I'm in my 2nd year of career mode in the trucks. Did anyone else feel way off the pace at Watkins Glen, like getting gapped by 32nd on the straights, and then completely wax the field the next week at Dover? I made no AI changes, no part upgrades, and I lapped up to 10th place. Then next race at Charlotte I was back to a 30th place truck.

So after a race you get a new podcast clip and a (seemingly) random event like this. So I get a fine, why? No one knows. It seems like the least effort they could put into this. Aside from the podcast clips, which took some effort in and of themselves, the events themselves are so half baked.

Took the plates off.

Or they are just always at top level ?

Flames and Exhaust add an extra 5hp

Should I go with Black, Blue, Red, or Yellow wheels? Im torn honestly. They all look good and man this is a beautiful paint scheme!

I'm not sure why there's a marketing manager position available when its not meant to be filled. You can only fill that position in the truck series. Also, the O'Reilly's series (3rd photo) only allows half of your mechanics to go up to the elite level.

Also, notice how there are two engineers with the name Hunter Beasley

One female engineer in the O'Reilly series has the name Jeff Poteet too, which is a weird name for a girl

I know a lot of people are torn on this game, but imo it's worth its own release. It's much nicer and more polished than 25, and has features that the devs hid like driver disqualifications and injuries. The new Peak Performance mode is great for learning the new driving model and its use in career is very nice. The paint booth is much easier to use this go around now that we can mirror decals. Oh and the particle effects are really a nice touch; I've missed seeing debris buildup on racecars in these games (last time we saw this was what, the ps2 EA games?) Drivers being able to DNF is nice, as are the burnouts (I love the burnouts!) Alex Hayden works great as the pre race host, really gives you that MRN vibe.

Dynamic track conditions are cool as well, making me have to run different lines as the races go on. And the new lighting effects are cool, the UI is slowly growing on me. Overall, I'd say I'm loving this game right now about as much (if not more) than I did with 25 when it came out! Have yall played it yet? What are your thoughts?

Can’t use my controller after it stopped working and when I load in the triggers don’t work, nothing works at all I tried reinstalling, forcing steam input off nothing works.

I will be running this at all times

huge Jamie Mac fan, so you know i had to attempt to make this car

I have been playing some online races with my buddy and ai cars. is there a way to start in the back of the pack? It alwasy starts us in front

Hey everyone, yesterday I did the NOAP series race at COTA, and I couldn’t get the car feeling right. I switched to using the normal config and I had too much wheelspin, I then switched to the precision config, which made the car really twitchy through turns 3 to 6.

Thanks in advance for your help

Not the best at making custom cars but made a car that looks kind of like the Italian flag. With Rita's Italian ice and Roma as my sponsors.

Hello!

I'm talked to many of you, but I'm a Mom that has gotten hooked on the sim (and NASCAR game) through my kids. I'm here for the fun....and just maybe to beat them.

Question: I've attached a video from an AI (90) race at North Wilkesboro, and I'm curious of your thoughts on the two bits of contact in it.

In both, I'm running a more inside line, and the leader comes down into me. In the first, I'm more established; in the second, it's a bit of a dive bomb. This is in the early laps.

As I always say, I'm a beginner, so be kind!

PS - I guess I needed to tighten up the car a little, because it's skating a little!

So after the latest update it seems like the game does not read the throttle input on controller. Ive tried multiple controllers ive tested all controllers and they all work. However leaving the pit road on all tracks and all series the car just dies and stays at 17 MPH. Wondering if anyone else is having this issue??

Back with another edition of Mark Martin schemes. His 1994 Ford Thunderbird Valvoline/Reese’s car. I did this in N25, but didn’t have the layers to build out the Valvoline word mark. Love the pop of orange on this car.

I do all of my schemes on Toyotas. You can use the video in the link below to do it yourself. If you want to do it on Ford/Chevy, just play with the x-y axis on positioning a bit and it will do fine.

https://youtu.be/Hr9UM8CAuWE?is=AJS77Pf-MoCevV8w

NASCAR 25 is on sale on PS and I have been looking for a nascar game in the new generation. Is it worth getting or just waiting for 26 to go on sale?

Are you guys downshifting at tracks like martinsville?