NASCAR 2011: The Game
Players can choose to play as themselves or as one of the sport's real-world drivers as they battle it out for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. Each pro driver has the AI characteristics of his or…
NASCAR 2011: The Game is an arcade developed by Eutechnyx, released 29 March 2011 on PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360.
What NASCAR 2011: The Game is
NASCAR 2011: The Game is an arcade game developed by Eutechnyx and released in 2011. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Players can choose to play as themselves or as one of the sport's real-world drivers as they battle it out for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. Each pro driver has the AI characteristics of his or her real world counterpart, setting the stage for intense rivalries played out on the track. Damage is meticulously detailed and multi-car wrecks are the most extreme ever experienced in an officially licensed racing game. Winning has also never felt so good with the all new interactive celebration mode. Not only can you partake on your victory lap doing donuts and burnouts, but for the first time ever, jump out of your car and pump up the crowd, and even back flip off your car in the…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the NASCAR series
NASCAR 2011: The Game is the 42nd of 52 entries we hold in the NASCAR series. The next entry was NASCAR Unleashed in 2011. Its critic score of 63 is 9 points below the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is NASCAR Racing 2003 Season at 100.
How it was received
NASCAR 2011: The Game holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What it launched against
NASCAR 2011: The Game launched on 29 March 2011, within three weeks of Portal 2, Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat and Dragon Age 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Portal 2, Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat, Dragon Age 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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