NASCAR 08 demo now on marketplace

The NASCAR 08 demo is now available to download from the Xbox Live Marketplace in Australia, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States.

The demo is 589.32 MB.

demo text: [ESRB: E (EVERYONE)] Take the wheel at the Daytona International Speedway as NASCAR racing comes to the Xbox 360 for the first time. Experience tomorrow's racing today in NASCAR 08! Visit easports.com/nascar08 for more info.

[VirusE]

Nothing like driving in virtual circles for hours on end!!

[deepio]

Lol, yeh, I can't see this one being that appealing. Certainly not much in the way of track variation...

[Daxx]

I just don't understand people who watch NASCAR or in this matter, play this NASCAR video game.

This game will probably sell really well where I live, the Southeast.

[sak500]

Its all about accidents. The crazier the accident the more people will cheer. Glad I didn't download this demo and after reading all your comments about it.

One thing to say we couldn't expect more from EA could we?

[CG]

Microsoft has released more demos and content on live this month than sony has released on the PSN since the ps3 launched lol.

Keep em coming!

[Skizelli]

I'm trying not to judge the final product from a demo, but I was kind of disappointed with it. You don't get the sense of speed that NASCAR Thunder gave you, it seems there will only be 12-players allowed in an online race opposed to the 40 or so I kept hearing about, and the graphics didn't blow me away, not that it's important to me. I guess I was just expecting more. For it being the first NASCAR game on current gen consoles, you'd think EA would try a little harder.

And NASCAR may be boring to some people, but it's just another form of racing. It's basically going around in a semi-circle as fast as possible without losing control, with the occasional road courses thrown in. Of course, they make it more arcadey for the video games.

[ichimaru]

just when i was worried that xblm would run out of demos, lol

[Wolverick]

I'm picking up a copy of this for PS3 today. Can't wait to play me some next gen Nascar!

[SlyDark Star]

I don't know if this game will sell well I don't think the target audience can afford 360s and PS3s.

[FrostyMelon]

The #2 sport in america...but, guess the exact same could be said about fans of football...chasing a ball from one end of the lawn to the other.

[Somethnnew18]

The graphics are completely dated and look like crap.....The driving sucks.....The engine noises are less realistic than nascar 2005:chase for the cup for the GAMECUBE....Gamecube....yeah, beats the 360/PS3 versions....Graphics and sound wise.....UNACCEPTABLE!Anyone else agree?

[bumnut]

this game is terrible. it looks like a ps2 game.

ea trying to make another quick buck? i think so

[SDS Gamerfiend]

Demo sucks! Graphics are a sad, sad sight!

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Agreed the cars are fugly as heck. There is an oval map in forza 2 and it is bliss. It alone beats this game big time.

[M4RK1988]

when I get my console back.

People saying Nascar is boring obviously have not watched much of it. I'm in the UK where F1 is quite big. I do prefer F1 more but I watched the Daytona 500 a few months back and it was amazing, far more exciting than 99% of F1 races. I've watched some races since and theres always some close racing and when theres a crash its usually pretty big too.

[FCOLitsjustagame]

NASCAR looks and sounds nice on HDTV. If there is nothing else on I will watch it. The first one I really watched was a road race which I really enjoyed as there were left and right turns and the race was interesting with all that was going on. Then I watched a short track race which is basically guys going in a circle.

This weekend I watched the short track (though not as short as the first one I saw) memphis 150. So that one didnt even have pitting. The only thing that was really intereting in that one was the sadness you felt for some guys when their cars just gave out on them especially the guys at the end that ran out of gas.

Anyway, because of the above I tried the demo. I was not impressed. Graphics were not impressive, the sound was not impressive and the AI was lacking. I did like the mulitple views and how you could have the mirror and the diagnostic screens up in any of the views.

[level 360]

Only stupid need apply. Bring on GTR2 for XBox 360/PS3