Gamedaily writes: "EA Sports continues to push behind its exclusive NASCAR license, releasing yet another virtual simulation of the sport for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. However, rather than just slap together a thoughtless, barely updated edition of last year's NASCAR 08, it decided to do its homework and make a game that was approachable not only to hardcore fans of the popular motor sport, but casual ones as well. Because of this, NASCAR 09 succeeds, despite some nagging issues.
In NASCAR 09, like previous games in the series, you'll race around a series of oval tracks that go in one general direction for multiple laps. That's not to say the racing isn't intense, however. There's a focus on competition, where you try to keep a leg up on other drivers while listening to your pit captain and keeping an eye on things. Sometimes it can get rough, being NASCAR and all. Tony Stewart may feel implied to plow you into a wall, merely for the sake of keeping the lead."
In the economic hard times of late, many industries have been greatly effected. One, in particular, is NASCAR. Stock car racing is one of the biggest sports in the country. Now I know many people will argue with that because they might not watch NASCAR, but just look logically; the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama holds 125,000 people, the Daytona 500 is one of the most watched single day events every year, right behind the Super Bowl, and sponsors pay millions of dollars just to get their logo on a car knowing that if that car wins, the fans buy the product. But recently, with companies not willing to shell out so much money, sponsors have gone down, ticket sales have dropped and the revenue of NASCAR in general is low. And it doesn't stop there…
I am not entirely sure how licensing works but if I recall correctly GT5 bought the Nascar license but again I don't know if that affects EA drastically or not. You would think it probably is related somehow...
Oh well, they always rehashed the same game every year. Atleast in GT5, fans of these games will be racing in 1080p glory with the most photorealistic graphics as they go round and round.
This week's "What They've Been Playing" features discussion of Splosion Man, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, Madden 10, Battlefield 1943, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life As a Darklord, Nascar 09, Hour of Victory, and much more. They follow that up with some gaming news including the announcement of Sam Raimi as director of the World of Warcraft movie and the record-breaking sales of Battlefield 1943.
Pictures, videos, and little notes from the event. Guests included Tiger Woods, John Cena, Derek Jeter, Reggie Bush, Denny Hamlin, Jameer Nelson Major Nelson, and a random appearance by Jimmy Kimmel's parking lot security Guillermo.
