NASCAR 21: Ignition - Circuit of the Americas (COTA) Gameplay!

[@HankJr.]

10:21 I think that damage carried over from when you hit the pace car goofing around in pit road.

[@mrdiamond365_]

@ATF I think it was from going over the rumble strips towards T1

[@joshandlena13]

Bumping bubba is what did it

[@joshandlena13]

13:00 is what did it

[@jacobdenomme1038]

that was my thinking

[@joeronaldsbricks5917]

@joshawott31 Bro that was after he saw the damage 13 minutes is after 10:21

[@donbender7239]

I had no idea that NASCAR makes all the teams use Slinky's as springs. lol

[@benwalter4842]

Hahaha😂🤣😂🤣👍🔥👊👌

[@jambi-0788]

Facts

[@EllaGP22]

The motto of NASCAR: Ignition - “Is that a feature or a bug??”

[@colebaker___]

Working the algorithms for those F1 views during COTA week. Big brain moves 😏

[@NASCARRebirth]

Smrt

[@jodem7]

Maybe it’s because my expectations were low, but I don’t mind. Is it sad I just want to finally race with the right drivers and numbers?? It’s been almost a year and a half since the last roster upgrade. It looks great at least.

[@bonvct]

Well nascar heat 5 is coming to switch with this seasons drivers and paint schemes....

[@legostopmotionguy13]

@@bonvct yeah but it's switch most it's fan base is on PC, Xbox and Playstation

[@bonvct]

@@legostopmotionguy13 yeah I hear that. But it will be nice to see the update 2021 paint schemes in NH5

[@masonb6967]

You are giving this game a lot more credit than it deserves.

[@NewscasterNews4]

Potential, potential, potential…..the same thing he said about Heat for the past five years. Won’t be surprised if we’re still talking about the “potential” of Motorsport Games to make a good product in 2026

[@Psychedeli_Jelli]

Agreed. No real way to test the physics of the game with the steering assist and lack of cusrom set ups. Let alone all the rest of the bare bones aspects.

[@jordancraig7092]

Because he’s a homer. He’s obsessed with thinking the game is actually decent. He’s a company suck.

[@krspy8849]

@@jordancraig7092 which explains why he trashed on heat 5 saying it was a copy of heat 4 after his initial review makes sense.

[@dannicolmatthew]

@@jordancraig7092 He has criticized this game and the previous ones heavily, obviously you don't look at his Twitter

[@kingtrent9993]

Me: excited for nascar 21. Also me: sees all the bugs Me: so it needs some work

[@sms-ux5kl]

If the past 5 years haven’t taught you anything, NEVER be excited for nascar games. You are just asking to be disappointed when the game comes out

[@MOMAZOSPATO]

@@sms-ux5kl more like the past 10 years

[@dennisbowen452]

@@sms-ux5kl heat 4 was underrated.

[@sms-ux5kl]

@@dennisbowen452 heat 4 was easily the best heat but it still cannot compare to the thunder games or nr2003

[@dennisbowen452]

@@sms-ux5kl agreed

[@Thrashifice]

The water temp going down when you speed up makes sense. Faster air is cooling. However, it shouldn't spew out at that temp.

[@austinnoble3252]

So thankfully I didn’t preorder is the feeling I’m getting here.

[@Chirp_Fest]

I gotta hand it to them….over all these years and bad games, they some how real us in for another absolute meme of a game. Good on them

[@Thegreatdeer53]

Yay double 21 upload, also IF THE DEVS SEE THIS FIX THE BUGS

[@loganengland8177]

I think it would be cool if there was an option to race in the rain for the road course races.

[@NASCARRebirth]

Who knows? Maybe there is in the final release!

[@JackalRacingNetwork]

The curb wasn't making noises on the right side tires, but it was on the left side tires.

[@unicornvenom2353]

The game isn’t terrible, still better than Heat Evolution. It definitely looks better and the graphics are great, but the jagged-ness of the movement of the camera and even the car it’s self doesn’t assist it. The game isn’t ready to release yet, it looks like it still needs another 2 months. On top of that, as much as no one wants to hear it it seems like this is gonna be a game series where everything gets better as time goes on. I will say though, I like the fact that we have cutscenes and there’s some stuff implemented that we more than likely would’ve never seen in a Heat game. However, I’m hoping this isn’t the final build of the game and mostly everything does get fixed in the day 1 patch because there’s just way too much that breaks the immersion.

[@LennyisFast]

Are we really giving it credit that it is better than a game from 5 years ago, I knew our expectations were low but damn

[@eliteflite8395]

No it’s terrible, and the game has been in development for two years. a day 1 patch isnt fixing this garbage. quit coping lol

[@unicornvenom2353]

@@LennyisFast My expectations are low, for a studios first time with a game I understand there’s gonna be hiccups but it shouldn’t have been this bad if they’ve supposedly been working on it for as long as they say. The game has tons of flaws and kinda pushes me away from it.

[@Fastimesatridgementhigh]

Turns out he has the day 1 patch already, his twitter confirmed. This is launch plus day 1

[@tamezzodiac2862]

Bro it’s worse then evolution. At least evolution was playable

[@Indizzinator]

This game is definitely enjoyable to watch tho

[@SciFi-WiFi]

He passed half the field going into turn 1 on the highest difficulty level.

[@radioactivetrees9626]

that might have helped the black flag

[@noblewarrior8848]

@@radioactivetrees9626 but he passed them after the S/F line. It all should be legal. He also caused like 14 wrecks at Daytona. They must be using the iRacing caution recognition system

[@radioactivetrees9626]

@@noblewarrior8848 he cut soon many corners, is my point. including going into t1. t1 was not his fault.

[@d20dren]

Shouldn't have to be a "Day 1 patch", you should be releasing a finished or very close to finished game, not a game that needs fixed at release. People are paying 60 or 90 for something that needs fixed at the start, WHY? Games like this is why we keep getting mediocre Nascar games, because we keep buying them, hoping for an improvement. If you were developing a game, would you even release this model to content creators who are going to show your game to thousands of prospective buyers? It's terrible. The bugs here are so noticable, it's as if the devs didn't even play thier own game to test it.

[@dietdrkelp123]

Bingo

[@m.r.h4176]

Preach !!

[@Christopher_TG]

Spoken like someone who has no idea how game development works.

[@d20dren]

@@Christopher_TG yeah, release broken games and patch it later, because people will buy it.

[@m.r.h4176]

@@Christopher_TG lmao ....stop it bro

[@wesman5292]

you cant turn wheel help off,,,no rear view mirior ,,,,no gas gauge ,No private lobbys

[@devo5572]

Guess I'll just stick with Dirt to Daytona for the 100th year.

[@gamer_ghost9338]

Im still rockin CFTC

[@zacknaughton2170]

Thunder 03 baby!!!

[@ZombieXtreme84]

😆 yeah right

[@DennyhamlinXI]

This game will take a year for it to actually be finished with all the bugs and glitches 💀💀

[@CL8ON6]

Dennis, you're probably right.

[@DennyhamlinXI]

@@CL8ON6 sadly i don't wanna be right 😭😭

[@MOMAZOSPATO]

Hey hamlin, i like your pjs

[@dietdrkelp123]

Hi Denny!

[@DennyhamlinXI]

@@MOMAZOSPATO 💜🧡💜🧡

[@Jpilgrim30]

Turns onto and drives halfway down pit road, “Hey can you drive down pit road” 😂

[@keagansemon8506]

I can’t believe they think people will watch this and want the game. Not a good look

[@XPLOSIVization]

Agreed, this game is a terrible mess its beyond funny

[@nascaralert4504]

People really think they're going to release the game in the state the patch will cover most of the issues and this is nothing like NASCAR heat 5 where most of the issues were multiplayer and physics issues which this game actually doesn't have they're just a bunch of minor issues that are easily fixed in update people are just being dramatic like usual they gave it out to content creators to show the base of the game like driving and graphics

[@bparks_5095]

@@nascaralert4504 No way in freaking hell the laundry list of problems with this game will be patched out by the release date. Don't be delusional.

[@nascaralert4504]

@@bparks_5095 if it has as many bugs and they know it would be more financially better if they were to move back the release date rather than just send it out and have everyone say they hate it and never buy one of their games again and remember they have expanded their developer team a lot since NASCAR heat 5 and 4 I really doubt that there that dumb to release it right now if they don't have a bunch of patches waiting in the final version of the game

[@instantclassic9232]

@@nascaralert4504 this version is the day 1 patch. Its not gonna be any better launch day. Maybe in 7 months

[@RyanBird49]

Take a shot every time radman calls steam water temp

[@JonathanPlayz]

This cant be the game I'm still believing

[@ShadowWolfe]

This just killed my hopes entirely. They NEED to delay this game another month or until the beginning of the season. Even Truex's AI didn't get a penalty for cutting two different corners

[@jman62313]

I also will just never understand the concept of releasing a game at then end of the season. Silly season will happen and everything will be different in 3 months it makes no sense

[@williamreynolds3487]

They go on the apron at every oval. It shouldn’t be a surprise that they are cutting corners lol

[@YungStrokerTheBodySnatcha]

i feel like road courses are the best part of the game

[@Pawshore]

I've pretty much almost lost all hope for this game as of right now. Because with all of the bug's with the ai being stuck on the apron and the driver pit mesh glitch it will ruin the product they are going for. If you haven't already don't buy this game yet wait a little while to see if Motorsports Games fixes the glitches

[@Catdude1991]

It's not the full game pay attention day 1 patch when the game launches

[@dariusreynolds7538]

@@Catdude1991 I’m hoping that’s the case but by giving a out a demo that’s glitchy a week before the game comes out gives the impression that it might be bad.

[@AustinOgonoski]

@@Catdude1991 A week before launch isn't "beta" gameplay.

[@RetroSteve0]

@@Catdude1991 If you truly believe the day 1 patch will magically fix this game then you have no idea how programming works.

[@XPLOSIVization]

@@Catdude1991 There's no way a day 1 patch can fix all of these issues, this game needed more time in development, i can see alot of upset & very angry people on release

[@Luje_YT2020]

This is some more promising footage, lets hope they can patch up the small things, and then this game will be great.

[@jwrailve3615]

Radman just give us ten years of nascar thunder. Nobody would be upset with you we want it haha

[@jwrailve3615]

This video alone showed me 5 more bugs in this game and I’ve counted 22 minor to major bugs before I’d even buy the base game after watching gameplay all day yesterday.

[@TheSpeedracer1982]

9:16 someone is having a Merry Christmas

[@bradleythomas7025]

I plan to race at Nashville next Tuesday at Noon ET. I plan to race under cloudy skies.

[@bradleythomas7025]

Race will run 300 laps.

[@DennyhamlinXI]

0:37 they said this about the heat series we heard it all before nothing will change you really think they can fix everything when the game is a,week away from launch 💀😐

[@juleso4958]

They work on day one build for months. This build is prob 6 weeks old It will be fine

[@DennyhamlinXI]

@@juleso4958 this game has been in development for 2 years 😐😐

[@DennyhamlinXI]

@@juleso4958 a day one patch isn't fixing this trash

[@macmillan_kai]

The AI racing like in any other racing video game, and not very well most of the time. Millad: POTENTIAL

[@stevengrindstaff]

This game should be coming out in February. Who thought releasing at the end of the season was a good idea?

[@mikebarnes7441]

Yeah, right? This should be Nascsr 22 for sure. This is like if EA realeased Madeen without updated rosters.. what concerns me a lot is how the devs with ever get in the correct release schedule. Like a January/February release window is whee they need to be.. but we surely won't be getting Nascar ignition 22 in 3 months.. and we won’t want 22 released during the playoffs next year.. my bet is there will be no 22. The next release would be nascar 23 In just over a year from now. That’s just weird. But they need to do it. If THIS game, 21 is not delayed and rebranded as 22, then will the devs use the next 15 months to focus on the next iteration? Or do they use up their resources trying to save face with the community? release patch after patch after patch until we finally have the nascar 21 we are pleased with? In what.. June of next year?? Mid season? And we will be here racing in 2021 cars with outdated charters, tracks, sponsors, teams, and oh yeah an outdated GEN 6 car that doesn’t exist anymore?? Lol

[@nascartoday8849]

My theory is that the steering means that you have low control when you select it and etc and etc

[@bonzibuddy8423]

it seems obvious but we need to fix most of these bugs. i dont expect it before launch but in the next month....

[@raginOKCTHUNDER]

Just wait till he uses the dogleg at Phoenix and gets black flagged for going below the yellow line (as if he he were at a superspeedway)

[@TreaMendenhall]

Sounds Iike this game might have been rushed out. Would have rather them released next year

[@dustinworthy2750]

I can imagine they'll do a CoD type thing. They will release updates that you can install to fix bugs. Just my unimportant opinion lol

[@malack7886]

And a road course race in the rain

[@matthewsowers6029]

12:30 The water spewing is actually working right. Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit

[@benwalter4842]

Wow four videos in the past two days! Is this heaven?

[@NORLAMotorsports]

Honestly this game is too much of a mess for THAT to be the final build so I still have high hopes.

[@Catdude1991]

Its early game play lol not the full game

[@scottervin3265]

Yeah since I don't think the people that got the game already have the day 1 patch, I'm confident that most of these issues will be fixed

[@speedy_Boi_1]

People need to know that honestly

[@larscincaid6348]

They have one week to fix 20 core issues. It will take a year.

[@overlorderic4031]

Day one patch will probably come

[@madmoparmotorsports4612]

Informative* and how are you playing before the release date???

[@fansonly3656]

I really hope they fix drivers wearing their gloves outside the car, it's throwing me off 😂😂😂😂

[@jeffniznick9280]

Like head coaches in Madden keeping their headsets on during post game celebrations… Lolol

[@TheRealCheeser]

@@jeffniznick9280 Like the driver in the heat games where there out of the car celebrating, but still in the car with there helmet on at the same time.

[@bt.racing535]

Thank you for saying that it’s early access because many people say it’s bad when they have the early access version

[@Armed4Gaming]

The curb sounds, to me it sounded like the curbs made noise on the left tires but not the rights. Idk if I was hearing it correct or not but it’s what I thought.

[@joshuak8335]

Isn't stage racing only activated at 25% race length and higher? I thought that was the reason.

[@clcbc97]

I love that they put the National anthem and flyover and commentary back into the game. I missed that from the days of NASCAR thunder however my issue is that they are doing the flyover during the the National anthem instead of doing the flyover after the National anthem. I’m a pretty patriotic person so it’s frustrating to me that they would do a flyover while the National anthem is being played instead of doing the flyover until the National anthem is finished. That’s my rant for the day.

[@niemann999]

One thing I would really like to have on this game is a good spectator mode similar to f1. Where people can stream leagues and stuff easier. I do know heat 5 did have spectator mode but it was plain Jane. Otherwise I'm happy you can actually use the brakes on this game. The car looks planted to the ground unlike heat series where the car always want to tip over especially on Sonoma. So I see potential but still like to see them keep upgrading the game as it is released. I also would love to be able to change the difficulty on ais in multi-player so can make it hard online for people who do want to do a 40 car race but doesn't have 40 other drivers.

[@mcmann7149]

0:20 the musings of a master's student

[@Bearded_Nerd94]

I really hope the actual retail release of this game and the day 1 patch fix a lot of these bugs. The black flags seem ridiculous, especially for using the run off area. Jeff Faviano got a black flag for cutting the dog leg at Phoenix.

[@Slapped]

This is the day 1 patch

[@gfluff91]

I think that smoke was your brakes

[@Nick-yh6cp]

it's so weird they're letting influencers play such a buggy version of the game unless the final version is still buggy

[@dietdrkelp123]

Yep, this is supposed to be hyping all of us up. All I see in the comments is "Be patient, its not done, wait for day1 patch." The game should convince me to purchase not hopes and dreams.

[@dirtybirdsrise]

@@dietdrkelp123 Most games have a day 1 patch 🤦🏻‍♂️ NASCAR fans just like to cry about pretty much everything.

[@benwalter4842]

“I know I am very hot.” “Daniel Suarez is a very hot lad.” 😂🤣😂🤣 (running off the track is the best)

[@SamGreeneRacing]

Also, I just want to add: he's had three videos on this game so far and he's yet to seriously finish a race largely due to the game getting in the way. This game has ISSUES. I understand that this isn't the Day One version but if this is the promo copy meant to sway people, we're fuuuuuucked.

[@mikebarnes7441]

That’s not what a beta is for lol. This is for sure a beta version of the game.

[@bama1852]

The rumble strips caused the damage you road them all the way down on the start

[@WaidAviationDrones]

He also did that the 2nd time but no damage. It was a glitch

[@xKami102x]

stages don't work yellows don't work You can ignore black flags Fuel apparently doesn't exist for AI Good God Motorosport games

[@larscincaid6348]

It's pretty shocking. I was prepared for Bare and Basic...not Broken.

[@kyleburgoon2261]

I see all the KZbinrs talking Mager crap on this game but your keeping it positive I like to see it

[@crouchb15]

Not Jeff Favignano

[@DanielSuarezFan]

Thanks for driving my car

[@jeffy4368]

theirs no burnouts and no track map, hopefully thts a thing they will add in eventually

[@twister1296]

By the way, this is not the day one patch. The day one patch will be released when the game is release

[@MAVU2AC]

Could you do a full race in car cockpit with hands and wheel I just want to see how the Avatar shifts and steers if it matches your input

[@lj3998]

There is no avatar in the cockpit view it’s just a wheel

[@alexh7643]

Spotter will tell you when you were out of fuel, Im curious to see if you turn off your spotter how will you know??

[@truckercowboyed2638]

Did anyone notice that very realistic spinout?? That was the physics on display got too hot into the corner and around the car went...

[@Nick18Racing]

It might not be popular, but I think this game is good. Yes it has many bugs and options not in the game, but it looks and sounds 30x better than the first Heat game. Yeah this game won’t fix it, but in the next game they are really fixes and will add a lot more modes and series soon.

[@Matt-xb7jz]

did you try switching controllers?

[@Taima_the_lion]

hey I was just there, they forgot to add the turn 9 bleachers

[@randomtrainerx.3424]

I know it's probably your settings or just early access, but surprise no caution when you spun out on some turns

[@jadenadams8338]

Is this finally a nascar game where we can actually use the brakes and it not just send the car into a slide

[@vowsyt]

10:21 I think that damage was from running on the curb, I think you it the very start of the curb and it crumpled

[@Psychedeli_Jelli]

I just don't get the point of fhe data pad and all of the other attention to details but no custom set ups. No way to use your custom paint job online or in championship mode. Maybe this could be changed in updates but this game has been in development for 2 years and it's super bare bones.

[@King_Of_Pepsi]

During your pit stop were you driving or was it the A.I?

[@MFR327]

Everyone is complaining about the damage and bad wreck physics however I'm just happy that it's finally made by a company that actually cares. If you want a 100% sim use iracing but even that isn't perfect

[@ninetailedfox579121]

Heavy braking and going over kerbs makes the cars look like they're on a rally course or something.

[@BathSaltShaman]

Still not as bad as the real COTA race.

[@MrKmcgee69]

With all the bugs and stuff this is not looking like a $60 game. Looks like a flop. Unless day one patch fixes the experience then I see a lot of refunds coming. This is why we did not get much gameplay videos. Game has potential though if they fix it.

[@DavidRagan3134]

Honestly, this looked a lot better than Daytona. If they fix some bugs, COTA looks like it'd be fun to race. I like how the AI raced and how the car slides. Very nice.n

[@Nick18Racing]

I really excited to play this

[@SuperChevelle88]

Your left side tires made noise on the rumble strips but the right sides didn't

[@ShaqFuGuru]

Hopefully they can fix bugs and address issues quickly. Even Codemasters has issues with F1 every year and ships missing content.

[@kristiethompson3031]

17:03 I think that was either tire wear or the brakes overheating Edit 21:43 never mind

[@Fathead758]

You can polish a turd but in the end it's still a turd

[@ryanbloomfield1111]

Dude ain't that the truth, comment made me laugh man thanks bro.

[@ShelbyBanditNFS]

So how do you like the game so far? I'm thinking about getting it around November

[@jordanpaver5230]

Hey Rad, does the game have any actual FOV settings for people wanting to run it on a sim, Like could I adjust the distance in the cockpit view etc?

[@noahg2527]

Bug that i noticed, when racing with a different package, the brake ducts were open like it was a speedway race even tho it was a road course. Also the superspeedways doesn't have the open brake ducts anymore, because if the Newman daytona crash last year. They said that you would run the correct package for each kind of track, yeah that's some bs, but it's a bug that can be easily fixed, I can't be the only one that noticed that right?

[@mikebarnes7441]

To be fair nascar changed superspeedway packages like its a fitting room at Ross..

[@INFINIEON1]

Ya know,I wouldn’t mind all these problems knowing there would be patches…if the game didn’t cost $60-$90 🙃this game is worth at most $40 MAYBE

[@JBAlternate]

Without patches, I wouldn't spend a dollar on it. With patches, maybe 30. But they've got a lot of work to do before I give them $60. I need a complete game for that price, with good ai to race against. They'll get it right eventually, but not any time soon.

[@tylerhelms5076]

I need this gameplay im so ready for it to come out allso so close to 60k

[@damnmarkey]

I wonder if there any rain for road courses?

[@145mfry]

From the looks of it, they gave everyone a very early version. I'm sure all these bugs an issue have been fixed months ago

[@larscincaid6348]

That's optimistic...not sure why they would do that. They are getting slaughtered on Twitter. Sales will most certainly be affected negatively...why would a team market there product so poorly...unless this IS their product?!

[@dannyboy2851]

For my people that play F1 games; Is it just me or are the graphics throwing me for a loop? Doesn't look right.

[@aaronleesgbclieutenant]

What i dont understand, is why they would even pre release this game with this many problems... like do they even play their games beforehand? If i were the devs the last 24 hours would be embarrassing...

[@BenAS14]

Well it looks an absolute disgrace, here's hoping for a 50GB day one patch to try and salvage something.

[@ScottG91]

Bristol Dirt must be impossible with that assist always being on

[@adambojovic3395]

I’m going back to play NTG inside Line. Best overall console game.

[@christianbennett6970]

Yea ima prob stick to nr2003 for my pc lol

[@lawrencewebb3659]

anyone else notice the wheels/tires look to spin way slower than they should?

[@kinggodzilladevin3563]

Cool nascar 21 😎

[@xXSamsterXx14]

I’m kinda interested in this game, should I buy it on day 1 once it releases?

[@KCS4LifeOFFICIAL]

40 second pit stop

[@SamGreeneRacing]

Roval next please. Would be interested to see that

[@landond99]

Is it possible maybe that smoke is like the brakes being hot? Cause it’s not coming from the hood I don’t think