Dale Earnhardt Tribute in GT7

[RedlineRacer]

In GT6 we had the Ayrton Senna tribute, it brought us a few new tracks and some of the cars he raced. It also educated gamers about Ayrton and his life. I believe that in GT7, there should be a Dlae Earnhardt tribute, much like the Senna one in GT6. If PD can get all the liscensing, maybe a few more NASCAR circuits can be added, along with a few of Dale's cars. As a big NASCAR fan, I feel that not enough people are educated about Dale and his contribution to the Motorsport.

On a side note, while PD tries to get licensing for the #3, maybe we could get the current #3 driven by Austin Dillon in the game too.

 

[Harsk100]

This will be a good feature for Nascar fans and for who has supported Dale Earnhardt Sr. He was an Nascar driver and he has died in a crash in 2001.

 

[LJ12]

Dale sr. is my favorite NASCAR driver, and he is a legend in motorsports.
This is a feature GT6 needs to have.

 

[Harsk100]

Dale sr. is my favorite NASCAR driver, and he is a legend in motorsports.
This is a feature GT6 needs to have.

Exactly...

 

[RedlineRacer]

Dale and Ayrton were both great drivers for their respective series, so why does one have the publicity over the other?

 

[BKGlover]

Because one raced cars most of the world has deemed, and some still do, as primitive and barbaric, and while yes he won many championships, he ran almost exclusively in a single nation, one that in and of itself considers the sport a waste of time and money. The other raced in some of the most advanced racers on the planet, at very different circuits around said planet, and was one of the faces of the many series he was involved in, the biggest being the undisputed pinnacle of motorsport be it as a driver or an organization.

Be glad NASCAR was given any attention, and be grateful the Aussie V8's weren't chosen instead.

 

[SteveEnforcer]

I love this idea Dale Earnhardt SR had a similar impact to Nascar to what Ayrton Senna had in F1

 

[Tornado]

I love this idea Dale Earnhardt SR had a similar impact to Nascar to what Ayrton Senna had in F1

There really shouldn't be any doubt of that. The main problem is concerning why anyone outside of the continuously shrinking American NASCAR audience should care.

 

[SCER]

I think people need to acknowledge the fact that NASCAR doesn't have mainstream global appeal, unlike F1. I'm from the UK and, although I'm a pretty serious car/motorsport enthusiast, I'd never heard the name Earnhardt before GT5.

 

[RacingAF]

Because one raced cars most of the world has deemed, and some still do, as primitive and barbaric, and while yes he won many championships, he ran almost exclusively in a single nation, one that in and of itself considers the sport a waste of time and money. The other raced in some of the most advanced racers on the planet, at very different circuits around said planet, and was one of the faces of the many series he was involved in, the biggest being the undisputed pinnacle of motorsport be it as a driver or an organization.

Be glad NASCAR was given any attention, and be grateful the Aussie V8's weren't chosen instead.

Whatever, I won't be as disrespectful as you were in this statement, I'll just say anyone who would call Nascar primitive knows nothing about it... Yes F1 is much faster and more dangerous. The F1 drivers are very skilled and Senna was unbelievable. However money rules the day in F1 and the cars are no where near equal ... Stockcar racing is a totally different animal and requires just as much skill to be successful... No racing isn't the biggest sport in America simply because of the wide variety of sports available...Europeans have soccer and racing... But I will say this : If they ever make elitest popus attitudes a sport the Europeans would rule...

 

[RacingAF]

I think people need to acknowledge the fact that NASCAR doesn't have mainstream global appeal, unlike F1. I'm from the UK and, although I'm a pretty serious car/motorsport enthusiast, I'd never heard the name Earnhardt before GT5.

Lol...Well you couldn't find many Americans that could name one F1 driver...

 

[SCER]

But I will say this : If they ever make elitest popus attitudes a sport the Europeans would rule...

Lol...Well you couldn't find many Americans that could name one F1 driver...

That doesn't really matter, F1 is followed by dozens of countries across the globe, NASCAR isn't, thus one has mainstream global appeal and the other doesn't

 

[RacingAF]

That doesn't really matter, F1 is followed by dozens of countries across the globe, NASCAR isn't, thus one has mainstream global appeal and the other doesn't

And yet the Daytona 500 is the biggest event in racing bar none...Moreover put every one of those countries you speak of together and you still wouldn't cover half the U.S...

 

[Tornado]

 

[SCER]

And yet the Daytona 500 is the biggest event in racing bar none...Moreover put every one of those countries you speak of together and you still wouldn't cover half the U.S...

If you're trying to claim that NASCAR is just as significant as F1 due to the geographical area of the country that follows it there's not really much point in going on, not to mention the fact that that's one of the most stupid claims I've ever read. You have a pro-US anti-Europe agenda and it's making you look quite silly.

 

[RacingAF]

If you're trying to claim that NASCAR is just as significant as F1 due to the geographical area of the country that follows it there's not really much point in going on, not to mention the fact that that's one of the most stupid claims I've ever read. You have a pro-US anti-Europe agenda and it's making you look quite silly.

Umm... No I highly respect F1 and Indy...If you'll read back you'll see it was you that made the first disrespected comments... I loved Senna and I was a big Rick Mears fan in Indy... It is the europeans who look down on stockcar racing for some reason... And yes most Americans see F1 and Indy as supped up go karts...You never heard of Earnhardt?? You've missed out on some great racing dude...

 

[SCER]

Umm... No I highly respect F1 and Indy...If you'll read back you'll see it was you that made the first disrespected comments... I loved Senna and I was a big Rick Mears fan in Indy... It is the europeans who look down on stockcar racing for some reason... And yes most Americans see F1 and Indy as supped up go karts...You never heard of Earnhardt?? You've missed out on some great racing dude...

Saying that NASCAR doesn't have global appeal isn't 'disrespecting' it, it's a statement of fact.

 

[RacingAF]

Saying that NASCAR doesn't have global appeal isn't 'disrespecting' it, it's a statement of fact.

It's the other way around man... Like it or not America is the big stage on this planet (for now anyway) Nascar could care less about going over in European countries... I think it's a shame noboby over here knows who Senna is or that across the pond they don't know Earnhardt... In most of these global countries you're talking about you could put up a taco stand and get 100,000 people to turn out...Here in the states it's not that easy you gotta have a product that can compete with other sports..Nascar can do that on this stage..

 

[SCER]

Like it or not America is the big stage on this planet (for now anyway) Nascar could care less about going over in European countries...

...In most of these global countries you're talking about you could put up a taco stand and get 100,000 people to turn out...Here in the states it's not that easy you gotta have a product that can compete with other sports..

No longer interested in continuing the discussion.

 

[Northstar]

Personally, going by how they've done stock car racing so far and the Ayrton tribute, I'd rather they didn't do any more tributes to anything.

 

[RacingAF]

No longer interested in continuing the discussion.

Lol.. I'd say not...

 

[Tornado]

Umm... No I highly respect F1 and Indy...If you'll read back you'll see it was you that made the first disrespected comments...

Don't lump me in with a reply with someone else if you're not actually responding to what I said. I was talking about your claim of the popularity of the Daytona 500 compared to other racing events.

 

[R5]

Dale and Ayrton were both great drivers for their respective series, so why does one have the publicity over the other?

Ayrton inspired Kazunori hugely, Ayrton inspired millions hugely but, Kaz swung his tribute in GT6. Not saying Dale didn't inspire anyone, but at the point where Kazunori claims to have thought about Senna 90% of the time in an interview to evo (figure may vary) it's a shoe in.

 

[RacingAF]

Don't lump me in with a reply with someone else if you're not actually responding to what I said. I was talking about your claim of the popularity of the Daytona 500 compared to other racing events.

Ok man name a bigger event in racing...

 

[R5]

Ok man name a bigger event in racing...

That all depends on how you define "big"

Viewers? Teams? Drivers? All are valid.

 

[RacingAF]

That all depends on how you define "big"

Viewers? Teams? Drivers? All are valid.

Whatever man... Tired of this debate... I proved my point. I don't understand the stockcar haters out there but oh well... It's success speaks for itself ... True racing fans respect all types of autosport and know the history of them as well...It's always the ones who know nothing about a certain series that run their pie holes out of ignorance...

 

[R5]

Whatever man... Tired of this debate... I proved my point. I don't understand the stockcar haters out there but oh well... It's success speaks for itself ... True racing fans respect all types of autosport and know the history of them as well...It's always the ones who know nothing about a certain series that run their pie holes out of ignorance...

All I did was ask you to define how you would measure a series' success. I don't need some bull:censored: about needing to know everything about every racing series ever if i really enjoy motorsport.

 

[RacingAF]

All I did was ask you to define how you would measure a series' success. I don't need some bull:censored: about needing to know everything about every racing series ever if i really enjoy motorsport.

Sorry dude but it's a stupid question... It doesn't matter how I measure success.. The success for Nascar is overwhelming...Multi Million dollar sport but oh its viewed as (how was it put?) Primitive and barbaric by other parts of the world... Lol... Ok I'm sure they'll take that under advisement and change everything to appease the European fan base... Really?

 

[R5]

It doesn't matter how I measure success.

Yes it does.

The success for Nascar is overwhelming...Multi Million dollar sport

Hardly overwhelming. But whatever.

oh its viewed as (how was it put?) Primitive and barbaric by other parts of the world

The same as...

And yes most Americans see F1 and Indy as supped up go karts...

So... yeah.

Ok I'm sure they'll take that under advisement and change everything to appease the European fan base... Really?

Now i'm lost. Appease the EU fan base? What?

Anyway, this is off topic. Feel free to drop a PM my way for further discussions. I will not reply to any post in this thread 👍

 

[Tornado]

Ok man name a bigger event in racing...

Nope. That's not a source. That's you backpedaling. Don't make the claim if the best you can do to support it is a wide-eyed "everyone arguing against me is a NASCAR hater" line of strawman crap in response to people asking nothing more than for you to actually defend your claim.

It doesn't matter how I measure success..

Yes it does. You were the one who claimed "the Daytona 500 is the biggest event in racing bar none". I didn't even say that was wrong. Legacymachine didn't say that was wrong. I've got a couple in mind that (if I was to guess) might blow the 500 out of the water for television ratings, but if you refuse to even elaborate about what you meant by "biggest" then it's not worth the time to actually look up the numbers.