people Replay Pop quiz between loading screens about nascar and it’s drivers Story mode of following a young driver who want to become a nascar driver Burn out if you win Esports team Night mode for some races Quick play Skid marks Multiple camera (driver, hood, 3rd person) Mirrors Fire/ smoke if car overheats DNF Different Racing style Pedal and steering wheel ability Graphics Etc

being realistic it doesn't even make much sense nowadays to have R&D in a career mode because there is way less of that in real life... all depending on manufacturer and setups

i want the heat 4/5 style sliders but with even more customization, i want to be able to have 2011 style racing

I'd prefer to wait till we know for SURE that they did away with exclusivity

NASCAR dirt to Daytona was my favorite career mode I would like to see something similar to that, but possibly move backwards in time. Also, something where you start back in the 50s racing on the Daytona Beach track and moving forward through the evolution of NASCAR Possibly throw the cars tour in there one were you could move up through the ranks one where you race popular tracks from the past essentially, I’m saying career mode, like dirt to Daytona legacy mode with cars from the past on tracks from the past

Have always wanted to have pit stops ( tires, wedge adjustments, track bars,tire pressure etc.

Wreckfest NASCAR Mod

please god no, not another nascar game without championship mode

Basically NR2003 with a couple simple mods 😂

I hope some day we get driven pace laps and driven pit lanes

A NASCAR game should always have the usual career mode, race now mode, challenge mode, local and online multiplayer, and the options menu as well. Cheat codes is an obsolete concept these days so I don't think we'll ever see cheat codes in not only NASCAR games but all kinds of games in general which sucks but oh well...

like the rdr2 honor system how you have clothes unlocked at certain levels...but with sponsorships that way you would have to change your driving style for more money but also i think dirty driving shouldnt be punished (haven't finished vid yet) but maybe have nicknames mike joy can call you based on your honor "rocketman" "mr.clean" "wrecking ball" yada yada (the intimidator) being a unlock at maxium low honor not saying dale drives like shit but yk have car react scared of you cause you most likely drive through people if you have the lowest honor highest honro would have to be a mark martin nick name whatever naem was attributed but have it like that each honor landmark you unlock a new name your character/driver gets called and have them be based on classic drivers so its not clashing with any mondern day nascar nick names which arent alot but yk you cant be called rowdy when you are racing against KB

I would enjoy a career mode that starts you like dirt to Daytona style but you start in either dirt or asphalt on three fantasy short tracks or five depending on how many different sizes you want and start in legends or street stocks work your way up to a cars tour like ordeal and work for a ride into arca or Whelen modified to fight for a chance for a truck series seat but I’d settle for a dedicated Saturday night short track game asphalt game