NASCAR Heat Evolution In 2023 Is...GOOD?

I think something is severely wrong with me...
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[@TheLilmanbambam]

I think 21 ignition has made a lot of people look back and the previously "bad" nascar games in a better light

[@1400hpnextgen7]

Ignition is ten times better. Glitches and all.

[@markymarc12]

Heat 4 & 5 are one of my favorite NASCAR games of all time.

[@smunger69]

@@1400hpnextgen7no

[@djm.6322]

i didn't really consider them bad even back then, but the most recent games (Heat 5 & Ignition) make me wish Eutechnyx never lost the license lol

[@matthewcarriveau6988]

This guy really said Ignition is better than this, absolutely not

[@bturx2180]

The biggest thing that confused me about this game was that DMR acquired the rights and engine that Nascar 15 used, developed a 2016 season skin pack that had half the field in it, and then didnt bother making anything in that game engine ever again. The biggest issue with all 5 games in the Heat Series was the handling of the car and the Eutechnyx games had that down already more or less and that just needed AI and features and absolutely could have been built off of

[@1400hpnextgen7]

It’s because they were too lazy/too stupid to make a game. NASCAR 15 was ten times better than any heat game.

[@RadRoy42]

The reason heat evolution was bad was because we were comparing it to nascar 15, now we are comparing it to 21 ignition...

[@thicccheese4007]

No, it was being compared to Dirt to Daytona. Same company made the two games, I doubt any of the people that made the PS2 game were still around but that’s how people view things. Same thing happened with Turtle Rock with B4B, only like 3 people that worked on L4D were still with the studio (they weren’t even in major positions) but they continued to advertise it was made by the same people. Don’t know why people do it. Sure, it creates hype but in the long run it’ll hurt a lot more if you don’t meet expectations

[@sarakuxd]

you could also use the alcohol schemes in nascar 15 i think

[@jimmymyers]

Yes

[@TheLgt99]

Yes

[@Cool200]

Yes 100%

[@NR_88]

Is it bad that I have nostalgia for heat evolution? It was the first game I played since I got back into nascar and was the first game I was decent at. The game’s still objectively bad, but there’s a vibe to it that I enjoy looking back on.

[@1400hpnextgen7]

911 had more nostalgia than this game.

[@tailsnascarfan93]

I fully agree with this. Hell, I got EVERY DLC including 2017.

[@thicccheese4007]

Amazing how expectations went from EA’s PS2 era quality then Ignition came out now expectations are just for a functional game

[@CantingWall3286]

Heat Evolution also had a $10 expansion for the 2017 Monster Energy cup season

[@lukemontgomery9683]

I honestly had a lot of fun with NHE. I grew up playing nascar ‘03 and such with my sister on controller but I had a wheel for this one and actually remember having lots of fun with it as it was the first game i used a wheel with. I’ll probably never go back to it cause i think it would not ruin it but put the experience i had onto it into perspective

[@brianburke7677]

Video series idea/suggestion, a ranking of all NASCAR video games (2000-Today, worst to best)?

[@PHOENIX_6026]

It’s literally just the fact that we haven’t had a good NASCAR game since 2020

[@Axochata]

Ignition is decent heat 5 and 4 are still better though

[@isaacgaming2176]

4:01 i think there was a Jeff Favignano video where Clint showed up with a 5 hour energy paint scheme

[@noahwoods1975]

I remember when heat 4/5 was slandered. Now we are to this point. Sad lol

[@thepspman116]

I think its hilarious how the peak of nascar video game was 2004 between papryus and ea

[@FoodCityCupSeries]

This title makes me want to hire Kevin McCalister to drop bricks on my head from a five story building.

[@Cool200]

How did u reinstall the game and get DLCs back because I bought all the DLCs back when I thought the game was playable but deleted it and I want them back? I’m on PS5

[@kidwithasthma6504]

dude im having this same issue but for ps4, have you gotten any updates?

[@josecarlosmay2999]

Continue playing the game! Please!

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

No

[@philipkalin1928]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworldyes

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

No

[@dylanc_network7902]

he called buscher McDowell that made me chuckle

[@MaddMan621]

i was hoping you would abuse the pause glitch to get in front 😂

[@gavmillz2066]

Beer sponsors where in nascar 15 victory edition

[@1400hpnextgen7]

Driving physics being bad is an understatement

[@drft3r_31]

17:13 umm that's chris buescher

[@bassmaster1255]

Nascar Dirt to Daytona was and will always be one of my fav nascar games. it was good for its time. and i still have it and the ps2 when it first came out.

[@lucasracing838]

I played it today. And i had much fun. Was good and intense Racing, i never had with ignition.

[@drmariomariomd6733]

It was disappointing, but definitely not the worst. Expectations were a lot higher with Monster Games coming back, but what we got was almost like the early access builds leading up to Heat 4. I remember it being significantly less buggy than 2011 or 2014, except for cautions almost never coming out. Some good ideas and a decent stepping stone to better games, which was more than I could say for the late EA and most of the Eutechnyx era. Time has been kind to this one. What was unacceptable in 2016 is kind of endearing when you can catch this game on a sale for $2.

[@1400hpnextgen7]

Clown. 🤡

[@blindshot0437]

I think a lot of it has to do with expectations, everyone was so Hyped for the game and there was a lot of buzz aroused it and then when it came out and it wasn't what everyone thought, then it was a big disappointment . But you went into this video with the lowest possible expectations and you actually enjoyed it

[@nascaranddogs]

I unlocked everything in this game when I 1st played the game and it was my only nascar game for 4 year till I got nascar heat 4 and 5 in 2020

[@N4SVideos]

NASCAR '15 was the first to have alcohol sponsors

[@jacobpipher9296]

Yes, do more NASCAR heat evolution.

[@jacobcomstock8033]

the rapid pause glitch still works btw.

[@zachz3752]

10:07 Seeing the Advocare logo and knowing what happens later is crazy lol

[@calebelder8553]

NHE will all way’s have special place in my heart

[@1400hpnextgen7]

Your heart must be made of coal

[@ajthenascarexpert]

You could also put age verification in nascar 15

[@CantingWall3286]

How do you get the free dlc in 2023 on Xbox?

[@tylercochran902]

I just got done rewatching your review for it less than 2 hours ago 😂

[@codyb6849]

Love your entertainment as always an commentary an love watching u play these old games too bro love your channel as always

[@northstarsportsmedia6396]

Let’s see some career content!

[@nothinghere7391]

When this came out Gran Turismo 6 was 3 years old... Holy crap. It also had a lot of NASCAR cars, maybe you should check it out and compare the physics and graphics to NASCAR 21 and official NASCAR games from that day

[@JAdams1127]

At the time, I thought this game was complete sheet only bc of the graphics BUT driving on simulation mode wasn’t too bad and I had some fun racing. Do some more NHE

[@junebug88nascarfan90]

RealRadman You crack me up😂😂

[@RacingF8n]

I don’t talk about that Ford 400

[@i6tt_rwd920]

I'd be interested honestly seeing a career run-through

[@GRANZLER0127]

I was playing the game for years until heat 5😂

[@Cloudy341blade]

He forgot about the pause and unpause speed glitch in this game😂😂

[@andrewstadnick4863]

This video just made me feel so old unnecessarily 😂

[@angelm208]

I play it cause , I liked the SS, Fusion and that Toyota Camry nose.

[@kendallthehammerheadbecker20x]

If it was a ps2 game or released earlier it would be similar to Dirt to Daytona

[@Patrick_Star_-qb2tt]

I remember getting into nascar around 2016, searching up nascar video games and coming across your first video with this game. I thought this game was trash and went to David Land’s nascar 15 career mode 💀💀

[@bmsracing2427]

how did you get the dlc? i want to get it for this game and nh2, don’t come at me i still play these

[@endlessvoid4888]

One time I was playing this at daytona and I spun the 38 into 1 and the 1 did a full barrel roll in the air and landed and kept on trucking

[@KyloBarley]

I used to play this a lot and this just hit me with so much nostalgia

[@noahg2527]

I was 12 when this game camr out, i had fun playing this game, but i didnt realize that the game had some things missing from nascar games from the past. I had fun with the heat series, i have the most fun with heat 4 and heat 5 (I might have more fun with heat 5 if i get my hands on the mod for pc). To me, the heat gamrs arent that bad, and it definitely seems like the aged decently. I definitely would be opeb to having monster games as one of the developers for nascar games now to see how much they have improved from the heat series

[@jimmymyers]

Think this has the pause=faster glitch, i know NH2 did at least

[@1400hpnextgen7]

Thats just another example of how much of a joke heat was

[@Duggaduggu]

How to Getinto The Game Bro When i Open The Game Game Is Open It seen PRess For Start But Im in Pc I have Keyboard I Tapped All Keys And Mous But It Nothing Plz Help

[@GhostSportsES]

I swear.. I remember playing Nascar 15 or something... an it had beer sponsors but all you needed was to put your age? Like I remember being on PS3 and yea 😂... but now im so confused and don't know if I was dreaming or.. if I was just remembering wrong..

[@GodSpeed19-]

My big thing with Heat Evolution was the way the car just never had grip and any track which was unrealistic. Especially Dover like you said and the other big one was Bristol that did it the worst

[@Cool200]

Ur beer sponsor take was wrong NASCAR 15 was actually the first with that option

[@kinggreg2455]

So plate racing on Heat Evolution in 3 lap races are good. But in career mode with 25% length races the cars spread out at Daytona and Talladega and were not in packs

[@FoxiFyer]

Heat Evolution was a rocky start, but Monster Games got to work and improved on it majorly over time. Credit where credit's due, H4 and 5 are honestly the best NASCAR specific games in recent years. It's like if Motorsport Games went through character development.

[@derekcoffey607]

A career would be great. Perhaps after The Underfunded Dream. And after Chase for the Cup maybe do NASCAR 2006? Or Thunder 2002 Career?

[@Chris-wm6wv]

Hey, Millod! Is that Nascar Heat Evolution?

[@jakepatterson1522]

Yeah, definitely do the career.

[@LucasMir0]

Come on, installing the game on a modern PC, runnning above 60 fps and cranking the graphics to the maximum will make anything better. Now try getting the console versions like most people played at release, with terrible optimization, fps dropping below 30 trying to control the twitchy physics and horrible anti aliasing making the game look like a ps2 era game, that was the true Heat Evolution Experience.

[@KCRBellski]

Omg I forgot how you had to unlock the tracks that was so annoying. I spent so many hours playing this game cause I just got a PS4 and it was the first and only new NASCAR option in forever

[@Copperhead-ns2ls]

Do a career mode

[@inthere2it]

dude, at 17:57 the pack literally sounds like indy cars going by lmao

[@Pankypops]

When are you starting the Heat 5 Career/Championship?

[@CoryLowe]

Back to the greatest racing game of all time and if you disagree with that statement I have something to tell you.. you are correct thank you have a great day :)

[@daltonbelcher3802]

NASCAR The Game 2011 pissed me off too.

[@1400hpnextgen7]

The damage model on 2011 was made by clowns 🤡 but at least the physics and graphics were good

[@revrasheemstewart]

EA Sports needs to bring back a NASCAR game 😊

[@DennyhamlinXI]

And ruin it with microtransactions i don't think so anything EA touches they ruin it with microtransactions look at F1 😂

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

No

[@Luje_YT2020]

@@DennyhamlinXI ea didn't ruin the nascar franchise, they sold it because players wouldnt do all their microtransaction bullshit. If anyone ruined the nascar franchise it was motorsport games by giving up developing the game after one release and now we have no game at all

[@The1OnlyGOAT]

​@@DennyhamlinXIsome one salty EA was realistic EA nascar games made you choke in a championship😂😂😂😂😂

[@DennyhamlinXI]

​@@The1OnlyGOATlmao good one 😂🤣

[@LucasDuska]

I can’t believe you on that I just play it was so good

[@Railroadracer49]

“Perhaps I treated you too harshly”

[@dathyr1]

I agree with all these newer Nascar games that none of them are very realistic in doing races. I have just a couple of the Nascar Heat games on STEAM just to try out and they are not even close to what Nascar 2003 did back in the 1990's or doing IRacing online. The only thing the newer games have for them is maybe the graphics are better. Also one thing I see in all these Nascar reviews, nobody seems to do the Cockpit view. If you race Nascar on IRacing, that is all you can do is race in cockpit view and they give you mirrors and everything necessary to do the racing. More realistic, of course we are racing against real drivers, not AI cars. I will be waiting for the new Nascar PC console game to come out in 2025 developed by IRacing and another group. This new game should be closer to what Nascar 2003 did before IRacing came along. Anyway, take care.

[@SixTim3]

You thought Heat Evolution was bad because of Rubber Banding in career mode

[@WithFearGaming]

This game got me back into racing games ngl 💀💀 not saying its good but it was a tolerable experience and the racing fan in me couldn't resist. I got 1-4 of the Heat series before switching to iRacing

[@raginOKCTHUNDER]

The high line has always worked at Kansas in all the heat games. You just always refused to use it in all of them. 🤦

[@mintylectable]

hi radman

[@alexlambert2003]

I think 21 Ignition is way worse, I could not even load up a race on the 2021 game. This game was at least playable.

[@Ezad2118]

dooooo itttttt

[@TFGamingNASCAR]

One thing that could have made this a better game is having Ai difficulty options

[@JeffGordonFan]

hi Radman

[@paullilko41]

Let’s not try to pretend this game was good after recent monstrosities…

[@zenon459]

I used to love Heat 2, I never really hated the heat games

[@17Se7enteen]

what are road courses like on this game.....

[@1400hpnextgen7]

It feels like broken physics and the most unrealistic racing you’ve ever played on a game.

[@bjsmson2868]

Is it just me or at Daytona that the 20 car was Erik Jones instead of Matt Kenseth

[@allenbarkley1853]

Please play nascar heat 2 next

[@brianburke7677]

I never bought this game for the sole reason it resembled a copy and paste from the original NASCAR Heat game.

[@camracing1366]

I played this game a little while back now and I must say it wasn’t terrible

[@zachgatewood]

NASCAR 15 victory edition had alcohol schemes

[@randomdudeeveryoneknows]

All the tracks go in a circle, you aren't missing much. 😅

[@SRCG-ct8eq]

nascar heat 2 is dope

[@Nascarfan_4ever27]

This game looks similar to nascar heat mobile

[@GlassJ0e]

I paid 60 bucks for this game. Got scammed. They spent nearly the entire budget on marketing and released the same game they bought from the original designer with some new skins.

[@Destroyer-vf3rp]

08 is my favorite cause it was my first ever video game. I loved it so much that when i got a ps3 i bought it on there and it was terribly different from ps2. Sorry had to defend 08 lol. Ps2 edition was way better then ps3 version

[@crowley29]

I gotta say i know i have the game.....i dont remember me playing it i know i have just by looking at it through this video but i have no memory of playing it

[@nasman188]

Well at least it’s better than nascar ignition

[@bradschreckttv]

Fr

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

It's not it's really not.

[@bradschreckttv]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworld at least it was playable

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

@@bradschreckttv the apron glitch is still the worst feature you can ever have in nascar game Ignition and Heat Evolution are both virtually unplayable.

[@Mr.X2188]

@@bradschreckttvAnd custom setups

[@NottherealKyleLarson]

I still rank this as my second worst nascar game below ‘08

[@1400hpnextgen7]

Most people don’t have skills so they didn’t like 08. 08 was too difficult/realistic for most people. I’d take 08 all day over this turd that is heat

[@1400hpnextgen7]

Matter of fact you reminded me I have to dig out 08 to play it again. Thank you!

[@lexogetago]

9:20 yeah it’s about the same but no dlc’s otherwise its the same

[@TyCathey]

Yeah im sorry but nascar screwed carl edwards out of the 2016 championship. They should have never thrown that bs phantom caution that led to carl getting wrecked off the restart and his championship hopes taken from him.

[@1400hpnextgen7]

No Carl lost because he tried blocking and wrecked himself.

[@TyCathey]

@@1400hpnextgen7 thats your opinion which your entitled to and i respect it but point is the caution should have never been thrown to begin with. And I don't believe carl got himself wrecked but that's my opinion because if the caution was never thrown he wouldn't have wrecked to begin with.

[@noahmack_12]

Dirt to Daytona physics and sound 😂

[@jc1424]

You're impressed by the graphics? This game came out in 2016. That was 7 years ago. NASCAR 08 came out in 2007 and has way better graphics. That was 9 years before this game.