NASCAR 08
North American PS2 cover art featuring Tony Stewart
Developer(s)EA Tiburon
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesEA Sports NASCAR
EngineEAGL 4
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Release
  • NA: July 23, 2007
  • EU: July 26, 2007
  • AU: November 15, 2007
Genre(s)Racing, Sports, Simulation
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

NASCAR 08 is the eleventh installment of the EA Sports NASCAR series. It was developed by EA Tiburon and released for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. This was the earliest that EA has released a NASCAR game at the time, until NASCAR 09, which featured a June release. It also marks the first time the original Xbox has been excluded from the NASCAR lineup since NASCAR 2001.

Tony Stewart is on the cover marking his third appearance on the cover of an EA Sports NASCAR game. The cover in the PAL region features Juan Pablo Montoya (as Montoya returns to EA Sports cover athlete since F1 Career Challenge). NASCAR's new Car of Tomorrow as well as the current car are present in the game, although the Car of Tomorrow is generic (no separate manufacturers). ESPN's NASCAR coverage is also integrated into the game.

Reception

Critical reception of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version of the game has been mixed. Play magazine gave the game 38%.[12] GameSpot gave the Xbox 360 version a 6.0 rating[13] and a 6.0 for the PlayStation 3 version.[14] The closing comments of the IGN's Xbox 360 review:

NASCAR 08 is bare-bones, unpolished and uninspired. When you don't even have any sort of ending wrap-up screen for the Season mode, you know you're in trouble. Hardcore NASCAR fans will no-doubt rally behind the title and say that the reviews are wrong and that we just don't understand the sport, but there's very little to the package.[15]

Critical reception of the PlayStation 2 version was better when compared to the previous years NASCAR 07, but was still mixed. The closing comments of the Strategy Informer review:

Overall NASCAR 08 is a solid game, but not one that has received a lot of love and attention since last year. The changes that have been made are an attempt to widen the appeal to a less hard-core audience. The problem with this is that the majority of the fans of the series are those very hard-core gamers that they are ignoring. The end result is a game that has little to offer you if you have the previous edition. This game best serves those of us who are either new to the series or are hardened fans of NASCAR proper. Maybe a game to pick up once the price falls in a month or two.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "NASCAR 08 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  2. ↑ "NASCAR 08 for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ "NASCAR 08 for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  4. ↑ "NASCAR 08 Review". GameRevolution. 14 August 2007. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Thomas, Aaron (1 August 2007). "NASCAR 08 Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Thomas, Aaron (2 August 2007). "NASCAR 08 Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  7. ↑ Steinberg, Steve (17 August 2007). "NASCAR 08". GameSpy. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  8. ↑ Kim, Alan (3 August 2007). "NASCAR 08 review". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  9. ↑ jkdmedia, GameZone (4 May 2012). "NASCAR 08 - PS3 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  10. ↑ Roper, Chris (26 July 2007). "NASCAR 08 Review". IGN. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  11. ↑ Bishop, Sam (5 October 2007). "NASCAR 08 Review". IGN. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  12. ↑ Play magazine review, issue 157, Imagine Publishing
  13. ↑ NASCAR 08 Xbox 360 at GameSpot
  14. ↑ NASCAR 08 PlayStation 3 at GameSpot
  15. ↑ "IGN.com NASCAR 08 Xbox 360 Review". 27 July 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
  16. ↑ "Strategy Informer NASCAR 08 PlayStation 2 Review". Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
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