EA SPORTS NASCAR Racing
Encyclopedia
EA Sports NASCAR Team Racing is an arcade
racing game
manufactured by Global VR
of San Jose, California
.
The game is based on the EA Sports NASCAR Franchise. The game was released on 8-3-07 at the AAMA Gala. Up to four racers (10 with the version 1.1 update) race against each other and the CPU in one of the major NASCAR tracks (i.e. Daytona, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, etc.) Damage is visible but does not affect performance (until you crash.) However, at the end of each race the racer receives a halo if they did not try to ram other racers and a pair of red horns if they did. The cabinet for the game supports motion feedback (but makes turning harder.)
This game is available in 3 cabinet versions a standard-32" LCD, deluxe-42" LCD, and motion platform-57" LCD cabinets.
has made version 1.1 of the NASCAR Racing Software available. This update allows up to 10 cabinets to be linked together as opposed to four with the 1.0 version of the software. This feature makes the game more like the Daytona USA arcade game.
In early 2009 the version 1.5 Track and Team update was launched. Changes include Addition of Atlanta Motor Speedway
and Watkins Glen International
, updated teams and drivers and car sponsors as well as Nascars new "Car of Tomorrow
".
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
racing game
Racing game
A racing video game is a genre of video games, either in the first-person or third-person perspective, in which the player partakes in a racing competition with any type of land, air, or sea vehicles. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to entirely fantastical settings...
manufactured by Global VR
Global VR
- History :The company was originally founded in 1998 starting in a garage with just four employees. On July 11, 2003 the company moved into its current facility. As of the move the company employed about 100 employees...
of San Jose, California
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
.
The game is based on the EA Sports NASCAR Franchise. The game was released on 8-3-07 at the AAMA Gala. Up to four racers (10 with the version 1.1 update) race against each other and the CPU in one of the major NASCAR tracks (i.e. Daytona, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, etc.) Damage is visible but does not affect performance (until you crash.) However, at the end of each race the racer receives a halo if they did not try to ram other racers and a pair of red horns if they did. The cabinet for the game supports motion feedback (but makes turning harder.)
This game is available in 3 cabinet versions a standard-32" LCD, deluxe-42" LCD, and motion platform-57" LCD cabinets.
Software updates
On October 26, 2007 Global VRGlobal VR
- History :The company was originally founded in 1998 starting in a garage with just four employees. On July 11, 2003 the company moved into its current facility. As of the move the company employed about 100 employees...
has made version 1.1 of the NASCAR Racing Software available. This update allows up to 10 cabinets to be linked together as opposed to four with the 1.0 version of the software. This feature makes the game more like the Daytona USA arcade game.
In early 2009 the version 1.5 Track and Team update was launched. Changes include Addition of Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway
Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track just outside Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta. It is a quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000. It opened in 1960 as a standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track...
and Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation...
, updated teams and drivers and car sponsors as well as Nascars new "Car of Tomorrow
Car of Tomorrow
The Car of Tomorrow, sometimes called CoT or "Car of Today", is the car style for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Larger and boxier than the design it replaced, the Car of Tomorrow is safer, costs less to maintain, and was intended to make for closer competition.The car was introduced in the 2007 Cup...
".