Regretfully, lackluster artificial intelligence and online hitches prohibited the game from garnering a devoted following. From the apprehension wrought from preserving a position amidst a pack of jostling cars, the elimination of painless passes on the high or low corners, and the telemetry used to recreate celebrated tracks, the title was a vast improvement over previous NASCAR interpretations. Pleasingly, Eutechnyx’s NASCAR The Game 2011 strived to capture many of the sport’s subtleties. Hours spent careening around makeshift approximations of famous speedways were often sullied by insubstantial physics modeling, rudimentary visuals, and a woeful obliviousness of the auto racing nuances. While I emphatically enjoy an engaging racer, both EA Sports’ ( NASCAR Thunder 2004, NASCAR 06: Total Team Control) and EA Tiburon’s ( NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup, NASCAR 09) efforts failed to deliver more than just the fundamental tenets of the sport.

Not long ago, I would have preferred reviewing an entry in the implausibly prolific Petz franchise than to tackle another NASCAR title.

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