NASCAR 08 IS AWESOME...ON THE PS2

[@ikezaring1773]

The reason for no manufacturers on Trucks and Car of Tomorrow, was EA only had license for the Charger, Camry, Monte Carlo, and Fusion. Chevy used the Impala and Dodge used Avenger for COT, so they didn’t have license for those models, as well as the truck models Ram, Silverado, F-150, and Tundra. It’s kind of a dumb overlook on their part not to get all those licenses from the manufacturers.

[@thetechfromheaven]

They were cheap and lazy. Maximize the profit for every game just recycling stuff.

[@thegamingnerd7353]

Yea

[@jackmiller-johnston8689]

They went one further in 2009. They had no vehicle licences, at all

[@flynnzone70]

Fun fact about NASCAR 08, it was developed by Exient Entertainment, a company usually hired by EA for last-gen titles and porting games to portable consoles. Which is a massive explanation to why the game is as funky as it is compared to the other Tiburon developed PS2 NASCAR games

[@3km143]

Keep in mind Nascar 08 and 09 on the PS2 are actually just reeskins of Nascar 07, but 09 is just straight up the same as 08, they barely reskinned stuff there

[@splash4567]

​@@3km143 Except they took out alot of great features from 07. Making 08 much less fun to play compared to its predecessors.

[@aquagon]

exient never really had any experience developing games outside of porting them which obviously accounts for the different features and or recycling of assets that makes the game feel a lot like a handheld title, then a console one (or even an unfinished one imo)... their other major project need for speed: undercover for the wii/ps2 is an example of how a game that was just thrown together quickly for last gen.

[@aquagon]

@@splash4567 wouldn't doubt if they had access to 07's source code they could have retained team control, willing to guess they had a very limited time developing and just cut it

[@flynnzone70]

@aquagon If Exient managed to keep driver swaps for 08, then running the MWR cars would've been a funny time considering their 2007 shenanigans

[@DV_Graph1cs]

NASCAR 08 was actually the first NASCAR game I ever got. I got it on the PS2 and it's still my favorite NASCAR game to date.

[@down-airdave6371]

Gang

[@Destroyer-vf3rp]

I got this game along with a ps2 for christmas so it was my first ever ps2 game. I agree with you, still love it today

[@fortunate316]

He is not featured in the video games NASCAR 07, despite winning 4 races prior to its release, and finishing third in the NEXTEL Cup points in 2005. He was not offered a contract for the game by Electronic Arts, the makers of the NASCAR 07 game due to Edwards lending his name to a series of plug-and play video games made by Excalibur Electronics. Both the 8-bit and 16-bit version of Carl's racing game feature his signature backflip, shown whenever Carl's character wins a race. He has also endorsed a hand held LCD game, which is co-branded with NASCAR and is highlighted by red No. 99 Carl Edwards graphics. He is absent from the EA Sports NASCAR game , NASCAR 08, due to the same reason

[@donyelletaber6555]

BS

[@mr.stinger1084]

I vividly remember playing that. I also remember when I broke the wheel and had to throw it away

[@crazyjeffhardy]

@@donyelletaber6555 you can literally look it up lol

[@Festivus_Miracle]

@@donyelletaber6555 It's amazing how someone can give you the full *factual* details about something, yet there's always someone like you who dismiss it for seemingly no reason

[@donyelletaber6555]

@@Festivus_Miracle Dude Shhhhh.I Get It It Just Annoying Because He Was A Nascar Driver At The Time.

[@KFBchamp8]

Loving all the old game content man it’s really entertaining

[@MarkOliveras0215]

There was no Carl Edwards in NASCAR 07 and 08 because he lended his name and likeness to Plug-N-Play Games by Excalibur Electronics until that contract ended come 2008 which is why he came back in NASCAR 09. And no, there was no Dale Sr in this game as he was another feature from previous games that was stripped. Not to mention the stupidest thing EA implemented in this game (besides no more Swap Cars and lack of the drivers’ real life uniforms in Victory Lane and Garage Cutscenes) by having 2 cars with the same number in the game in Jon Wood and Ken Schrader in the #21, Greg Biffle gets benched in favor of the opposing #21 car unless you either play as any of his teammates or as the man himself.

[@legacyofthe243]

Something that wasn't noticed on that last race but can we talk about the fact that Gordon just crossed over Jr coming outta 2 on the last lap? He just straight up ripped out Jr's soul for the win 🤣🤣🤣

[@brandtstapleton9710]

Favorite game growing up. Couldn't belive how different it was on the ps3. Thank you for this video

[@diethersantos6404]

I remember having this on PS2 as a kid it was great the PS3 kinda lame

[@ugl10x12]

Im so excited that you played Nascar 08 I've been grinding the career mode like crazy im currently in season 2 of the Busch series

[@HighWideandHandsome]

Watching you play is really fun. Makes me want to get back into it, maybe. I played 08 on the PS2 for hours growing up.

[@jc1424]

he's being sarcastic I swear there are comical levels of disaster he has yet to discover in this game

[@no-yj2cf]

😂

[@kevinramsey417]

Better than '05 and '07? Are you crazy? I will say that making passing so difficult is a great way to make qualifying matter again.

[@esdrathelink720]

The game tries to simulate the difficulty of a real car, so you need to be skilled

[@jonathanjimenez495]

Instant Rewind was first introduced in NASCAR PSP as a prototype for replacing Team Control

[@TitanicRacing]

Same with mid race saves. That debuted on the PSP.

[@quentindiaz9418]

Instant rewind, man that saved me a ton of wins. And got me in tons of wrecks too 😂

[@H0LLOW_PRIV]

PLEASE DO A CAREER MODE ON THIS!!!

[@tracyhutton1705]

Carl Edwards had a contract with a different gaming company, and that was why he wasn't in the Nascar games for a couple of years until his contract ended.

[@thegamingnerd7353]

Carl Edwards is stupid anyway who would quite NASCAR

[@aaronkristofer18]

weird bc he was in total team control so he was like in one and then got stuck in that contract

[@racerx2580]

Just so idiotic.

[@devinaschenbrenner2683]

I spent years playing this almost daily, probably my favorite my Nascar game ever behind Nascar 94. The thing I miss most was the racing was hard. This was actually my last current Nascar game I ever got and when I bought HEAT last year with this game in mind I was very disappointed in how the racing felt, the damage the cars would get, car customization. How damage actually felt like it effected your handling and it was noticeable. Drivers didn't feel like AI just following a line, and that they were actually thinking. When you made rivals mad they would take cheep shots every chance they got plus also doing everything they could to hamper your drive to the front. I feel like this game from over a Decade ago is a better racing game than current Nascar games and thats sad

[@SweatedPear]

I wasnt sure if i just had nostolgia glasses on but I spent a good 4 hours playing nascar 08 ps2 earlier, and I totally agree. The racing feels so much more alive compared to heat 5.

[@dylanmullins5973]

During the 07 08 nascar games the reason that Carl Edwards was with a different game company and when the before the 09 game came out that's when they got licensing for Carl Edwards

[@VKED23]

I played this game a ton, being able to save mid race was an amazing feature.

[@marcludwick512]

My first Nascar game was the best one, Thunder 2004. The music and career mode are so good!

[@Youdoxxikill]

Is that the one with Dale Jr on the cover? Whatever that one was , on GameCube was my shit

[@marcludwick512]

@@Youdoxxikill 03 was the one with Jr. on the cover. I still have that one too. It was ok, but I think 04 is much better.

[@kyusssmith5498]

Even if it's a one-off season, a season of this game would be fun to watch.

[@wolfgamingnetwork3542]

Another disrespect Juans Roadcourse rating is a B

[@tmac_56]

@15:48 I agree with your stand-point but I can also understand the developers reason behind the mentioned decisions. It was a big challenge for developers to fit the games that were constantly growing in size onto CD-Roms and later onto DVD-Roms. While the XBOX360 had dual-layer DVD-Roms available, which fit beetween 6.8gb and 8.5gb, the PS3 had 53gb of storage available on blu-rays. The PS2 on the other hand only had ~4.4gb to work with. Fitting the full game including MP3 soundfiles, meshes, scripts, common code and .dds textures onto 4.38gigs would have been tough enough, whilst making the game run on the PS2s 32mb of ram and single core 36.8MHz processor. The more you load up the main storage medium, the harder a time the systems RAM will have. Other Titles of that time that also came out on the PS2 AND were also published by EA like NFS ProStreet ran GOD AWFUL on the PS2, which is why I'm all the more impressed with the smooth gameplay of Nascar 08. Conclusion: whilst delivering some step-down to the previous games Nascar 08 a great game and a technical marvel in it self running SO SMOOTH on the heavily outdated PS2.

[@DanTheCaptain]

I had NASCAR 06 TTC and loved that game! I played the shot out of it, not even really playing the career mode. Plus making custom liveries all the time was a lot of fun!

[@Dodger24]

This was my absolute favorite Nascar game, and even to this day I say it's the best Nascar game ever, although probably because I've never played 07. The physics in this game are way better than current gen games and the wrecks are way more accurate. I loved going to Daytona with cautions off and driving the wrong way to play chicken with the leader and try to destroy the whole field and send cars flying

[@synchroom7176]

iracing

[@justinturley7071]

Ricky Rudd got the 88 car after Dale Jarrett went to Micheal Waltrop Racing and took his UPS sponsorship with him and drove the 44 car.

[@jrmizzgaminglounge]

Played this game so much back in the day. You’re making me take it back out and go through it again.

[@isaiahsgamingchannel7170]

Fr I used to play it a lot

[@MetalDragon_CSY]

"I don't want to cheat!" *5 seconds later* "REWIND BUTTON!"

[@danielsdimension2003]

I still have this game and still play it. It's still pretty good and holds up to this day

[@DOAHITMAN]

little known fact which you can learn about by playing nascar the game 2011 is that as long as the number's font for each car is different and is a different team you can have the same number on the track at one time like with danica's 7 car and her teammate or whomever having a variant of the 7 so that 21 car on the track is legal

[@tekarukikamiya]

The NASCAR game of my childhood. Still have a lot of good memories playing this game.

[@thegamingnerd7353]

Tru my brother told me how to play NASCAR that's why I love NASCAR so much

[@jamesdunn553]

The one thing that I will never forget about NASCAR 08 is the soundtrack. It was one of the games that mostly formed my music tastes.

[@CORONITAMANGAMES]

I’m sad you didn’t destroy the field at Watkins Glen, that’s one of the most fun things to do

[@Harv3st]

NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup to me is still the best Nascar game of my childhood. Had so many more features. They even had cheat codes and secret cars/tracks. I remember doing either a challenge or cheat code to get Dover night race (which doesnt exist in real life). I played that game more than any other game ever.

[@gabrielforero9007]

one of my favorite games of all time along with nascar thunder 2003

[@RACECAR]

I remember playing the hell out of this game. As someone who was also in the same boat of not being able to afford a current gen console at the time (PS3 in my case), the PS2 version of this game was the only one I could get. Pretty much did a career mode and such. I remember utilizing the hell out of that mid-race save because I did ALOT of long races. Not quite sure why the Roush cars of Kenseth and Biffle had the most paint schemes (Something that remains the case for the PS3 and Xbox versions). This also happens in the National series as well (Though with multiple cars as you have Biffle for instance in one car, while Todd Kleuver in the other). Speaking of 2 of the same cars, this happens ALOT in the National Series. The licensing is funky for cars with multiple drivers.

[@victordelgadoiii9213]

I've always loved the game even to today as I replayed it recently. What I've noticed is that the AI will try to match the player's pace which may or may not cause flips at most road courses and a couple ovals. When given the right combo, it makes for a banger race.

[@bassmaster1255]

i played Nascar 08 alot when i had it for ps2. i still have it today along with my original ps2. that and dirt to Daytona were the only 2 racing games i played back then.

[@bond007osu]

I low key thought Reed Sorenson was going to be a good driver when he moved up to Cup. He was really good in the lower series. I dont know if he just lacked talent or got moved up too fast, but Ganassi equipment also went to crap right around that time. For sure, he was better than David Stremme, though. After Ganassi let him go, he never really got a decent ride again. Was in the Petty 43 for a short while, but they weren't much better than Ganassi. Shame

[@PixelizedSoda]

I think this would be a fun series

[@codyb6849]

These are the good ole glory best days of nascar consoles games

[@bentleepotts4175]

Toyota raceway is Nashville fairgrounds

[@MarSar-hs3cc]

@RealRadman thank you for taking a look at my Favorite NASCAR Game of all time. Also love the videos man

[@aaronleesgbclieutenant]

It really maddens me with this game because there were so many amazing paint schemes in 2007 that nascar dropped the ball on. Just two drivers. Dale Jr and Tony Stewart. Jr had the intimidator scheme, the Ralph scheme, the Elvis scheme, the Allstars game scheme. Tony had the Shrek 2 scheme, Madagascar scheme, power aid schemes, the home depot 25th anniversary scheme.

[@abzhuofficial]

"Maddens" haha - I see what you did there

[@The1OnlyGOAT]

Another cool features was end of the race you can see how many laps everyone lead and there was a graph that was pretty cool. Also car of tomorrow was used for short tracks in season and career. Only bad part of this game is Martinsville the AI make no attempt to make the conner they will flat out drive through you

[@Waddle_Dee_With_Internet]

Nascar 09 on PS2 was also even better than the PS3 as my first NASCAR game I've ever played

[@ryanoday4203]

I actually had the PS2 version of this game as a kid. Although I never really did anything advanced with the game, it's cool to see that this specific version has some merit to it :)

[@brianburke7677]

Definitely been enjoying these old game videos!

[@thegamingnerd7353]

Man u don't know how much I love Tony Stewart I play him all day

[@willsugleris1751]

The rewind button saved me a lot of times 😂

[@stop-motionbrothers]

You should race the Chicago street course in this game it’s pretty fun I don’t really remember how to unlock it but I know it has somthing to do with Walmart

[@rhandalbumbalough7403]

Technically Toyota's first entry in the NASCAR was the Toyota Celica in the Goody's dash series. What a cluster fuck the Goody's dash was

[@briandieujuste1085]

I want a nascar where we can play with all generations of cars

[@jdsmith1740]

There is one. It's called Nascar Racing 2003 season. The mods are so good you can literally drive any season of Nascar you desire. I absolutely love it.

[@tylerhergert5781]

Seeing Dodge and the Red Bull cars 😍😍😍

[@H0LLOW_PRIV]

THANK YOU!!! Finally, some praise for this goofy gem of a game, I still play it every day, it's super fun! Now you need to check out 09 for the PS2, oh boy that game was basically a worse version of 08

[@ClicheXeveryXday]

funny you did this video today i was just thinking about this game!!!

[@chrisseasandnascaremporioum]

If you like it so much, then do the earn your stripes which is basicly the career mode.

[@MzRayTimo3x]

My most memorable driver is Matt Kenseth, Been playing the old Nascar Heat, Nascar 2000, Nascar 2001, Nascar 2002 with his car.

[@Jaymbi_nofake]

Nascar 08 is the best on the ps2

[@connorclarke1218]

I remember this game specifically because Stewart was my favorite driver. The thing is NASCAR 08 on the ps2 was gold. I had an Xbox 360 but played on the ps2 instead.

[@thedudesgamingchannel8872]

Share draft is your friend when trying to move through the field.

[@FlamesEnjoyer]

Ive been collecting all the mascar games that i can from the ps2 era to xbox one. I just need thunder 02 and 03 2005 chase for the cup 09 on xbox 360 nascar 15 and heat evoloution through heat 3. Everything else i have

[@XD-42069]

Nascar 05 and 06 was always my favorite. Me, my cousin, and my uncle would play for hours racing against each other

[@christopherfischer6998]

I can’t believe this showed up on my feed. I remember playing this game so much back in the day

[@Vade4545]

Car of tomorrow was just a more dangerous version of late gen 6, change my mind

[@claytondurst4075]

This is easily my favorite NASCAR game.

[@fernandojuarez3035]

A good memory with this game is that me and some friends would play this game non stop

[@takomatt5904]

I rec doing a season mode if possible idk about career but a season mode can be cool with custom scheduling or however you feel like. Glad you had fun a shame the features are kinda light for it.

[@michaeljenkins746]

Career mode

[@Vade4545]

I swear saving fuel doesnt exist and i had major rubber banding in legend difficulty. I would run at 150 mph and still need to pit like crazy, and they stayed behind me .-.

[@334outdoors8]

If I remember correctly on ‘08 the bottom and apron are viable bc they didn’t code them correctly I would always put two tire on the yellow line and rip and cut a second a lap

[@xcvols]

Glad to see this game getting love! I played all the NASCAR games growing up and still do occasionally. I always have had affinity towards this game on ps2. I wasn’t sure if it was just because it came out when I was at the perfect age to understand how to drive better in these type of games. But, I always prefer NASCAR 08 ps2 to all the others in terms of the racing dynamics.

[@QbanMissile]

Nascar 08 brings back childhood memories

[@theoriginalshew]

Carl Edwards had his own licensed video game and EA obviously didn't want someone who had their own competing game to be in their game.

[@ChannelNotFound]

Someone teach this man about aspect ratio

[@94nolo]

I miss Gen 4 man

[@youtubeaccountlol4942]

As someone who grew up on NR3 (sierra) and EA2001, this looks nuts. All the team stuff and intimate features are strange to me but look interesting

[@nathandennis8078]

Nascar 08 for me was my first game. The og game of my generation

[@trenthyland7229]

07 and 08 were so damn enjoyable.

[@larsongame4120]

5:15 GOAT

[@e93sports80]

I got this game from a GameStop one time. It was fun for awhile.

[@Noemeansno]

Were the games different console to console? I played it on the 360 and from what I remember, the menus looked nothing like this

[@aaronpritchett8465]

PS2/Xbox versions were the same but PS3/Xbox 360 were different but same. The difference was in the generation of the console. PS2/xbox had wheelen modifieds while PS3/xbox360 didn't. PS3/Xbox 360 was a brand new game engine and played horribly. While PS2/Xbox was basically a modified/built port of 07 etc.

[@Tuma920]

I feel like I remember the steering being SUPER sensitive on the PS3. If you did anything other than the slightest touch, the car was undrivable. Vegas was the only track I ever ran.

[@melikiandrummer]

I played this a ton. It always bugged me that the CoT didn’t have the manufactures

[@RACECAR]

Forgot to mention that I managed to get Nascar 08 for the PS3 a few years ago from Ebay (Game looked like it barely was ever used) and holy crap, what a difference it was. Think I made a short video series of me going through the old games but I tried both with my Logitech G27 and while the Physics didn't feel that much different from 07 and 06 on the PS2 version, the PS3 version felt way different. Compared to what was in 09, the cars didn't feel so tight or understeery and, to me anyway, felt loose (Which, after figuring out the braking, made doing laps around Watkins Glen just that much more fun since I tend to like a car where I can use the rear to steer). If you happen to still have your 360, I'd say pick up that version of NASCAR 08. Think it'll be a really interesting experience for you.

[@thetechfromheaven]

Fun Fact: Instant rewind was already in the NASCAR PSP game that was based on 07.

[@TactShooter]

"They did Reed Sorenson dirty".... By the time this game released he had 5 TOP TENS

[@bregermann]

Watching you race was a blast

[@potatokaiyote]

My favorite nascar game was nascar racing 3 on the PC. The game came out in 99' but the graphics looked so clean even today.

[@chrisrize21]

NASCAR is the pee wee football of the motorsports world now

[@Ace__]

i played PS2 NASCAR 08 around when it came out until i got an xbox and NTG2011

[@petemalogne5219]

the consistency of 60fps games on the PS2 allowed for some of the best gameplay experiences of all time. This game def looks amazing! Wonder if the AI being so good is due to that PS2 "emotion engine".. processing power!

[@Mjdecker1234]

I owned pretty much every ps2 Nascar game up to 06. Those were the true gems of the series 06 and lower

[@Lukemasonmedia]

I nearly bought this when I was at a retro game store the other day , might have to get it

[@aldenationvideos2582]

This was the first nascar game I ever played. Without a doubt my favorite game of all time

[@alexlogsdon9519]

this was the version i grew up with

[@loganhambright2709]

Love these types of videos

[@StanleyKubick1]

the rewind button is the worst thing that happened to racing games

[@andrewmamarella905]

I remember renting this from my local blockbuster to play on PS2 😂

[@lckiller17]

NASCAR 08 For Me those cars are undrivable.

[@mustbe_nick9936]

How did you install this?

[@compressor_stall]

My second NASCAR game