How is this game for a sim racer?

[Engicop]

How's the level of realism in this game? Steering wheel support+wheel rotation as designed, cockpit cam gameplay, physics, etc?
Also, can pitting be done manually?

[Marky Marc]

1. It's no where near Iracing.
2. Not sure.
3. I race Hood View, so can't say about Cockpit Cam. Though it looks weird to me, personally.
4. Once you enter the Pits, the AI controls the car.

[Chiken | F]

Its a real fu to reace. Not a sim but its fun. Do you have NR2003 ? This is more a Nascar sim with many mods and its looking quite good when you set it up right.

[Vlad Tepes]

I would say I was pleasantly surprised. I come from NR2003, and this game is definitely not pure sim.. However, it is much closer to it than I expected. The car really feels good from inside the cockpit. Control with my G27 feels pretty good, much better than N15 or H3.
Pitting still is "meh" compared to NR2003. I haven't yet tried pitting manually but I thought you could at least come in under green.
I think the physics are actually way better than I expected.
My complaints are .. AI too slow right now.. , not really sure how to see when the AI pitted.. yellows happen and you set options, then you're back to the race. In a way this is good because in NR2003 you always had to drive around and around under caution lol..
I think I'm going to keep this game, don't try to compare it to a sim, but just enjoy it for the feel and sound.

[Engicop]

Good, obviously I'm not expecting iRacing level of simulation but if it's "good enough" for an authentic experience I'll gladly play it! Thank you all.
My personal wish though is that in the next titles, Nascar Heat would progressively come closer to the realism of NR2003 when disabling all assists.

[kmanitou81]

Bad cockpit view, weird FFB, here's Billy Strange's thoughts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYBwWx02Ndk&lc=z22dg12apqmmt3van04t1aokg3txou0q2ii3450upxcxrk0h00410.1568397778886936

[Vlad Tepes]

I like the cockpit view. I've heard others have FFB issues (I have not, but it is not very strong).

The one thing about the steering that I would agree with is that my wheel is set for 900 deg, and that's what I set in the game, but while driving it seems to only turn about 270.

I don't have any vibration options perhaps they removed those.

[kmanitou81]

Originally posted by voltaj:

I like the cockpit view. I've heard others have FFB issues (I have not, but it is not very strong).

The one thing about the steering that I would agree with is that my wheel is set for 900 deg, and that's what I set in the game, but while driving it seems to only turn about 270.

I don't have any vibration options perhaps they removed those.

I saw some stream where the wheel seemed fine, so I'll be trying it to see what's going on.

[PrismKC]

Is there a vertical or horizontal FOV slider?

[kmanitou81]

Originally posted by Torqsin:

Is there a vertical or horizontal FOV slider?

Nein, my dude. That's too advanced for them.

[slider916]

Got to remember it's not supposed to be iRacing.
This is more or less geared towards casual racers and/or fans.
I just love the fact that ping ponging is gone and you can set a lot more options to race the way you want to.

[Forcedchaos]

Seeing as how iRacing AI cars were supposed to be in last December and they're still not I'm looking for my Nascar fix until then. Hoping this will do for now.

[kmanitou81]

It's cute to see all the defensive fanboys.

[PrismKC]

Originally posted by kmanitou81:

Bad cockpit view, weird FFB, here's Billy Strange's thoughts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYBwWx02Ndk&lc=z22dg12apqmmt3van04t1aokg3txou0q2ii3450upxcxrk0h00410.1568397778886936

Very great post, exactly what I was looking for

[Elvis2]

I like it. It's new and improved. It's not a sim. It's a fun Nascar racing game. Way better than EA when they bought every major franchise sport license in 2002 and sunk Papyrus/Sierra. Is it iRacing? Not close. NR2k3? Nope (thanks to the efforts of that community to continually provide updates to a 16yr. sim). I used to race Nascar Racing 2 in windoz 95 online " Hawaii" on dial up and every Papy Nascar sim until the end. You Nascar "wanna be's", this isn't for you.

I still have the original Heat on an old XP box I fire up now and then. Imo, I thought it was better than Nascar Racing 3 (Not to be confused with Nascar Racing 2003 Season) at the time. I bought Heat Evolution, Heat 2, Heat 3, and now 4. I'll continue to support this series with my dollars. Btw, you ffb guys. Sounds like a pita. I'm still rockin my TSW2 since '98 (with some upgrades along the way) but thats a whole seperate debate. Peace

[kmanitou81]

Originally posted by Elvis2:

I like it. It's new and improved. It's not a sim. It's a fun Nascar racing game. Way better than EA when they bought every major franchise sport license in 2002 and sunk Papyrus/Sierra. Is it iRacing? Not close. NR2k3? Nope (thanks to the efforts of that community to continually provide updates to a 16yr. sim). I used to race Nascar Racing 2 in windoz 95 online " Hawaii" on dial up and every Papy Nascar sim until the end. You Nascar "wanna be's", this isn't for you.

I still have the original Heat on an old XP box I fire up now and then. Imo, I thought it was better than Nascar Racing 3 (Not to be confused with Nascar Racing 2003 Season) at the time. I bought Heat Evolution, Heat 2, Heat 3, and now 4. I'll continue to support this series with my dollars. Btw, you ffb guys. Sounds like a pita. I'm still rockin my TSW2 since '98 (with some upgrades along the way) but thats a whole seperate debate. Peace

This gibberish = good enough for my low standards?