Anyone became a NASCAR fan after playing GT5?

[maciej908]

I always thought that NASCAR are really boring and uninteresting but after playing GT5 I proudly became a NASCAR FAN... lol

Anyone else became a fan of other categories like LeMans, SUPER GT, NASCAR or WRC?

 

[freight48]

I can't stand NASCAR. I am a fan of F1, WRC, ALMS, LMS and numerous other series, but not NASCAR.

 

[kuyaglen]

Not a fan per say, but I can now appreciate it for what it is (driving faster than the next guy) without the elitist attitude.

 

[viper-69]

I am same for DTM

 

[Wedge598]

I always thought that NASCAR are really boring and uninteresting but after playing GT5 I proudly became a NASCAR FAN... lol

Anyone else became a fan of other categories like LeMans, SUPER GT, NASCAR or WRC?

I'm a fan of all racing but started as a NASCAR fan.

You should know however that the NASCAR racing depicted in GT5 is very unrealistic. I ran a NASCAR sim league for 6 years on the Papyrus game platforms on the PC. The physics in those sims are much more realistic. GT5 does a decent job of making the car feel heavy but the drafting is highly exagerated. In real life the cars at Daytona only reach about 198 MPH in a draft with the restrictor plates. In GT5 you can get up to 230 with a good bump. It's also a lot harder to wreck in GT5. At Indy the GT5 cars stick way too easily in the turns. You need to slow down a lot more in reality.

Despite all that, the overall experience of racing door to door is depicted well enough to convey the thrill of the sport. And I'm glad it's made you a fan!

 

[brambos]

To the contrary... I really hate it even more now. Blech.... Yuck... totally undrivable cars on any track but an oval.

 

[JeffKill]

While I did enjoy playing the NASCAR events in the game, I still hate it.

 

[BoneSawTX]

no, NASCAR in GT5 is no where near as fun as the old NASCAR Thunder games.

 

[maciej908]

I'm a fan of all racing but started as a NASCAR fan.

You should know however that the NASCAR racing depicted in GT5 is very unrealistic. I ran a NASCAR sim league for 6 years on the Papyrus game platforms on the PC. The physics in those sims are much more realistic. GT5 does a decent job of making the car feel heavy but the drafting is highly exagerated. In real life the cars at Daytona only reach about 198 MPH in a draft with the restrictor plates. In GT5 you can get up to 230 with a good bump. It's also a lot harder to wreck in GT5. At Indy the GT5 cars stick way too easily in the turns. You need to slow down a lot more in reality.

Despite all that, the overall experience of racing door to door is depicted well enough to convey the thrill of the sport. And I'm glad it's made you a fan!

I know what you mean, watched the testing yesterday and only by drafting in pairs got around 195mph average, whereas single runs got around 186mph average...

PD got the speed wrong though 200mph should really be the limit...

 

[SirAlanClive]

Not a 'watching it on the TV' fan, but the game has certainly enlightened me and I now repect it a lot more. I knew that Montoya etc must have had good reason to go there from F1, but I was damned if I could see why.

Racing at speeds the cars cannot individually achieve is far out, but 200 laps? Got to be bored.

Infact, this is what they had to say in 2007:

(from this article)

Villeneuve is back in North America in what is becoming the mid-career lark of motorsports, the equivalent of leaving the accounting firm to go open that micro brewery. That would be NASCAR.

"It's a new challenge, something fun," he (Villeneuve) said in a phone interview. "Everyone here is so open and warm, and it's always better racing when you have a roof over your head."

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"I think I opened the door for a lot more people," Montoya said. "Myself being competitive, I think people are saying 'Man, this is the sport to be in' and I think in a way it's good for NASCAR because it's going to become the sport to be in and I think it is. I think I was smart enough to come here early enough."

 

[BobaFett]

I am from Germany and i never watched any NASCAR at all, because its never broadcasted in the TV etc. But i like the NASCAR races in GT5 because they are very intense and close and i wanna see a real nascar race in tv but i guess i gotta look out for streams

 

[VoXEx]

I still passionately dislike NASCAR, but I do have a deeper appreciation for the skill required. That being said, GT5 has also confirmed my belief that oval track racing is inferior in every way to road course racing.💡

 

[E90SLAM]

I never like NASCAR, GT5 got has got me some respect to the sport. But personally I hate it even more.

Also cement my belief that NASCAR racing on ovals are boring.

 

[maciej908]

I started watching the race recaps and yesterday stumbled on the winter testing free streaming live on NASCAR.com...

I know more about the rules and stuff... it's different than F1 but it's racing like no other...

Best thing about the cars though - the sound... I've got a surround system in my room... and when the Ford Fusion NASCAR is started OMG... I can listen to it all day...

 

[kancrman1975]

hahaha, it's not my fave in-game --- but I see don't have the skillz or patience for it

 

[markarm919]

NASCAR is what it is. I've always liked it, because its so much more than the race. The culture, the fans, the commercialism, its all pretty interesting when you stop to take it all in. The history/roots in which it came from also lend to a interesting story.

I'll grant that driving in a circle isn't that exhilarating, but it is highly technical. You have to appreciate it, but not everybody will like it.

Shame on the 3rd post who didn't give a nod to the late, great Dale Earnhardt Sr.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Nascar is pretty much the only online races that I do ,as for real nascar I like it but prefer rally/touring cars/f1 etc... but with nascar I can only watch what I find on youtube which isn't great but better than nothing.

 

[Stinkykid]

GT5 has failed to recreate fully the stultifying dullness of NASCAR. What actually happens in NASCAR is that they drive for 200 laps in an oval and then pit 5 laps from the end and finish the race in a random order. I'm afraid I just don't get NASCAR. No doubt it's a great event to attend and soak up the atmosphere, but as a motorsport competition I don't see any appeal. Sorry if I'm offending anyone; I know many, many people live for NASCAR and I'd like to hear what it is that draws them to it.

I've always been a fan of F1 but in recent years I've attended the Le Mans 24hr race a few times and that is a hell of an event. Last year, for example, who would have imagined after the Peugeots built an early lap lead that Audi would finish 1-2-3? They say it's a 24hr race not a 23hr race, and that's true - something can happen to change the game at any time. They're also incredible cars - you wouldn't know from the soundtrack in GT5 but the almost silent whoosh sound that the diesel Peugeots and Audis make is quite eerie, and the rate at which they blow past racing GT2 Ferraris gives you a real sense of the power they have. Endurance racing is top of my list now and it's great that GT5 has the La Sarthe track and so many great LM cars (wouldn't mind a 1970 Porsche 917 though).

In a way, Le Mans has converted me to Gran Turismo (rather than the other way round).

 

[Codename 47]

Sorry if I'm offending anyone; I know many, many people live for NASCAR and I'd like to hear what it is that draws them to it.

Nope you're not offending anyone, only making clear your lack of knowledge on the sport.

 

[maciej908]

I think every form of motorsport has something special... i think it's good to know about different forms of racing...

 

[timf08]

Yeah the first thing I noticed was that the NASCAR cars hit about 220 mph in the draft...way too fast. They barely get over 205 through drafting in true life. I think they should make a fix for this. I know the game is new to NASCAR and it's not really intended for NASCAR but at least get the speed right.

 

[viper-69]

Nope you're not offending anyone, only making clear your lack of knowledge on the sport.

He did state his OPINION and did ask for someone who does enjoy the sport what it is they like about it...something it seems ur knowledge may not have understood

 

[variable_chaos]

It neither helped nor hindered my general indifference to the series.

 

[kancrman1975]

hahaha, it's not my fave in-game --- but I see don't have the skillz or patience for it

& yet I know I have time enough to master it ...

 

[chances14]

I started watching the race recaps and yesterday stumbled on the winter testing free streaming live on NASCAR.com...

I know more about the rules and stuff... it's different than F1 but it's racing like no other...

Best thing about the cars though - the sound... I've got a surround system in my room... and when the Ford Fusion NASCAR is started OMG... I can listen to it all day...

This:tup:

They may not have gotten the physics of nascar totally right, but they nailed the sounds

 

[ianblake]

no ... i hated more

 

[Ritterkreuz]

I've always been a NASCAR fan, it was the first series I ever got into. From there my interests grew to include F1, IRL and sports cars. DTM seems cool, but those races are never broadcast live here in the US.

 

[DMoss84]

GT5 portraits NASCAR as a 200+mph motorsport. This is not the case anymore, as with the restrictor plates they are limited to roughly 190mph. I've seen faster street cars, by far, and owned a Grand Prix that would be capable of that speed. The 'sport' is boring to the informed viewer enthusiast with no misconceptions, unless he/she digs team-strategy over situational driver ability, or likes to see a good wreck (everyone - $$$). Indy/F1 series is real racing in my opinion (Boo on Danica for rolling over to the bucks offered by the lower end NASCAR league), and there's more 'skill' involved with lapping Laguna Seca in a 120hp Miata.

 

[professorkaos]

im really not into nascar at all. although my whole family is so i kinda catch on. i was surprised i knew most of the drivers and what cars they drive in this game without ever watching a race in real life.

 

[Parnelli Bone]

I'll never be a fan of modern NASCAR. For years I've hated the fact that nowadays, these "stock" cars aren't even based on their stock counterparts. 👎 When you see a Ford Fusion or a Toyota Camry in NASCAR, they have nothing to do with the Fusion or Camry you see on the street. Neither is front-wheel drive, for instance. The Camry and Fusion are also not sold with a V8 anything. I'm not suggesting that NASCAR should switch to front-wheel drive and V6 engines, I'm just trying to illuminate what NASCAR used to be. GT racing cars are often based on their real-life counterparts, for instance. There's something awesome about this.

In the old days, if a Ford Torino or a Plymouth Superbird was on the tracks, they actually were based on their street versions. They actually would have a 426 Hemi under the hood, or whatever. There was something exciting watching these cars in the race, on Sunday, knowing you could actually buy something that that race car was based on on Monday. "Watch on Sunday, buy on Monday" was the phrase.

Nowadays, they're all really one brand of car: GeneriCar. Like Jeff Gordon says, they all weigh the same, and they all have the same size engine. It must have been aweseome to watch NASCAR back in the days when it was a true horsepower war as well.

I love watching old NASCAR races, watching Richard Petty and Cale Yarborough duke it out, driving cars that looked as they were bouncing all over the track. I'm not saying modern NASCAR autos don't take any skill to drive, and I get the reason why GeneriCars are used nowadays...they're safer, for one. But I wish the sport would go somewhat back towards its roots.


That being said, I DO love driving these GeneriCars around the oval in GT5. It does take some skill...a different kind of skill than circuit/GT racing. But I'll never be a "fan" of NASCAR.